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Self-taught Emirati chef Bader Najeeb Al Awadhi bakes up a storm

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Feathered feat: fossils of ancient bird with largest wingspan ever unearthed

Regional designers create Star Wars: Episode VII outfits

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Spider-Man and other Marvel heroes start US tour

Argentina’s Alejandro Sabella remembered for his Sheffield United stint

Afghan election: Abdullah claims victory, defying results of run-off vote

‘It is an amazing experience’: first batch of Emirati nuclear energy specialists to graduate

Etihad passengers can fly to World Cup cities with Gol codeshare

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Iraq parliament to meet in July, reversing earlier decision

Video: Protesters make push to stop deportation of children

Art Camp for kids starts next week

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Pakistani businesswoman Sadaffe Abid makes it her mission to empower women

2009 a distant memory as Dubai World again in debt talks

Paris Haute Couture Week: French first lady does red-carpet activism

30,000 global customers on board for YahSat satellite broadband service

Diplomat ordered to leave Bahrain said move aimed at undermining reconcilation

Bernard and Ramires among Brazil’s possible Neymar stand-ins for World Cup semi-final against Germany

Sony Xperia C3: The ‘ultimate selfie smartphone’ heads for the UAE

In pictures: Robots warm up to play the beautiful game in Brazil

The Cake Boss is coming to the capital

Drunk Ukrainian sailor causes chaos on flight to Dubai, court hears

Trio accused of stabbing man to death outside nightclub in Dubai

Pharrell Williams delights Montreux

Video: Jessica Simpson marries, Lopez in Paris

UAE brokers reject regulator’s claim they are to blame for market meltdown

Last year’s weight loss champ vows to shed the pounds

Hamas claims rocket fire on Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa

In pictures: Sheikh Abdullah meets with Canadian counterpart

Portrait artist Edward Sutcliffe wins the BP Travel Award by London’s National Portrait Gallery

Galatasaray roll out the big bucks for Cesare Prandelli

Police seize more than 1,000 illegal boxes of fireworks in Dubai

Language skills and Quran studies are focus of Abu Dhabi summer camp

Nigel de Jong and Ron Vlaar train, lifting hopes of Dutch defence boost

In pictures: Israeli army launches aerial offensive on Gaza Strip

England v India: How they stack up for the Test

Islamist rebels launch attack on Somalia’s presidential palace

Israel authorises call up of 40,000 reservists for Gaza: media

Emirati sponsor’s act of kindness for maid with cancer

Husband and wife accused of torturing and killing their Ethiopian maid, Abu Dhabi court hears

Kickstarter potato salad maker racks up Dh33,000 funding

Needy Pakistani families given food packages

Saudi reports mortar attack on border with Iraq

In pictures: The art of Edward Sutcliffe

The improbable fall and rise of Martin Demichelis

Already wounded, Hamas ill prepared to resist Israeli onslaught

Woman won’t have to return Dh60,000 worth of gifts to ex-husband, Federal Supreme Court rules

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Ajman hire Tunisian coach Al Jabal; Sharjah sign Brazilian striker Luan

Paris Haute Couture Week: Giambattista Valli’s stripes and flowers

Time Frame: The blue mosque

Family invited to take part in weight loss challenge

Dubai restaurant manager and assistant charged over sex assault on chef

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Prominent Filipino Muslim preachers to discuss Islam at Dubai World Trade Centre

Sheikh Hamdan scholarship offered to 20 students in Abu Dhabi

Take note of visionary Louis van Gaal, the Netherlands’ match-winning manager

Etihad revenue jumps 28% as partners pour passengers into network

Ramadan in Old Delhi: India’s oldest mosque bursts into life as the sun sets

Swiss try to yodel up a groovier national anthem

Nicely priced lunch at Kris Kros in Dubai, even if service is slow

Paris Haute Couture Week: Schiaparelli’s controlled eccentricity

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The law says safety is the first priority on UAE highways

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Length will test depth when England face India in five-match series

Abu Dhabi teams up with BP on water and energy management

Fire fighters given health advice

Video: Typhoon Neoguri slams in to Okinawa

Warburg Pincus purchase of mercator only the first of many in Mena

UAE signs important nuclear liability treaty

Credit in UAE public sector grows while private sector dips

Fasting is healthy if done correctly, says celebrity dietician Ghida Arnaout

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UAE Red Crescent drilling 20 wells in Tanzania

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Harvey Nichols collaborates with Young Artist Award

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Football: 'Dutch Messi' Robben ready for Argentina

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Theron and Penn dazzle at Dior’s colossal fashion celebration