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Nurse treated as France reveals three suspected cases of Sars-related virus
Friday 10 May 2013
French health officials said today they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, while a man confirmed to have the virus remains hospitalised.
British fitness instructor killed in Dubai tower plunge
Thursday 09 May 2013
Circumstances surrounding Elwood McIlwraith still remain unclear
WHO team studies Sars-like outbreak in Saudi Arabia
Wednesday 08 May 2013
World Health Organisation experts will visit a Saudi hospital where the Sars-like coronavirus has spread, killing seven people.
Mahmood al-Zarooni appeals against eight-year ban from training following Godolphin scandal
Tuesday 07 May 2013
Al Zarooni was found guilty of administering anabolic steroids to 15 horses
Britons in Dubai know the local customs, so why do they have so much trouble adhering?
Monday 06 May 2013
The tolerance of the British, and their acceptance of immigrants to this country, is commendable. But the attitude of Emiratis is admirable on a different scale
Caviar trainer, Peter Moody, denies steroid use
Wednesday 01 May 2013
The first Classics of the season, at Newmarket this weekend, cannot come soon enough to stem the noxious tides of the Godolphin steroids scandal. Ripples of suspicion have extended so far across the Turf over the past 10 days that a backwash of resentment has now been drawn all the way from Australia.
David Cameron tells United Arab Emirates ruler of concerns about treatment of three British holidaymakers convicted of possessing drugs
Wednesday 01 May 2013
PM promised a “full investigation” of the allegations
Fresh doubts over Briton Lee Bradley Brown’s death in Dubai
Monday 29 April 2013
Family of Lee Bradley Brown raise new concerns as UAE leader visits UK on state tour
Dull, frustrating and legally tortuous - the three jailed in Dubai face a fate shared by many
Monday 29 April 2013
The prison where the Londoners will be held is at least relatively safe and clean
Car park keepie uppie king Andrew Cassidy’s date with Maradona at Dubai's World Freestyle Championships kicked into touch
Sunday 28 April 2013
Scoring wonder goals galore in the Premier League this season, Gareth Bale may have thought his claim to be the “Welsh Maradona” was secure. Little did he reckon upon a rival claim from a 20-stone, 50-year-old, unemployed fisherman from Pembrokeshire.
Sheikh Mohammed furious over doping scandal as Newmarket stable is locked down
Wednesday 24 April 2013
Trainer will stand before a disciplinary panel of the British Horseracing Authority on Thursday afternoon
Godolphin in 'shock' as trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni admits steroid use
Monday 22 April 2013
The Classic-winning Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni is to face a British Horseracing Authority disciplinary panel hearing after samples taken from 11 horses in his care in Newmarket were found to contain traces of anabolic steroids. The horses include Certify, the winter favourite for the 1,000 Guineas, who must now miss the race.
Dozens killed as biggest earthquake in 50 years hits Iran
Tuesday 16 April 2013
Force of 7.8 magnitude quake could be felt from Kabul to Delhi and Dubai
James Ashton: Human capital could be Dubai’s next challenge
Saturday 13 April 2013
“Do you like cricket?” the Pakistani taxi driver asked as he drove us out to The Atlantis hotel, a pink confection on the tip of The Palm that features an ATM dispensing gold in a Rodeo Drive-style shopping arcade. “You look like a bowler.”
- 1 Man and woman arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder victim of Woolwich machete attack, named as Drummer Lee Rigby
- 2 'Sickening, deluded and unforgivable': Horrific attack brings terror to London’s streets
- 3 Grace Dent: I’m not sure how these people can avoid being called ‘bigots’. And the more ‘civilised’, the worse they are
- 4 Woolwich murder: They killed, then they performed - these men should be starved of our attention
- 5 Woolwich attack: The EDL will seek to exploit this evil crime for their own evil ends
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