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Jen Thomas

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DangerDriving hashtag has Twitter abuzz

May 23, 2012

An online road safety campaign started by an Emirati university student topped Twitter's trending topics for three days, but enforcement is needed to make a real difference.Read article "DangerDriving hashtag has Twitter abuzz"

Fatal crash prompts friends to launch safety campaign

May 21, 2012

Two days after a popular Petroleum Institute student was killed in a car crash, his friends helped bolster an online campaign to raise awareness about road safety in the UAE.Read article "Fatal crash prompts friends to launch safety campaign"

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Into hood ornaments? Your chariot awaits

May 26, 2012

An ornate American pick-up truck attracts attention as it sits outside an Abu Dhabi dealership.Read article

Oasis: Counting the ways that Abu Dhabi is 'awesome'

May 25, 2012

Neil Pasricha says awesomeness can be found anywhere, anytime. Before his positive thinking seminar, he shared with us 10 awesome things about Abu Dhabi he’s found in just four days.Read article

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International custody battle over girl, 4

Feb 21, 2011

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Child abduction is a growing problem in the UAE as divorced parents seek a safe haven.Read article International custody battle over girl, 4

More subdivided villas to be demolished in Abu Dhabi

Mar 27, 2011

The number of demolished villas in the capital is increasing as the municipality removes illegal partitions.Read article More subdivided villas to be demolished in Abu Dhabi

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Fatal crash prompts friends to launch safety campaign

May 22 , 2012 | 09:56PM GST

Sam Wilks

A twenty year old in a Lexus is a recipe for disaster but too many of them young ones with powerful cars here. Until young drivers realise that their powerful car is a potential killing machine in the wrong hands with the wrong attitude to driving...fatal accidents will continue.

Residents struggle to get to the root of tree-chopping in the capital

Mar 7 , 2012 | 02:36PM GST

Joe Blog

Cutting down trees is no way builds Abudhabis green credential and also oppose to the Islamic value, enshrined in forgotten branch of Shariah. Prophet (SAW) said to the nearest meaning 'Plant a tree even be it last day of the earth'. So why is there destruction of natural beauity. Natural beauty is not unsightly and not suppose to be uniform.

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