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April 25, 2013
14:57 GMT
The UK stables of Dubai-owned horse racing giants Godolphin are on "lock down" after a doping scandal that could be the worse in British horse racing history.
11:28 GMT
A 62 year old man went against the grain of usual drug hiding places when he hid his 25kg stash in a sand dune.
10:13 GMT
While Saudi remains the only Gulf country to have a Thursday-Friday weekend, it might be about to leave its isolation to join neighbors, as well as the global community by sharing Saturday off. Saudi Arabia’s consultative Shura Council this 'week' voted to change the weekend from Thursday-Friday to Friday-Saturday.
09:10 GMT
Iranian men from the country’s Kurdish community are championing women’s rights in a rather peculiar fashion, by dressing in women’s clothes.
April 24, 2013
14:58 GMT
Antoine Shakhtoura defended decision to shut down the Ghost nightclub, despite criticism from the club's management
12:49 GMT
Two naked Grecian statues have proved too much of an eyeful for Qatar, who have returned them during an ongoing nudity dispute.
10:38 GMT
Dubai's Sheikh left red-faced after world famous trainer slapped with disciplinary inquiry. Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni will face the music at a British Horseracing Authority hearing after steroids were found in samples taken from 11 UK-based horses.
08:31 GMT
An unusually large bottom caught the eye of customs officers at Dubai International Airport, who found the plump posterior highly suspicious.
April 23, 2013
12:48 GMT
Rare leather fragments uncovered recently in the depths of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square will help Egyptologists to solve the mystery of the Pharaohs’ leather chariots.
11:01 GMT
The pair of newly launched web radio stations are being funded by the National Youth Observatory in an attempt to include young Tunisians in national debate
09:18 GMT
Boys stabbed in the neck in one of the recent attacks, as more students turn to violence to settle disputes
08:38 GMT
UAE residents are investing heavily in personal care including skin whitening creams and hair products.
April 22, 2013
13:41 GMT
Bandar Hajjar has vowed to act after a number of complaints relating to bad service
10:31 GMT
In an effort to boost the country’s population, 150,000 Iranian health officers have been deployed in a house-to-house mission to urge couples to have more children.
07:21 GMT
Groom shocked at request to marry his future-wife's colleagues, but gallantly accepted the deal, renting apartments for his trio of wives
