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By Kipp • Jan 23rd, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business NewsThe new rule reportedly comes into effect on Monday.
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The new rule reportedly comes into effect on Monday.
Suspect retracts not-guilty plea, admits raping and murdering 4-year-old boy
By Kipp • Dec 23rd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsA 30-year-old Emirati suspect pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of a four-year-old Pakistani boy…
Money really does talk
By Kipp • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's BlogTwo Emirati boys and a Russian teenager were found guilty of first-degree murder, but they were sentenced to only three years in prison. Huh?
New York-based Jumeirah staff arrested for killing businesswoman
By Kipp • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsA housekeeping manager at the Jumeriah Essex House in New York was charged...
Woman ‘duped’ into having consensual sex
By Dana El Baltaji • Aug 18th, 2009 • Category: Crime, Dubai, Middle East Business NewsA 30-year-old woman charged with having consensual sex outside of marriage claims she believed she was married to her live-in partner...
Saudi Casanova strikes back
By Laura Bashraheel • Jul 27th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, Regional, Saudi Arabia, societyMazen Abdul Jawad, who was charged with publicizing vice and confessing to having sexual relations outside marriage on LBC's "Red Line", is doing some damage control.
Sherbini’s death: Firm stand needed
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 15th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, Egypt, International, OpinionMarwa Al Sherbini's brutal killing has "nasty racist undertones," according to one Arab News journalist.
“Terrorist” threatens legal action against Bruno movie
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 14th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, Palestine, RegionalAyman Abu Aita, the "terrorist" in Sacha Baron Cohen's hit movie Bruno, will sue the actor for being a "big liar."
Dubai’s property debacle continues
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 9th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Real estate, The WorkA renegade real estate agent was caught, Nakheel slashed 400 jobs, Deyaar's former CEO is accused of taking bribes and Dubai's property sales are half of what they used to be. What's next?
Saudi man accused of honor killing may face death penalty
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 8th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, Regional, Saudi ArabiaA Saudi man is on trial for killing his two sisters as they were leaving a shelter in Riyadh. If found guilty, he may be put to death.
Briton jailed after using Sheikh Mohammed’s name to con investors
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 6th, 2009 • Category: Britain, Crime, International, Middle East Business NewsThe Basildon Crown Court in Essex has sentenced a British man to two years in jail after he forged...
One rule for celebrities, and another for you and me?
By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 2nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Dubai, Opinion, The Life, societyAn Egyptian man in Dubai has been charged with having consensual sex with a woman. Would he have been charged if he were a celebrity?
Yemeni sentenced to death for murdering Jewish man
By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business NewsYemen's court of appeals sentenced a former air force pilot to death on Sunday for…
Deyaar in hot water
By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, Dubai, Real estate, The WorkFormer Deyaar employees have been accused of orchestrating a web of fraud and bribery by a team of prosecutors appointed by Sheikh Mohammed. This is getting serious.
Iran’s first female serial killer
By Parinaaz Navdar • May 18th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Crime, International, The LifeIran’s arrests its first reported female serial killer. But the country is no stranger to headline grabbing serial killings.
