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Sharjah sees a 6 percent drop in tourists in 2009

By Kipp • Feb 1st, 2010 • Category: Middle East Business News

According to official statistics, hotel guest numbers were down to 1,447,934 in 2009, a 6 percent decline compared to the 1,535,234 guests reported in 2008.

Old engines could have caused Sharjah plane crash

Engine problems are being investigated…

Six killed in UAE plane crash

By Kipp • Oct 21st, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News, Sharjah

Six Sudanese crew members were killed…

Building collapses in Sharjah

By Kipp • Oct 11th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

A one storey building collapsed in Sharjah on Sunday, injuring four people...

Swine flu update

By Kipp • Sep 3rd, 2009 • Category: Bahrain, Cover Story, Health, Kuwait, Oman, Regional, UAE

A school in Sharjah is closed for a week, and Oman has postponed the school year to curb the spread of the virus.

Another power outage in Sharjah

By Kipp • Aug 27th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Numerous areas throughout Sharjah were cut off for around 10 hours on Wednesday, leaving thousands of residents without electricity during the hottest month of the year.

Dive instructor released from Sharjah jail

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 26th, 2009 • Category: Crime, Middle East Business News, Nation

A South African diving instructor has been pardoned by Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed, Ruler of Sharjah after being jailed on charges of having sex outside marriage...

Sharjah: Woman arrested for giving birth to illegitimate baby

By Dana El Baltaji • Jul 20th, 2009 • Category: Crime, Middle East Business News, Nation

An Iranian woman in her 20s was arrested in Al Zahra hospital last week after she confessed...

Armed men storm Sharjah bank

By Dana El Baltaji • Jun 18th, 2009 • Category: Middle East Business News

Two men broke into a Mashreq Bank branch in Sharjah on Tuesday and stole AED500,000…

Emiratis: better unemployed than drive a taxi

By Aarti Nagraj • May 24th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Labor, Nation, The Work

According to a report, the Sharjah Public Transport Corporation has been unsuccessful in finding Emirati taxi drivers.

What’s in a number plate?

By Aarti Nagraj • Apr 26th, 2009 • Category: Cover Story, Money, Nation, The Life

Apparently, a lot. Car number plates can fetch big money in the UAE.

A comfortable seat

By Aarti Nagraj • Apr 5th, 2009 • Category: Kipp's Blog

The Sharjah Municipality has said that it will build “upgraded” toilets throughout the city.

The UAE stinks

By Dana El Baltaji • Dec 30th, 2008 • Category: Kipp's Blog

Open sewers are a problem in the UAE

Fat bank balance earning Air Arabia profits

By Kipp • Aug 14th, 2008 • Category: Cover Story, Money, The Work

As the low cost carrier gets set to start a new joint venture airline, its statement reveals that it is making more money from its bank account than its operations.