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  New technology for UAE farmers

  Emirati farmers use advanced technology to produce vegetables throughout the year

Green awakening through farming

Move to rein in high use of pesticides in UAE

Authority aims to boost UAE farm productivity

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• Maid held for aborting baby in sponsor's house

• UAEU to confer degrees on male graduates

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• Qualified tutors in short supply

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  Women gain power in Bahrain journalists' board

  Three women elected to board of Bahrain's Journalist Assocation

• Bahrain violence stoked by Iran: new minister

• Prosecutor refutes torture death report

• Gulf union summit to be held before December

• Bahrain police hunt for 20 bombing suspects

• Bahrain slams Iran's interference in its affairs

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• More caught trying to enter Oman illegally

  More than 200 people caught trying to enter Oman illegally, say Royal Oman Police

• Four held for gruesome murder in Oman

• Police crack down on drug crime in Oman

• Boy, 12, drowns off Saham beach in Oman

• 'Suspend mid-day work during summer' in Oman

• Bodies of three missing children found in Oman

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• Qatar urges its citizens to leave Lebanon

  Qatar on Saturday urged its citizens to avoid travelling to Lebanon, citing unstable conditions

• Qatar to host Cirque du Soleil extravaganza

• Qatar fund awards $140m for research

• Dinner raises $6.5m for Qatar religious scholars

• Qatar scraps plan for metered parking areas

• Qatar to liberalise Haj services

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• Al Qaida chief urges Saudis to topple Al Sauds

  Al Qaida chief urged Saudis to rise up against the kingdom's ruling Al Saud family

• Saudi beheads man for Bangladeshi's murder

• Saudi Arabia bans using Gregorian dates

• Enthusiasm for Gulf union remains strong

• Saudi Arabia moves to scrap sponsor system

• 'violence casts doubt on Annan's Syria plan'

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• Kuwait busts visa-trafficking racket

  Kuwait has arrested a Gulf national and an Arab, for their alleged involvement in visa trafficking

• Hunt for driver who dared police to catch him

• Kuwait blogger 'blasphemy' trial set for May 21

• Kuwait warns against campaigning for candidates

• Campaign: Kuwait warns drivers, impounds cars

• Kuwait warns against backing Egypt's candidates

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  Lebanon warning a 'catastrophe'

  Travel advisory by UAE, Qatar and Bahrain seen as an economic catastrophe

UAE urges citizens to stay away from Lebanon

Gulf states ask citizens to avoid Lebanon travel

• Generals to alter Egypt president's powers

• 'No one had ever asked us what we think'

• Moderate leads in Egyptian votes in UAE

• Seven killed in bombings across Mogadishu

• UAE urges citizens to stay away from Lebanon

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• Pakistan blocks Twitter over contentious content

  Official says Twitter was blocked over its refusal to remove material considered offensive to Islam

• Aquino adviser assures no hidden agenda in talks

• Death toll in Italy earthquake rises

• Did transgender Miss Universe contestant win?

• Facebook's Zuckerberg marries longtime love

• Woman sentenced for murder of millionaire lover

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  Novel approach at Cannes festival

  It is a bookworm's Cannes: Many of this year's entrants borrowing from literature

Cannes Diary

Haiti attracts attention courtesy of sean penn

Impressive reality at Cannes

• Big B ends mystery over granddaughter's name

• Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests

• Own a piece of Madonna's material world

• Make up your mind J.Lo, says 'Idol' producer

• Glitter and bare skin at Vienna's City Hall

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  Fitness focus: Intensati

  Just when you thought you'd tried every exercise class under the sun...

Dance-inspired fitness DVDs tested

We try out Xtend Barre classes

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