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The bodies of victims who perished in the accident at the Drydocks last Wednesday will be repatriated, said sources at Dubai Police.

A fundraising television progra-mme prepared by Sheikh Moha-mmed bin Rashid Humanitarian and Charity Foundation, in cooperation with Dubai Television, will be aired this week to support the Palestinian cause.

A fundraising television programme organised under the banner "We Are All Palestinians!" will be aired today on Dubai television.

A massive Dh132 million-plus was raised in donations during the 12-hour telethon organised on Tuesday to support the Palestinian cause - with donations ranging from a Rolls Royce to wedding jewellery, and even a woman offering one of her kidneys.

Dubai Police's Human Rights Care Department has recorded 1,246 human rights cases submitted by members of the general public, police personnel, and prisoners during the year 2001, said a senior official from Dubai Police.

An intensive campaign has been launched by Dubai Police to root out begging, after police arrested more than 1,100 people for begging or selling goods illegally last year, said a senior Dubai Police official.

Teachers working in private and public schools will be among those excluded from the sponsorship transfer ban, said Matar Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, yesterday.

Teachers working in private and public schools will be among those excluded from the sponsorship transfer ban, said Matar Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, yesterday.

Dubai Police has announced it plans to set up a college of e-learning, making it the first of its kind in the Middle East.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has stressed that it will force employers who dismiss employees working on limited contracts before the end of their contract tenure without a valid cause, to pay a compensation of a maximum of three months' wages.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has stressed that it will force employers who dismiss employees working on limited contracts before the end of their contract tenure without a valid cause, to pay a compensation of a maximum of three months' wages.

Labourers coming to work in the UAE will have to be at least high school certificate holders, Matar Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, announced yesterday.