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The Malik Card, scheduled to be launched in January, is a privileged card that will cater to the 50,000 registered landowners, mostly UAE and GCC nationals, in the department's database.

The move to allow expatriates to provisionally own land in designated areas was received with exuberance, but buyers must proceed with caution, warned a Land Department official.

Afghanistan to host India trade show

Dubai Police have upped the ante in the fight against drug-related crimes, with a report showing a nine per cent increase in the number of arrests so far this year.

A senior Palestinian politician yesterday predicted that the Intifadah would eventually win over European public opinion, and expressed the hope that the Israelis would find themselves "internationally besieged", just as Palestinians are besieged by Israeli armour.