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New radars in UAE can record videos of traffic violations

Ras Al Khaimah - Emirates Voice

Motorists, beware! The Ras Al Khaimah Police have installed nine new radars on the roads of the emirate. The new radars can record videos of the violations, a top official said. "The digital video cameras can record violations related to traffic signals, ignoring safety spaces, road shoulder, and banned timings or lanes for trucks," Brigadier Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Humaidi,Read more

Egypt's Sisi sacks his intelligence chief

Cairo - Emiratesvoice

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has fired his powerful intelligence chief, state media said Thursday, in the latest shake-up of the country's security services. Sisi appointed his chief-of-staff and close ally General Abbas Kamel as interim replacement for outgoing intelligence head General Khaled Fawzy, according to state media. No reason was given for the move, which comes ahead of presidentialRead more

10 US citizens killed in Costa Rica plane crash

San José - Emiratesvoice

Ten US citizens died in the crash of a small plane in Costa Rica on Sunday that also killed the two Costa Rican crew members, the president of the Central American country, Luis Guillermo Solis, said. "The government of Costa Rica profoundly regrets the deaths of 10 US passengers and Costa Rican pilots in the air accident," which occurred inRead more

Gunman attacks church near Cairo, shot dead: police

Cairo - Emiratesvoice

A gunman attacked a church south of Cairo on Friday and was shot dead by policemen, police officials said. They said he had tried to storm the church in the Helwan district. It was not immediately clear whether the attack had caused any casualties.Read more

Tunisian schoolgirls rebel against having

Bizerte - Emiratesvoice

In Tunisian high schools, the dress code is not uniform. Actually, it is: but only for girls. Boys can wear what they like, and now the girls are up in arms. One morning, instead of turning up for class wearing the regulation navy blue smock, a defiant group of adolescent girls came to school in white T-shirts instead, demanding an "endRead more

Three men charged with murder of Maltese journalist

Valletta - AFP

Three men were charged Tuesday with the murder of campaigning Maltese journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed in a car bomb on the Mediterranean island on October 16. Caruana Galizia was one of Malta's most prominent public figures, thanks to a widely read blog she used to expose crime and corruption on the small but economically booming nation. TheRead more

Egypt presidential hopeful says UAE bars him from leaving

Cairo - Emirates Voice

Egyptian ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq said Wednesday the United Arab Emirates had barred him from leaving the country, which the UAE denied, only hours after an announcement he would run for president in his homeland next year. "I was surprised that I was banned from leaving the brotherly nation of the United Arab Emirates, for reasons I do not understand," ShafiqRead more

French international schools strike over cuts

Chennai - Emirates Voice

Thirty-five men being held in India were on Monday acquitted of illegal possession of arms while they were on a US-operated anti-piracy boat in 2013. The six Britons, three Ukrainians, 14 Estonians and 12 Indians were given five-year jail terms by a lower court in southern India's Tamil Nadu state in January last year. The Indian coast guard intercepted theRead more