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A 23-year-old Sri Lankan cook had allegedly raped his friend’s girlfriend at knifepoint after barging into her room in Jebel Ali, UAE.
He faced charges of rape, making criminal threats and consumption of alcohol without a license as he stood trial in the Court of First Instance.
The 23-year-old Belarusian victim, who works as a receptionist, said the defendant knocked on her boyfriend’s room door, asking for him. “I was there alone browsing the internet while my boyfriend was at work. The accused pushed me inside and closed the door and kept the key with him,” she told the prosecutor.
He put a knife on her neck and asked her for sex. “I tried to talk him into leaving me alone and I promised I would not tell anybody about his doing. But he pulled me by my hair and pushed me down on the couch.”
She also told him that her boyfriend’s roommate would come at anytime so it would be better for him to leave, but he would not listen. He then allegedly raped her. When the room’s phone rang, she tricked him and rushed outside.
The accommodation’s Pakistani security guard said the complainant ran to him around 9pm on May 4. “She looked frightened and was shaking. She told me that a man barged into her room and raped her at knifepoint.” She then pointed at the accused as the one who raped her.
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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is set to transform in-flight entertainment options with the introduction of eight live television channels which will broadcast live news and sport, including this weekend’s Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The new live channels are BBC World News, BBC Arabic, euronews and Sport 24, which are available from November 1. CNBC, Japan’s NHK World Premium, and CNN, will be introduced during November; and Sky News Arabia will follow in the coming months.
The highlight of the sports coverage are the final three races of the Formula 1 season with the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as well as the US Grand Prix and the Brazil Grand Prix
Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, said: “We are delighted to broadcast this weekend’s Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on many of our aircraft, ensuring that passengers who are flying on race day won’t miss any of the action from Yas Marina Circuit.”
In addition to the Formula 1, passengers can also watch a wealth of live top sporting action this November including the ATP World Tour Finals, English Premier League and German Bundesliga matches, and Euroleague Basketball.
The major sports coverage continues in 2014 and includes the Australian Open, French Open and US Open tennis championships, the Winter Olympics, the Masters from Augusta and Ryder Cup golf, and the FIFA World Cup from Brazil.
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Sri Lanka has become a popular hotspot for Eid this year.
The Khaleej Times reports that although Asia, Thailand and Malaysia remain at the top of the list of tourists heading out overseas for the holy festival, countries like India and Sri Lanka are also getting some interest this year, particularly among the UAE nationals.
Mary Thomas, managing director of Bin Moosa Travel, says that mountainous areas, beaches and the backwaters in countries like Sri Lanka are proving to be an attraction for UAE nationals.
In Europe, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy are the sought-after destinations, while a considerable good amount of traffic is flocking to the US, particularly to Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
Mohammed Abdulla Al Fahim of Al Fahim Group, has said for Emiratis, the favourite destination this season is Thailand. However, expatriate tourists purchased packages for serene, majestic and economically affordable tourist hideouts like Sri Lanka and Maldives. Other popular places, he said, are in Europe.
Source: The Khaleej Times
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Abu Dhabi: The General Directorates of Residency and Foreigners Affairs at the Ministry of Interior says all technical and services preparations have been made to launch a new visa and fees system to be applied at the beginning of August.
The changes are in line with the Cabinet decision No 22 for 2014, regarding the regulation and development of the naturalization, residency and checkpoints sector at the Ministry of Interior.
Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, issued the ministerial decree No 377 for 2014, including amendment of the regulations implementing the law of foreigners’ entry and residence.
The ministry announced that it will publish a new visa and entry fees regimen on its website http://moi.gov.ae in the coming few days.
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