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Green signal to modern traffic system in capital

ABU DHABI - The Abu Dhabi Municipality has embarked on a major plan to modernise traffic control system in the capital to solve the problem of congestion and keep an open eye on violators of traffic rules, especially motorists jumping red signals.

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New chain of schools set to come up in Kerala

DUBAI - Ruing the lack of economic progress in Kerala, a group of bureaucrats and industrialists have founded a charitable trust to set up a chain of schools that will groom youngsters to take up the future challenge of steering the state to its former glory.

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Iraqi girl has successful brain surgery

ABU DHABI - Zainab Hussam Hamid, a 19-year-old Iraqi girl successfully underwent a critical brain surgery on Monday at Shaikh Khalifa Medical Centre (SKMC), which removed a (5x6cm) benign tumour that was compressing the brainstem.

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Girl wins painting prize

RAS AL KHAIMAH - Meera Omanakuttan of Standard VI from Indian High School won the first prize in the painting contest organised by Dubai Women's Association for junior students among all schools in the UAE.

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UAE, Sweden enjoy cordial ties: envoy

ABU DHABI - Sweden and the UAE enjoy excellent relations and share common principles of foreign policy, including their belief in a strong UN, and the need to multilaterally create bonds with other countries based on international law, the Swedish Ambassador to the UAE said last week on the occasion of the country's National Day celebrations.

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