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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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Arab art show at Wafi City

DUBAI - Over 60 works of art are currently on display under the Pyramid in the Wafi City Mall's Link. The works, which had been brought to Dubai by prominent art dealer Lena Masri, are part of a collection she has built over the past year from Arab artists across the Middle East, Syria, and Jordan. The collection runs until June 17 and can be viewed from 10am to 10pm daily. On Fridays, it is open for public from 4pm.

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Sharjah-based Indian wins DDF's $1m draw

DUBAI - A Sharjah-based Indian national, Mr Shabaz Elias shouted with joy upon learning that his ticket No.1312 in Series No.29 had just won him a $1 million in Dubai Duty Free's Millennium Millionaire Draw which was held yesterday at Shaikh Rashid Terminal, according to a Press release.

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Khalifa visits World War II museum in Britain

LONDON - Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, yesterday visited the Cabinet War Rooms at the Whitehall near the 10 Downing Street. Shaikh Khalifa was welcomed upon arrival at the Cabinet War Rooms, part of London's imperial war museum, by the Curator, Philip Reed.

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