SHARJAH - Victims made homeless by a midnight fire that ravaged their homes nearly 10 days ago are eagerly awaiting the compensation amount of Dh50,000 for each family announced by the Ruler of Sharjah.

ABU DHABI - The Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) has invited the public to review and comment on its new guide, which focusses on designing and operating a nuclear power plant.

ABU DHABI - Special needs students at public schools across the emirate received learning support from the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) with 689 new devices.

DUBAI - The near capacity crowd at the 'Harris on the Edge' concert thoroughly enjoyed themselves at the Dubai Festival City on Saturday night.

AJMAN - His Highness Shaikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ajman, on Sunday said that the increasing number of universities and colleges of higher education in the UAE is a positive reflection of the country's progress, from which all citizens and residents in the country will benefit.

Nasser Ahmed Al Osaiba is an Emirati Partner and Lawyer at Global Advocates and Legal Consultants; legal member in the Rent Dispute Committee, Umm Al Quwain with a Master's Degree in commercial law from Melbourne University, Australia. Readers may e-mail their questions to: news@khaleejtimes.com or send them to (Legal View), Khaleej Times, Dubai, PO Box 11243.

SHARJAH - The Ministry of Health has announced that it had signed a contract with Wekaya, which specialises in managing the treatment of medical waste disposed by the ministry's facilities in Sharjah.

ABU DHABI - Two fraudsters who allegedly impersonated as security men and carried out raids on apartments where single women lived, will be produced shortly before the Abu Dhabi Criminal Court to stand trial on many counts including infringement of the sanctity of places of residence.

DUBAI - The organisers of the Dubai Pet Show have been forced to revise its admission procedures for dogs after a poodle was mauled to death by an American Staffordshire terrier, a breed prohibited by the Dubai Municipality.

DUBAI - An Egyptian identified as A.A. and a Yemeni identified as M.H., both jobless, stood trial on Sunday in the Court of First Instance on the charge of setting a flat on fire after robbing valuables from it at night.

DUBAI - The Dubai Police have arrested six people and are looking for another, who allegedly robbed an Asian of Dh1,400,000.

ATHENS/PARIS (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on Monday to make up its mind fast on accepting the painful terms for a new EU/IMF bailout, but the country's political leaders responded by delaying their decision for yet another day.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado (Reuters) - Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Monday focused his campaign's firepower on Rick Santorum to head off his surge in two of three states with nominating contests this week.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mad rush to move client money out of MF Global Inc. after its collapse left two firms with the bulk of customer accounts, while other brokerages emerged with only minor gains from the chaos of carving up a multibillion-dollar business.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Monday as investors found little reason to extend a five-week rally on lingering uncertainty over whether Greece would accept the terms of a bailout.

LONDON (Reuters) - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and President Barack Obama vowed to ratchet up pressure on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to step down, even as world powers remained divided over how to end the crisis.

VIENNA (Reuters) - After two days of rare and intensive talks in Tehran, senior U.N. nuclear officials may have felt they were finally making headway towards getting Iran to address suspicions that it is bent on developing the ability to make atom bombs.

INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The New York Giants reclaimed the greatest prize in North American sports with a nail-biting 21-17 Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium.