DUBAI - Egyptian expatriates in the UAE have been invited to participate in the first stage of the four-day Shura Council (Second Chamber) elections in their country by casting their votes in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from 9am on January 25 to 3pm on January 28.

DUBAI - As many as 1,350 people of different nationalities converted to Islam in 2011 at the Islamic

DUBAI - Traditions may easily fade out in the midst of modernity. They may be buried in the skyscrapers or in the migration shifts influencing a new culture. Yet, in this year's Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), the classic and the traditional that make an Emirati and what the UAE is all about is kept alive at the Heritage and Diving Village.

DUBAI - Revolutionary Swiss medical device TopoCryl, which replaces physical sutures applied in surgeries to close external cuts, was introduced in the Middle East at the Arab Health 2012 held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.

DUBAI - "Parents should immediately take their child to a paediatrician, if an infant or a child experiences heavy coughing, rapid breathing and fever spread over several days," experts advise, with the advent of the winter season.

Pakistani Ambassador to the UAE met with community members at the consular section in the embassy to listen to their grievances, regarding document transactions.

A traditional building long known in the Sharjah architectural landscape as Souq Al Majarrah now boasts of more than 5,000 exquisite Islamic artifacts from all over the Islamic world, arranged according to the themes in seven spacious galleries and display areas.

DUBAI - Blood tests to measure aldehydes will be soon replaced by just breathing into a machine known as "Revelar", the latest global medical technology revolution, that can diagnose sickness, blood deficiencies and lung cancer in seven minutes.

The traumatised 'former' tenants of Al Bakr Tower 4 plunged into anger and desperation on Thursday, as they could not get clear answers about their future.

DUBAI - Leaders in healthcare have been urged to transform the overall patient experience and make it the heart of the healthcare delivery systems.

UMM AL QUWAIN - Their Highnesses the Supreme Council Members and Rulers of Emirates Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi of Sharjah, Shaikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mu'alla of Umm Al Quwain and Shaikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah performed the funeral prayer for Shaikh Sultan bin Ahmed Al Mualla, who died on Wednesday, at Shaikh Zayed Mosque in Umm Al Quwain on Thursday.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece and its private creditors head back to the negotiating table on Saturday to put together the final pieces of a long-awaited debt swap agreement needed to avert an unruly default.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led a global push on Saturday for the euro zone to boost its financial firewall, saying "if it is big enough it will not get used."

MIAMI (Reuters) - Newt Gingrich struggled to regain momentum in the Republican presidential race on Friday as two new polls showed him falling behind rival Mitt Romney, who was seen as the winner of the final debate before the Florida primary.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fitch downgraded the sovereign credit ratings of Belgium, Cyprus, Italy, Slovenia and Spain on Friday, indicating there was a 1-in-2 chance of further cuts in the next two years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions as part of a new effort to investigate misconduct in the packaging and sale of home loans to investors, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Friday.

LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Saturday they were searching the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's News International and had arrested four people, including a policeman, in an investigation into suspected payments to police officers for information.

(Reuters) - Facebook's initial public offering is likely to set a new standard for how low investment banks are willing to go on advisory fees to win big business.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has never turned "a blind eye" to the problems in its supply chain and any suggestion it does not care about the plight of workers is "patently false," Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said in an email to employees.