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Victorious Republicans will have to tread carefully

Tram service rolls out next week

Tullo determined to play the best golf despite making European Tour cut

Obama’s call to authorise ISIL warfare tests US Congress

All Blacks ahead, England’s Robshaw asks ‘Are we good enough to take our chances?’

Kuwaiti released from Guantanamo arrives home

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Egypt train bomb kills four including policemen

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Azzam crew are well worth their salt

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Barca’s Leo Messi reaches Raul’s record, but ‘we need to keep competing with PSG’

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Libya crisis deepens as supreme court rejects parliament

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Nasdaq Dubai strikes dual listings deal in Egypt

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‘Egypt to repay $2.5bn to Qatar’

Abu Dhabi Art: Martin Creed questions the nature of art

India to step up safety on world’s most dangerous roads

ICC will not prosecute Israel over deadly raid on Gaza flotilla

European Central Bank prepared for further stimulus

A look at the pros and cons of Dubai RTA’s smartphone apps

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UAE economy diverse enough to weather the oil-price slump

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‘Crisis of confidence’: Man City felled by CSKA, on brink of European failure

Sauber bringing on Brazilian-Lebanese Felipe Nasr for 2015

Storm Belt cleans up on the dirt of Meydan Racecourse

Dubai Financial Market shares on a roller-coaster ride

Travel news: New adventures on the Orient-Express

A more local perspective on the global art scene

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd charged with murder plot in New Zealand

UAE airlines hope to fly to more destinations in Germany

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Dubai has done enough to curb soaring property market, says IMF

Sheikh Khalifa ranked 37th

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Smuggler who caused gas explosion while trying to retrieve drugs has sentence upheld

The past and present collide in Yerevan, Armenia

Al Ain’s new dirt surface similar to California’s Santa Anita Park

Neil Wagner pleased with New Zealand’s Sharjah warm-up against Pakistan A

Thursday cover: Leg up for Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing

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Hamilton and Rosberg set for one more showdown before Abu Dhabi decider

Sanctions against Saleh may be too little, too late

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London apartments with a royal pedigree

Dubai ruler’s son enrols for UAE national service

All 5,300 shops at Dubai’s Deira Islands Night Souk leased

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Dewa starts work on Dh65m project

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Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City coming up short in Champions League

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Bvlgari wins Jewellery Watch award in Geneva

Nakheel refutes Q Group plans for Great Britain at Dubai’s The World Islands

Emerging star DeMarcus Cousins has suprising Sacramento Kings clicking

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Super-active boss of Cisco UAE stays on the go all week

Paul Pogba, Serie A’s brightest star of the moment, leading Juve against Torino

Fighting shuts Libya’s largest oilfield

Amitav Ghosh talks about seclusion as his mind space

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OMV warns lower oil price will hit investment

Taste of Abu Dhabi shows the capital’s developing food scene

Graeme McDowell flies past field in tough WGC-HSBC Champions first round

Abu Dhabi Art: Sculpture carves out its place

Creative lab’s comic book

Borussia Monchengladbach can keep good times rolling, further Dortmund’s dive

Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing wins first leg of Volvo Ocean Race- video

Dh5bn boost for emirati housing

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Dubai Appeals court overturns man’s jail sentence for naked video threats

Afro-Asia sevens event in Dubai shelved over Ebola fears

UAE residents trek to Nepal to raise funds for Palestinian children

Champions League record matched, Lionel Messi shoots for La Liga goalscoring mark