The UAE will require Canadian visitors to buy a visa for the first time to enter the country, paying as much as C$1000 ($1000) when applying from January 2.

Canadians must apply for a visa 15 days prior to departure, reversing the current regulation allowing them to enter the oil- rich country without a prior visa and at no cost.

The move is the latest in a dispute over landing rights between the two countries.

A short-term 30-day visa will cost C$250 and a three-month visa will cost C$500, the UAE. Embassy in Ottawa said on its website.

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The debt legislation, which needs presidential approval to become law, is a key step towards the issuance of the country’s first sovereign bond and is also expected to help revive local currency debt market.

The Federal National Council (FNC) cleared two federal bills regarding the public debt to the tune of Dh200 billion and the federal budget and budgets of autonomous entities for 2011, according to Wam.

The government may sell federal bonds at the end of next year or early 2012, the Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Humaid Al Tayer told reporters in Abu Dhabi.

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Five men charged conspiracy to attack a number of UK targets in the run-up to Christmas have been remanded in custody after appearing before a British court.

Gurukanth Desai, 28, Omar Sharif Latif, 26, and Abdul Malik Miah, 24, from Cardiff, and Mohammed Moksudur Rahman Chowdhury, 20, and Shah Mohammed Lutfar Rahman, 28, from London, appeared at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Four other men who were arrested with them were also due to appear in court but the hearing was adjourned until later today for legal submissions.

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Expatriate workers who have received a six-month ban on leaving their jobs recently will be able to obtain new work permits from January 1, if they have completed two years with their former employers, a senior official from the Ministry of Labour said.

Humaid Bin Deemas, Acting Director-General at the Ministry, said these workers will be issued new work permits from January even if they have not served the full six-month ban.

“Following the implementation of the new rules by the Ministry of Labour, expatriate workers who have completed two years with their employers can change jobs without serving the ban,” Bin Deemas told Sharjah Radio. For more information visit www.gowealthy.com

With less than a week remaining for the deadline to register for Emirates ID cards, residents caught in the rush say they are running in vain from pillar to post and urged the authorities to extend the deadline.

Thousands of residents making the last-minute rush to typing centres authorised to do the pre-registration service have been frustrated at the ordeal of waiting in the serpentine queues. Lining up in front of some typing centres before dawn has turned out to be literally a nightmare for many. Adding to their woes, many typing centres have stopped services and many others are turning away applicants as they cannot cope up with the rush.

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The First Interchange on Shaikh Zayed Road will be opened completely by the end of next month, said a senior official.

The remaining work on the First Interchange, one of the largest interchanges in Dubai, will be completed in four stages, said Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).

The RTA will open today the main bridge on Shaikh Zayed Road, ensuring traffic flow from the Financial Centre Road (Upper and Lower Decks) heading towards Shaikh Zayed Road towards Abu Dhabi.

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