UAE federal ministries and departments will have Thursday,17 February 2011, corresponding to 14 Rabi Al Awwal 1432 Hijri as a public holiday to mark Milad Al Nabi.
The holiday to mark the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), will be now on Thursday instead of Tuesday, 15 February 2011, corresponding to 12 Rabi Al Awwal 1432 Hijri.
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European Union officials said on Sunday the unrest in Egypt will top the agenda at a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday in Brussels, as European countries advised their nationals to leave the region.
The Dutch Foreign Ministry urged its citizens to "seriously consider leaving," while Switzerland advised its own to leave until further notice.
Turkey's Dogan news agency reported on Sunday that the government is evacuating about 750 nationals on three planes that are slated to arrive later in the evening.
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Torrential rainfall submerged streets and cut off electricity in parts of Saudi Arabia's second largest city Jeddah on Wednesday, raising fears of a repeat of floods in 2009 which killed more than 120 people.
The last floods triggered a rare public debate about weaknesses in infrastructure in the top oil exporter, one of the world's richest countries.
On Wednesday, cars floated in streets turned into rivers, while putrid odour filled the air as sewage from underground tanks overflowed and mixed with flood water in the Red Sea port of four million inhabitants which has no sewage system.
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The UAE's mounting garbage problem has kicked up a debate among officials and environmentalists, some of whom believe it is high time to implement a pay-as-you-throw scheme (PAYT) in which people would be asked to pay for every bag or kg of trash they throw, just as they pay for every litre of sewage or kilowatt of electricity.
Each person in the UAE generates around 2.5kg of waste per day. That's over 900kg in one year, 400kg more than the annual waste generated by the French or Italians. The shocking revelation has led to a sense of urgency about how to tackle the rising trash heap on swelling landfills, the ultimate destination of most things we discard.
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Dubai's cruise tourism recorded 390,000 cruise passengers visiting the emirate aboard 103 ships last year, according to the latest statistics provided by the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM) — the emirate's tourism regulatory body.
Khalid Ahmad Bin Sul-ayem, DTCM Director-General, told representatives of tourism companies and government departments that this achievement was made possible by the marketing initiatives carried out by DTCM, in addition to its participation in a number of conferences and exhibitions.
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