What you need to know about Lasik eye surgery

    The thing about Scary Spice going blind was enough to give a lot of us glasses-wearing-thinking-about-lasik people a fright. Fortunately, Mel B is fine; turns out it wasn’t a laser surgery gone abysmally wrong, it was an old condition flaring up. “This has happened before. She has herpes in her eye, so this can happen….

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      5-day public holiday in UAE for Eid Al Fitr?

      Dubai: The UAE Cabinet had previously announced in March that the same number of holidays will be granted to the public and private sector. ### The decree was issued with the aim to achieve a balance between the two sectors and to support the national economy in its various fields. ### ### According to Gulf News reports,…

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        Can Manchester City hero Vincent Kompany save Anderlecht?

        Anderlecht: On Sunday, on as dark a day as imaginable in Anderlecht’s history, Belgium’s record champions stunned the world with the appointment of their biggest international icon of the last 25 years. ### Enter Vincent Kompany, stronger than any PR machine the club could possibly have built. ### The name Anderlecht suddenly hummed around the…

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          Emirati culture key to women empowerment

          Today, Emirati women account for more than 66 per cent of jobs in the country’s public sector, close to 30 per cent of which are decision-making positions. Despite making up the largest portion of the workforce in the government sector, Emirati women are not looking behind, determined to pursue their rights on an equal footing…

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            How to make your savings count in the UAE

            Dubai: Do you know where your salary goes after each month or do you scratch your head and wonder where it disappears to? If you’ve been working overseas for several years now, do you have anything of value to show for it? Apart from the extra pounds and grey hair you’ve accumulated, of course. Many…

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              Pakistanis ‘ditch the dollar’ as rupee plunges

              ### Dubai: As the Pakistani rupee plunged against the US dollar, Pakistanis requested each other to “ditch the dollar” in hopes of strengthening their currency. ### Reports of the US dollar reaching an all-time high against the Pakistani rupee in the interbank market emerged earlier this month. As of May 24, the rate was at…

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                Zarif in Pakistan amid tensions with US

                Islambad: Iran’s foreign minister was in Pakistan on Friday, a critically timed visit amid a simmering crisis between Tehran and Washington and ahead of next week’s emergency Arab League meeting called by Saudi Arabia over regional tensions. ### The purpose of the visit by Mohammad Javad Zarif, who held talks with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah…

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