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Islands issue to be resolved peacefully, says Murr
Islands issue to be resolved peacefully, says Murr (Wam) / 18 March 2014 FNC Speaker says the UAE has adopted a foreign policy based on certain principles such as tolerance and acceptance of various people and their cultures. Mohammed Ahmed Al Murr, Speaker of the Federal National Council (FNC), has affirmed that the UAE, since its establishment, has adopted a foreign policy based on certain principles such as tolerance and acceptance of various people and their cultures. These values, he said, contribute to stability, development and international peace. Al Murr said this comes out of the country’s conviction that achieving international peace is connected with the establishment of ties and communication with various countries in accordance with rules of international law and mutual dialogue. This, he said, promotes understanding, friendship and rapprochement, in addition to respect of neighbourhood, countries’ sovereignty and resolving conflicts through peaceful means. “According to this principle, we issued our constant calls to resolve conflicts with Iran over its occupation of the three UAE islands — Abu Musa and Greater and Lesser Tunbs — through peaceful and negotiable means or international arbitration.” He was speaking at the 130th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Geneva. For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
UAE joins search for Malaysia Airlines plane
UAE joins search for Malaysia Airlines plane (Agencies) / 18 March 2014 The UAE Armed Forces are using two Search & Rescue aircraft in the search operations. The UAE Armed Forces are taking part in the search operations for the Malaysian Airlines passenger plane, which went missing10 days ago, a source at the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces has said. The UAE Armed Forces are using two Search & Rescue aircraft in the search operations, which cover a zone stretching south over the Indian Ocean to Australia and north over an area extending to the south and central Asia. Latest: No motive found to explain disappearance of Malaysian plane Meanwhile, the last words from the passenger jet were spoken by the co-pilot, the airline said on Monday, providing a new glimpse into the crucial period when the plane was deliberately diverted. The last message from the cockpit — “All right, good night” — came around the time that two of the plane’s crucial signalling systems were manually disabled. Read more: Planning could hold key to mystery of Malaysia flight For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
Suspected ‘murder’ turns out to be a cat run over by vehicle
Suspected ‘murder’ turns out to be a cat run over by vehicle Staff Reporter / 18 March 2014 Concerned citizen calls police after seeing a woman burying some blood-stained object. A concerned Abu Dhabi citizen reported a suspected murder to the police after he witnessed a woman getting out of her car and burying something. He also saw bloodstains all over the place. The ‘murder’ victim later turned out to be a cat, which was run over by a vehicle. The citizen residing in Madinat Khalifa in Abu Dhabi notified the police’s Operations Room after he saw the woman “fleeing” when he approached the scene. He had seen the woman take out something wrapped in a jacket from the car and burying it. “There were blood stains all over the place,” he told the police. The police rushed medical examiners from the Crime Scene Department, a Criminal Investigations Department (CID) team and a police patrol to the spot. They dug out a cat, which died after it was apparently run over. Colonel Dr Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the CID at the Abu Dhabi Police GHQ, urged people to abstain from “suspicious or frightening behaviour” so that precious time of the security forces is not wasted. news@khaleejtimes.com For more news from Khaleej Times, follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/khaleejtimes , and on Twitter at @khaleejtimes Continue reading
