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Cash reward for catching top leaders of Brotherhood
Cash reward for catching top leaders of Brotherhood Mustafa Al Zarooni / 21 August 2013 Emirati journalist Hamad Al Mazroui has announced a reward of one million Egyptian pounds — equal to approximately $143,000 — to whoever helps arrest any of the three most important leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Al Mazroui posted the announcement on his Twitter account that he would hand over the amount to anyone who helps locate any of the three top Brotherhood leaders — Essam el-Eryan, Mohamed Al Beltagi and Safwat Hijazi — whose arrests have been ordered by the South Cairo Public Prosecution. The bounty will be presented in coordination with the Egyptian Interior Ministry, no matter what the informant’s nationality or religion is, or even if he/she is one of the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s officers or from the Muslim Brotherhood itself. Speaking to Khaleej Times, Al Mazroui said: “I have allocated the cash reward to cease the bloodshed in Egypt as those three men are the leaders of militants and they are no less dangerous than the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.” Al Mazroui had earlier donated Dh1 million to Egypt during a public donation campaign to save Egypt from the current economic crisis. malzarooni@khaleejtimes.com Continue reading
Dogs being taught to use phones and tabs
Dogs being taught to use phones and tabs Staff Reporter / 21 August 2013 If you’re not already tired of being technologically outwitted by your toddlers, it could be about to get worse — an American dog school is teaching pets to use phones and iPads. Anna Grossman holds her iPad while her dog Amos touches the screen with his nose at her studio in New York. — AFP School for The Dogs in New York has been teaching clever canines to “use” the touch-manipulated devices for the past year. The dogs select either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ icons on the screen, with their noses. Dog trainer Anna Grossman wrote about the experiment conducted with several dozen dogs and their owners on the company’s website, explaining the tech idea came to her after she read a spoof article about a girl who had done the same thing. Grossman wrote the benefit of teaching the unusual trick was to get dogs to be more compliant in more serious matters. “The more silly behaviours your dog can learn to do reliably on cue, the better he’ll be at understanding you when you need to teach important stuff.” The trainers say one of the first things dogs learn at the school’s classes is how to touch things with their noses, goaded by the promise of an edible reward, which shows dogs “(they) can affect the outcome of (their) environment simply by touching something with (their) nose”. Grossman wrote teaching dogs “nose touches” was the first step to teaching commands such as to come or shut the fridge door. The social-media savvy school also offers dog lessons over Skype, pens a ‘Dog Blog’ and has a Facebook feed updating the hijinks of subscribers’ dogs. news@khaleejtimes.com Continue reading
Law to ban smoking in vehicles with children
Law to ban smoking in vehicles with children (Wam) / 20 August 2013 The anti-tobacco federal law, which will come into force next year, will ban smoking in private vehicles if a child younger than 12 years is present in the car. The Ministry of Health has announced the executive regulations of the anti-tobacco flaw, which were approved by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in the Cabinet’s Resolution No. 24 issued on July 21, 2013. The said resolution will come into effect six months from the date of its issuance. The regulations are part of the government’s efforts to establish an effective national anti-tobacco strategy to protect public health. The ban on the vehicles aims to protect children from being exposed to cigarette smoke. The law also aims to reduce smoking among youth. A study carried out in Abu Dhabi showed that 28 per cent of children aged 15 years and younger, are smokers, while 30 per cent of people aged 18 and above are smokers. The law bans any content that advertises tobacco products, such as newspaper advertisements, TV commercials and animations. It also bans importing tobacco products that are not in line with technical standards set by the UAE, and any violations regarding such imports can lead to a one year prison sentence and a fine ranging from Dh100,000 to Dh1 million, in addition to the confiscation of products. The law also provides specifications on the packaging of tobacco products. All products must now display a large warning label on the front to raise awareness on the dangers of tobacco, and not to mislead them. Violators will be fined Dh100,000 to Dh1 million, and the fines can be doubled if the offence is repeated. Tobacco products cannot be displayed near items marketed for children, or sportswear, health, food and electronic products. Tobacco products are also forbidden to be sold in locations that are 100 metres away from places of worship, and 15 metres away from kindergartens, schools, universities and colleges. Shisha cafes will also have to be at least 150 metres away from residential areas. The regulations also specify that these cafes’ working hours will be from 10am to 12pm. Shishas will not be served to customers younger than 18 years of age, and the cafes will be forbidden from delivering shishas to apartments. Growing or producing tobacco for commercial purposes will also be forbidden, and current manufacturing plants have been given a grace period of 10 years to sort out their situation, and tobacco farms have been given a two-year grace period. The UAE ratified the World Health Organisation’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), the first international treaty negotiated under the auspices of WHO, in November 2005. The UAE anti-tobacco law was drafted by the Ministry of Health in 2006. In December 2009, the UAE issued its own federal anti-tobacco law. Continue reading
