By Praveen Menon DUBAI (Reuters) - Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction firm, Arabtec, stayed away from work on Sunday to back wage demands, a rare labor protest in the Gulf emirate, where trade unions are banned, staff said. Most blue collar workers in the Gulf Arab states are migrant laborers hired on a contract basis from South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, and strikes are uncommon. ...
BMW i8 Concept Spyder
What's most stunning about the BMW i8 Concept Spyder isn't the 350-hp plug-in hybrid technology, the laser-powered headlights or the auto-show touches such as folding electric kickboards. It's that BMW plans to build something with most of these features, in a car looking much like this, within a few years. This is not a dream. Displayed at the Paris Motor Show, the concept wears an exterior that while still futuristic, represents a viable look at what BMW will build in two years. When BMW chief designer Adrian von Hooydonk told the production i8s would strongly resemble the concepts, this -- the layered bodywork, the laser headlights and the tri-tone accents -- was what he meant. Even the i8 Concept Spyder's scissor doors look less showy than purposeful here.
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- Saudi-only job categories reduced under Nitaqat
Expatriate workers will no longer pay to change professions. They will also be eligible for 131 more jobs that were once exclusive only to Saudis, Deputy Minister of Labor Mofarrej Al-Haqbani told Arab News and Urdu News in an interview yesterday.“This was a big problem in the past since the ministry limited more than 150 job categories to Saudis only, so companies could only get visas for other professions,” Al-Haqbani said. He said the number has since been cut to 19 job titles that are
- UAE public and private sector to get holiday on June 6
The UAE has declared Thursday, June 6, as a public and private sector holiday to mark Al Isra'a Wal Miraj, the ascension of Prophet Mohammad.
- The 19 exclusive Saudi jobs
The new labor regulations state that 19 job titles can never be occupied by non-Saudis.
- Kuwait bars expats from morning treatment at hospitals
Kuwait is to bar foreigners from attending public hospitals in the mornings, local media reported on Thursday, in a decision activists labelled "racist".
- Kuwait deports 'hundreds' for traffic offences
Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group.
- First Saudi woman climbs to top of Everest
Raha Moharrak, 25, says she wants to inspire other women to scale world's highest mountain.
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