gomideast News Blog
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Text by Lance Campres
September 7, 2005
Skating Cops nab Thieves in the UAE
Naif
Panthers seen in Dubai
Dubai, always on the cutting edge, recently added skating cops to its
police force. The team is called the "Naif Panthers" and they
are a squad of crime fighting roller skaters officially part of the
Dubai police force. I suspect that we may see a television show? Or
at least a movie with the Naif Panthers doing tricks while chasing bandits?
(You read it here first!)…
"Little-Egypt"
growing in Israel
Many Egyptians are flocking to the small town of Nazareth in Israel
seeking a better life for themselves and their families. Many of the
men marry into the Arab-Israeli population, creating problems for traveling
back home to Egypt. This in depth article from Al-Ahram in Egypt covers
this unusual and growing situation.
Did
you just Bluetooth me?
Advanced cell phone technology is making flirting undercover possible
in the socially restrained malls of Dubai. With Bluetooth amorous youth
are passing poetry and requests for phone numbers to other nearby Bluetooth
users in malls, restaurants, and even in traffic. What goes on in textual
cell-space only the responders know, but the technology is breaking
new waves in this Gulf Emirate.
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