Dubai, Nov. 20 : Cricket players across the world today united for ICC Diversity Day and celebrated the unique social qualities of the sport.

This is the second annual ICC Diversity Day which highlights cricket as a game with a diverse history and a genuine social significance that goes way beyond its laws and regulations.

Cricket is a global phenomenon that brings people together in a spirit of passionate competition and mutual respect. The ICC is keen to celebrate cricket’s rich diversity, something which facilitates the coming together of people from many countries, cultures and social backgrounds and can foster greater harmony and understanding within the community.

Dhabi, Nov. 19th, 2008 --UAE Foreign Trade Minister HE Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, met today with Spanish's Catalonia region Trade Minister Joseph Hogat, who is visiting the country accompanied by Spanish business persons, representing tourist, health, investment and financial sectors to explore cooperation between the UAE and Catalonia region.

Dubai, Nov 19th, 2008 : UAE is participating in the Eighth Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the 20th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which are being held simultaneously in Doha, Qatar.

UAE's official delegation to the conference is headed by Minister of Environment and Water HE Dr. Rashid Ahmed Bin Fahd.

The minister said that the two conferences will discuss a number of pertinent issues related to the protection of the ozone layer from depletion.

Dubai, 19 Nov. 2008 - Economy Minister H. E. Sultan bin Saeed Al mansouri today announed the launch of the Ministry's new strategic plan for 2008-2010.

Dubai, 19th Nov. 2008 -- Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum swore in today in his capacity as Ruler of Dubai 26 judges of the Dubai cassation court at a ceremony held at Zabeel Palace.

The new judges pledged to administer justice, respect laws and discharge their duty with complete integrity and loyalty.

Sheikh Mohammed urged the judges to keep away from the government routine while examining cases and do their best to pronounce verdicts on them as quickly as possible so as to serve interests of people and save time.

Dubai, 19th Nov. 2008 -- The infamous US prison in Cuba, Guantanamo Bay, had never been a huge campaign issue for Barack Obama, the incoming US president, a UAE daily paper commented.

''It was not at least the most important issue of the campaign for the Democratic presidential candidate. There were far more serious issues like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and of course the bigger issue of current economic mess at home,'' wrote Khaleej Times in its editorial.