Dubai  - A Dubai court sentenced a British couple on Thursday to three months in jail for having sex on a public beach in the Gulf emirate.

Michelle Palmer, 37, a resident in Dubai and her visiting partner Vince Acors, 34, were also fined 1,000 dirham (202 euros) for drinking alcohol in public.

Their lawyer, Hassan Mattar, said that he would appeal against the court's verdict.

The couple was arrested in July for publicly having sex on Dubai's Jumeirah beach while in a drunken state.

Dubai, Oct. 15 : The launch of the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Women’s Rankings will be held in the CK Naydu Room at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai at 12 p. m. on on October 16.

A media briefing involving David Richardson, ICC General Manager – Cricket, India captain Jhulan Goswami, ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year 2008 Charlotte Edwards of England and Sanjay Behl, head of branding at Reliance Communications, will take place at the same venue following the conclusion of the ceremony.

Dubai - Amid the global financial crisis, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohamed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered a further 19 billion dollars to be pumped into the national banking sector to boost liquidity, the Emirates news agency WAM reported on Tuesday.

The decision raised the amount of money that has been pumped into the banking sector to 32.7 billion dollars over the last month.

The UAE Central bank, along with the Ministry of Finance, are to inject the money into the national banking sector.

Dubai - Dubai-based Al-Arabiya news channel was forced to change it's domain to www. alarabiya. tv on Friday after its main page was hacked.

Hackers accusing the Saudi-owned TV of being pro-Sunni shut down the channel's news website in a cyber attack, claiming to be in retaliation for the recent attacks on Shiite websites.

A warning message saying: "if attacks on Shiite websites continue, none of your websites will be safe," was displayed on the front page of the site.

Dubai, Oct 7: ICICIdirect. com, a major online trading platform in India, launched its online Futures and Options (F&O) trading service for non-resident Indians (NRIs), here last evening.

The online trading facility would offer secure transactions through its integrated trading site.

It would also provide an opportunity for NRI customers to create short-term trading positions and benefit from market volatility.

London, Oct 6 : Dubai, with its many beautiful man-made islands, is now looking forward to building the world’s tallest skyscraper.

The project is being planned by Dubai developer Nakheel, the company that created the man-made islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world.

The company has revealed that the structure will be the centrepiece of an inner-city harbour planned as the emirate''s unofficial capital.