Dubai, Aug 28 : The 42 Indian workers, mostly from Andhra Pradesh, whose belongings were reduced to ashes in a devastating fire at their villa on Tuesday in Dubai’s Naif area, have been given refuge in the Indian consulate here.

The ten workers who were killed in the fire hailed from Metpally Taluka in the Telengana region of Andhra.

Temporary arrangements have been made for the consulate to provide the workers with food and shelter. Most of the Indian workers at the villa were staying illegally.

Venu Rajamony, the Indian Consul General, on Wednesday visited the area in Naif where the 30-room villa complex stood, and met the affected Indian workers who had been gathered in large numbers since the morning.

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Dubai, July 24 : Indian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have expressed happiness over the UPA Government’s trust vote victory in Parliament back home, describing it as a defining moment in the country''s history.

According to the Gulf News, others expressed hope that the government will now be able to push ahead with its reforms agenda without worrying about the Left.

Some also said that they wanted the government to come clean on the bribery allegations levelled by the opposition.

The paper quoted K. V. Shamsudheen, director, Barjeel Geojit Securities LLC, as saying that he hoped Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would break his shackles.

Nicosia, July 18: Saikh Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, has recently announced that the UAE has cancelled the entire debt owned to it by Iraq, amounting to