Dhabi, 11th Nov. 2008 -- The UAE takes great interest in the issue of human security and looks forward to the ideas and discussions that lie ahead on the relationship between human security and women, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, President of Arab Women's Organisation (AWO), said today.

''Human security is one of the newest concepts used with regards to the principles of freedom, security and development. It is an evolving concept that focuses on transforming those principles into commitments and applicable mechanisms,'' Sheikha Fatima, also Chairwoman of the UAE General Women's Union (GWU) and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), told the opening session of the 2nd Conference of the Arab Women's Organisation.

Dubai, Algiers, 11th Nov. 2008 : Global marine terminal operator DP World and the Algerian government signed on Monday agreements that see DP World taking over the operation of the ports of Algiers and Djen-Djen.

Stockholm - Swedish heavy-vehicle maker Volvo said Tuesday it planned to cut some 900 jobs in its Volvo Powertrain division, which makes engines and gearboxes.

The engines are used for Volvo's heavy-vehicles as well as construction machinery, Volvo spokesman Marten Wikforss told Deutsche Presse-Agentur, dpa.

The Volvo Group has some 29,300 employees in Sweden. In addition to trucks and buses, the group also sells construction machinery and includes the divisions Volvo Aero and Volvo Penta.

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Islamabad - At least three people were killed and half a dozen injured in a suicide attack at the gates of a packed sports stadium in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Tuesday, officials said.

The blast occurred immediately after the conclusion of three-day inter-provincial games, District Coordination Officer Sahebzada Anees told reporters at the bombing cite.

"It was a suicide attack and so far we have received reports that three people died and seven are injured," Provincial Minister Miian Iftikhar Hussain said.

Abu Dhabi, 11th Nov. 2008  -- Arab First Ladies called today for greater empowerment of women in the Arab World so as to play their vested role in serving and building their countries and communities on equal footing with their male partners and communicating with other peace-loving nations for the sake of maintaining and bolstering human security collectively.

They stressed the need for promoting Arab-Arab and Arab-international dialogue cooperation for the service of human security causes.