Abu Dhabi - The most expensive camel in the world was sold in the United Arab Emirates for 6 million dirhams (1.6 million dollars), the Abu Dhabi International Exhibition for Hunting and Equestrian (ADIHEX) announced Thursday.

The camel was bought by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai, in an auction held late Wednesday, ADIHEX said.

Dubai - A tower named after the former seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, is to be built on a wharf in Abu Dhabi's central business district of al-Reem Island, business officials disclosed Tuesday.

"The tower's ecological impact will be limited. Advanced methods will be employed to preserve energy consumption and reduce the level of thermal emissions to zero," Chief Executive Officer of Deyaar Development, Markus Giebel, told reporters on Tuesday.

Washington, July 14: A researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) believes that higher fuel prices may lead to a reduction in the deaths from road accidents.

Dr. Michael Morrisey, director of UAB''s Lister Hill Center for Health Policy, says that an analysis of yearly vehicle deaths compared to gas prices suggests that fatality rates drop significantly as people slow down and drive less.

In the study report, he writes that traffic deaths could drop by more than 1,000 per month nationwide if gas remains at four dollars a gallon or higher for a year or more.

Dubai, June 5 : A statement flashed on Islamic websites, purportedly signed by an Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, has claimed that the terror group was behind the suicide attack on Denmark's embass

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (dpa) - Police in Sharjah in the United