Dubai: Damage to two major undersea cables caused Internet and phone disruptions throughout the UAE and the world on Thursday.
The damage to the fiber optic cables, which connect western Europe to the Middle East and Asia, occurred off of the Egyptian coast.
“du has been informed that the cuts on both FLAG and SEA-ME-WE4 cables occurred at approx 12km north of Alexandria. This incident has impacted international and regional telecom services from operators across the Gulf, Egypt Middle East and India. The two cables are 400m apart at this point which suggests that a ship has dragged its anchor through both cables,” said Osman Sultan, du’s CEO, in an emailed statement.
The statement also said that the repair process has started on both lines. No timeframe has been set for the repairs, but initial estimates indicate it will take at least two weeks to repair the FLAG cable.
Some businesses in the UAE have reported outages, but others have said there has been only “a minimal impact” on Internet services.
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Beckham dropped from friendly squad: reports
London: Former captain David Beckham has been left out of coach Fabio Capello's first England squad for next week's friendly against Switzerland at Wembley, British media reported on Thursday.
The LA Galaxy midfielder has not played a competitive match since England's 3-2 defeat by Croatia in their final Euro 2008 qualifier last November, but had been training with Arsenal in a bid to maintain his fitness.
An FA spokesman declined to comment on the reports and said the squad for the game on February 6 would be announced later.
Beckham had been hoping to earn his 100th cap against the Swiss. The reports said Capello, who also dropped the player for a spell when in charge of Real Madrid, has not ruled the 32-year-old completely out of his future plans.
The LA Galaxy midfielder has not played a competitive match since England's 3-2 defeat by Croatia in their final Euro 2008 qualifier last November, but had been training with Arsenal in a bid to maintain his fitness.
An FA spokesman declined to comment on the reports and said the squad for the game on February 6 would be announced later.
Beckham had been hoping to earn his 100th cap against the Swiss. The reports said Capello, who also dropped the player for a spell when in charge of Real Madrid, has not ruled the 32-year-old completely out of his future plans.
Bush breaks poll fund-raising tour to talk about Iraq
Las Vegas: Sandwiching a war speech in between Republican fundraisers, President George W. Bush is making clear that his priority is to keep Iraq secure, not just to get troops home.
His Iraq update here scheduled for later yesterday was tucked into an agenda of political events across four states. The private affairs will raise $4.7 million (Dh17 million) for his party by week's end.
The president is on a three-day tour with dual purposes: to raise money for Republican candidates and to plug some themes from his modestly aimed State of the Union address. The theme of the day: war and the threats to the United States. In California on Wednesday, Bush promoted his trade agenda and headlined fundraisers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The rest of his travels involve states that he carried in the 2000 and 2004 elections, Nevada, Colorado and Missouri.
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Bush's Iraq theme is that his military build-up there a year ago - unpopular as it was - succeeded by reducing violence and giving Iraqi politicians some room to work.
Yet he won't commit to more US troop withdrawals, and may even slow or stop the ones under way to preserve the gains in security. He is asking the country, again, for patience.
In comments here, Bush will tell the nation that it cannot afford to turn its back on Iraq now, echoing a theme of his State of the Union address on Monday. He also will prod Congress again to permanently extend a law allowing the government more freedom to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists.
His Iraq update here scheduled for later yesterday was tucked into an agenda of political events across four states. The private affairs will raise $4.7 million (Dh17 million) for his party by week's end.
The president is on a three-day tour with dual purposes: to raise money for Republican candidates and to plug some themes from his modestly aimed State of the Union address. The theme of the day: war and the threats to the United States. In California on Wednesday, Bush promoted his trade agenda and headlined fundraisers in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The rest of his travels involve states that he carried in the 2000 and 2004 elections, Nevada, Colorado and Missouri.
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Bush's Iraq theme is that his military build-up there a year ago - unpopular as it was - succeeded by reducing violence and giving Iraqi politicians some room to work.
Yet he won't commit to more US troop withdrawals, and may even slow or stop the ones under way to preserve the gains in security. He is asking the country, again, for patience.
In comments here, Bush will tell the nation that it cannot afford to turn its back on Iraq now, echoing a theme of his State of the Union address on Monday. He also will prod Congress again to permanently extend a law allowing the government more freedom to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists.
Turkey to relax headscarf ban in universities
Students may soon be allowed to wear the Muslim headscarf in Turkish universities, a watershed for a devout, growing middle class that has long complained of discrimination against its faith.
Turkey's popular Islamist-rooted government and a nationalist opposition party agreed on a compromise this week to lift a 1989 ban on female students wearing the headscarf in higher education, a move unthinkable only a few years ago.
The amendment is expected to be approved by parliament early this month.
As recently as 1997, Turkey's army generals, acting with public support, ousted a government they deemed too Islamist.
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"Lifting the headscarf ban in universities is a big step for Turkey, even if the reform is insufficient. It will mean a lot of women who suffered from the ban will be able to study again," said Neslihan Akbulut of women's rights group AKDER.
Turkey's secular establishment, which includes generals, judges and university rectors, sees the headscarf as a symbol of radical Islam and a political challenge to the Nato member's separation of state and religion. Turkey is 99 per cent Muslim.
The Turkish republic was founded as a secular state by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 from the crumbling Islam-based Ottoman Empire.
Thousands of women have in the past two decades chosen not to go to university because of the ban, have studied abroad or have been expelled from their studies for wearing a garment that covers their hair as a sign of piety.
The headscarf debate goes to the very heart of Turkey's complex identity. It is a young democracy that is struggling to balance the demands of an increasingly prosperous but pious Muslim population and a traditional urban pro-Western elite that sees Islam as backward and a threat to the status quo.
Turkey's popular Islamist-rooted government and a nationalist opposition party agreed on a compromise this week to lift a 1989 ban on female students wearing the headscarf in higher education, a move unthinkable only a few years ago.
The amendment is expected to be approved by parliament early this month.
As recently as 1997, Turkey's army generals, acting with public support, ousted a government they deemed too Islamist.
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"Lifting the headscarf ban in universities is a big step for Turkey, even if the reform is insufficient. It will mean a lot of women who suffered from the ban will be able to study again," said Neslihan Akbulut of women's rights group AKDER.
Turkey's secular establishment, which includes generals, judges and university rectors, sees the headscarf as a symbol of radical Islam and a political challenge to the Nato member's separation of state and religion. Turkey is 99 per cent Muslim.
The Turkish republic was founded as a secular state by Kemal Ataturk in 1923 from the crumbling Islam-based Ottoman Empire.
Thousands of women have in the past two decades chosen not to go to university because of the ban, have studied abroad or have been expelled from their studies for wearing a garment that covers their hair as a sign of piety.
The headscarf debate goes to the very heart of Turkey's complex identity. It is a young democracy that is struggling to balance the demands of an increasingly prosperous but pious Muslim population and a traditional urban pro-Western elite that sees Islam as backward and a threat to the status quo.
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