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Shiprepair industry gets first woman chiefDamen Shipyards Group, a globally operating company with 35 owned shipyards and numerous partner yard, has appointed Monica Svenner as the new managing director for its shiprepair unit, Damen Shiprepair Götaverken. Svenner is the first wo More… |
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Petrobras names woman engineer as CEOBrazilian oil giant Petrobras plans to name veteran engineer Maria das Graças Foster as chief executive, promoting a respected technocrat from the company's ranks in a bid to turn around its lackluster performance in recent years. Rio de More… |
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Key Kuwait bank post for Bahraini womanKuwait International Bank has announced the approval of Central Bank of Kuwait for the appointment of Nasreen Al-Qaseer as the general manager for risk management department. Al Qaseer is the first Bahraini woman to be appointe More… |
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Saudi woman driver freedSaudi Arabia's police have ordered the release of Manal Al-Sharif, the 32-year-old woman arrested for driving in Alkhobar, a report said. She was arrested after a day after she posted footage on YouTube showing her behind the wheel. More… |
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Iranian woman ‘to be hanged today’An Iranian woman whose sentence of execution by stoning for adultery provoked a worldwide outcry will instead be hanged for murder on Wednesday, a human rights group said. 'The authorities in Tehran have given the go-ahead to Tabriz pr More… |
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Iran ‘backs down’ over stoning of womanIran appeared to have backed down over the stoning of a woman for adultery amid an international outcry, although her lawyer said she remained in jail and could still be executed by other means. The Iranian embassy in London said Sakineh M More… |
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CityBuild honours construction award winnersThe inaugural CityBuild Abu Dhabi, a trade show for building and construction industry, has honoured winners of its excellence in construction awards. CityBuild Abu Dhabi, which opened on April 18 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centr More… |
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Woman to head key Batelco divisionBatelco, Bahrain’s leading telecommunications company, has announced the promotion of Sawsan Noor to the post of head of Government Segment. The section is one of the company’s largest segments which serves a significant number of Batelco’ More… |
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Top UN honour for Bahraini womanBahraini businesswoman Huda Janahi has collected her "Leader Entrepreneur" award from the United Nations Industrial Develo-pment Organisation (Unido). Janahi, chief executive officer of Global Cargo Services, was presented with the award, More… |
UAE gets first woman judgeUnited Arab Emirates yesterday (March 26) got its first woman judge, a job previously reserved for men only. UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan named Kholoud Ahmad Jouan Al Dhaheri as a judge. The move made the UAE t More… |
