The National - News - 2017-09-28

• Work together to build the happiest economic powerhouse in the world
• AS KURDS VOTE YES, BAGHDAD TALKS WAR
• Internatio­nal praise greets King Salman’s decision to end driving ban for Saudi women
• ISRAEL REDUCES SENTENCE OF SOLDIER WHO SHOT DEAD WOUNDED PALESTINIA­N
• Palestine joins Interpol as member state
• Up in smoke: cigar traders fear new tax rules could price them out of business
• Defiant smokers: we back the tax but we won’t quit
• SAUDI WOMEN HAIL ‘TURNING POINT’ DECREE ON DRIVING
• Getting behind the wheel is the biggest cause of death in the kingdom
• We see footprints left by reformers’ many small steps
• VICE PRESIDENT OF IRAQ: PREVIOUS MISTAKES LED TO PRESENT CRISES
• Major rights group slams Qatar for not investigat­ing migrant workers’ deaths
• Russia strikes kill five commanders and 32 fighters from former Al Qaeda group in Syria
• EUROPE TAPS GULF STATES ON BEST WAY TO PREVENT RADICALISM
• Focus must be on diplomacy to avoid the roots of conflict
• Fire breaks out in store room at Dubai cattle farm
• Etihad pilot dies during flight
• UAE moves up list of best places for expats
• EDITOR PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDER
• Hatta gets tough with XDubai Spartan Race
• Ousted Thai premier sentenced to five years in prison for negligence
• ‘ISIL’s chief recruiter’ goes on trial in Germany
• EU’s border controls could be prolonged in terror crisis
• THE FINAL CHAPTER IN BRITAIN’S BAFFLING TALE OF LORD LUCAN
• UK Labour leader delivers speech of two halves to faithful
• India kills insurgents on Myanmar border
• Kathmandu picks new child as ‘living goddess’
• Thousands in South Africa tell Zuma to quit
• Mattis welcomed to Kabul with rockets
• Why are the region’s biggest woes still not getting the focus they need?
• The UAE is already a century ahead
• Did NFL players have the right to kneel on the field?
• Riyadh’s announceme­nt is a sign of more change to come
• Special thanks to your editor for her latest UN postcard
• Saudi driving decree is a profoundly emotional moment for the kingdom
• This is what happened when I faced a stalker
• ALABBAR OPEN TO ADDITIONAL DEALS WITH SAUDI SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND
• Unhealthy habits targeted with excise tax ready for October
• UAE chief executives view disruption as growth catalyst
• SAUDI ARABIA TO REAP WINDFALL AFTER RESTRICTIO­NS LIFTED ON WOMEN DRIVERS
• Decision could have impact on Careem’s ambitions for expansion in kingdom
• Tesla leads the charge to push lithium ion battery technology
• Waha Capital invests $55m in fintech firm Channel VAS
• Companies urged to improve childcare
• UAE to adopt energyeffi­cient buildings
• Expo 2020 programme to give student grants
• Drake & Scull gets OK for finance restructur­e
• Islamic Developmen­t to list new $1.2bn sukuk
• TROUBLE IN PARADISE
• FROM A CATWALK MODEL TO A COAT OF PAINT
• Kingdom’s reform steps up a gear
• Egypt can withstand a lack of fresh investment with the right measures
• Grey areas in the relationsh­ip between colour and safe driving
• Emerging market indexes need to adapt to new world fundamenta­ls
• ARE YOU A YO-YO DEBTOR?
• EM stocks down on rising dollar pressure
• New expat loses Dh50,000 in a Dubai rental scam Q
• PROPERTY SALES MINUS THE PITCH OPEN ONLINE MARKETPLAC­E DOORS
• Robot revolution does not faze the Scandinavi­ans
• THE DESERT CHRONICLES: LOST YEARS EMERGE IN SHARP FOCUS
• EXAMPLE PENS PARTY TUNES FROM A NEW CRIB
• Yusuf Islam gives Cat new life with old tunes
• Dream line-up fails to future-proof its sound
• SMART WORDS AT MAKE SMART COOL
• CELLULOID BY THE SEA AT EGYPT’S NEWEST FILM FESTIVAL
• Twitter users get more space but its unlikely to dilute the nastiness
• Cult life-death film resurrecte­d
• The midlife baby blues
• NURTURING THEIR NATURE
• Fitness classes for kids
• STOKES GETS ASHES PLACE DESPITE POLICE INVESTIGAT­ION
• Ederson’s efforts for City praised by Stones
• PAKISTAN ABOUT TO STEP INTO UNKNOWN
• Nod of approval from South Africa’s Du Plessis on alteration­s to DRS rules
• Noisy football fans do truly make a difference
• SARFRAZ AHMED V DINESH CHANDIMAL
• Totti gives social media the thumbs up
• Tiring times on the women’s tennis circuit
• England’s batting woes could be exploited again on Ashes tour
• ITALY’S YOUTH MOVEMENT TURNS HEADS
• McIlroy pleased to save the European Tour a headache
• Internatio­nals need to work as a collective to beat US at Presidents Cup
• Banchamek among world’s top eight kick-boxers to fight in Abu Dhabi
• Muguruza eager to face Ostapenko in quarters
• English FA charges West Ham and Spurs
• Villas-Boas concedes ACL semi-final tie ‘open’
• Injured Jedinak out of World Cup qualifier
• AT A GLANCE
• CRYPTIC CROSSWORD
• ART WORKSHOP
• COMEDY SHOW
• GENERAL CROSSWORD
• ART EXHIBITION
• FITNESS EVENT
• PERFORMANC­E
• FAMILY FUN
• COMEDY CLASS
• WORLD'S SMALLEST HARDEST
• LADIES’ EVENT
• CRAFT MARKET
• Yesterday's solution
• Yesterday's solution

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