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World’s oceans clogged by tonnes of plastic

Reuters

More than nine million tonnes will end up in the oceans in 2015

Dutch teen targets ‘plastic soup’ menace

Earth heading towards mass extinction

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  7,000-odd tooth collection

  What does your teeth say about you? A lot, according to dentist couple in Abu Dhabi

• 11 with MERS-CoV confined for monitoring

• Clerics angered by Valentine's Day condoms

• Pakistan hangs two more for murder

• 2 Al-Jazeera journalists walk free in Egypt

• Iraqi troops kill Daesh attackers

• 8 stars to watch this Cricket World Cup

• Saudi blogger Badawi again avoids flogging

• Militants storm Pakistan mosque

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  Classy Kiwis off to World Cup flier

  Skipper McCullum leads from the front in dominant 98-run victory over Sri Lanka

• Cricket World Cup: Live match centre

• Hayden: Batting for variety

• ‘I have learned to appreciate and enjoy India’

• Afridi fined for breaching curfew

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  Blue-collar workers move to better life

  400 complete 18-week course in English and computer skills thanks to non-profit group

Readers’ PC donations change a family’s life

Maid’s daughter gets college scholarship

Scholarship boom in UAE Universities

• Government forum to debate diverse communication

• Work starts on UAE-funded hospital in Bahrain

• Heed your body’s cries for water

• 7,000-odd tooth collection

• Postponing dental treatment will be costlier

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Business

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  Many factors linking oil price and shale chances

  Further advances could make shale output into a viable proposition

• GCC employers ‘cautiously optimistic’ on hiring

• Time to raise a fiscally savvy next generation

• Twin virtues of disruption and competition

• Watch out for commercialised holidays

• UAE stocks seen in range

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  Sport

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  Wawrinka, Murray in Rotterdam quarter-finals

  Swiss loses first set before beating Garcia-Lopez, Briton downs Pospisil

• Classy Kiwis off to World Cup flier

• Cricket World Cup: Live match centre

• Al Wasl hand Al Ahli a 4-0 thrashing

• Hayden: Batting for variety

Arts & Entertainment

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  WWE superstars ready for action in Abu Dhabi

  Notable superstars include the John Cena and Canadian-Arab Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn: A wrestling Arab role model?

WWE Network coming to UAE

Abu Dhabi is a special place for me: Zayn

• Bobbi Kristina family: ‘We don’t need side show’

• ‘Fifty Shades’ goes global, but too hot for some

• Florence + the Machine announce new album

• Chris Martin’s 15-year pledge for charity

• Aguilera: Why I named by child Summer Rain

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Life & Style

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  Heartbreak is a debacle, not an end

  Don’t shut out the world if love does not work out. There’s more to life than a break-up

The ‘pheromone’ gimmick

Want to fall in love? Here's the secret

To find love online, try better grammar

• New York Fashion Week: Deep chill hits runway

• Want love in your life? Be prepared to lie

• Clerics angered by Valentine's Day condoms

• Heart-shaped madness in Japan

• Six-day-old has youngest US heart transplant

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Travel

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  Cast away on Great Barrier Reef

  Find out what makes this place one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World

• World’s top 10 places to retire in 2015

• South Beach side streets’ rich fun on low budget

• Moon travel may be only 20 years away

• Movie locations boost tourism in Georgia

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Property

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  Luxurious details in Al Safa home

  A sophisticated family villa mixes iconic design, contemporary art and antiques

• Aldar’s 2014 profits weigh in at Dh2.27b

• Aldar to stick to schedule on new developments

• Aldar Properties records Dh2.26b net profit

• Drab offices puts off UAE workers

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Food

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  Sanjeev Kapoor’s secret sound

  Ahead of the Dubai Food Carnival, the celebrity chef reveals his technique for unwinding

• Last-minute Valentine's Day dinner ideas

• What’s cooking at Dubai Food carnival

• Getting a celebrity chef to cook in your kitchen

• Coconut oil, daily exercise can beat high BP

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Motoring

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  BMW 225i Active Tourer: putting on a brave front

  The 2 Series Active Tourer is the first front-wheel drive in BMW’s illustrious history

• Audi Q7 gets an upgrade

• Land Rover Discovery Sport on thin ice

• ‘The best Fun Drive ever’

• What the colour of your car says about you

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