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			<title>Emiratis without ID cards to lose access to police services</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ministry sets new Nov 22 deadline, ruling on expats to be announced at later date.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE set to simplify residency process for expats</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Newcomers to the country will need to fill out single form from next July - EIDA.]]></description>
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			<title>Interactive map of UAE ID card registration centres</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Check out our map to find out where you can go to get your new identity card.]]></description>
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			<title>Fines enforced for missing UAE identity card deadline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates Identity Authority warns fines of up to $272 will be levied at late registrants. ]]></description>
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			<title>ID card deadline pushed back to end-2010</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Decision taken for expat professionals 'to make life easier', says head of Emirates ID Authority.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Gov't departments have discretion to help expats with no card after Feb. 28 deadline.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE nationals given ID card deadline extension</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emiratis have a further three months in which to register for identity card.]]></description>
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			<title>ID cards should be for Emiratis only - FNC</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Federal National Council committee recommends expats should have labour cards instead.]]></description>
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			<title>New guidelines for 2009 ID card registration</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates Identity Authority releases new information in bid to avoid further confusion.]]></description>
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			<title>EIDA concedes defeat in hitting ID card deadline</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Authority says many of 700,000 yet to register will miss deadline due to public holidays.]]></description>
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			<title>39% call for ID card system to be scrapped</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business poll also shows further 52% want Dec. 31 deadline to be dropped.]]></description>
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			<title>Software boost as ID card registration rush continues</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arabian Business adds vital software to its website to help people register for ID cards.]]></description>
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			<title>Expats given more time to register for ID cards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Registrations will continue into 2009 but officials warn services may still be withheld.]]></description>
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			<title>90% of UAE expats still to register for ID cards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[But Emirates Identity Authority says it has no plans to extend the Dec. 31 deadline.]]></description>
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			<title>Banks 'could freeze accounts' of ID card violators</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates Identity Authority confirms it is in talks with banks over Dec 31 deadline.]]></description>
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			<title>Chaos as expats flock to get ID cards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE expats left disappointed last week as overcrowded centres meant many could not get cards.]]></description>
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			<title>The time machine</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates Identity Authority was on the lookout for a new CRM to manage its expanding resources – but had just five months to install it.]]></description>
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			<title>300,000 Emiratis given ID card warning</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Locals must register for card by end of year or risk gaining illegal status, official says.]]></description>
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			<title>Too much information?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Gulf governments are considering using biometric data as a way of combating fraud. Tamara Walid examines the details.]]></description>
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			<title>EIDA signs MoU with Microsoft</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Emirates Identity Authority (EIDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft aimed at improving means of cooperation between the organisations]]></description>
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			<title>Assured identities</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Middle East may be lagging behind in some respects when it comes to technology, but when it comes to ID smart cards the Gulf States are years ahead of most other countries. Daniel Stanton identifies the issues.]]></description>
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