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YAN WINS THIS YEAR'S LITERATURE NOBEL

Chinese author Mo Yan has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature.

According to the Swedish Academy, his work merges folk tales, history and the contemporary with hallucinatory realism.

The 57-year-old becomes the 109th recipient of the prestigious prize.

Presented by the Nobel Foundation, the award given only to living writers is worth 8 million kronor or roughly $1.2m.

The Dubai Police Air Wing has rescued tourists lost in the desert earlier this week.

Officials in the capital are looking at ways to ensure greater safety for students.

A football coach has been sentenced to one month in prison for having an illegitimate child with his Eastern European lover.

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