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        Not a single Middle East country has made it into the Top 25 Global e-Government Readiness Rankings, said a UN report. Its e-content study praised the efforts of business websites in the region but found that localised information about culture and education was scanty, and not updated often enough.
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        Dubai e-Government is to introduce a direct debit payments facility by the end of next year, and will also accept American Express by Q2, reported Gulf News. This is part of the ongoing development of e-government services in the emirate which is further ahead in this field than many European nations.
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        The authorities in Oman have raided four resellers and seized copies of pirated software from their premises. The raids were conducted by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in collaboration with the Business Software Alliance. Oman has IPR laws that provide full protection to software developers and is determined to follow up with campaigns, including raids of violators, said officials.
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        The UAE Cabinet is ordering ministries to speed up implementation of the second phase of the e-government project. A statement said that the e-government team had already met with the Civil Service Bureau about the implementation of e-HRMS to manage human capital.
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        Flip Media has launched a website for a regional online campaign to support the victims of the tsunami waves disaster and to collect cash donations for them. More than 26,000 are believed dead in the biggest natural disaster for 40 years, and hundreds of thousands are homeless. Visit, http://www.flipcorp.com/help/ 
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