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Chinese Man Drowns in RAK.


Summary: RAS (1) See network access server.

(2) (Remote Access Service) A Windows NT/2000 Server feature that allows remote users access to the network from their Windows laptops or desktops via modem. See RRAS and network access server.
 AL KHAIMAH--A 37-year-old Chinese man, who went swimming behind the former Saud University in Ras Al Khaimah on Friday, died after he was swept away by powerfull waves.

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 an officer from Ras Al Khaimah Police. "While swimming, Al.M went far into the sea where the strong Waves swept him away. His friends tried to save him, but in vain."

Coast Guard personnel recovered the body and sent it to Saqr Government Hospital for autopsy.

The police have urged beach goers to take precautions precautions Infectious disease The constellation of activities intended to minimize exposure to an infectious agent; precautions imply that the isolation of an infected Pt is optional, but not mandatory.  and avoid going far into the sea as due to fluctuating weather conditions during this time of the year, the high tides and powerful waves could pose a risk to life.

In mid-July, four people, including a 12-year-old boy, were saved from drowning drowning /drown·ing/ (droun´ing) suffocation and death resulting from filling of the lungs with water or other substance.
drowning,
n asphyxiation because of submersion in a liquid.
 in Ras Al Khaimah in the same area where the Chinese national drowned. Earlier in March, a man died off Al Rams beach in Ras Al Khaimah after successfully saving his two sons from drowning.

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Publication:Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Date:Jan 12, 2009
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