Scientists claim to have achieved a breakthrough by generating a series of downpours in the deserts of the United Arab Emirates using a new tech nology which is designed to control the weather.

A team, employed by the ruler of Abu Dhabi and Pres ident of the UAE, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed A Nahyan, has created some 50 rainstorms in 2010 in the emirate's eastern Al Ain region -most of the storms