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Dubai's bid to run the ports
Homeland security should be the highest concern when approving the activities of foreign business interests.Mushroom City
The fastest-growing city on earth, Dubai is spending mind-boggling sums on construction and is about to swallow up P&O in its bid to be a global maritime power. Given the scale of its ambition, could it become the most important place on the planet? Adam Nicolson reports...Chemicals Pollute; Ministers Debate
"Environment ministers from around the world are meeting in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to discuss the rising use of man-made chemicals. The United Nations-backed conference, the largest yet, is expected to...Dubai: 345 People Killed in Stampede
DUBAI, Jan. 12 - A stampede of pilgrims at the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca killed hundreds today in the second deadly incident at the pilgrimage in less than a week.At least 110 people were crushed to death during a Devil-stoning ritual at theclimax of the annual hajj...Ruler of Dubai Dies While in Australia (AP)
AP - The emir of Dubai, Sheik Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, one of the world's most prominent owners and breeders of thoroughbred horses, died Wednesday during a visit to Australia. He was 62.Dubai's Emir Dies in Australia
Dubai’s Emir Sheikh Mahdum Bin Rashid Al-Mahdum has died in Australia. An emirate official on the condition of anonymity has said the 62-year-old Sheikh died Wednesday during a trip down under.Ski season starts in Dubai desert - Yahoo! News
DUBAI (AFP) - Skiing has officially started at Dubai's new indoor Alpine ski resort, offering the world's first indoor black-run just minutes away from the Arabian desert emirate's sun-baked beaches.Air Show closes with US $21.3 billion sales tally (AME Info)
As the curtain came down on Dubai 2005 - the ninth international aerospace exhibition - the declared on-site order sales tally from the show reached US $21.3 billion, the highest ever in the event's history.500 latest automobile models to go on display at Dubai Motor Show (AME Info)
The 8th Middle East International Motor Show 2005, the premier biennial event for automobiles and aftermarket sectors scheduled to take place from December 12 to 16, 2005 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, is sold out, organizers Dubai World Trade...Dubai Royals Buy Manhattan Trophy Buildings
They are two trophy buildings in Manhattan, familiar if not instantly nameable by anyone who knows the city: 230 Park Avenue, the gold-crowned, 34-story tower that sits astride the avenue between 45th and 46th Streets, and the Essex House, one of the grand Art Deco hotels on...Hello Dubai
It's portrayed as a place of glittering spectacle and conspicuous consumption, but what's Dubai in the United Arab Emirates really like? Clark Stevenson, an English expat who is one of those who has joined this...Trump Blooms in Dubai
Donald Trump, a New York real-estate mogul, may have found his soulmate: Dubai%u2019s booming property market. In a deal signed in October, Nakheel, a state-run developer in Dubai, will brand 17 hotels (including...What's up with DUBAI?
Can Dubai sustain such massive construction? Will Dubai become a model of a post-oil Middle Eastern economy? Is it the future? And why Dubai of all places? Why a seven-star hotel? The world? The palms? A...In Dubai, the Sky's No Limit
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — When Salem Moosa looks out over the skyscrapers spreading like a metallic rash over the sand, this is what he sees: The Eiffel Tower. The Pyramids. The Taj Mahal. He's angling to...Sinister Paradise: Does the Road to the Future End at Dubai?
The narration begins: As your jet starts its descent, you are glued to your window. The scene below is astonishing: a 24-square-mile archipelago of coral-colored islands in the shape of an almost finished puzzle of the world. In the shallow green waters between continents,...Top Members Today
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