Chairman of Ruwaad, Hanif Merchant and Group CEO Hayan Merchant announce 'Ama...

Dubai, UAE, 06th October 2008 - Ruwaad, a UAE-based real estate, hospitality and tourism investment and development company, announced today during Cityscape 2008, plans to develop ‘Amazulu World’, a...

Pakistan Asks for $10 Billion from IMF

" The Pakistani government will ask for $10 billion from the International Monetary Fund on Monday, CNBC has learned. The government will meet with IMF leaders in Dubai on Monday to help with its problem with foreign reserves. CNBC.com Since 2001, the...

ICC announce fresh Champions Trophy dates

After much debate on the cancletation of champions trophy on security threat ICC announced the new schedule for champions trophy to be held next year. " The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on...

'Sex on beach' trial pair guilty

The trial of two Britons in Dubai for having sex on the beach and unmarried sex has finished with the pair being found guilty and jailed. This will hammer home the responsibility that travellers carry to make sure...

Raw sewage threat to booming Dubai, sewage stinks, close to tourist beaches

The ever growing Dubai has not sufficient sewage treatment capacity, so wild dumping from collected sewage from home septic tanks became big business for truck drivers. " Down on the beach next to the Dubai...

QE2 to lose funnel!

Is nothing sacred in Dubai!From: 7days.aeThe Dubai-bound QE2 will undergo a dramatic make-over when it gets here - including having its iconic red funnel sliced off, according to the liner’s crew. It has been...

Wana live long ,practice celibacy:105-year-old virgin

  Well this is not a news from any top class university reserch, but a practical example from Britain.This lady says to remain celibate for life is the secret of my long life. " Britain's oldest virgin...

Syria downplays troop buildup on Lebanese border

While US and Lebanon set up a joint military commission to improve defense ties, Syria dismisses their concern over a buildup in its borders. "Damascus claims it is merely beefing up border security to...

Palm Islands of Dubai

The only of its kind on earth. The Palm Islands in Dubai are the three largest artificial islands in the world. You wont be able to believe its beauty unless you behold it with your eyes. Its a strip...

Dubai, via Sheikh Zayed Rd.

One among the world's best places - hails to be Dubai among the emirates. The city has flourished to a great extent that the expats over here are a bit overwhelmed with the question: what next? The huge sky...

Dubai summer surprises

There is a season for everything, but for every season, here there is something or the other to attract more of the public to Dubai. The heat of the summer in Dubai is something unimaginable, at the same time...

Whale Shark to be held Captive Indefinitely... what a surprise!

Following on from my earlier story about the Whale Shark caught off the coast of the UAE and taken to the newly opened Atlantis hotel for 'observations', new information has come to light on the future of this...

News: Dubai builds the world's tallest tower (again)

Currently, the world's tallest structure is the soon to be finished the Burj Dubai, which is rumoured to stand at 818 meters. Today, Dubai revealed its successor, the Nakheel Tower, to be "over one kilometre" high...

The Two Way Street

Lured by high tax free salaries westerners move to work in Dubai and similar locations. Such moves are not a one-way deal. The attractive pay and luxury home require that you agree to live by the cultural mores...

Marc Faber see the Fed as a drug dealer! « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"In this recent CNBC broadcast forecasting legend Dr Marc Faber put the spotlight on the Federal Reserve as the cause of the global financial crisis and accused it of behaving like a drug dealer in making liquidity available."

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