Fat Cop Boot Camp!

Dubai's obsession with having the biggest, tallest and widest of everything in the world seems to have been taken to the extreme. They now have the fattest cops in the world too!From 7days.aeDozens of police officers are going to be put through a fitness boot camp to improve...

Shisha Bars Up In Smoke

Shisha Bar Slumpfrom 7days.aeOwners of shisha bars in Dubai have complained of a massive drop in business due to new health regulations that have banned outdoor smoking of the tobacco. Dubai Municipality launched...

Dubai Ruler orders cancellation of all New Year celebrations

His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has ordered the cancellation of all forms of celebrations marking the New Year in Dubai emirate,...

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...

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...

Whale Shark 'Rescued' and taken to Atlantis Palm Aquarium - Dubai

UK experts air concerns over 'capture' of protected Whale Shark, removed from ocean and held captive in Atlantis Palm aquarium attraction. Fears that the 'fishy tale' is really a cover to 'increase profitability'....
 

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