Abu Dhabi and Dubai Blog

In a tribute to the spirit of womanhood, a leading real estate developer in Dubai will soon build arguably the world’s first tower where only
women can own office space. United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate firm Hydra properties has announced that excavation work for the 20-storey tall ‘Eve’s Tower’ in Dubai’s Business Bay area has been completed and the project is scheduled for completion in 2010.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Gulf/A_tower_in_Dubai_where_only_women_may_own_office_space/articleshow/3543212.cms

The story of a British pair facing possible jail terms on charges of having drunken sex on the beach made headlines around the world, but in Dubai, reports are frequent of hapless foreigners falling foul of local laws that strictly control drinking and ban homosexuality or kissing in public.

http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/story.html?id=a7ef95cb-907c-42ff-816b-c9ff6dec0ea7

The Dubai Metro (In Arabic: مترو دبي) is a driverless, fully automated metro network which is under construction in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai. The Red and Green Lines are under construction, and further lines are planned. These first two lines will run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere.[1] The Dubai Metro will be the longest fully automated rail system in the world when it opens in 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Metro

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Rap crew Diligent Thought is the latest in a series of underground musical acts launching out of Dubai’s diverse expatriate community.

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080826/ART/316828801/-1/SPORT

Dubai is studying plans to build a $200 billion (£114 billion) mega-canal that would allow oil tankers to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The Gulf emirate is understood to be considering the idea as a means of reducing Iran’s influence on the flow of oil from the region.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/the_gulf/article4710599.ece

Hollywood actress Hillary Swank will appear in Dubai next month to launch a $1.49 billion project on The World islands mega development.

http://www.arabianbusiness.com/531378-hillary-swank-to-launch-149bn-dubai-project

The US Justice department may ally itself with Dubai’s deputy leader Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum, in an American class action suit which alleges he trafficked in children for their use in the camel racing business. Though robots have since taken the place of children, it is claimed that the thousands of young boys formerly used in the sport were subjected to consistent maltreatment, including starvation, and sexual abuse.

http://www.nysun.com/foreign/justice-department-considers-siding-with-dubai/84061/

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For a 60-minute set Kylie is being paid $4.4 million to keep 2000 guests spinning around at the opening of the Atlantis Hotel on the man-made island of Palm Jumeirah, The Daily Mail newspaper in the UK reported.

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24331037-5015795,00.html

The World is a man-made archipelago of 300 islands constructed in the shape of a world map and located 4 kilometres off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(archipelago)

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The Snowdome is a AED 3.7 billion (US$ 1 billion) development will cover an area of 130,000 square metres (1,400,000 sq ft) and is expected to be completed by late 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Snowdome

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