Sat 27 Feb 2010
The Khalifa base jump
Posted by Lester under Events
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Tue 23 Feb 2010
Burj Dubai/Khalifa closed
Posted by Lester under Events
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The observation deck on the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world, has been closed for repairs only a month after it opened. Emaar Properties, the builder of the tower, said there had been an unexpectedly high number of visitors and problems with the power supply.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8504852.stm
Mon 22 Feb 2010
More on the Dubai assasination…
Posted by Lester under Events, Politics
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The murder was straight out of a cheap spy thriller. At least 11 professional assassins, some wearing wigs and fake beards, tracked a senior Hamas official to his Dubai hotel in January and killed him with cold precision, fleeing the country afterward on European passports, the Dubai police say.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/world/middleeast/17dubai.html
Sun 14 Feb 2010
What the Internet looks like from the UAE
Posted by Dill under Culture, Human rights, Law and Order, Politics
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Trying to access a prohibited site like flickr.com?
Mon 1 Feb 2010
Hamas militant assasinated in Dubai
Posted by Dill under Events, Politics
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Details continued to emerge yesterday on the assassination of senior Hamas member Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last week. Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan told local reporters yesterday at least seven people with European passports were involved. He did not name the specific countries of the passports, but said the Dubai police approached the nations for information on these individuals.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1146622.html
