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Dodgy Dealings in Dubai!
Less than 2 weeks ago we wrote about the situations one is faced with when buying in Dubai, the various main developers there, and the suspicions of their competence a ... he article at the time because this news was inevitable sooner or later.... (more...)
YF (Sg) Updates 190808
The year-on-year increase in capacity follows the delivery of a number of new aircraft in recent months. ... the Americas (Houston) and West Asia & Africa (Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Dubai).... (more...)
Oh, where is the fisking of yesteryear?
[news items are] bursting into the papers when I?m on holiday or flying back to Beirut from Los Angeles, or, most awful of all, when I?m ... Engineers in Dubai have apparently noticed that the carriages on the largely overhead track will be so narrow that passengers will not be able to carry baggage o... (more...)
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Day 12, 1900 CST
"Brazil stinks in these Olympics" was one of the messages posted, according to the Universo On Line news service of the Folha de S. ... Foam-masters PTW carved out a palm tree-shaped archipelago in Dubai before creating the swimming venue, for which they enlisted the help of the structural engineers w ho designed Sydney's Opera House.... (more...)
What I Did on my Summer Vacation
Well this past weekend, I got an urban vacation - not Dubai, Maccuhu Pichu, Steamboat Springs, NYC, nor Alaska. ... Blue Eyes is not on the top seller list in New Delhi.... (more...)
Mooney Acclaim Type S Receives Certified by Transport Canada
Mooney has participated in a number of aviation events around the world this year, including air shows in Europe, Australia and Dubai. ... To download logos, images and this press release, please visit www. mooney. com/news/media_center. html... (more...)
Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/18/2008
Gulf: Budget Surplus Hits New Record, Estimated Doubling... (more...)
Mooney Acclaim Type S Receives Certified by Transport Canada
Mooney has participated in a number of aviation events around the world this year, including air shows in Europe, Australia and Dubai. ... To download logos, images and this press release, please visit www. mooney. com/news/media_center. html... (more...)
Zeal Without Knowledge
"A young girl in Saudi Arabia was brutally executed by her Muslim father this week after he learned his daughter had converted to Christianity. Middle East business news website Zawya. ... " ("Saudi Girl Executed for Becoming Christian" by Israel Today Staff, August 14, 2008, h ttp://www. israeltoday. co. il/default. aspx?tabid=178&nid=16907. Note: The Dubai business site, Zawya. com, has since removed the article.... (more...)
News Bites: A Freaky Geek Gets Writing & The Tale of Moulin Rouge
All the way back in 2006, there was news that New Line had grabbed Burt Dickenson: ... A replica of the 1955 casino is getting built in Dubai, where the film will be shot late next year, and the casino itself might have attracted performers like Nat K... (more...)
ADD and ESPN join hands to bring best sporting action in Middle East
Arab Digital Distribution , a large pay television platform management company in the MENA region, announced the addition of three channels from ESPN, the worldwide leader in sports. (more...)
I'm from the Government and I'm Here to Help
Ronald Reagan once said those are the nine scariest words in the English language. (more...)
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ICC gives all clear but fears remain
Doubts lingered over the fate of the Champions Trophy with the Australian Cricketers' Association telling its members not to travel to Pakistan even as the ICC said the tournament would proceed as planned. (more...)
Investors fear impact of allegations
Dubai: The latest corruption probe by the Dubai Government might raise economic fears, but will help boost investor confidence in the long run, analysts said. (more...)
MTV Arabia lowers volume during Ramadan
MTV Arabia, the Middle East's first youth entertainment and lifestyle channel, today announced it will mark the Holy Month of Ramadan in quiet contemplation, and air only cultural news programmes and reality ... (more...)
UAE media: Dubai to issue sweeping real estate law
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates : Dubai newspapers are reporting that the local government has issued a mortgage law aimed at regulating the city-state's booming property market. (more...)
Electrical fires continue to plaque the region
In light of recent fires in Industrial neighbourhoods, Duval Messien today stated that this may be linked to poor adherence of basic protocol for electrical fault prevention including earthing, such as those ... (more...)
Gulf Air looks to service 6m
Dubai: Gulf Air hopes to fly six million passengers this year as the airline seeks to reposition itself as a network carrier under full Bahraini ownership. (more...)
Superport contract to be signed
A contract to build a 1.5bn super-port in the Thames Gateway, creating up to 12,000 jobs, is due to be signed. (more...)
Oh, where is the fisking of yesteryear?
Posted on August 20th, 2008 at 7:00 am by SnoopyTheGoon. I don't know about you, but I am feeling nostalgic about the years when there was some rich fisking material in the works of Fisk. (more...)
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