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Dubai news bites: Darkness, murder and justice
And in this week’s Dubai newsround:
Earth Hour Dubai saves emirate 200,000 kilowatts – Businesses and residents in Dubai turning lights and appliances off for a single hour on saturday night prevented the production of 120,000 kilos of carbon dioxide, which is twice the amount saved last year. Dubai is an extraordinarily energy hungry city so, [...]
Dubai weekly news round up
Following on from last week’s rather in depth one story post, this week sees the exact opposite – a short, bulleted look at some of the top Dubai related stories from the last few days.
If you want to find out more about any of the stories links to the original sources are provided.
Dubai government in [...]
Unemployed expats flee Dubai to avoid jail
Like rats abandoning a sinking ship, the Dubai exodus continues apace, much to the delight of the doom-mongering media which is stuffed with stories of expats streaming en masse back to their countries. This story from Digital Journal explores the reasons behind the stats and some unexpected side effects.
The recent spate of redundancies triggered by [...]
Dubai news update
Instead of the usual in depth dissection of whatever doom and gloom has befallen Dubai recently, I thought it might make a nice change to have round up of all the good, bad and ugly news from the emirate was in order.
The BBC is reporting that the luxury Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi beach hotel is [...]