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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 [...]
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 [...]
Security fears could take cricket test matches to Dubai
There was an interesting piece by Jamie Jackson in The Observer last week which could end up providing a welcome ray of light to Dubai. Apparently the member boards of the International Cricket Council (ICC) will hold a telephone conference to discuss what action, if any, needs to be taken in light of the terrorist [...]
Dubai Formula One theme park delayed due to lack of funding
News emerged today that the Formula One theme park set to open at the end of the year within Dubai Motor City has been postponed due to a lack of funding. The CEO of developers Union Properties said the unwillingness of banks to lend in the current economic climate had caused work on the $460 [...]
Israeli tennis player banned from Dubai Tennis Championships
Just when Dubai didn’t need it, along comes more bad publicity. This time in the shape of the controversial decision to deny Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer a visa to play in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships. It was always coming, of course, and no doubt the recent troubles in Gaza made it all the [...]