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Middle East 03 October 2008

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    The scene in February 2008 after a bridge under construction collapsed on a site in Dubai Marina, killing seven Indian workers

    Dubai labourers: A matter of life and death

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    Middle East Satellite

    Guide to the six countries of the Gulf

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    Aldar's Al Raha Beach will stretch over 11km of waterfront and house 120,000 people. Its infrastructure has been meticulously planned, with a light rail transit system, catamarans and ferries and pedestrian routes throughout

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    Yas Island will have, among other things, golfcourses, hotels, a Formula 1 racetrack and a Ferrari themepark

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Middle East 03 October 2008

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    Middle East 03 October 2008

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    Burj Dubai

    Burj Dubai: Top of the world

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    The scene in February 2008 after a bridge under construction collapsed on a site in Dubai Marina, killing seven Indian workers

    Dubai labourers: A matter of life and death

  • 4
    Middle East Satellite

    Guide to the six countries of the Gulf

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    Aldar's Al Raha Beach will stretch over 11km of waterfront and house 120,000 people. Its infrastructure has been meticulously planned, with a light rail transit system, catamarans and ferries and pedestrian routes throughout

    Gulf developers: the next generation

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    Gulf Facilities

    Gulf facilities management: Keeping up appearances

  • 7
    Doha skyline

    Qatar: The quiet type

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    Yas Island will have, among other things, golfcourses, hotels, a Formula 1 racetrack and a Ferrari themepark

    Ronald Barrott: ‘I’m not looking to take any lessons from Dubai at all’

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    Denise Chevin

    The Gulf rush

 

 

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