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The dark side of a super rich city
IT’S not your usual city problem. Forget unemployment, crime and housing issues, Dubai is suffering from a case of abandoned expensive cars.
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Watch Two Daredevils Speed Through the Skies Over Dubai in Jetpacks
I feel the need ... the need for speed.
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"Overlord" Combat Maid Squad "Pleiades Six-Stars" Gets Comedy Spin-Off
Starting following the August 4th AT-X broadcast of episode 5, then for a limited time online, Overlord will be sharing the comedy chibi-chara adventures of Ainz's combat maid squad, the Pleiades Six-Stars.
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Titanic Is Getting Its Own Amusement Park Ride in 2018
Buckle up…and never let go! A ride inspired by the famous 1912 Titanic shipwreck is set to launch at an amusement park in 2018.
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Dubai Is Giving Its Firefighters Jetpacks To Use During Skyscraper Fires
Fighting a fire in a towering skyscraper poses unique challenges for both the equipment and the firefighters. That’s why the fire departments of large cities have dedicated high-rise units–but Dubai wants to do one better by equipping its firefighters with jetpacks. The city is no stranger to high-flying exploits, but it’s hoping this latest venture ends up being more than just a publicity stunt (or an obscene display of wealth).
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The bizarre scheme to transform a remote island into the new Dubai
On October 8, 2008, a group of government officials from the Comoro Islands made their way from their villages to a small airport not far from the nation’s capital, where, on a runway overlooking the Indian Ocean, a private plane stood waiting to fly them to Kuwait. The road that led them there was one of the longest in the archipelago nation – a 20km stretch that skims the west side of Ngazidja, the biggest of the three islands.
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Hacker holds UAE bank to ransom, demands $3m
Uproar as cyber criminal leaks confidential account details of customers every few hours
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Rooftop Solar Power To Be Mandatory In Dubai By 2030
The political leader of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, recently announced the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, which includes a number of renewable energy targets. Perhaps most notable is that all rooftops in the city will have solar panels by 2030. Some might say, however, it’s the goal of solar generating 75% of the city’s energy by 2050 that is more remarkable. On the way to achieving this goal is the requirement that 25% is generated by solar by 2030.
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Fire breaks Out in Dubai Skyscraper
A fire erupts in a building in Dubai close to the world's tallest skyscraper, the Burj Khalifa, ahead of a major New Year fireworks display.
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Dream Jump - Dubai 4K
What sounds like a nightmare for most is still a dream for others; to BASE jump off the world's second highest residential structure with the most qualified athletes in the world. SkydiveDubai and XDubai have partnered with DreamJump to bring dreams to extreme reality when they opened the opportunity for limited people from the public to jump using the DreamJump System
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Dubai: 5 Fun Facts
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Dubai is building a colossal domed city 9 times bigger than The Mall of America
It's basically science fiction.
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Teenager wins $250,000 in biggest drone race yet
A British teenager has won $250,000 after placing first in the inaugural World Drone Prix in Dubai. 15-year-old Luke Bannister piloted his drone to victory along an outdoor track, using a camera mounted on its front to steer the craft through a series of illuminated hoops from a first-person viewpoint, and beating out competition from 150 other teams in the process. Drone racing has rocketed in popularity over the last year...
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It's illegal to take this photo
It is illegal to post pictures of storms online, authorities in the United Arab Emirates have warned. Posting negative images or rumours about the recent flooding could be punished under the country's cybercrime laws, the interior ministry said. Damaging the country's reputation online is punishable imprisonment and a fine of up to 1m Emirati Dirhams (£189,500), the International Business Times reported.
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Dubai to build $1bn Babylon-inspired tower taller than the Burj Khalifa
Dubai is planning to build one of its most elaborate structures yet with developers promising that it will dwarf the current world's tallest building – the Burj Khalifa. The new tower, based at the centre of a new development called Dubai Creek Harbour, is set to boast rotating balconies and landscaping inspired by the mythical hanging gardens of Babylon. Chairman of Dubai-based Emaar Properties Mohamed Alabbar, said the huge viewing tower would cost about $1bn (£700m) to build in the Arab...
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Shredding an Empty Waterpark Park in Dubai
Alex Sorgente, Milton Martinez and Jan Hoffman stepped up for a never to be repeated session on some of the most outrageous terrain ever touched. The massive transitions and high danger meant only the most capable got the call from the good people at Atlantis, The Palm Dubai’s Aquaventure park, for a lockdown session.
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UAE to build artificial mountain to improve rainfall
The UAE is currently in the first stage of a man-made mountain development project as the country mulls different approaches to maximising rainfall. Experts from the US-based University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are in the “detailed modelling study” phase, as per NCAR scientist and lead researcher Roelof Bruintjes.
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Mohammed inaugurates world’s first 3D-printed office in Dubai
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, stated that the UAE has emerged as one of the major incubators of innovation and future technology in the world today, and its focused initiatives to shape the future have become global models that can be emulated in all sectors. "We implement what we plan, and we pursue actions not theories. The rapidly changing world requires us to accelerate our pace of development...
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Go-Gulf Web Design Dubai, Website Design and Web Development Company
GO-Gulf Dubai Web Design Company provides cost effective and top quality website design, web development and logo designing solutions in Dubai.
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Missing Russian beauty queen, 17, ‘sold virginity for £8,000 and is now working in Dubai as an escort’
The mother of a Russian beauty queen has appealed to police to help return her daughter from Dubai amid claims she went there to sell her virginity for £8,000. Anna Feschenko, 17, a model who was runner-up in the Miss Moscow contest in June, travelled to the United Arab Emirates after claiming it was a prize from the pageant. But her friends denied this and said her true intention was to join an escort service which would offer her as a virgin to Arab clients.
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