<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dubai: News &amp; Videos about Dubai - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dubai</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dubai from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:25:21 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Dubai: News &amp; Videos about Dubai - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dubai</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Dubai from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Dubai gets a retro makeover</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/martin.becka.dubai.transmutations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/28/martin.becka.dubai.transmutations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>French photographer Martin Becka has come up with a novel way to capture one of the world's most modern cities, Dubai. A 150-year-old camera.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai's $10 billion bailout</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/23/news/international/dubai_bailout/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/23/news/international/dubai_bailout/index.htm</guid><description>The United Arab Emirates pledged $10 billion to prop up Dubai, one of its most ambitious members, Dubai's government said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai jails UK woman for adultery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/22/dubai.mother.adultery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/22/dubai.mother.adultery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British mother-of-two looks set to serve a three-month jail sentence for adultery after losing her appeal against the conviction in Dubai.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai sex-on-beach offender: I was naive</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/29/uk.sexonbeach.dubai/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/29/uk.sexonbeach.dubai/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British businessman jailed in Dubai after being convicted with a female companion for having sex on a beach said he had acted naively as he spoke publicly Monday for the first time since returning to the UK.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report: Dubai 'sex-on-beach' man re-arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/23/dubai.sex.couple/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/23/dubai.sex.couple/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British man convicted of having sex on a Dubai beach was re-arrested as he prepared to board a flight back to the UK, according to media reports.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai 'sex-on-beach' couple escape jail term</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/25/dubai.sex.couple/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/25/dubai.sex.couple/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A British couple convicted for having sex on a public beach in Dubai will not face jail after a judge suspended their prison sentences, their lawyer said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bailout in the desert</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/international/dubai_bailout.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/international/dubai_bailout.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>As soaring oil prices enriched the Persian Gulf region in recent years, the United Arab Emirate of Dubai became the embodiment of global exuberance. Now even this boomtown has fallen prey to the credit crisis.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Sex on beach' couple free on bail in Dubai</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/dubai.sex.couple.bail/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/dubai.sex.couple.bail/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two Britons serving three-month prison terms for having sex on a public beach in Dubai have been released on bail pending their appeal, their lawyer said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Wall Street's Bust Threatens Dubai's Boom</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1851370,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1851370,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>No one's calling it a bust, but the glittering city-state's heavy debt load poses a challenge for its future growth</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai beach sex couple given three months in jail</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/16/dubai.sex.couple.prison/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/16/dubai.sex.couple.prison/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A court in Dubai has sentenced two Britons to three months in prison for having sex on a public beach in the Muslim country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Slump Hits the Gulf: No More Palm Islands?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1841837,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1841837,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Though still buoyed by relatively high oil prices, development is slowing in Dubai and other Gulf states as finance dries up</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai: Helicopter hits oil platform, 7 dead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/dubai.helicopter.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/04/dubai.helicopter.crash/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A helicopter crashed into an oil drilling platform off the coast of Dubai, killing all seven people on board, officials said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai Buys 20% of Cirque du Soleil</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1829877,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1829877,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The government-controlled developer of palm-shaped islands off Dubai's coast and a related investment arm said Wednesday they have bought a 20 percent stake in international circus touring company Cirque du 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27 Mar 2008 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Massive fireworks blast in Dubai kills 2</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/dubai.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/26/dubai.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two people were killed Wednesday after an explosion and massive fire at a fireworks warehouse in Dubai, authorities said. </description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blast at fireworks warehouse kills 1 as fire rages in Dubai</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/26/dubai.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/03/26/dubai.explosion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Dubai sparked a massive fire Wednesday that may burn for more than 24 hours, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dozens of vehicles burn in massive Emirates wreck </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/emirates.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/11/emirates.wreck/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Six people were killed, at least 40 were injured and dozens of vehicles burned Tuesday when hundreds of cars collided on a fog-shrouded Persian Gulf highway.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Searching for the next Dubai</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/20/news/international/Dubai_djibouti.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/20/news/international/Dubai_djibouti.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>It's always tough driving in the wilds of East Africa. But in the tiny country of Djibouti, our driver explains, it's tougher than usual. "Djiboutian goats don't scare," he says, holding down the horn and swerving. We're driving 100 mph the wrong way down a winding road through terrain so apocalyptic that British soldiers, back when they ruled the world, nicknamed this parched earth the Furthest Shag of the Never-Never Land.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Drug sentence for BBC DJ highlights UAE's strict laws</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/20/dj.grooverider/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/20/dj.grooverider/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The recent arrest and sentencing of a British disc jockey in Dubai highlights the need for foreign travelers to pay close attention to the United Arab Emirates' strict rules on prohibited substances, a legal charity said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai rape teen negative for 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</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/pakistan.tv/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/16/pakistan.tv/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two Pakistani television networks that transmit from Dubai in United Arab Emirates were ordered off the air Friday at the request of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, officials from the networks said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gulf airlines sign mass aircraft orders</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/11/news/companies/gulf_airlines/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/11/news/companies/gulf_airlines/index.htm</guid><description>Gulf Arab airlines announced orders for some 140 aircraft at the opening of the Dubai Airshow on Sunday in deals valued at almost $40 billion.</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai bridge collapses killing 7</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/08/dubai.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/08/dubai.bridge/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bridge under construction at a marina collapsed Thursday, killing seven workers and injuring 25, nine critically, the head of Dubai police said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Outrage Over Dubai Rape Case</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680682,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680682,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The image of a glittering Middle East showpiece has been endangered by a shocking crime</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Nasdaq, Borse Dubai raise offer for 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2007 09:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Doing business across time zones</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100051013/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/06/01/100051013/index.htm</guid><description>When I tell friends that I run businesses in both the United Arab Emirates and California, they assume that I never sleep. 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Aaron Baddeley   He's always been a great putter, and now he's swinging like a young, less-churlish Steve Elkington. With a monster weekend in Phoenix, Badds nabbed his second Tour win in the last 10 months and immediately enters the conversation of the brightest young talents in golf.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 14:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Win Some ...</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jim_gorant/02/06/backspin0212/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/jim_gorant/02/06/backspin0212/index.html</guid><description>By finishing third in an Arabian dust storm at last week's Dubai Desert Classic, Tiger Woods extended his winless streak in non-Tour international events to five. Dating back to September 2006, he has lost at the HSBC World Match Play, played for the losing side at the Ryder Cup, finished second at tournaments in China and Japan, and in Dubai played third fiddle to Henrik Stenson. It's enough to make a fellow turn in his passport.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 13:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ocean real estate: The next boom?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/19/magazines/business2/ocean_real_estate.biz2/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/19/magazines/business2/ocean_real_estate.biz2/index.htm</guid><description>We've been promised many things in the world of Tomorrowland: jet packs, flying cars, picnics on the moon.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Skyscraper construction booming in Middle East, Asia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/21/skyscraper.boom/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/21/skyscraper.boom/index.html</guid><description>From Shanghai to Dubai, skyscraper construction is booming.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Oil-rich Dubai redraws the atlas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/09/mwonders.dubai/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/11/09/mwonders.dubai/index.html</guid><description>In the early 1960's oil was discovered 75 miles off the coast of the United Arab Emirates transforming the economy of Dubai and its six neighboring federated states.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2006 08:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>October show: In the Gulf</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/09/25/oct.bt.upcoming/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/09/25/oct.bt.upcoming/index.html</guid><description>This month CNN Business Traveller is in the Gulf where billions of dollars are being spent on constructing street after street of new buildings to cater for an influx of foreign investors.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Going the distance to work</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/21/owen.kelly/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/21/owen.kelly/index.html</guid><description>The daily commute becomes the bane of many workers' lives when they are forced to spend an hour or two in a car or on a train just to get to the office.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai ruler pardons Grammy-winning producer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/04/dubai.austin/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/04/dubai.austin/index.html</guid><description>The ruler of Dubai has pardoned a Grammy-winning music producer who had been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of carrying cocaine into the country.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 08:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Arabic search engine may challenge Google, Yahoo</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/25/technology/arabsearch_reut0425/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/25/technology/arabsearch_reut0425/index.htm</guid><description>RIYADH, April 25 (Reuters) - A Saudi-German plan to launch a dedicated Arabic language search engine for the World Wide Web could revolutionize the moribund Arabic Internet market, a senior official in the project said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High hopes, low wages</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374389/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/04/17/8374389/index.htm</guid><description>AS DUBAI REACHES FOR THE SKY with a building that, when completed in 2008, will be the tallest in the world, it is facing a revolt from the workers who have made the emirate's audacious development... </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What will the Dubai debacle cost us?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</guid><description>So the Dubai ports deal is done, a United Arab Emirates-owned company has backed down, and CNN anchor (and deal opponent) Lou Dobbs is going to have to find something else to talk about. But the after-effects are likely to be felt in boardrooms across America as well as on Capitol Hill and in Arab capitals from Riyadh to Bahrain and Cairo.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenfield: With port deal dead, do you feel safer?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/09/greenfield.portpolitics/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/09/greenfield.portpolitics/index.html</guid><description>Well, I don't know about you, but I feel so much safer now that I know those Dubains -- Dubai-ites? Dubaionians? -- won't be running those American ports after all.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmakers vow overhauls in response to ports deal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/05/port.security/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/05/port.security/index.html</guid><description>Two U.S. lawmakers called Sunday for overhauling the rules by which the United States approves foreign management of facilities involved in national security.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Forget oil. Now the Gulf is exporting money.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/02/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/02/news/international/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Lost amid the political furor over the Dubai ports deal is a much larger story. No, we're not talking about weak Coast Guard inspections or other security-related safeguards. (I'll leave that issue for another day). Instead, it's the staggering shift in global economic power that the global commodity boom has wrought.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Liz Claiborne in Kuwait?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/news/international/middleeast_retailing/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/08/news/international/middleeast_retailing/index.htm</guid><description>While the world sees the Middle East as a hotbed of tension and geopolitical strife, brand-name purveyors of American fashion, entertainment and luxury products are eager to bulk up their business, particularly in the region's lucrative retail markets.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Battle of the Very Hot City-States</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/02/06/8368084/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/02/06/8368084/index.htm</guid><description>THE DUEL BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND Dubai for control of Britain's venerable Peninsular &amp;amp; Oriental Steam Navigation Co. is not so much a bidding war as a proxy battle joined by two tiny, rich city-states intent on invading each other's territory with fat checkbooks.</description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flying High and Low</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362813/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/11/01/8362813/index.htm</guid><description>The airline industry is in trouble in the United States. But elsewhere, it's blue skies and big opportunity--especially for niche players in regions with only one major airline. Launching at the en...</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rise of the Emirates Empire</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359251/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/10/01/8359251/index.htm</guid><description>Call it a moment of uncivil aviation. Last May in Tokyo, at the airline industry's biggest annual gathering, some 500 attendees watched as the keynote discussion, featuring five top CEOs, suddenly ...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>DUBAI COURTS A NEW CROWD: OUTSOURCERS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/12/27/8217976/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/12/27/8217976/index.htm</guid><description>WITH A RECENT SPATE OF CONSTRUCTION that includes dozens of nightclubs, an indoor ski slope, a glitzy residential development shaped like a palm tree, and plans for the world's tallest building, yo...</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2004 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Road to recovery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/22/explorers.alexzanardi/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/10/22/explorers.alexzanardi/index.html</guid><description>I've always been the sort of racing driver who likes to stick his nose into all the technical decisions and modifications to do with setting up the car.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai airport terminal collapses</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/27/dubai.airport.collpase/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/09/27/dubai.airport.collpase/index.html</guid><description>Five people were killed and 12 others  injured after part of a terminal under construction at Dubai International Airport collapsed, according to a Civil Aviation Authority spokesman.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dubai flies high as a travel hub</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/05/10/bt.dubai.hub.growth/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/05/10/bt.dubai.hub.growth/index.html</guid><description>A number of city-states have fueled their economies by promoting themselves as business and travel hubs.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 04:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Airport duty-free flies to new heights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/04/01/bt.airport.duty.free/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/04/01/bt.airport.duty.free/index.html</guid><description>Ten years ago, airport shopping catered purely for the business traveler, focusing on cigarettes and alcohol.  Today, however, it is increasingly about consumer choice.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2004 03:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Fantasy Island</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/10/352864/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/11/10/352864/index.htm</guid><description>There's no such thing as too much waterfront property, especially in Dubai. As part of the tiny state's drive to become a tourist hot spot, the government is working with a private developer to bui...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pyramid Schemes War? What war? Susan Hack checks out the Middle East's massive investment in tourism.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/16/301054/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2001/04/16/301054/index.htm</guid><description>It's 110 degrees in the shade, but you'd never know it inside the air-conditioned Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph whisking you from Dubai's new $550 million airport to the Burj Al Arab Hotel. Shaped like...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2001 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>