CNN's Erin Burnett talks to Sheikh Mohammed, PM of UAE, about life in the UAE, freedom of the press and security.
MME sat down with the Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
A new fast food sensation has hit the Emirates' culinary scene.
Dubai on Monday officially inaugurated the centerpiece of its decade-long construction boom, with the surprise revelation that the world-beating 168-story skyscraper -- seen by some as a symbol of the city's economic excess -- was even bigger than previously thought.
Fireworks light up Dubai for a celebration of the world's tallest building.
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.
The gaudy accommodations and welcomes for Bush reflect not just oil wealth in the Gulf but obstacles to democracy as well
SI.com: Desert boomupdated: Sun Feb 04 2007 10:59:00
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- It was a lovely week at the Emirates Golf Club. Palms rustled, birds chirped, pile-drivers hammered, tractors roared, construction cranes rattled, saws whined, dumpsters clanged, trucks groaned, and traffic on Sheikh Zayed Road top-dressed the ambient cacophony with a lusty baritone hum. What was vacant desert just a few years ago is now a construction project to beggar the imagination, with dozens and dozens of skyscrapers springing skyward.
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.
There are yachts, there are luxury yachts, there are super-luxury yachts, and then there is the Al Salamah, a vessel beside which most similar boats look like little more than glorified pedalos.
Fortune: Bears in the stablesupdated: Mon Sep 01 1986 00:01:00
The 119th annual racing season at Saratoga Springs, New York, kicked off with the usual black-tie galas. But unbridled gaiety did not last through the next night's thoroughbred auction. The 64 year...
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