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DubaiAlso known as Dubayy, one of the United Arab Emirates; population (1999 est) 858,000. Following the discovery of substantial oil reserves offshore in 1966, Dubai became very prosperous; developments included the building of modern hotels, an international airport, a new deepwater harbour, and a dry dock for supertankers. |
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| While Zaha Hadid designs the Dubai Opera House and Rem Koolhaas contemplates another extraordinary urban intervention, dumb architecture dominates the scene. Tokyo, Japan, Nov 8, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT Communications (NTT Com) announced today that it intends to open the NTT Communications Dubai Representative Office in Dubai Internet City (DIC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates by mid-December this year. Too bad Anthony Shadid's excellent article about the mighty aspirations of Dubai ["The Towering Dream of Dubai," front page, April 30] didn't appear during the Dubai Ports World squabble--especially the part about "little official corruption, less political instability" and high rankings in surveys "on rule of law and regulatory quality. |
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