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UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

Smoke rises from the site of a cargo plane crash in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday Sept. 3, 2010. Officials say a UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board has crashed shortly after takeoff outside Dubai. There was no immediate word on casualties. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said.


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Airport official: plane crashes outside Dubai (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

AP - An aircraft believed to be a cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, an airport official said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

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Dubai camel dairy hopes to milk health food market (AP)

August 21st, 2010

In this Tuesday, July 13, 2010 picture, Dr. Ulrich Wernery checks the health of a camel at the Camelicious farm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Camel milk has at least three times more vitamin C than a cow's and is considered an alternative for the lactose intolerant. Researchers, meanwhile, have studied possible roles in fighting bacteria, tumors and diabetes, as well as traditional uses such as a treatment for liver disease as part of folk medicine across the camels range from central Asia to North Africa. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - The camels know the drill by heart.


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What will happen to current Dubai International Airport when the new one starts operating?

April 8th, 2010

They have just opened a new terminal at Dubai International and at the same time they are building a huge thing only 35 km away in Jabel Ali called Al-Maktoum…

Dubai jail sentence upheld for UK kissing couple (AP)

April 4th, 2010

** ADDS TO NOTE COUPLE DID NOT GIVE FAMILY NAME ** An Iranian-Italian couple Elham, left, and Raman, who declined to give their family names, are seen after they kissed on the observation deck of world tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, April 4, 2010. The observation deck of the world's tallest skyscraper reopened Sunday in Dubai, two months after an elevator malfunction that left visitors trapped more than 120 stories above the ground forced it to close. Dozens of tourists were lining up today for tickets to take an elevator to the 124th floor of the half-mile-high Burj Khalifa, where the tower's observation deck is located. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - A Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of kissing in a restaurant.


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UK expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai case (AP)

March 23rd, 2010

Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout from Dubai police February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Dubai Police/HandoutAP - Britain took the extraordinary step Tuesday of expelling an Israeli diplomat for the first time in more than 20 years, after concluding there was compelling evidence that a…

UK expels Israeli diplomat over Dubai slaying case (AP)

March 23rd, 2010

Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout from Dubai police February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Dubai Police/HandoutAP - Britain has expelled an Israeli diplomat over the alleged use of forged U.K. passports in the assassination of a Hamas operative in a suspected Mossad hit.


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UK to expel Israeli diplomat over Dubai case (AP)

March 23rd, 2010

Hamas militant, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh (ringed), is shown arriving at his hotel in this CCTV handout from Dubai police February 15, 2010. REUTERS/Dubai Police/HandoutAP - Britain’s government will expel an Israeli diplomat from London on Tuesday over the use of forged British passports in the suspected Mossad assassination of a Hamas operative.


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