Dubai Debt Leads To Abadoned Cat And Dog Problem (VIDEO)
GlobalPost looks at Dubai's abandoned pet problem. ...
GlobalPost looks at Dubai's abandoned pet problem. ...
Sophie Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011
I've now been in Dubai long enough to chuckle at the disparity between "routine maintenance" and "near-catastrophic engineering failure." My recent trip to the Dubai Mall was the latest instance.
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like sm...
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world's tallest skyscraper has unexpectedly closed to the public a month after its lavish opening, disappointi...
Posted 05.25.2011
Dubai's decade of oil wealth, property speculation and wild dreams created a roster of projects that are awe inspiring in their ambition. The world'...
AP | STEFANIA BIANCHI | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI --Dubai's government Monday said it received $10 billion in financing from Abu Dhabi, which will pay part of the debt held by conglomerate Dubai...
AP | BARBARA SURK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world'...
Posted 05.25.2011
(AP) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday, and in a surprise move renamed the gleaming glass-and-metal to...
Project Syndicate | Kenneth Rogoff | Posted 05.25.2011
There are those that revel in what they see as a come-uppance for brash Dubai's outsized ambitions. I, for one, do not share this view. Yes, Dubai, wi...
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai World, the cash-strapped conglomerate at the center of Dubai's debt crisis, appears set for an unaccustomed ...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — Gold prices fell for the first time in 10 days and oil slid as jitters over debt problems in the Middle Eastern city of Dubai drove t...
AP | ADAM SCHRECK | Posted 05.25.2011
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Tiger Woods' business partners in Dubai on Wednesday wouldn't comment on the golfer's personal woes, but say despi...
Fareed Mohamedi | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite this proclivity towards over-borrowing, the fundamentals of the Dubai model are still sound. The infrastructure has been built and is still very useful, and the underlying business logic is still very viable.
Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011
Once the manic burst of building has stopped and the whirlwind has slowed, the secrets of Dubai are slowly seeping out.
GlobalPost | Christopher Booker And Tomd Hundley | Posted 05.25.2011