A court in Dubai has jailed two men – an Iranian and a Tajik – for 25 years over their role in the assassination last year of a Chechen commander.
Sulim Yamadayev, a rival of Chechen …
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It’s Friday night , so for those in Dubai this has been the first day of the weekend, which means of course many people will be going to the Mosque for Jumma prayers. Others will …
Have had to re-issue this blog post as the links to the facebook page were a big vast of nothingness that meant no one could join us.
Just a quick note to let you know that …
Even I thought writing about war for two posts consecutively may be difficult , but alas I was wrong.
Today’s war story is about the very thing wars in the modern age are started – Oil, …
Ask the British Army how the war in Afghanistan is going and you may well get a positive spin laden answer but this will be far from the truth. Last month July 2009 was the …
Reuters (and others) is reporting that Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has been banned from horse racing for 6 months after this horse Tahhan tested positive for a banned substance.
The International Equestrian Federation …
After the DIC Liverpool fiasco news of any Dubai company or individual buying an English football club has to be taken with a pinch of salt until it actually happens. However the Daily Mail is …
A top contractor employed on the Burj Dubai has sought legal advice for a mammoth US $4.1 billion (AED15 billion) claim related to work it carried out on the world’s tallest tower, Construction Week can …
First it was Sex on the beach, now Dubai is being asked for “Sex and the City”, well not literally. Producers of the sequel to the “hit” movie “Sex and the City” (never watched it) …
Here are some truly eye catching photos of the tallest tower in the world (most likely) being hit by lightning. As you can see from the images they are truly amazing. However, the thought did cross my mind, such is the height of the Burj that are we really that shocked that its turned into a lightning rod?
I love the smell of a new car or a freshly valeted one , but a new one is better. There must be something they put in these cars that are in showrooms across the …
