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John Terry to wait until after match to decide on Dubai trip to see wife

09.02.10
Carlo Ancelotti will have talks with captain to decide if he needs to take a break to resolve problems in his personal life... more

Siddle claims lay-off is not due to workload

09.02.10
Australia's Peter Siddle has denied that his five-month lay-off with a serious back injury is because of the heavy workload he has carried this season... more

Pakistan drop Kamran Akmal for England Twenty20 matches

08.02.10
Kamran Akmal has been dropped from the Pakistan squad for the two Twenty20 internationals against England in Dubai later this month... more

Burberry in 3D: Live screenings take London Fashion Week global

08.02.10
London Fashion Week is to become the first event to be broadcast in 3D live around the world... more

Alam's fate yet to be decided

08.02.10
Pakistan deny coach has been sacked, even though he has been left out of the party for this month’s Twenty20 matches against England in Dubai ... more

City Spy: Pride comes before EMI fall for Guy Hands

08.02.10
With the perfect vision of 20:20 hindsight, it's easy to say that Guy Hands made a mistake with EMI... more

Rory McIlroy's anxious wait over injury

08.02.10
The Northern Ireland golfer is set to see a specialist to discover the extent of a back problem... more

Construction in Dubai is a matter of peaks and troughs

05.02.10
You only get to ride halfway to the top of the world’s tallest tower in Dubai for your £20 ticket, despite the newly opened tourist experience being billed At the Top. Even so, take it. It sure beats the slow climb up the Empire State Building... more

Carluccio's has bumper Christmas and new year

05.02.10
Italian caffe and deli chain Carluccio's had a bumper Christmas and despite the January snow is trading ahead of expectations... more

Classic putting puts Miguel Angel Jimenez on top in Dubai

05.02.10
Clinical display sees Spaniard take a share of the second round lead ... more

In-form Charl Schwartzel's desert stormer

04.02.10
South African fires a bogey-free round to share the first-round clubhouse lead at the Dubai Desert Classic ... more

John Terry faces losing £5m sponsorship... and his wife

04.02.10
The England captain could lose £5 million in sponsorship deals as a result of his affair with Vanessa Perroncel... more

Police taunted then arrested British woman raped in Dubai

03.02.10
British holidaymaker tells how she was arrested and taunted by police in Dubai after she told them she had been raped... more

'Raped' Briton who reported sex attack is arrested for ‘illegal sex and drinking’

08.01.10
London woman on holiday in Dubai tells police she had been raped but was then arrested for having illegal sex with her fiancé... more

World’s tallest tower scales heights of delusion

05.01.10
As an emblem of the change of decade, there is nothing more deliciously poignant than yesterday's opening of the $4 billion, 818-metre latest tallest building in the world, the Burj Dubai... more

World's tallest skyscraper opens in Dubai

04.01.10
Started at the height of the economic boom and built by some 12,000 labourers, the world's tallest building will open today in Dubai as the glitzy emirate seeks to rekindle optimism after its financial crisis... more

High hopes for Burj Dubai skyscraper in crisis-hit emirate

04.01.10
Mohamed Alabbar, boss of Dubai’s Emaar Properties declares, there was logic behind his decision to press ahead with building the world’s biggest skyscraper ... more

Dubai woe hits reputation of Islamic finance

14.12.09
Analysis: Islamic bankers are now as popular as the rest of the banking profession... more

Carluccio's has an appetite for Dubai despite crisis

08.12.09
Carluccio's said that its new branch in Dubai is trading so well it is planning to open another two in the region next year... more

Alwaleed says banks should have foreseen Dubai crisis

02.12.09
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal reckons banks which are fearful they have lost money from making loans to Dubai have only themselves to blame... more

Nerves ease on markets as sheikhs talk up confidence

01.12.09
Global stock markets rallied after the ruler of Dubai accused international investors of misreading the situation in the debt-ridden emirate.... more

Racing set is agog at Dubai’s woes

01.12.09
The troubles of Dubai are absolutely no surprise to the horse-racing and breeding industry, and most especially the good burghers of Newmarket ... more

LSE climbs on talk that Abu Dhabi may buy Dubai stake

01.12.09
Could London Stock Exchange be about to swap one emirate investor for another?... more

Families fear Iran will use captive sailors for political gain

01.12.09
Families of five British yachtsmen seized after their boat drifted into Iranian waters spoke of fears that the men could be used as a political 'bargaining chip'... more

Fund management group Aberdeen shrugs off Dubai crisis

30.11.09
Martin Gilbert, chief executive of Britain’s largest independent fund management group Aberdeen Asset Management, does not believe the fall-out from Dubai will have a major lasting effect on his industry... more

‘Crisis? What crisis’, says Dubai’s elite and media

30.11.09
Dubai’s business and media establishment today united in an attempt to downplay the crisis in Dubai, with one leading newspaper publishing an editorial headlined “No need to overreact”... more

Dubai housing market slump hits Brits

30.11.09
Estate agents in Dubai today spoke of the “appalling” state of the housing market in the city — but expressed hope of an eventual recovery... more

Dubai’s a busted flush but its woes won’t spill over into another slump

30.11.09
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Dubai debt crisis could lead to fire sale of London properties

27.11.09
Shares slumped in the City for the second day running as the scale of the Dubai financial crisis became clear... more

Fear Gulf state's contagion will spread across the world

27.11.09
As the reality hits that Dubai’s success was after all, built on sand, the ripples are travelling far and wide... more

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