| August 6, 2007 | - Developers were planning to open a Hooters in Dubai.
| Source:
Arabisto.com
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| October 16, 2006 | -
Dubai's ruling family was sued for enslaving children as camel jockeys. A family representative argued that the suit was spurious, since Dubai has replaced child camel-jockeys with robots.
| Source:
BBC
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| July 13, 2006 | - In Chennai, India, more than a ton of camel meat from Dubai was destroyed at an airport after no one claimed it.
| Source:
News Today Net
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| July 8, 2006 | - It was reported that Senator
Orrin Hatch intervened to get a record producer out of a Dubai jail after he was sentenced to four years for possession of cocaine.
| Source:
New York Times
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| December 29, 2004 | - In Dubai, an Italian man was fined for hugging and kissing a woman in public.
| Source:
Agence France-Presse
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| May 11, 2004 | - The Bin Laden Construction group was selected to build the world's tallest skyscraper in Dubai.
| Source:
Pacific News
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| October 23, 2003 | - The emirate of Dubai announced that it will build a $5 billion amusement park that will include an artificial rain forest and a ski slope.
| Source:
Associated Press
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