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World’s tallest building set to open

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:47:42 -0500

Jan. 3: The world’s tallest building is set to open in Dubai at over 2600 feet and 160 floors - two times taller than the Empire State Building. The opening is expected to be watched by over 2 billion people around the world. (Other) Dubai - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - Skyscraper

World’s tallest building opens in Dubai

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:22 -0500

Jan. 4: Dubai celebrates the opening of its new skyscraper, now the world’s tallest building at 828 meters. CNBC's Guy Johnson reports. (Other) Dubai - Skyscraper - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - United Arab Emirates - Middle East

Fireworks unveil world’s tallest building

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:32:44 -0500

Jan. 4: Dubai opened its 160 story building, Burj Khalifa, which stands over 2,700 feet tall. (Countdown) Dubai - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - Fireworks - United Arab Emirates - Burj Dubai

GRITtv: The F Word: Heat Rises in Dubai

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:10:26 -0500

New year, new symbol? The Burj Dubai fits. The 1 billion-pound building unveiled in downtown Dubai this week is the world’s new tallest tower. More than half a mile high, more than two Empire State buildings tall, the Dubai tower boasts 169 stories, the world's highest swimming pool, the world's highest place of worship, and the world's tallest mountain of denial. History repeats. Like its forebear, the Empire State building, the Dubai tower was built in a great global depression when cheap labor was plentiful, as were the dreams of the super rich. The engineering marvel was built by low paid, non union, immigrant workers, mostly Indians and Pakistanis, paid 5-20 dollar a day for dangerous work. (It's a state secret how many lost their lives in the process.) The tower features 144 apartments and a hotel designed by Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer. In the super scraper, the super-affluent can live and vacation without leaving the building or the brand. Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed and his Chicago-based architects hail their building as a symbol of renaissance, the future, and all things great. There's just one glitch. That future involves melting the equivalent of 28 million pounds of ice a day for air conditioning, and they'll be consuming billions of gallons of desalinated water in a desert city-state that already has the world's highest per-capita carbon footprint. Tallest tower, biggest footprint. There's another remarkable thing about Burj Dubai. The climate actually changes as you ride up in the elevator. The temperature at the top can be as much as 10 degrees centrigrade cooler than at ground level. It's hotter at the bottom. Perhaps the best use of the Dubai Tower for the rest of us is a reminder. Look at Dubai's tower of denial and remember: It's hotter at the bottom but heat rises. Right? CORRECTION: In January 4th's program, I said that Dubai's tower cost one billion dollars. The closer-to-correct sum is $1.5 or a billion UK pounds. The tower is part o...

New Year fireworks in Dubai

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:59:09 -0500

The new decade makes it’s entrance in the Middle East - the United Arab Emirates welcomes it with fireworks over the Burj Al Arab building. Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn_news

World’s Tallest Building Debuts

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:29:38 -0500

Jan. 4: The world’s tallest building is opening in Dubai today, and CNBC's Guy Johnson has the latest. (CNBC) Dubai - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - Burj Dubai

Terror Hotbed: Why Yemen, Why Now

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:29:26 -0500

Analysts say Yemen is facing a host of problems including U.S. ambivalence that has led to the government’s deterioration and the emergence of al-Qaida as a major player within the Arab nation. (Jan. 6)

ATI: Burj Dubai Should Be in America

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:58:38 -0500

Trend investigator and proud American Ryan McKee gets a bit jealous over the opening of the world’s largest building, the Burj Dubai.

Yemen a Dead End for Somali Refugees

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:49:19 -0500

Somali refugees risk their lives to come to Yemen in search of a better life, but the poorest country in the Arab World offers little relief

World’s tallest building opens

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:12:33 -0500

Jan 4: Dubai has opened the world’s tallest building in a blaze of fireworks. The building is so long the temperature at the top is ten degrees colder than at the bottom. Nicholas Glass from Channel 4 Europe reports. (NBC News Web Extra) Dubai - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - Burj Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Middle East

World’s tallest building to open

Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:53:51 -0500

Jan 03 - The Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is nearly ready for its grand opening on Monday (January 4).

Dubai’s Tower of Hope?

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:01:07 -0500

A closer look at Dubai’s new tower, with Mohamed Alabbar, Emaar Properties chairman. (CNBC) Dubai - Emaar Properties - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - BurjDubai