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Amazing graphic shows scale of task facing teams searching for missing jet

To supplement October's One World Trade Center architecture review for theChicago Tribune, critic Blair Kamin tweeted out this chart published by the construction data miners at Emporis.

By Bindu Suresh Rai  www.emirates247.com Another month, another star moving into a neighbourhood near you; or so goes the story of Dubai, the most sought after celebrity city of...

Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, who initiated and has been the driving force behind the decision to build the world’s tallest building in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce on 2nd August 2011, that the contract for construction has been signed and Kingdom Tower, with a height of over 1,000 meters, will begin construction imminently in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said the emirate is recovering after state-controlled holding company Dubai World reached a debt restructuring settlement with creditors. Dubai’s vision is unchanged after projects such as Meydan’s racecourse and Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building developed by Emaar Properties, were completed on schedule, Sheikh Mohammed said. “All the projects that were there are going ahead,” although some may be delayed for six months to a year, he said.

Following the success of the Armani Hotel Dubai, located in Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, the Armani Hotel Milano opens in the heart of the city, within the extraordinary palazzo at Via Manzoni 31, originally designed by Enrico A. Griffini and completed in 1937 in the rationalist style of the time.

In its quest to better serve its valued enterprise customers, Du is introducing its new Customer Advisory Board (CAB) during the first edition of the innovative programme at Armani Hotel on Monday 14 June.

President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan received His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and Their Highnesses Supreme Council Members and Rulers of the Emirates on Thursday on the occasion of the UAE’s National Day.

Depa, the contractor that installed the interior of the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa, has paid S$108.7 million (Dh295.1m) for a furniture maker based in Singapore as it expands its presence in Asia.

Lifestyle's corporate team considered a range of store sites within Dubai Mall. The store site was finally selected after careful studies on customer flow, number of entrances to the mall and proximity to mall attractions, such as the fountains and aquarium.