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			<title>Investors’ red tape worries prolong Dubai property woes</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Piecemeal moves to tighten property regulations in Dubai will do little to help the Gulf gain mature property market status, say industry analysts.]]></description>
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			<title>Future of $545m Bahrain beach resort in doubt - paper</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sources say unpaid bills are mounting and construction has been at a standstill for months.]]></description>
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			<title>Is a merger best?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Is this herd-mentality going to save the region from the natural course of the economic downturn?]]></description>
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			<title>S&amp;amp;P affirms DHCOG’s ‘A’ rating. </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ratings agency takes account of planned merger of real estate operations with Emaar Properties.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Holding-Emaar merger deal raises questions</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Value of land owned by units of DH involved in deal questioned by analysts.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Properties and Sama Dubai merger denied</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Top executive says no merger, but back office operations have been consolidated.]]></description>
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			<title>Lawyers claim taking commission on property deals not prohibited</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UAE court hears defence for seven executives charged with corruption.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Five face court in first corruption probe case</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bribery charge defendants include ex-CEO of The Lagoons project.]]></description>
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			<title>Confusion over plan for Qatar's tallest tower</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Architect behind Doha skyscraper calls for clarification over project ownership.]]></description>
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			<title>Murray and Roberts-Nass lose $545mn on Sama </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 1: Joint venture to build hotel resort for Sama Dubai gets cancelled.]]></description>
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			<title>Sama Dubai reviews projects amid global crisis</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Real estate division of Dubai Holding says no decision has been taken regarding job cuts.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai Towers-Doha to be Leed-certified</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dubai Holding-owned Sama Dubai has said that Dubai Towers - Doha will be one of Qatar's first buildings to be designed to the US Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leed certification.]]></description>
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			<title>Emaar may take over Lagoons project </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Developer in talks with Sama Dubai over $17.7bn development in wake of delays, arrest of execs.]]></description>
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			<title>US $25bn Med Gate approved</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sama Dubai's master plan for the US $25 billion (AED80 billion) Mediterranean Gate (Med Gate) project in Tunis has been approved by the Tunisian government. ]]></description>
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			<title>Sama's $25bn Tunisia project approved</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Master plan for Mediterranean Gate in capital Tunis given green light.]]></description>
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			<title>$17.7bn islands project on track for end of 2009</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Huge Dubai Creek project, The Lagoons, is now 95% complete, say development chiefs.]]></description>
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			<title>Robert Trent Jones II to design Omani golf course</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Course is firm’s second project in region.]]></description>
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			<title>RTJ II wins Oman work</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Golf course architect Robert Trent Jones II has been appointed designer for the 18-hole championship course at the US $2 billion (OMR770 million) Salam Yiti Resort in Oman.]]></description>
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			<title>Four Sama Dubai execs arrested - report</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lagoons CEO Abdulsalam Almarri among those quizzed as probe continues.]]></description>
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			<title>Water world</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The UAE is a haven for waterfront properties, especially ludicrously expensive ones.     ]]></description>
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			<title>Empower wins Lagoons cooling services contract</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[District cooling provider Empower is to supply services to The Lagoons waterfront project in a contract with Sama Dubai.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Empower keeps The Lagoons cool</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Sama Dubai, the international real estate arm of Dubai Holding, signed an agreement last week with Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) to provide cooling services to The Lagoons, a 6.5 million m2 Dubai Creek waterfront project.]]></description>
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			<title>High time for low cost airlines</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  As Air Arabia approaches 40 destinations, Jazeera Airways launches hub two and KSA LCCs go regional, it seems low cost is big business. ATN reports from the Low Cost Airlines Conference.]]></description>
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			<title>A smart world</title>
			<link>http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=506359&amp;Itemid=1</link>
			<description><![CDATA[  SmartCity's Fareed Abdulrahman tells Tamara Walid how he will take the Dubai Internet City concept international.]]></description>
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			<title>Contracts for Flamingo Creek project imminent</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[CITYSCAPE: Contracts for National Properties' Dubai project to be awarded next month.]]></description>
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			<title>New building regulations help to preserve tradition</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lauren Willington examines the new building regulations aimed at  preserving the integrity of a city's aesthetic.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Bridging the gap</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[From developer to FM, everyone involved in the design of a green building has to think green.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Lagoons head passes away</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Peter Nikolaou, the senior executive director of Sama Dubai's The Lagoons project, passed away earlier this month.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai takes stake in BankMuscat</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Will be largest GCC financial services cross-border deal.]]></description>
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			<title>DREI starts real estate course</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI) has confirmed to facilities management Middle  East that it will launch academic real estate courses starting from October 2007.]]></description>
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