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			<description><![CDATA[Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, talks space travel, dirty tricks and Abu Dhabi.]]></description>
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			<title>Where there’s a Will there’s a way</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Dreams can come true. Our cover star this month, Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, is proof of that.]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Qatar, Bahrain eyed stake in Virgin Galactic - source</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Two gov'ts were in talks to buy a stake in Branson’s space firm.]]></description>
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			<title>Branson’s still the PR king</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[There's a leaf that a few Gulf-based CEOs could take out of Sir Richard Branson's book, Anil Bhoyrul says.]]></description>
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			<title>Rocket man</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic, tells Arabian Business why the space tourism venture will fly.]]></description>
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			<title>Star attraction</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[A move to raise the UAE's satellite launching capability  would prove transformative, says Damian Reilly.]]></description>
			<category>Politics &amp; Economics | Comment</category>
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			<title>Virgin Galactic to monitor environment from space</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Space travel group to use its spaceships for research into climate, environmental change.]]></description>
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			<title>Orion Congress will tackle new frontiers</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic test pilot to highlight evolution of hospitality industry at key educational conference coming to Dubai.]]></description>
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			<title>Virgin's Branson reveals 'space mothership'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic unveils carrier aircraft, set to ferry spaceship and astronauts into space.]]></description>
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			<title>Hats off to mavericks</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  They say he who dares wins - and when it comes to a company that likes to take risks there's no better example than Virgin.]]></description>
			<category>Transportation | Comment</category>
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			<title>Space man</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  The man in charge of Virgin Galactic's mission to send tourists to space discusses the company's plans.    ]]></description>
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			<title>Virgin to launch space flights from UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Virgin Galactic to launch flights to space from UAE spaceport - president.]]></description>
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			<title>Saudis lining up to blast off into outer space</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ATM: Tourists in kingdom showing most interest in taking space holiday - Virgin Galactic.]]></description>
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			<title>Virgin Galactic seeks space agents </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Virgin Galactic will be looking to appoint sales agents for its space flights at ATM.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Arab company charters space craft in world first</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Dubai firm first in world to charter Virgin Galactic for top management.]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai will be underwater in 50 years, alerts Branson</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[LEADERS IN DUBAI: Virgin chair warns The Palm and The World could disappear.]]></description>
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			<title>Sharaf creates a new travel group</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Dubai-based Sharaf Group has restructured its travel and tourism companies to form a new entity - the Sharaf Travel & Tourism Group.]]></description>
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			<title>Packages to space to be an agent reality</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[It's only a matter of time before travel agents start selling holiday packages to space and Dubai-based Sharaf travel aims to be at the front-of-the-queue when the opportunity arises.]]></description>
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			<title>Space dust</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Branson's dream of tourists in space has been shattered by a tragic accident. Is it the end for the commercial space tourism industry?]]></description>
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			<title>Bookings open for rocket men (and women) </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic opens the doors for $200,000 trips into space. ]]></description>
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			<title>Dubai gets a travel agent for space</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic has appointed Sharaf Travel as its 'accredited space office' for the Middle East region.]]></description>
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			<title>And for my next trick, you'll think you're in space</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Sir Richard Branson may well have pulled off another great marketing stunt.]]></description>
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			<title>First Emirati space tourist confirmed</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Live from ATM: Ibrahim Sharaf, chairman of the Sharaf Group, has been confirmed as the first UAE national to go 'galactic'.]]></description>
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			<title>Cosmic faith</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rob Corder examines the additional challenges that face Muslim astronauts.]]></description>
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			<title>Virgin territory for UAE's first space traveller</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[EXCLUSIVE: Sir Richard Branson will announce the first Emirati to fly into space this Wednesday.]]></description>
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			<title>Ready for take-off</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Space Adventures founder Eric Anderson on the Middle East's role in space tourism.]]></description>
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			<title>Advertising space</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Eric Anderson, chief executive of Space Adventures, has arrived in the region and is looking for Arab investors to send to the stars.]]></description>
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			<title>UAE set to witness commercial &quot;space race&quot;</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Britain's Virgin Galactic and America's Space Adventures could both fly to space from UAE. ]]></description>
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			<title>Virgin: Space flights will circle globe in an hour</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Virgin's Branson predicts that spaceships will fly passengers from London to Sydney in 30 minutes. ]]></description>
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