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			<title>Halal logistics</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Valued at US$570 billion during 2005, the halal product industry is booming. With such a healthy market value behind it, the time has come for the industry to start dictating the terms to ensure its future growth and efficiency – and the supply chain is one of the first up for scrutiny.]]></description>
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			<title>World Halal Expo hailed a success</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of visitors from the GCC and UAE turned out for the much anticipated World Halal Expo 2007 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from December 9-11.  ]]></description>
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			<title>GCC telco sector set to gain US$375 billion investment boom </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The GCC telecoms sector will receive a staggering US$375 billion boost over the next 10 years according to research quoted by industry experts.]]></description>
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			<title>Live events growth prompts event 360 rethink</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Event 360, PALME Middle East's live event production component, will boast its own dedicated space within the Dubai International Exhibition Centre when the 2008 installment of the region's largest pro audio and lighting industry event is staged at the venue in April.]]></description>
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			<title>First Halal World Expo in Abu Dhabi this month</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The inaugural Halal World Expo will bring together Halal buyers and suppliers from across the world when it opens its doors from December 9 to 11 at  the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). ]]></description>
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			<title>Property matters</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This month we bring you a regional focus on Turkey's emerging real estate market and extensive Cityscape Dubai coverage.]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | Comment</category>
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			<title>Developers' transient obsession</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  Hotel industry consultant Guy Wilkinson visited Cityscape Dubai last month and was left thinking: what will happen to large-scale mixed use developments when supply-induced demand slows?   ]]></description>
			<category>Travel &amp; Hospitality | Comment</category>
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			<title>Challenges ahead</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While visiting Cityscape Dubai last month, Chad Oppenheim of US-based Oppenheim Architecture + Design said: "People have survived in the desert for thousands of years without the benefit of the technology we have today. They used ingenuity and worked with the environment instead of against it. Building glass refrigerators in the desert is...a challenge."]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
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			<title>Laying down the law</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape was the ideal shop window for the new real estate laws introduced in Dubai over the last year.]]></description>
			<category>Real Estate | Comment</category>
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			<title>Joined up thinking</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape is full of staggering projects. But who is planning for the transport infrastructure that will link them together?]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
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			<title>UK spin doctor to visit Dubai</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alastair Campbell, the controversial former Blair aide, will visit the UAE later this year as part of the IIR Middle East's PR congress.]]></description>
			<category>Media &amp; Marketing | News</category>
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			<title>AV industry beats the heat </title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Despite the rapid onset of summer, May and June proved stellar months for the major events production and AV installation industries in the GCC.]]></description>
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			<title>Halal expo to tap $2.1 trillion market</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi exhibition will give companies access to a fast growing international trade.  ]]></description>
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			<title>Stand and deliver</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[  This year’s instalment of PALME Middle East, which was the biggest in the annual industry event’s history, turned the spotlight on the region’s booming audio-visual, pro audio and lighting installation industries.   ]]></description>
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			<title>Firms gain international business at Agra exhibition</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Agra Middle East exhibition, an event for the agribusiness industry, which took place at Dubai International Exhibition Centre last month, recorded onsite trade deals worth US$3.6 million, according to the event's organiser.]]></description>
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			<title>Growth from the grassroots?</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[How the 'richest city in the world' is carving a niche for itself away from the glitz of Dubai.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | Comment</category>
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			<title>UK architecture firm to open Abu Dhabi office</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Associate stresses the potential of the city.]]></description>
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			<title>Aldar to build 16,000 capacity labour accommodation</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Aldar starts work on 16,000 labour development.]]></description>
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			<title>Green village for Abu Dhabi</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape special: Green living and smart homes on Hydra Village drive Abu Dhabi toward an eco lifestyle.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi's 'art island' wins awards</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape special: Saadiyat development scoops two awards at the exhibition.]]></description>
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			<title>'Magic' waterfalls make a splash in UAE</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape special: a glowing graphical fountain wowed crowds at the Abu Dhabi exhibition.]]></description>
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			<title>Abu Dhabi rules out 'cataclysmic' growth</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cityscape special: the UAE capital hopes to emerge as a global city by 2030, but  not through "uncontrolled expansion".]]></description>
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			<title>Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2007</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Adu Dhabi Cityscape officially opened by Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.]]></description>
			<category>Construction &amp; Industry | In Pictures</category>
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			<title>Former UN chief set for Mideast return</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan will attend the Leaders in Dubai Forum 2007. ]]></description>
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			<title>F&amp;amp;B Forum to be held</title>
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