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Jiabao visits Burj Khalifa, Dragon Mart
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has toured Burj Khalifa and other tourist and business areas in Dubai. He climbed to the 124th floor in Khalifa Burj, where he viewed the landmarks of Dubai City, expressing his admiration about the progress of the UAE in general and Dubai in particular, thanks to the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
Downtown Dubai turns festive
Thousands of energy-efficient decorative lights have started shining along the three-km long Emaar Boulevard, Downtown Dubai, which will continue through the entire festival season, including the UAE National Day celebrations, Emirates Classic Car Festival, New Year’s Eve and the Dubai Shopping Festival, up until April 2012.
Olive: Why skyscrapers are enjoying an unlikely renaissance
For all that, skyscrapers remain one of the biggest crapshoots in business. Dubai’s $1.5-billion Burj Khalifa, the reigning world’s tallest building, at 828 metres – twice the height of the Empire State Building – nearly bankrupted the United Arab Emirate.
On a high in Dubai
The Webb Ellis Cup made its way to the top of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building in Dubai yesterday. The iconic building stands at 828m, which is just a bit taller than Sydney’s Rugby Club, the venue where the Cup will beam brightly today at a huge luncheon.
Grafite aims to strike it rich for Al Ahli
Brazil international Grafiti aims to live up to the high expectations of his newly adopted club Al Ahli in Dubai by scoring plenty of goals during the upcoming season. Al Ahli CEO Ahmed Khalifa Hammad expressed his delight at introducing their newest signings At the Top (124th floor) of the iconic Burj Khalifa.
Exploring the world’s tallest structure – the Burj Khalifa
The tallest building in the world does not appear made for this earth. By day it looks photoshopped into its downtown Dubai surroundings, and by night, the hulking spire looks like a rocket bound for the furthest reaches of our galaxy.
Sky-high on hot, hot Dubai
Once settled at your hotel there is so much to do and see in and around Dubai, but first on your list should be a visit to the Burj Khalifa, located at the Dubai Mall. The building is an amazing 828m high. Completed at the beginning of last year, it surpassed the previous tallest building, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan, by 300m.
Malaysia Promotes Tourism To Arabs In Dubai
A visit to Dubai is incomplete without a visit to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. The magnificent 160-storey tower, which officially opened to the public on Jan 4, last year, is 828 metres tall. Its construction cost is estimated to be about USD1.5 billion.
Burj Khalifa suicide jumper ‘was grieving for dead brother’
Mr Kannan was a construction foreman in an area where finishing work was being done. He took off his shoes and left a diary near by before climbing out of an air vent on the 148th floor, Bur Dubai Police Station Chief Col Ali Ghanim said. Mr Kannan had suffered “severe psychological trauma caused by the death of his brother” in December, police said.
