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Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"maff" |
| Date: |
27 May 2004 04:02:51 PM |
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OT: Arabia's field of dreams |
Arabia's field of dreams
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2709282
May 27th 2004 | DUBAI CITY
From The Economist print edition
One of the world's most successful business ventures is a small city
state that learned lessons from Singapore and Hong Kong
A TROPICAL sun slides into the sea behind the palm trees and white
sand of Jumeirah beach. As darkness falls, the lights of offshore
construction machinery emerge a few hundred metres offshore.
Elsewhere in the Arabian Gulf, this would indicate round-the-clock
work on offshore oilrigs. Dubai has some oil and gas, but they
contribute barely 6% of its economic output and are due to run out in
about ten years. Contrast that with a fellow member of the seven-state
United Arab Emirates (UAE) federation, Abu Dhabi, which sits on the
world's fourth-largest oilfield. Dubai has been wisely using its oil
and gas income over the years to invest in a different sort of future,
replacing hydrocarbons with people as it has expanded to be the
tourism and business hub of a region where 1.5 billion people are
within two hours' flying time.
Dubai
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Dubai&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Dubai&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Dubai&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=Dubai&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
United Arab Emirates
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22United+Arab+Emirates%22&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22United+Arab+Emirates%22&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+%22United+Arab+Emirates%22&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_epq=United%20Arab%20Emirates&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
Emirates UAE
http://news.google.com/news?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+Emirates+OR+UAE&sa=N&tab=gn
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+Emirates+OR+UAE&sa=N&tab=nw
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=+Emirates+OR+UAE&sa=N&tab=wd&cat=gwd%2FTop
http://groups.google.com/groups?as_oq=Emirates%20UAE&safe=images&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_scoring=d&lr=&num=100&hl=en
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