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		<title>Honey, there are rats in JBR!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jumeirah Beach Residence (also known as JBR) is a 1.7 kilometre long, 2 million square metre gross floor area waterfront community located in Dubai Marina. It is the largest single phase residential development in the world and contains 40 towers (36 are residential and 4 are hotels) . JBR&#8217;s capacity is about 10.000 people living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now you may pay rents by credit cards in Dubai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new possibility to make rental payments by credit card has attracted great attention in Dubai&#8217;s property sector. Under an offer by Landmark Properties, a property agent in Dubai, some units in the Discovery Gardens development can now be rented and paid &#8220;by any credit card&#8221;. &#8220;Currently one of the property owners with whom Landmark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to watch FIFA World cup in Dubai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[FIFA World Cup 2010 has entered in quarter final stage. If you are in Dubai or planning to visit in next few days and do not want to miss out your favorite sport, here is a list of venues to catch live action of football world cup in Dubai. Jumeirah Beach Hotel Jumeirah Beach Hotel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emirates Business 24-7 closing print edition, going to be an e-newspaper.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Emirates Business 24-7 newspaper, a product of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), is closing its print edition and will be available as an e-newspaper only. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Board Chairman of Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI), has given the instruction to turn the newspaper copy of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic Day for Dubai as Al Maktoum International airport receives first flight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was a historic day for Dubai when first test cargo flight landed at Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum International airport, giving the green light for operations to begin next Sunday. Emirates Flight EK9883, a Boeing 777 freighter operating Hong Kong-Dubai and piloted by Captain Ahmad Bin Huzaim and First Officer Nabil Yousuf Ahmad Mohammad Rai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RTA cancels popular bus routes to force Metro usage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to force commuters to use the Metro, RTA is canceling some popular Bus routes across Dubai. The RTA&#8217;s Public Transport Agency which runs public buses, cancelled a number of bus routes in recent months, especially on routes which run parallel to the Metro line. However, the cancellation of some very popular bus services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RTA to launch Nol cards for shopping and public transport fare payment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[RTA loves to go plastic. After launching variety of cards to be used for buses and Metro, now it plans to launch a Nol card that can be used for credit/debit purchases as well as to pay the fare for various modes of public transport. Currently, the RTA offers four types of Nol Cards for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai to seize properties from defaulters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a report in the National, Dubai Land Department may begin seizing off-plan properties whose owners are in default. The authority has started notifying investors who have defaulted that if they fail to make their outstanding payments within two weeks that 40 per cent of any money they have paid so far will be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dubaiexpatblog.com/dubai-to-seize-properties-from-defaulters.html</link>
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		<title>Microsoft settles out of court with Dubai pirate retailer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Gulf has reached an out-of-court settlement with a Storm Computers, a Dubai retailer caught selling pirated copies of its software. Illegal copies of Microsoft Windows and Office were seized by authorities in a recent raid on a store in the Al Khaleej Centre in Bur Dubai, Microsoft said in a statement. The out-of-court agreement, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rains create havoc in Dubai</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rain, thunder and hail storm are becoming a routine fixture for Dubai. Just last month there was strong rain fall in Dubai and UAE. Now, the residents of Dubai have experienced another burst of thunder with rains that are falling cats and dogs. There were four deaths reported due to rain affected damages. Among other [...]]]></description>
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