joshedwards.com » UPI http://joshedwards.com Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:15:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Dubai’s World Islands are Sinking http://joshedwards.com/2011/01/23/the-world-is-not-enough/ http://joshedwards.com/2011/01/23/the-world-is-not-enough/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 10:00:25 +0000 Josh http://joshedwards.com/?p=1558 Remember The World islands in Dubai? We actually talked about them three years ago today (see The World).

Dubai The World

Well, according to reports from Friday, it’s sinking: “Luxury Dubai development sinking.”

Of course, this all comes from a lawsuit against Nakheel, the state-run developer on the islands, but still, it’s quite possible.

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It wasn’t terribly forceful, however:

“Those spies that are currently present in the Gulf must leave the region within one week. If not, then we will cross that bridge when we come to it,” said Dahi Khalfan Tamim, a lieutenant general with the Dubai police.

So either “we will cross that bridge when we come to it” means something more bad-ass in Arabic, or they just want to evict the wuss spies.

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