A Flashy City

More than one million passengers have traveled far in Dubai Metro, according to Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official.
The authority said that until September 25, 1,018,030 passengers used Dubai Metro on Saturday and traveled only 52,000 people.
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1. Dubai’s Very Best Hot Chocolate
The hot chocolate at the Avalanche Cafe, Ski Dubai is suprisingly good. It’s one of the rare instances where whipped cream actually enhances the drink. Partly because it looks like snow, partly because it acts as a useful platform for the M&Ms. But for more interesting flavours, try the hot chocolate cafe in Abu Dhabi’s Marina Mall.
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Mayor Emaar Properties, Dubai-based property developer, has unveiled a special package for Ramadan apartments at competitive prices with flexible purchasing options and unique benefits, including exemption up to one year of maintenance fees to complete the residential units in evolution prestigious Downtown Burj Dubai.
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As seen on 60 Minutes Dubai Inc. reported by Steve Kroft.
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The top executive at Dubai-based Emirates airline said Monday it expects Airbus 380 flights company returns to New York in the first six months of 2010 due to passenger demand should recover by then.
The airline began service to New York for the double-decker plane in April last year, but withdrew two months later and replaced with the smaller Boeing 777. Emirates has expanded its network as demand sank into recession, especially in the U.S.
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Dubai has issued a decree launch of ‘Dubai 2020′, a new initiative to explore the potential of Dubai to host the World Expo and the Olympics and Paralympics 2020.
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Dubai Metro will be launched on September 9, but only with10 of the 29 stations planned, according to a senior official.
“We will begin underground operations as promised, but key will open 10 stations on the Red Line,” Mattar Al Tayer, chairman and chief executive of the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), was quoted as saying in a Gulf News report.
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