DUBAI

French climber Alain Robert, the French Spiderman, braved heights and high winds as he scaled the tallest building in the world.

A behemoth dragon-shaped shopping mall in the desert near Dubai has become a symbol of the deepening links between East Asia and the Middle East.

Every year, SuperYachts.com compiles a list of the largest yachts currently on the water. Here is the countdown list of world’s top ten largest yachts.

World number three Novak Djokovic crushed top-seed Roger Federer in straight sets to secure the Dubai Championships title on Saturday.

Top-seed Roger Federer and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic overcame tough opening sets to reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday.

World Number 2 Roger Federer defeated Marcel Granollers in straight sets to qualify for the quarter-finals in the Dubai Tennis Championships and admitted that he loses concentration during matches.

Spot gold was bid at $1,401.50 an ounce at 0933 GMT, against $1,399.20 late in New York on Tuesday. U.S. gold futures for April delivery eased 30 cents an ounce to $1,400.80.

At a time when the Middle East political tensions increasingly weigh on global oil markets, Russia has made significant advances at the expense of the traditional Gulf-Arab oil exporters.

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Arabs celebrated the fall of President Hosni Mubarak on Friday, praising the determination of Egypt's protesters and hoping their demands for change would echo through the Middle East.

The new vessels will be “new generation” ships in many innovative ways - housing exciting new activities and entertainment concepts as well as environment friendly factors.

The ongoing anti-government Egypt protests now has a face in Wael Ghonim, the Egyptian-born Google marketing executive who first hit the headlines after he disappeared into police custody.

Political unrest in Egypt and Tunisia may discourage Western job seekers from moving to the Gulf region as Arab governments focus more on youth unemployment, a recruitment agency report showed.

The Egyptian pound fell on Sunday when trade resumed after a week-long suspension due to political unrest, but the drop was less sharp than many traders had feared as the central bank appeared to support the currency.

The oil-rich state of Kuwait is considering a proposal to give citizenship to skilled foreign workers and their families as it competes with Dubai for overseas talent.

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, eying protests that threaten to topple Egypt's long-time ruler, indicated on Wednesday he would leave office when his current term ends in 2013, after three decades in power.

Governments, airlines and tour operators worked together on Monday to fly their nationals out of Egypt where protesters pressed their campaign to topple President Hosni Mubarak.

[Gold] buying continued on fears the unrest in Egypt will spread across the Middle East, says Richcomm Global Services in Dubai. But Asia's gold market is less sensitive to what happened in Middle East compared to New York, said a Hong Kong dealer in a note this morning.

The World, a man made archipelago in the shape of the seven continents developed off Dubai’s coast, is allegedly sinking into the sea, causing serious concerns for the environment.

The partnership would work towards immunization of millions of children in Afghanistan and Pakistan against deadly diseases such as polio, diphtheria, tetanus and others

Mozambique's Ports Development Company (MPDC) said on Tuesday it would increase the handling capacity of its Maputo port to 12 million tonnes this year from 8.7 million in 2010 to take more coal from South Africa.