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Buying is not a bad option. An apartment at Al Hamra will set you back around 1m dirhams. Living there would probably by nice once it is all finished in a few years.
RAK town looks pretty dodgy to me.

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I always feel so guilty when I think about taking the "when in Rome" attitude and think about throwing litter out of my car after seeing a local do it. But I can never bring myself to do it because I never have and I never will. Apart from the fact that it is illegal. In fairness, previous...

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Good question Shaf. Yes, Iraq is currently in a worse state than what it was under Sadam. However The main difference between pre-Sadam and post-Sadam is that Iraq now has a chance to prosper with no one living in fear. The prospect of this was never that great, but never-the-less, there remains hop...

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If the US pull out all hell will break loose and the best case would be Iraq ending up with another dictator. At least the UN might then get involved. But if the US stick with it, they will need to change there attitude. Currently anyone with a muslim name gets the third degree at JFK airport and wh...

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Shaf, No one is saying that war crimes are justified. Those that comit them should have the full measure of the law used against them. But your interpretation of a war crime is obviously different to mine. I would much rather go down behind american enemy lines than be caught by japanese, germans, o...

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As horrid as the imperial forces were, I cannot bring myself to condoning the killing of civilians in Tokyo as a retribution for Pearl Harbour. Similarly - as despicable as the Luftwaffe bombing raids on London were, I cannot condone the scale of the bombings of Dresden, Cologne etc These were batt...

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Dubai Knight wrote:"By doing this, I am creating a job for the man who has to come and pick it up! If I did not throw out my rubbish, he would starve!"

I still can't work out why I don't do it.
It must be because I respect the locals... but I don't know why I do that either. ARRRRRH

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Go for the Jag if you want a car with soul.
Go for the BM if you want something boring, but reliable.
Go for the Audi if you want to look like a twat. Nothing against you Arnie but I hate them.

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The strange thing is that I know several Iraqi's living here in UAE, with families still in Iraq, and they all support the USA/UK led coalition. If they can afford to live in Dubai they are probably reasonably well educated Iraqi's and understand that they are better off supporting the USA/UK led c...

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Wow!! They dont allow for very dark film there at all then. Now is that only for the front doors of a car or for rear doors and back glass too? I would imagine that V-Kool is used quite a bit there then for their very good heat rejection properties. Actually, a lot of rich or naive people still sti...

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Go for the Jag if you want a car with soul. Go for the BM if you want something boring, but reliable. Go for the Audi if you want to look like a twat. Nothing against you Arnie but I hate them. No offence taken. But it is clear you have never driven an A8 4.2 v8 It would leave my 5.3 v12 standing i...

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Agreed you are a great oz fan.. but no great sportsmanship there.. How can one team have most of the decision go aginst them? and now a ban against someone who made ponting look like a donkey in a las vigas (is its the new UAE spelling as written on a signboard on the Dubai - Fujairah road) casino....

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You think Symonds should have just punched him in the face. Perhaps next time he should. I would have. Yes! Although it is polite to give him a chance to appologise first. If he had a problem with it he should have confronted Sing there and then instead instead of running off and complaining to the...

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Only 2 teams have won 16 tests in a row. Australia and Australia. That is why I believe that Australia acted the way that they did. They were under a lot of pressure to equal the record and were prepared to win at any cost. Whilst I fully support our never say die attitude, I am embassed when they ...

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Do you eat it? eh? Do you eat your pets? I always called them Lobbies. They don't taste that good compared to the salt water variety but make good pets. They are pretty hardy. A 25cm tank will do but you can go bigger if you like. Are you talking about the ones for sale in the seafood dept? I didn'...

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It can only be received on Intelsat-10, but this is for the troops in Iraq and Afgan and it is encoded so that no one else can watch.

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Aussie Legends at Rydges is an obvious choice, but anywhere that sells beer will do.

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Slightly off topic but nonetheless related.... :D What pay TV package should a good AFL loving Australian get here? AFL is the priority but would love to see the Australian Cricket (Domestic matches too) and some NRL games too. Not interested in Union or A-League. Any advice on packages, etc??? Che...

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New Testament=Christians Old Testament=Jews I thought that it was more like: Jews = Old Testament Christians = Old Testament + New Testament Muslims = Old Testament + New Testament + Koran I can pick any story from the Bible and find differences, similarities and contradictions between it and the K...

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Everyone can interpret things differently but the holy books are the most studied writings of all times and there is definitely a consensus and solid expertise about the meaning and true interpretation and applications of their teachings. The existance of so many different sects of each religion pr...

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On the off chance that the police stop you, just say sorry, you didn't know, it won't happen again.
Just remember that anything is illegal in Dubai if they want it to be and if you start getting defensive about it you will be arrested.

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However, the phrase 'cultures in which Christianity existed' is a little puzzling to me. Christianity started off in Palestine amongst Semitic/Middle East culture. The earliest churches were of African culture (Assyrian/Ethiopic as well as Coptic); Roman and Greek - but mostly it was an Eastern rel...

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Hi I am close to agreeing to a job in Dubai for a 2 year initial period and am considering what is the best option either rent or buy. I have been told that I would need to budget for between 2 to 3k sterling for a good 2 bed apartment - yet I could but the same apartment for approx 200k. I would a...

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Hi on HSBC's website regarding mortgages they stae they will fund JBR up to 60% of value but Arabian Ranches at 85% of value. Is there any a reason for this or is it because they feel the value of Arabian Ranches is more robust than JBR? thanks This is a very good observation. In the early days non...

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Why all of the negativity regarding sports city?
The sports city apartments are not trying to compete with the Marina, JLT or JBR. If they were, they wouldn't be a lot cheaper.
How about Bawadi which is ?, 95 hotels, 100,000 rooms. Will it be a white elephant too?

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benwj wrote:AFL: game of the day 1 week later on Fox
Cricket: Some internationals on Fox.
NRL: None

Slight amendments:
AFL: Showtime
Cricket: Fox sports (evision)
NRL: Fox sports

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Arabian Ranches is skyrocketting right now. Sports city is beside Arabian Ranches and will most likely follow. You need to drive between them both to get to Bawadi. What am I missing?

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The Dubai government just gave a donation to the IOC and the president stated that it would be possible to move the date of the olympics to suit Dubai. He was also impressed with SPORTS CITY. So it looks like Dubai is gearing up for a 2020 bid.

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rudeboy wrote:i wonder if he is grooving in the jail

the sad thing is the groovy dj will be out sooner then you think.

He's a good looking fella.

I am sure that he will be in for long enough to be pushing out dounuts by the time he gets let out.

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Any law that is determined by a religion is wrong. Although sharia law would certainly be an improvement on the current system in the UK. rudeboy, I don't see how it would undermine the current laws since it seems to be stricter and could act as a subset to the current system. arnie, Most of the unf...

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