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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – When Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid al-Maktoum was born in 1943, it was in a small coral and mud-built house with fishing boats pulled ashore on the beach outside.

But when the sheikh, Dubai's ruler since 1990, died on Wednesday in an Australian beach resort, his old childhood home was already a museum. And the nearby pearl-fishing town of Dubai had grown into a dynamic trading city, boasting an indoor ski resort, giant manmade residential islands and, soon, the world's tallest building.

You should have mentioned that he died 4 January 2006. You make it sound like he died last Wednesday.

I missed the political discussion bit, akash please give us a starter for ten?

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There are 4 of you in the phonebox - can one of you please move out so we can continue the meeting of the dxb political discussion group ............

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Is it hot or what? Discuss ........................

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Pick me, pick me, Moderator, I respecfully request to be acknowledged on the issue of heat. Please pick me.

Well it can be summed up in the immortal words "Phew, wot a scorcher"

and now moving swiftly on

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Taxis, smelly or what? Discuss ..........................


Ooops, yes comrade Kitty, you have a comment on the heat ?

viking-warrior wrote:Well it can be summed up in the immortal words "Phew, wot a scorcher"

and now moving swiftly on

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Taxis, smelly or what? Discuss ..........................


Ooops, yes comrade Kitty, you have a comment on the heat ?

Ferget it. Took so long to acknowledge me I fergot what I was going to say.

Not interested in polittics...............!