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Oct 13, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

Singapore airport tops annual poll

Postcards from Florida
For the second year in a row, Singapore Changi airport has finished first in a poll of airports worldwide by members of Priority Pass, the world's largest airport pass access program. This year, the Singapore airport edged out second-place Hong Kong...

Oct 20, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Canada, UAE clash over mystery Mabhouh assassin

Babylon & Beyond
There is a diplomatic storm brewing between Canada and the United Arab Emirates, and the latest twist involves a mystery assassin. On Tuesday, Dubai's chief of police, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan, slammed Canadian authorities for allegedly dragging their feet...

Oct 29, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

Intelligence operations head off terrorist bomb threats on inbound cargo planes, Obama says

Top of the Ticket
Intelligence operations produce air cargo terrorist bomb threat info, Obama says....

Oct 28, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

The new 'Mission: Impossible' sequel: Could Paramount have picked a worse title?

The Big Picture
Not that "Mission: Impossible 4" actually needs any more publicity, but Paramount threw together a news conference in Dubai with Tom Cruise and filmmaker Brad Bird to announce that the film has a new title, or more accurately, one of......

Nov 22, 2010 |Blog| Baltimore Sun

Nov 27, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

DUBAI: "Mission: Impossible" wraps up filming in swanky Persian Gulf hub

Babylon & Beyond
Pomp and circumstance marked the ending of the the nearly monthlong shoot of the fourth "Mission: Impossible" movie with the ghostly title "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol" in Dubai. Pictures published in the local media showed "Mission: Impossible"...

Apr 8, 2011 | Orlando Sentinel

Cheapflights.com offers list of Top 10 Desert Destinations

Postcards from Florida
Cheapflights.com has another of its Top 10 lists and it's a hot one. The list of Top 10 Desert Destinations features hot spots in the US and as well as some global destinations. Here's a look at some of the list: Las Vegas, Nevada – Love it or loath...

Dec 8, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

Wayward cheetah is captured in United Arab Emirates

L.A. Unleashed
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Who's missing a cheetah? That's what authorities are asking Wednesday after one of the big cats was captured roaming the streets of Sharjah, the emirate just north of here. The urban safari had gawkers watching......

Dec 20, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

DUBAI: Obese journalist takes his battle of the bulge public in health campaign

Babylon & Beyond
Mohammed Khan, a severely overweight reporter at the Dubai-based English daily Gulf News, avoided getting rides in other people's cars because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to wrap the seat belt around his waist. He didn't buy a......

Dec 29, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Government plans to charge Canadians up to $1,000 for visas

Babylon & Beyond
Don't expect a lot of Canadians at the annual landmark Dubai Shopping Festival next year unless they're willing to plunk down serious cash to enter the country. The United Arab Emirates is set to begin charging Canadian travelers up to......

Jan 9, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

DUBAI: Bungled Stockholm suicide bomber received training in Iraq, says top security official

Babylon & Beyond
New developments have surfaced in the case of Taimour Abdulwahab Abdaly, a 28-year-old Iraq-born Swedish suicide bomber who died in a botched attack on central Stockholm on Dec. 11, in revenge for what he called Sweden's "war on Islam." This......

Jan 24, 2011 |Blog| Baltimore Sun