Latest update: 12/01/2010 

- Dubai - Gaza Strip - Gilad Shalit


Can Dubai live up to its skyscrapers?

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In this week's edition: Now that Dubai has inaugurated the world's tallest tower... what are the chances of filling all those other empty buildings in town? Also, we visit one Gaza family that's rooting for the liberation of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, because it could mean the return of one of its own members.

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