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FRANCE
Continental and Dubai-based MAG drop talks on tyre plant
German auto parts maker Continental and Dubai-based MAG group have failed to reach an agreement on a possible takeover by MAG of a tyre-making plant in northern France, where distraught workers staged sit-ins in the spring.
Dubai - Israel - Lebanon - settlements - West Bank
Victims furious over Lebanese Madoff
We take you to the hometown of Salah Ezzedine, the man some describe as Lebanon's answer to Bernard Madoff. Also in today's show: as Jewish settlers keep on building in the West Bank, Palestinians are still forced to cross the border to find work.
Dubai - Economic crisis - unemployment - United Arab Emirates
Dubai's shattered dream
Our special edition of the Week in the Middle East takes you to the United Arab Emirates, where the global economic crisis has crashed down on Dubai’s extravagant building projects and its thousands of fortune-seeking expats.
DUBAI
Chechen politician masterminded assassination, police say
Dubai police have accused a deputy prime minister of Chechnya of masterminding the assassination of former Chechen military commander Sulim Yamadayev in the underground car park of a luxury seaside apartment block.
CHECHNYA
President Kadyrov's one-time rival killed in Dubai
Sulim Yamadayev, a former rebel chief who had challenged Moscow-backed President Ramzan Kadyrov for control of Chechen security forces until last year, was found dead in an underground garage in Dubai at the weekend.
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GULF STATES
Sports are the new oil
Tennis, football and other sports are becoming increasingly lucrative investments for businessmen in the Gulf countries who are seeing a drop in oil revenues.
TENNIS - DUBAI
Frenchman Santoro qualifies for the second round
French player Fabrice Santoro has qualified for the Dubai Championships second round. He beat the Romanian Victor Hanescu in two sets on Monday (6-4, 6-2).
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Do economic sanctions against Iran work?
Sanctions are used by the United States and its allies to try and force Iran to abandon its nuclear programme. The US also has asked Iran's Middle Eastern neighbors to comply. For the country of Dubai it is difficult, perhaps impossible.
Dubai - Iraq
Real estate bubble goes pop in Dubai
In this edition of our weekly show: Dubai's real estate sector goes bust amid the global crisis; Gulf countries invest in sport to boost their image abroad; the inhabitants of Iraq's marshlands pray for rain.
TENNIS - DUBAI
Williams sisters set for semi-final showdown
Venus Williams (pictured) beat Russia's Elena Dementieva to reach the semi-finals in Dubai, where she will meet her sister Serena, who defeated Serbia's Ana Ivanovic. Also through are France's Virginie Razzano and Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.
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