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How to use Twitter search. From Common Craft.

Burj Dubai under construction.

Now, I've seen some traditional male dances here, but never have I encountered anything like this. Smooth Khaliji - would LOVE to see it live!!! Way to go gentlemen!!!

A note from YouTube: A traditional Gulf dance mixed in with Michael Jackson's smooth criminal.

Some time ago a British 'couple' was caught on one of Dubai's beaches for supposedly having some 'hanky panky.' - they were tried, found guilty, and then deported.

Very recently, this case broke out. A married woman, caught leaving a hotel after a night of romance with her 'kissing cousin', was apprehended by the police (who were tipped off by her husband), and escorted to her new accommodation - the jailhouse. Both her and her 'man' have been in jail for about a month now. There was a trial, they were found guilty, and sentenced to 2 months in prison (one of which they have already served), followed by deportation. The woman is a mother of two, her family is here - I feel sad that her children will be separated from her.

Here's a video explaining a bit more of why the courts here in the UAE react the way they do when such things come to light.

World's biggest fountain, decorating the world's biggest building.

ABC News Exclusive: Torture Tape Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh
Police in Uniform Join In as Victim Is Whipped, Beaten, Electrocuted, Run Over by SUV
By VIC WALTER, REHAB EL-BURI, ANGELA HILL and BRIAN ROSS
April 22, 2009

video tape smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates shows a member of the country's royal family mercilessly torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods and wooden planks with protruding nails.
Brian Ross Investigates

A man in a UAE police uniform is seen on the tape tying the victim's arms and legs, and later holding him down as the Sheikh pours salt on the man's wounds and then drives over him with his Mercedes SUV.

In a statement to ABC News, the UAE Ministry of the Interior said it had reviewed the tape and acknowledged the involvement of Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al Nahyan, brother of the country's crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed.

"The incidents depicted in the video tapes were not part of a pattern of behavior," the Interior Ministry's statement declared.

The Minister of the Interior is also one of Sheikh Issa's brother.

The government statement said its review found "all rules, policies and procedures were followed correctly by the Police Department."

Out and about in the City of Mississauga with Mayor Hazel McCallion.

An interesting movie about Arabia of the past.

Who needs fireworks, when you can have a display created by mixing Diet Coke and Mentos candy?

This is really quite unbelievable. It's amazing what ideas people can come up with.

Enjoy!