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Article: United Arab Emirates : Dubai Delays Debut of Tallest Tower to Early 2010.
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- November 5, 2009
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Post a Comment Visitors will have to wait until early next year for the opening of the world's tallest building in Dubai.
The media office of the city-state's ruler said Wednesday the hulking Burj Dubai will now debut on Jan. 4, a month later than expected. The new opening date is timed to coincide with the fourth anniversary of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's appointment as ruler of Dubai.
Excavation work on the silvery Burj Dubai, Arabic for "Dubai Tower," began more than five years ago. It has continued rapidly since.
By January 2007, some 3,000 laborers mostly imported from India had completed 100 stories on ...