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A billboard picture of Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashed al-Maktoum outside the Emirates Twin Towers
Dubai banks given extra liquidity
The UAE central bank says it will offer banks extra liquidity, as the troubled stock market there prepares to reopen.
US shares slide over Dubai fears
What spoiled the party in Dubai?
What is Dubai and who runs it?

Eurostar Euro train booking system shelved
Plans for a system that would have made it simpler to book tickets for rail travel across Europe are shelved.

Alistair Darling, UK Chancellor UK recession 'worse than estimated'
UK Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to say the economy performed worse in 2009 than he originally predicted.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Boy and goat in Bhopal Stalled economy
What next for Bhopal's up and coming generation?
The opening celebrations for Atlantis, The Palm Resort, and the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai Spoiled party
What went wrong for the booming city of Dubai?
Stephanie Flanders Stephanomics
The smart money is still saying that Dubai is a sideshow


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Palm Islands in Dubai Dubai asks for debt payment delay

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World's biggest cruise ship


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UK YOUR MONEY
Visa Electron to be phased out
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Bank seeks to dismiss fee cases
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AFRICA
South African economy grows again
Heritage sells oil field stakes

AMERICAS
Dollar falls to a 14-year yen low
Toyota moves to cure pedal fault

ASIA PACIFIC
Improvement in Japanese exports
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EUROPE
Bank sues ex-boss over £7m loan
Russia cuts rates to record low

MIDDLE EAST
US shares slide over Dubai fears
Dubai needs time to repay debts
SOUTH ASIA
Reliance bids for LyondellBasell
Reliance to expand oil business

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BBC business editor Robert Peston Robert Peston
Dubai may not be the canary in the coalmine

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