As Dubai's Glitter Fades, Foreigners See Dark Side

A haven of stability in a region of tumult, Dubai is usually a place people flee to, not from. Foreigners, lured by what President Obama in a June speech in Cairo hailed as the "astonishing progress" of this autocratic but vibrant Persian Gulf metropolis, account for more than 90 percent of the population, and 99 percent of private-sector workers. Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Washington Post
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 9, 2009 - 8:28 PM PDT
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Aug 10, 2009 - 6:10 AM PDT

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Aug. 10, 2009
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William Owney
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by William Owney - Aug. 10, 2009

This is a broad, complex story and The Post apparently made every effort to get both sides at every critical juncture. It takes journalistic skill and personal courage to work around a deliberately obdurate bureaucracy.

America would do well to ship a boat load of her bankers to Dubai.

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kazuhiro shino
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by kazuhiro shino - Aug. 12, 2009

Lots of evidence but no answers from Dubai rulers

Everyone loves good profits but once things went wrong you must prepare the outrageous agony which never happened in the democratic countries

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