http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8022578.stm
The sordid truth about Dubai: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion...i-1664368.html
Property prices in Dubai plunged 41% during the first three months of this year, a report has calculated.
Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism. But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging. Johann Hari reports