Millions staged parties at iconic landmarks around the world to bid farewell to 2007 and ring in 2008, although bomb attacks and security fears darkened some New Year festivities.

A husband at a Saudi Arabian shopping mall announced over a microphone that he was divorcing his wife after a young man gave her his phone number.

A husband at a Saudi Arabian shopping mall announced over a microphone that he was divorcing his wife after a young man gave her his phone number.The husband said he witnessed his wife receive a slip of paper from a young man after he had separated from her and the couple’s three children to shop at different stores, Alarabiya.net reported Tuesday.He confronted his wife about the exchange and …

A husband at a Saudi Arabian shopping mall announced over a microphone that he was divorcing his wife after a young man gave her his phone number. The husband said he witnessed his wife receive a slip of paper from a young man after he had separated from …

An American diplomat and his driver were shot to death Tuesday in the Sudanese capital, the U.S. Embassy said. A spokesman said it “too early to tell” if the attack was terror related.

DUBAI — In the last week of December Limitless began construction work on the Dh40.4 billion ($11 billion) Arabian Canal, according to Wam. The project is said to be the largest and most complex engineering work in the Middle East since 1859, when the Suez Canal was built in Egypt.

Limitless, the Dubai-based global real estate master developer, said construction work has begun on the $11bn Arabian Canal, reported Wam. The 150-metre wide and six-metre deep project will be finished in three years and will be able to accommodate vessels of up to 40 metres long.

Limitless’ construction work on Dh40b Arabian Canal underway

02 January 2008 Dubai: Real estate developer Limitless Limitless , part of the Dubai World conglomerate, has started work on its ambitious 75-kilometre Arabian Canal project.

Limitless, an integrated real estate development company and a business unit of the Dubai World, has begun construction work on the Dh40.4 billion worth Arabian Canal in the last week of December 2007.