George Bush was in Abu Dhabi yesterday and the Dubai police spent the day practicing closing roads.
A combination of heavy rain and rumours of mass road closures across the city for US president George W. Bush’s visit brought traffic to a standstill in Dubai on Sunday.
Frustrated motorists reported taking hours to get to and from work as confusion surrounding which and when roads would be closed led massive tailbacks on many roads across the city for much of the day.
Then, late in the afternoon, it was announced that today will be a public holiday. The whole economy brought to a standstill for a day so that one man can do a bit of sightseeing and have a cup of tea at the Burj al Arab...
More interesting yesterday was the news that the UAE has signed a deal with the French to build two nuclear reactors. In a country with enough oil and gas for a very long time to come this strikes me as being extremely odd.
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