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@AmirKhan168: Overheard:an african leader saying oil can be a blessing or it can be a curse. Yes, history is littered with latter. Let's learn frm Norway!


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Sleepy in Istanbul

I'm at the business lounge at Istanbul Airport now...

Beautiful Lausanne

We keep coming back to Lausanne. I really cant stop admiring how stunningly beautiful Lausanne is especially when the sun is out. This city for the students is living up to its reputation as being hip. We can feel the energy come to life when you see men and women in their 70s roller blading mingling in the crowd of students. My kids love the place and thankfully its less than an hour drive from Geneva.

Correction

The building I was referring to is Burj Khalifa
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Mission Impossible? Not in Dubai

If you watch the latest instalment of the action packed movie Mission Impossible where Tom Cruise aka Ethan Hunt with his few sidekicks catching the bad guys and stopped the world from nuclear destruction (rather kicking @**), you will see this sky scrapper which I believe is (or was) the tallest building in the world, the Burj Al arab.

This is one of the prides of Dubai, the small kingdom that is part of the Emirates that is now on the world map as one of the best tourism spots in the world. With the sea of people that I see from every part of the world that thronged the Dubai Mall now, I am really seeing that life is returning to normal after its recent financial troubles.

If there is a will there is always a way and in Dubai, no mission is definitely impossible.

Final Day

Qatar National Convention Centre

The jaw dropping conference hall of the Qatar National Convention Centre. The sheer size and beauty of the Convention Centre is breathtaking. It has the latest technological wizardry that any convention centre should have like state of the art lighting and projection equipments, screen lcds etc. The centre is so huge, any first time visitor coming here for a visit will be struck with awe with its sheer size alone.

I will be here for a week attending a UN meeting.