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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The site of an Israeli attack that destroyed houses and carpentry shops in the village of Al-Qlailah in the Tyre district in southern Lebanon.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 1998: Construction of the Burj Al Arab was in full swing, with its sail-like form beginning to rise dramatically above the coastline. Nearby, the Jumeirah Beach Hotel—already an architectural landmark in its own right—stood in sharp contrast to the emerging icon.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid AlMaktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister ofthe UAE and Ruler of Dubai, opens the Metro.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ The basic infrastructure was in place by 2004, and the island was open for construction in 2006.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ 2018 — Sustainable materials have been used to build the structure. There are systems to recover energy and water with the help of a parametric design, passive solar architecture, and low energy and water engineering solutions.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ In the 1960s, Dubai was a modest trading town. Today it is one of the world's most ambitious cities. Dubai-it puts a name to the philosophy behind that transformation and aims to embed it across institutions, companies, and future generations.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ Passengers at an immigration counter in Islamabad. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said the complete transition to e-passports would help eliminate passport-related fraud and forgery.]]></image:caption>
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<image:caption><![CDATA[ BRICS has been successful in shifting the conversation around power, representation, and economic governance.]]></image:caption>
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