There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
Feb 17th 2009, 8:48 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
WTA are considering sanctions which may mean this is the last tournament in the UAE.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...931649,00.html
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...931649,00.html
Feb 17th 2009, 9:30 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
You don't even have to be Israeli to be banned from Dubai these days
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...-festival.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...-festival.html
Feb 17th 2009, 9:39 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
You have to laugh.....
I mean, They are fining any reporters who tarnish the image or reputation of Dubai....... yet with own actions, they are creating loads of bad international press... Way to go Dubai!!!!!!
I mean, They are fining any reporters who tarnish the image or reputation of Dubai....... yet with own actions, they are creating loads of bad international press... Way to go Dubai!!!!!!
Feb 17th 2009, 9:49 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
But when they realised the novel featured a homosexual sheikh who had an English boyfriend
Feb 20th 2009, 4:57 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
Feb 21st 2009, 5:42 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
Record fine: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7902965.stm
And now Roddick pulls out in protest: http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/...9771235194017/
And now Roddick pulls out in protest: http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/...9771235194017/
Feb 22nd 2009, 5:10 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
Record fine: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7902965.stm
And now Roddick pulls out in protest: http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/...9771235194017/
And now Roddick pulls out in protest: http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2009/...9771235194017/
"With some top players missing the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships either due to injuries or otherwise, the favourites' tag now falls on Djokovic and Murray."
"Some of the top players such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Nicolai Davydenko and Fernando Verdasco have pulled out, mostly due to injuries."
What OTHERWISE means? No mention of Roddick explicit decision to not play due to the Israeli ban...
Feb 22nd 2009, 5:31 am
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
According to a letter in Seven Days, the concerned tennis player is an accomplished marksman in the Israeli Defence Force whose video was being used to actively recruit more soldiers to the army. Not surprising that Arabs might object to her inclusion.
Feb 22nd 2009, 12:13 pm
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Re: There will be a backlash against Dubai over this...
It's not unusual to be involved in a state organised militia in Israel though.
It's tennis not an invasion FFS.
It's tennis not an invasion FFS.
