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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-namesake-now-president-trump-sons-open-dubai-golf-club/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/02/Trump-Dubai_Horo-e1487454271549-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A giant billboard advertising the Trump International Golf Club hangs at the Dubai Trade Center roundabout, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on February 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)" title="A giant billboard advertising the Trump International Golf Club hangs at the Dubai Trade Center roundabout, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on February 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)" /></a>
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								With namesake now president, Trump sons open Dubai golf club							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-namesake-now-president-trump-sons-open-dubai-golf-club/">Course's opening, and long-standing plans for second one nearby, could raise security and ethical issues for US leader</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/united-arab-emirates-plans-to-colonize-mars/">Dubai leaders envision robot-built city of 600,000 on red planet, once technology is developed to ensure food, energy, air and faster interplanetary transportation</a>
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														<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/dubai-probes-disabled-facility-over-kim-kardashian-visit/"><img width="400" height="250" src="https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2017/01/People-Kim-Kardashian_Horo-e1485246649926-400x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="In this Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, Kim Kardashian poses for photographers on her arrival at Toko restaurant in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Chito Pachica, File)" title="In this Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, Kim Kardashian poses for photographers on her arrival at Toko restaurant in downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Chito Pachica, File)" /></a>
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								Dubai probes disabled facility over Kim Kardashian visit							</a>
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								<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/no-fatalities-as-airliner-carrying-300-crash-lands-in-dubai/">Terror ruled out in initial probe; right wing detached during landing as fire filled the cabin</a>
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								US Navy boots &#8216;drunk, reckless&#8217; Gulf boat commander							</a>
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