Dubai Defies Slump as Minogue Joins $20 Million Party

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The 2,000 guests of the Atlantis, located on a man-made island in the shape of a palm, were treated to a champagne reception and an ``Atlantean Feast'' and danced the warm night away to Minogue's performance of ``Better the Devil You Know'' followed by Samantha Ronson, a DJ friend of actress Lindsay Lohan, mixing 1980s pop music.

``I love Dubai, I love the architecture'', basketball player Michael Jordan said in an interview on the red carpet before the party. ``It's the second time I've been here, I'll be back.''

Last night's extravaganza was the latest attempt of the emirate to cling on to its reputation as the international jet set's hub in the Arabian Peninsula, even as the boom may be ending, spending is hurt by the credit crisis and stocks decline. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped 6.7 percent yesterday, bringing the year-to-date decline to 49 percent.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aRrzuJ_6E3_0&refer=muse

Well, isn't that special?

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1. Dubai didn't tap GHWBush and Bill Clinton as its top lobbyists for nothing. What did America get in

return? Oh yeah....we end up paying for war we never wanted and could have been avoided long ago if this country had an HONEST Presidency that cared about open and accountable government.

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2. AND America's 'superstars' get a private playground where they

don't have to mix with their regular 'american' fans.

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3. 20 million is nothing to Dubai...except a payment to Bill Clinton for trying to get the Ports Deal

through for them.