Burj Khalifa Fireworks

Dubai - the Arab state will celebrate 2014 New Year's Eve by attempting to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the World largest Firework displays.



There will be three prime locations that will hold official 2014 NYE fireworks displays around Dubai for World record-breaking challenge. These locations are The Palm, the Burj Khalifa and Jumeirah Beach.

Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world will display an incredible fireworks for a duration of over twenty minutes.

It can be recalled that during the building's inauguration in Jan 2010, the ceremony featured a display of 10,000 fireworks, light beams projected on and around the tower, and further sound, light and water effects.

If you are in Dubai, the best places to view this fireworks should be at the Burj Park, the Dubai Mall and at the Mohammad Bin Rashid Boulevard.




The celebration will be streamed live, stay tuned for the updates.

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Celebrating the success of the UAE in winning the global bid to host the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, raised the UAE national flag at the top of the spire of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

In a video that became viral hours after the prince posted it on his Facebook, Sheikh Hamdan is seen waving the national flag from the highest point of Burj Khalifa, 828 metres (2,716.5 ft) high.

The crown prince wrote a message: “This flag is accustomed to being at the top, and all the summits will belong to it,” he wrote in Arabic.



On Wednesday, the UAE beat bids from Turkey’s Izmir, Brazil’s Sao Paulo, Russia’s Yekaterinburg after three rounds of voting by delegates of the 168-nation Bureau International des Expositions in Paris.

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government has committed to donate Dhs36 million or approximately US$10 million to the Philippines after the Typhoon Haiyan devastation.

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UAE news agency WAM reported that as instructed by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, the UAE is announcing support and assistance programs and projects of USD $10 million to the Philippines. "The UAE extends its deepest sympathies for the loss of life and property caused by Typhoon Hayan in the Philippines. The UAE stands by the people of the Philippines in these tragic circumstances and commends the Government of the Philippines and its emergency workers for making all possible efforts in providing aid and relief to the victims”, the UAE President said.

President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan further stated that, "The UAE believes that the international community must stand together in times like these and assist the relief efforts. With this contribution, the UAE Government affirms its deep solidarity with those affected by this natural disaster in the Philippines. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this terrible tragedy and their families."

Super typhoon Haiyan slams the central Philippines on Friday with recorded winds of 235kph that gusted to 275kph which later caused a water surge raising sea waters to 6m.  The United Nations reported that there are about 1,200 casualties recorded which is expected to rise as reports from various areas directly affected by the typhoon are still coming in.

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