Dubai

Just before sunset, a French skyscraper climber who calls himself "Spiderman" started to pull his way up the side of the world's tallest tower in Dubai.

The islands were intended as the ultimate luxury possession, even for Dubai. But the World, the ambitiously-constructed archipelago of islands shaped like the countries of the globe, is sinking back into the sea, according to evidence cited before a property tribunal.

Dubai, where a top Hamas commander was killed in January in an assassination blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency, is to have security cameras "everywhere," the police chief was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Giorgio Armani's Armani Hotel Dubai opened in the Burj Khalifa tower today. Armani said, "Yesterday when I arrived and saw the hotel, I felt really emotional. After five years of working on this project, I finally saw how it all came to life. Working with me is not always easy, I think everyone here would agree because my standards are very high."

A Dubai appeals court on Sunday upheld a one-month prison sentence for a British couple convicted of inappropriate behavior for kissing in a restaurant.