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Podcast: Trending Middle East
Episode: Dubai 10-year plan, Gulf Cup returns to Iraq, Pope Benedict funeral – Trending
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Trending Middle East brings you the latest social media and search trends from the region and around the world.
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On today's episode, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid has unveiled a plan to put Dubai among the world's top cities by economic strength in the next 10 years.
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Football's Gulf Cup returns to Iraq to much fanfare, with Iraqis hoping the tournament in Basra can help to spur a national recovery after four troubled decades.
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The funeral of Pope Benedict XVI will take place, after hundreds of thousands queued to see him lying in state at the Vatican.
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Republicans in the US House of R...