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United Arab Emirates

Water way to ride and slide

Kerry van der Jagt samples five of the most dizzying thrills you can experience in a desert anywhere.

Abu Dhabi

Mind your Gs and queues

Talk about cornering like it's on rails — Louise Goldsbury spends a death-defying day at an Abu Dhabi oasis devoted to all things Ferrari.

Dubai

Put the jet lag on ice

Lesley Smeardon and family eschew the long-haul transit lounge for the coolest of overnight stopovers in Dubai.

Oman

Oman for all reasons

Jill Mullens Jill Mullens chose a little-known paradise for an international family reunion.

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Tourists are coming: Game of Thrones tours launched

NATALIE PARIS 10:44am | Fans of the epic fantasy series Game of Thrones can visit sites made famous by the television drama on one of two new walking tours around Dubrovnik and Northern Ireland.

Brisbane courthouses to become five-star hotel

9:31am | Lawyers and criminals have made way for luxury and concierges at a prime real estate spot in Brisbane's CBD.

Party at the festival without a ticket? Yes, you Cannes

5:23pm | Inside the Cannes temple of film-making, moguls meet movie stars and buyers and sellers wrangle over what we will be watching on the big screen a few months from now. But almost as compelling is the scene outside the Palais des Festivals.

World's first video call from Everest summit 'illegal'

2:50pm | A British mountaineer's interview with the BBC on his smartphone from the top of Mount Everest has stirred controversy with the Nepalese government calling the broadcast "illegal", officials said Monday.

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