My strip-search trauma at Dubai airport, by Lily … and her showbiz pals Agy and Rhys
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The 23-year-old said: ‘I was strip-searched, which was so nice as soon as you arrive. I knew I didn’t have anything on me so I wasn’t worried. I wasn’t paranoid, just terrified.
‘It was at the airport and took more than an hour. It was really scary as they didn’t tell you what they were doing, they just said, “Take off trousers” and I was like, “Ahhh help”.’
A light display illuminates the Atlantis Hotel during the official grand opening party on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai on November 20, 2008. Dubai threw a multi-million-dollar extravaganza today to launch a luxury hotel on an artificial palm-shaped island, despite the bite from the global financial crisis.
Robert DeNiro, Lindsay Lohan and Charlize Theron attended the £15 million launch of the world’s most expensive hotel. Around 2,000 VIPs - including A-list actors, models, musicians, sports stars and businesspeople from around the world - enjoyed the opening of Dubai’s lavish Atlantis Palms resort last night
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Aerail of Dubai City downtown. You can see the axis of the Sheikh Zayed Road, the business center of the city and condensed with tall buildings in the area. You can also see the construction of Burj Dubai at the right far end. The progress of construction is just 1/3 at the moment.
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Sheikh Zayed Road, the main and often clogged artery of Dubai. Taken from the 40th floor of the Sheraton Hotel’s roof top
