Dubai opens half-mile-high tower, world's tallest

Dubai opened the world's tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower for the head of neighboring Abu Dhabi, whose billions bailed out Dubai amid last year's financial crisis.

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No tall tale: Dubai to open world's highest tower

Dubai is set to open the world's tallest building amid tight security on Monday, celebrating the tower as a bold feat on the world stage despite the city state's shaky financial footing.

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Developer: Dubai Tower at 'new record height'

The developer of a Dubai skyscraper set to become the world's tallest building says the rising tower now stands at a "new record height" of 2,257 feet.

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China's tallest building to open in Shanghai

China's tallest building, the 101-story Shanghai World Financial Center, will open to the public on Saturday, 14 years after its developer began the project.

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Builder: Dubai High-Rise World's Tallest

Developers of a 1,680-foot skyscraper still under construction in oil-rich Dubai claimed Saturday that it has become the world's tallest building, surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101 which has dominated the global skyline at 1,667 feet since 2004.

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The city of Seoul will become home to the world's second tallest building in 2015.

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13,000 ft X-Seed 4000 structure ever gets built in Tokyo - it will win the worlds-tallest-building competition hands down and leave its puny competitors in the dirt.

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The race for highest tower is heating up, but as of now we have a clear winner...

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What would be North America's tallest tower took another step toward becoming a 2,000-foot-high reality Thursday when the Chicago Plan Commission recommended that the spire's current design by famed architectect Santiago Calatrava be approved by the city zoning committee.

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