| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Friday, November 21, 2008 3:29 AEDT |
| Expires: | Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:29 AEDT |
The sky-exploded at the opening of a $2.4 billion hotel on a man-made palm-shaped island in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
ABC News Online takes a look at the big stories from 2008.
Want to know more about the Sydney Festival? Ask our blogger Antonette Collins.
Hundreds of Elvis impersonators have boarded a train from Sydney to Parkes for an annual festival.
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