Lightning photograpy: Burj Dubai

Now that's a picture.

It's hard to see the Burj Dubai in this small pic, but click through to the Arabian Business photo gallery for a higher-res version.

AB.com also has a collection of rather samey shots of the nearly-finished Burj Dubai, which is looking pretty good (even if they are going to light it green at night...)

Although, ambitious super structure, nearly completed, in times of turmoil... I can't help but recall Secret Dubai's nickname for the supertall tower:

Deathspire.

[Insert sinister breathing noises here]

AB.com's magical time machine

BT chief says Mideast growth set to slow trumpets ArabianBusiness.com, accompanied by a nice image of a BT phone box. Circa 1992.

The charming BT "piper" logo, adopted by the firm in 1991, and as featured in the AB.com story, was scrapped in favour of its current swishy balls (which probably say a lot more about BT, to be fair).

(Actually the Getty Images pic was from 2006, when - we guess - a desperate Getty staff photographer was unable to find a BT maintenance van, office block, headquarters, etc, and plumped instead for a retro-90s phone box.)

In other news, the UK's Tory party has squeaked home in a general election, and an unknown Democrat called Bill Clinton has trounced George Bush in the US presidential race. And some stuff happened in Bosnia.