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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 2. IN a move likely to send a shiver down the spines of American swimmers, the Saudi Binladen Group has been tabbed to build a $300 million aquatic sports complex to house the 2010 World Championships to be held in Dubai.<\/p>\n

The group was founded by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Laden \u2013 the father of Osama Bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda and the man responsible for the terrorist attacks on New York City on September 11, 2001.<\/p>\n

The deal has been reported in Trade Arabia<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Full text of Trade Arabia<\/i> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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