May 13 - President of IranMahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the United Arab Emirates for the first official visit since 1979.
August
August 27 - A fire breaks out at the Jebel Ali port triggering explosions at a chemical storage depot.
September
September 12 - Burj Dubai reaches 555.3 metres, surpassing the 553.3 metre CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario Canada as the world's tallest free-standing structure on land, which it had been since 1976. The building is due for completion 2008 with a final projected height of 818 metres.
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