two roy mcelroy is aiming to keep up his good start to the season after finishing runner up at the abu dhabi classic last week he hopes to go one better at the dubai desert classic place got a taste of the course during a price liberty event on wednesday before today's opening round mcelroy won here in two thousand and nine and has been rocking pape team to victory in abu dhabi but the northern irishman enjoys the dubai fairways and fancies his chances at an early season title. it's always nice to start off the season like i feel like you know i had a great chance to win and quite to. but you say it would be great pick. to get a win under my belt pretty early this season and try and win here a place that i've won out before and. of course i really enjoyed it but. while they were in the states former world number one tiger woods is hoping to end his two and a half year title drive he's playing at the pebble beach pro am in california this week and believes he's not far off ending his barren run after finishing third behind master roy in abu dhabi i feel very warm and i had to make. some chang

this is in abu dhabi at the circuit.1 cars can go over 200 miles per hour, they can get from 0 to 60 in less than two seconds. >> wow. >> in addition to their extreme speed these cars are able to come down from 200 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour in no time flat. >> this g-force of that must be so painful, probably takes your stomach. >> some of the gs in these cars can reach 3 to 4 if not more. she can barely keep her head in one place. and brake. >> oh! >> it's like a roller coaster. >> yeah. >> she needs those side pad things they give you at the roller coaster so your head doesn't bounce around. >> looks like her harnesses could have been a lot tighter for her. >> she's really top heavy. >> i mean i don't know the math of this. say the helmet is maybe four pounds, five pounds, times 4gs probably like having a 15, 20 pound weight on your head, if not more. >> how fast was she going? >> in this formula one experience just below max speed. max speed on some of these cars is about 205, 208 miles per hour. even if the

. >>> and finally, they say only the strong survive, but in abu dhabi, only the strong wins.t the annual strongman competition, that is put to the test. contestants show off their skills, tossing heavy objects like massive tires. but maybe the most difficult is pulling a 26-ton truck the longest distance. the musclemen still have five more competitions to go before a winner is chosen. and we do stories like this not infrequently, and every single time i am amazed. every time. >> that one person can pull a jet? >> yes. >> with their teeth? >> yes. their fingernail beds, yes? now time for a look at we'll follow throughout the day on nbc. >>> it is sentencing day for the so-called underwear bomber, who pled guilty to trying to blow up a detroit-bound airliner on christmas day in 2009. the 25-year-old faces a mandatory life in prison sentence. >>> joe kennedy iii, grandson of the late robert f. kennedy, will announce his bid for the 4th congressional district seat in massachusetts. the seat becomes vacant upon the retirement of congressman barney frank at the end of his term next

has been on the rise since the turn of the year there to secure old tied for third at last month's abu dhabichampionship and strived at the unofficial chevron world challenge in december however a tour victory has eluded him since two thousand and nine something tiger is itching to change. i feel very you know. i had to make some. some changes and that took time and start of see the results of now which is great was i was the last four events are really about well . promise building on and everything is head in the right direction. and staying in america and the new york giants have been publicly celebrating their super bowl triumph as thousands lined the streets of manhattan to see their heroes parade while the john snatched a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory over the new england patriots on sunday and confetti wafting through the air and triumphant team hosted the course of even the vince lombardi trophy from their getting through and point flight after cruising through here as canyon they were on it at city hall before travelling to new jersey for a rally at the met life stadium. now

rise since the turn of the year the thirty six year old finished tied for third at last month's abu dhabi championships and triumph at the unofficial chevron world challenge in december however a troll victory has eluded him since two thousand and nine something tiger is itching to change. i feel very peace where i'm at i had to make. some changes and that took time and i'm sorry to see the results of that now which is great no mas i was have the last four events are really played well. so i'm just building on that and everything's head in the right direction. that brings the end of the sport so we've got more. it's. the. lead. her. mission and three accreditation three. coaches free to make amends three. three. three. the old free market video for your media projects a free media. tom. the violence in syria ask allays but the world is left guessing about what to actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying in. the e.u. gets the shakes over its own embargo on the radio well as officials express concerns if europe could and being th

the rise since the turn of the year thirty six year old going to tied for third at last month's abu dhabichampionship and triumphed at the unofficial chevron world challenge in december however a tour victory has eluded him since two thousand and nine something tiger is inching to change. i feel very peace where i'm at i had to make. some changes and. took time and sort of see the results of a now which is great no more of us have the last four events or really played well . so i was building on that and everything's ahead in the right direction. and in the meantime the new york giants have been publicly celebrating their super bowl triumph as thousands lined the streets of manhattan to see their heroes parade the giants snatched a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory over the new england patriots on sunday confetti what did through the air with the triumphant team poised to the vince lombardi trophy and make each ring new and point flight after cruising through heroes canyon they were honored at city hall for traveling to new jersey for a rally at the met life stadium. and finally a goo

and if you're watching in abu dhabi, at 3:00 p.m. >>> that's it for us at "world business today."hanks for joining us. i'm andrew stevens in hong kong. >> i'm nina dos santos in london.

. >> reporter: abu dhabi's flat carrier has services to more than 80 destinations as valued as iraq andazakhstan. its plotting expansion into china. together the three gulf airlines are spreading their routes from the middle east to the far reaches of asia and africa, retracing the ancient silk road in the sky. leone knee lakhani, cnn, dubai. >> those airlines of course have to deal with bad weather and the historic snowfall this winter across central and southern europe may now be melting too rapidly. that's raising concerns of widespread spring floods. meteorologist ivan cabrera is live at the cnn weather center to explain. ivan, it sounds like we went from one huge problem to another different kind of problem. >> the warmer it gets, the faster the problem is going to be exacerbated here. we'll watch the temperatures closely. you're absolutely right. the danube is going to be the culprit if we have significant issues. this is the water weigh that has been frozen. we have the chunks of ice dislodging as a result of the thawing. my concern is not that. it's all the snow that has fallen

. >> reporter: abu dhabi co produced the oscar nominee, "the help." >> we're blessed with having manycial resources. our most precious commodity is human capital. we can't afford to lose that. we need to provide young people with the opportunities to grow and develop here. >> image nation has invested in lolly wood block busters like con taj gown. it says the proceeds will be reinvested domestically. >> we want be to stand the same test that warner brothers or paramount or mca has to pass, which is we want to make films that other people want to see and make money. >> reporter: grand ambitions for a nation that has plenty of resources but it's a film industry that's still in its early stages. it's up not just against the western market but the more developed industries in the region like morocco, egypt, lebanon. for more about the program, visit our website cnn.com/mme. send your comments by e-mail to mme@cnn.com. check out our web page in arabic. that's it for this edition of marketplace middle east. thanks for watching.

leoni will i khani for "marketplace middle east," abu dhabi. >>> up next, uncertainty in egypt as businesses continue to be targeted, creating a cause of concern for the community. i sit down with presidential hopeful mousa and ask him about the shaky economic climate throughout his country. >>> an egyptian crackdown on nongovernmental organizations has american lawmakers threatening to cut more than $1 billion in u.s. aid to egypt. it's all over accusations that these ngos, some of them american, are funding protesters in the country. cnn international correspondent ben wedeman has the story. >> reporter: egyptian authorities are pressing ahead with their legal case against foreign, nongovernmental organizations. in this handwritten document, the justice ministry lists 43 people, including 19 americans, who are being charged with operating unlicensed organizations and receiving and spending funds from abroad without official permission. leslie campbell of the national democratic institute, one of the accused ngos, flatly denies the charges. >> we do not fund political parties, we do not fom

it's golf season again and sergio garcia already to go at the abu dhabi championship. on the par 3 12 he lands it on the green and then rolls it in perfectly for the hole in 1. one of two aces on that hole. but this one came with a nice little dance from sergio. some amazing basketball starting with blake griffin of the clippers. he's a dunking machine and this may have been the best ever. up and over kendrick perkins. it was such an in your face move that kendrick canceled his twitter account because of the embarrassment. nothing you can do, dude. griffin is a monster. >>> and then there was the lost in translation move of the wisz wizards center jamal mcgee against the raptors. between his legs with the dribble and the sky hook unfortunately off the mark. hustles back on defense. wait a second. your team still has the ball. john says get back here, dude. throws the alley-oop. that isn't going to go either. typifies the wizards' season. let's head to the high school basketball courts. in montgomery, alabama st. james in the final game of the season against st. jude's.

. >> is the prime minister aware that the entry clearance in abu dhabi has rejected an application by someone to come from pakistan to attend her granddaughters wedding in manchester? with the right honorable gentleman specify what kind of employment a 72 year-old woman who does not speak english and has never left pakistan is liable to be obtained in my constituency where unemployment is 1026%? will be overruled this decision and allow her, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to attend her granddaughters wedding? and if -- [shouting] >> the right honorable gentleman, i'm sure he is bring it to an end. >> i am. i am bringing it to an end. [laughter] and if the home secretary -- the wedding is april the second -- [laughter] >> the prime minister barak to answer the right honorable gentleman struggled i wasn't aware of the individual cases. there are hundreds of thousands of people who travel between pakistan and britain every year. we do have to have tough controls to prevent the abuse of our immigration system, but i would suggest he takes up the case individually with the immigration m

. >> is the prime minister aware that the entry clearance in abu dhabi has rejected an application by someone to come from pakistan to attend her granddaughters wedding in manchester? with the right honorable gentleman specify what kind of employment a 72 year-old woman who does not speak english and has never left pakistan is liable to be obtained in my constituency where unemployment is 1026%? will be overruled this decision and allow her, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, to attend her granddaughters wedding? and if -- [shouting] >> the right honorable gentleman, i'm sure he is bring it to an end. >> i am. i am bringing it to an end. [laughter] and if the home secretary -- the wedding is april the second -- [laughter] >> the prime minister barak to answer the right honorable gentleman struggled i wasn't aware of the individual cases. there are hundreds of thousands of people who travel between pakistan and britain every year. we do have to have tough controls to prevent the abuse of our immigration system, but i would suggest he takes up the case individually with the immigration m

. >> i don't follow golf closely, is abu dhabi one of the four majors? but they pay you a lot of money to come play there. >> which makes it good. makes it good. by the way, you haven't talked about this lin guy. >> i've talked endlessly about this lin guy. >> never. >> i can't stop talking about this lin guy. >> he's amazing. >> he's amazing. >> didn't he win another game this weekend? >> he won on saturday, they were in minnesota, scored 20 points, he hit the go ahead free throw. >> he's amazing. >> in the span of less than a week he came from nowhere -- when i say nowhere, if he went out on the street and asked 1,000 people, 999 wouldn't have heard of jeremy lin. >> and now everyone wants to go. when was the last time anyone said i've got to get to the knicks? everybody's trying to get a ticket. >> their coach said he's never seen anything like this in basketball. there's only one equivalent i can see. 1976, it's like he came off of another planet and just everybody stopped that summer to watch him. but this is equivalent. >> let's hope jeremy lin las

night car wreck heard around the world at the end of last year, played well earlier this year in abu dhabid looking good yesterday at pebble beach. the pebble beach national pro, the first time he's played at that event in a decade. made six birdies, five shots off the lead. he's teamed up with cowboys quarterback tony romo for the tournament. romo's a great golfer. right now that pair is tied for 25th place after the first round. but the shot of the day goes to a guy named ken duke. watch this reaction. >> now to 16. >> ken duke's second shot. flag in the back right here, oh, that is a very good shot. yeah, that will do. oh, no, no, no -- no dancing. no, no, please stop it. >> you got to love david. no, no, no dancing. after that eagle, he's tied for second despite that dance. one more time. there it is. >>> is the, you wonder, ochocinco era over as far as the name is concerned? according to published reports and according to chad ochocin ochocinco's twitter account, he'll be changing his legal name back to chad johnson this summer just in time for his wedding. the name ochocinco arrived