i was oliveious when i got dubai. was a wow factor for me, like i said when i got off the bus, and where i was. i just -- i didn't know that in the 21st century, there were still people treating individuals like slaves, and that's what it is. so -- >> how do we get people to be more interested in this? america is distracted by all kind offers think. american people watching us have livors things to do. how do we make people care? >> you have to get the word out, actually engage them and get them into a debate about this. you have to draw correlations between what's happening over there versus over here. here we have laws in place. over there in dubai, we have -- there is no law. here you can apply for citizenship after a set amount of years. over there, if you're foreign born, you have no chance of ever getting citizenship. >> and as a jump ism student, you have the paper to get that information out. we have "equal time." we have vehicles to do it, but we need people to step up and tell more of those personal stories.

marketplace midwest analyst, kim hiala, has the story. >> reporter: from her home in dubai, she logs gonabit.com. >> first thing in the morning, i check to see if i have e-mails or texts from the night before, to see what the deal of the day is. >> reporter: the mother of three, an american, is one of the many people in the region taking advantage of online group buying that's all the rage. >> it's also introducing you to a new facilities offered here in dubai. >> reporter: group buy is a strategy originating in china. several combining over thor in internet. the group agrees to paying for a service for less. even though the sites have been up and running for a few years, in the midwest, it's a new phenomenon. >> they've been growing in the middle east. due to the economic crisis, primarily, people are going online to look for deals, basically. however, i would say it's a new phenomenon, yeah. >> reporter: the pioneer in the region is gonabit. the company says it has a 40% market share. its reason for starting the website was simple. >> people are always looking to do more without ne

then he went to dubai and set up the dubai merck basically. he set up the oil trading world in dubai at the time. it's a crazy story. takes place all over the world in dubai. very short trip for me there. in and out. you know, you guys like the hot weather. i don't know. for me, it's a little weak. but it's -- it's a wild story. the whole world of oil which i knew nothing about. i heard about the story. he invited me to ring the bell. i went down there to ring the bell. i looked out on the incredible sea of tough guys from brooklyn, pushing and shoving and throwing tickets at each other. there was one clerk that was a small guy. so he hired a bunch of people behind him who's entire job was just to hold him into the training floor. i was like this is so cool. that's what made me write "rigged" we're working on the movie as well as with summit. we'll see if it gets going. yes, ma'am? >> i just wanted to actually read something funny to you based on the conversation about recreate dialogue. >> sure. >> this is tonight's program. mezrich poured ov

dubai's leader has appointed a new governor for the dubai international financial center.er the reins right away. >>> egypt this week successfully got back into the international bond market for the first time since the revolution earlier this year. egypts ministry of finance raised over half a billion dollars by selling two-year notes. the coupon rate was 112.1%. for more about the program visit our website, cnn.com/mme or send your e-mail to us. check out arabic.cnn.com/mme. that's it for this edition of cnn "marketplace middle east." i'm john defterios. thanks for watching. we'll see you next week.

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insight on the a horrific attacks we can cross live to justin a dargon a research fellow with the dubaiinitiative thank you very much mr dargan for being on the program again and initially fingers were pointing at jihad as extremist groups jumping to conclusions if you will what does that say about the world's view of islam. well i think that obviously for a long time i mean since two thousand and eleven the world has been focused on transnational islamist terrorism i mean so it is pretty fair to say that whenever there's any type of random explosion or people are targeted or what have you the first thought. of course would be some other radical group and of course since the death of osama bin laden an. increase in terms of us soldiers that have been sent to afghanistan since president obama's been elected there have been regular threats coming from various groups have been targeted that have stated that they're going to target europe and target the u.s. and so on and there's also been a spot for the terms so i mean it is fair to say that it is there is a bit of justification that initi

>> i thought that one of your best books was rigged and if you have a chance to spend some time in dubai. >> it is a true story about a kid that had 1 foot in the world of carver, a harvard business kid and one is from the tough streets of brooklyn he looked at the exchange in new york where they treated oil and there's a very physical exchange exciting for inches on the trading floor and then he went to dubai and set up the oil trading will begin to buy at the time and it's a crazy story that takes place and in dubai, very short trip for me you like the hot weather. for me it's a little weak, but it's a wild story, the oil which i knew nothing about and i heard about that story, this kid i knew and he invited me when bringing down the house came down so i went down to read the bill and i looked at this incredible siege of tough guys from brooklyn pushing and shoving and throwing tickets at each other and there was a clerk that was a small guy so he hired a bunch of people behind him whose entire job was to hold him to the trading floor and i was like this is cool so that's what made me

he set up the oil trading world in dubai at the time. it's a crazy story that takes place all over the world. very short trip for me there. in and out. you guys like the hot weather. i don't know. for me it's a little week. it is a wild story. the whole world of oil which i knew nothing about, and i heard about that story. this kid i knew and he invited me when "bringing down the house" came out to ring the bell. i look out on this incredible sea of tough guys from brooklyn pushing and shoving and throwing tickets at each other. there was one clerk he was a small guy, and so we hired a bunch of people behind him whose entire job is just to hold him into the trading floor. and i was like this is so cool. that's what made me write that. we're also working on the movie as well. so we'll see if that gets going. >> just wanted to actually -- [inaudible] based on the conversations about re-creating dialogue. this is tonight's program. measures border with thousands of court records, at the transcripts and nasa documents, it is indeed most of t

speaking in dubai where he lives in self-imposed exile, thaksin told nhk his views of this weekend's poll. >> i think she performed much better than anyone can expect, including myself. because she love the people. when she stays with the people, she's happy, even with a tough job and really an abrupt change for her life, but she can adjust it quite well because she loves people. i think we each have some ideas. when she's with the people, she's happy, even with a tough job. she has her own ideas. she has her own talent, which is really -- i'm very pud. it's not just only because of her bringing me back but because of the reconciliation process that reconciling the difference between the people in thailand. and reunite. it should be a byproduct of the reconciliation. i miss her but i'm not desperately that i will have to go back regardless. i'm not that desperate. i have something to do. i do some business. do i some gold and platinum mining in africa and other countries. i can advise, even though i'm not in thailand, but if i were in thailand, i could do more. that's all. and i'd li

a dubai firm will convert used vegetable oil from mcdonald's outlets into 100% biodiesel, a fuel thaturns 50% cleaner than normal diesel. >>> the top vote getter for baseball's all-star contest, the mets, eke out a win against their cross-town rivals. and who is dancing at wimbledon? plus an extra participant invades the pitch in a contest between brazil and venezuela. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> your fourth of july forecast looks fantastic in many areas of the country. a few showers and storms are possible in areas that don't usually see them. >>> well, good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, sunday saw a match-up between one of baseball's hottest hitters, and one of the game's toughest pitchers. here's nbc's bill stewart with an early look at all your sports headlines. >> good morning. and a happy fourth of july. it may be america's pastime, but a guy on a canadian team is the leading vote getter for baseball's all-star game. the toronto blue jays jose bautista received a record 7.4 million votes. then he helped break

finishing his playing career with awfully dubai. i will now take over as the club's technical advisor. red bull are showing no signs of letting go of their formula one stranglehold over all leader sebastian vettel second only to teammate mark webber in british g.p. qualifying made some inclement weather but you were then to start at one and two in the grid in a repeat of last year's results where one here last season on edge vettel i thought this time around to put himself into prime decision to repeat the achievement history and seemingly in sync with the silverstone circuit he also dominated practice a day ago perforates keeping things tighter with the two time champion fernando alonso and sleep i must say writes on the heels of all the red hot red bulls jenson button who trails vettel by seventy seven points in the overall standings will start from fish form. cycling's most prestigious event meanwhile has entered the martens for the first time this season rudi alberto costa of portugal the sending to the finish line ahead of the

claiming more than one hundred million dollars in bogus expenses the company now known as based in dubai provides more mercenaries for the u.s. than in afghanistan than anyone else and has been implicated in a number of scandals its contractors. were accused of gunning down seventeen unarmed civilians in baghdad in two thousand and seven for which no one has been punished the company is due an even bigger role in afghanistan with the us about to double its private services there to replace departing troops meanwhile the un wants tighter control over mercenaries to protect human rights but as a guy it is hard he's got a reports it's more convenient for the u.s. to use hired guns since their actions may slip under the radar. this iraqi men son nine year old allie khilnani was shot dead by private american war contractors four years ago this brings something ground between my feet and on the same day dozens of other innocent iraqis were shot by trigger happy us professional killers they shot like they were trying to everyone they could see no one at blackwater the firm for whom the hired gu

finishing his playing career with loftily dubai and will now take over as the club's technical director. in cycling sprint king mark cavendish claim to second stage victory within three days of the tour de france on friday the isle of man native racing to victory in an incident packed seventh stage bradley wiggins just one of several writers involved in crushes the sky team leader left with a fractured left collarbone following months of pile up the britain of this year's event all together see rider cavendish meanwhile avoided all instance to capture his seventy four year stage when shot through the weekend thor hushovd meanwhile retain the overall yellow jersey. over to athletics were a somewhat sluggish same both stood out plenty in the time to win the two hundred metres of the latest diamond league stop in parlous the jamaican super sprinter forced to wait a poor of an hour on the truck because of technical difficulties but once in motion both controlled proceedings the world on the limpid jumping clocking time of twenty points you three seconds always slower than his own world reco

he was ousted in a coup five years ago and also lives in dubai. he's been writing for politicians and giving his sister advice. if she wins the vote, she will be the first female prime minister but taking nothing for granted. translator: i don't know yet if i should be confident. would i rather listen to the people's voice on election day. >> that contrast, the thai prime minister and leader of the democrat party is oxford educated and has the backing of the establishment. he believes the back of the opposition is enable him to go home to thailand. he's warned voters the formal leader's return would destabilize the country and says voters have a clear choice to make. >> whether they want to move the country forward for the democrats, the policies that will help alleviate the problems of the people concerning high prices or drought or if they want to move u.s. ties to work for one man, give them $4.6 million. >> thailand is save plagued by violence. anti-government protesters have at times brought the capital to a standstill. last year at least 90

a dubai firm will confirm used vegetable oil from mcdonald's outlets into 100% biodiesel. a fuel that burns 50% cleaner than normal diesel. >>> in sports now, sunday saw a match-up between one of baseball's hottest hitters and one of the game's toughest pitchers. here's nbc's bill seward. >> good morning. and a happy fourth of july. it hay be america's pastime, but a guy on a canadian team is the leading vote getter for baseball's all-star game. the toronto blue jay's jose batista received 7.4 million votes. he helped break up cliff lee's scoreless streak. puts toronto on top. lee's streak ends at 34 innings. don't feel too sorry for him. he is all an all-star. jays beat the phils, 7-4. yankees have six players in the midsummer classic. mets have a pair. they also got a big win against the bombers. tenth inning. bases loaded. jason bay, what do you say? how about game over? mets walkoff with a win in ten. boston's josh beckett could start the all-star. 11 strikeouts over eight innings. he was lights out. mark ma lancen was out to lunch. red sox swept the astros with a 2-1

she is the sister of a former thai prime minister who was ousted by a 2006 coup, who now lives in dubai. despite the historical decision, some members the thai community in the bay area are not sure if this new prime minister will bring positive change. >> i understand she's a proxy for her brother, and i also understand she'll be changing the law to allow her brother to come back to thai land and assume that position. in fact, this is what i have heard. >> in bangkok, cheers erupted. they are hoping for political stability after six years of unrest. >>> still ahead at 6:00, the remarkable story of a group of photographers who approach their work from a unique perspective. >>> and it's been a hot day across the area with readings in the triple digits. tomorrow, some changz. your committee forecast is just ernet0/5a >>> a new photo exhibit in colorado showcases photos taken from a unique perspective. each photograph is taken by somebody who used to be legally blind but who can now see thanks to cornual transplants. here is the look at the circle of light photo project exhibit. >> reporte

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well just in dargon a research fellow with the dubai initiative says recent years have created the perfect environment for far right extremism to flourish. as national zama terrorism has been on the radar for some time the very real threat of the homegrown right wing extremist has been over law and within most western countries we have seen two things happening at the same time we've seen this type of ratcheting up of rhetoric anti immigration rhetoric this is happening to us and also western europe and there's also been this demise we can say multiculturalism so there have been individuals that have more or less become quite quite self radicalized due to vironment and also due to the idea that there's just been an influx of immigration then compound these factors is also the global economic crisis so you have the euro zone crisis and you also have how the global economic crisis impacted united states so there has been a general type of environment which has encouraged individuals to take out their frustrations newly arrived immigrants so i think that this is something that is actually ver

clear with a lofty dubai take over us technical advice. or to athletics where a somewhat sluggish same both still had plenty in the time to win the two hundred meters the latest diamond league stop in par s the jamaican super sprinter forced to wait a quarter of an hour on the track because of technical problems but once in motion control proceedings the world a little bit jumping talking at times twenty points you with three seconds and we still were though his world record of nineteen point one nine seconds french open first off them up there came home second in twenty point two. on the greens chairs revie is the man to catch at the john deere classic after carving an impressive second round nine on their sixty two on friday revie when he was sidelined for most of last year with a knee injury but showed no signs of thought on the day the american with an eagle on a series of birdies to take a two shot advantage two time defending champion steve stricker is enjoying second with steve marino a lot are highlighting his drawing with a long e

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he's living in dubai to avoid corruption charges that he says are politically motivated. >>> and william and kate will spend the time today on prince edward island. it's the home of anne of green gables, a fictional character who is said to be kate's favorite. william will co-pilot a chopper making an emergency landing. they'll spend a few days in canada before visiting california on july 8th. >>> thousands of people making their way to d.c. for holiday events. one man is arriving in town after having traveled nearly 4,000 miles across country in a wheelchair. you've never seen a wheelchair quite like this one. chuck dyer is hoping to find a cure for spinal cord injuries. he was paralyzed in a motocross accident 11 years ago. to raise awareness, he hand built a motorized wheelchair and set out from california five weeks ago. the chair goes along at 55 miles an hour. needless to say, he gets a lot of looks from motorists and a few questions from police. >> i built this gas powered wheelchair, and i decided that i would go do something for spinal cord research. something i've never done an

she is the sister of a former thai prime minister ousted in a 2006 coup who has been living in dubai to avoid corruption charges. some members of the thai community in the bay area says it doesn't matter as long as the new prime minister is loyal to her people. >> whoever becomes the prime minister doesn't matter, but do your job right. be honest and help out the country. and the last thing is let's respect our loyalty, especially to the queen and king. >> in bangkok, supporters erupted in cheers as they saw the exit polls. they hope the win will bring some political stability after six years of unrest including a blockade of parliament and assassination attempt and public clashes with the army. >>> bad weather has put a cramp in nearly all our travel plans at one time or another. but tonight we'll show you how to get rebooked faster. what to say, the sites to use, and something you can do while waiting in line that will get you ahead. >>> plus, dozens of cars gutted outside san francisco airport. we'll show you the aftermath of what firefighters think sparked the blaze. and how did

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when they did the hit in dubai it was aimed at one person it's not the case now there are people who say that the fact that this given period a hallmark of a messiah here but rather than. the hallmarks of a syrian hit was the messiah's attempts to make it look like syria did it ok listen if the argument is that it's them aside when it looks like an aside and it's them aside when it doesn't look like them aside then that's not an argument that can be answered that's that is the essence of a non-fossil viable conspiracy theory the second charge which is that israel benefited is an absurd charge israel did not benefit by putting his pala by eliminating his call as opposition and eliminating syria's up and eliminating syria's opposition now it could be that gentleman right there or would you continue later if it was a short break water short break we'll continue our discussion on the u.n. tribunals for lead on stage with our team. admission free couldn't take three months for charges free. maintenance free is free studio types free. the old free blog cancelling videos for your media proj

dubai and so these are the u.s. i don't think should be doing business with companies that can't be sued anywhere it's like switzerland switzerland used to be a big money laundering center because they would anyone to get banking information . and you know i just don't think we should be doing business with companies that we can. thank you very much there mr paul wolf was a human rights lawyer representing claims seven crimes allegedly committed by private contractors thank you thank you. the mayor of the volatile afghan city of kandahar has been assassinated after a suicide bomber detonated explosives hidden in his turban is the latest of a series of killings targeting the country's top officials and earlier this month that president karzai is half brother and to see her a bit were gunned down in separate attacks former afghan m.p. del would sort out as always says nato is possibly withdrawing troops prematurely. the scale of transfer of security of one's abilities to the afghan forces and these these incidents are