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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai opened the world’s tallest skyscraper Monday in a blaze of fireworks, then added a final flourish: It renamed the half-mile-high tower Burj Khalifa, after the president of the United Arab Emirates, which bailed out Dubai amid last year’s financial crisis.
Long known as Burj Dubai — Arabic for “Dubai Tower” — the building rises 2,717 feet from the desert. The $1.5 billion “vertical city” of luxury apartments, offices and a hotel designed by Giorgio Armani also includes plans for the world’s highest mosque (158th floor) and swimming pool (76th floor).
