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Visitors Flee as Dubai Shark Tank Cracks

'Indoor ocean' springs a leak

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 26, 2010 1:47 AM CST

(Newser) – A Dubai aquarium and shopping mall were evacuated yesterday when a mammoth shark tank cracked and gushed water in downtown Dubai. The 2.5 million gallon tank, promoted as an "indoor ocean," holds some 33,000 sea creatures, including hundreds of sharks. Workers... Read full story »

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