Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia is quite a man. He says he doesn't want to be the prime minister of Lebanon - everyone who wants to be the prime minister of Lebanon says that - but he is immensely wealthy. True, his bank balance has sunk from $23.7bn to a mere $13.3bn since 2005 (thus sayeth Forbes magazine). But he's just announced that he wants to construct the world's tallest building - a 1km-high goliath which will dwarf his neighbour emir in Dubai who last month opened the paltry...
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