Skywatch: the world's tallest buildings.

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The Burj Khalifa (above right), which recently opened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is now the world's tallest building. The 160-story Burj (Arabic for "tower") reflects Dubai's mix of Western and Islamic cultures: It will have the world's highest swimming pool (76th floor) and the highest mosque (158th floor). With Dubai's recent real estate crash, most of its new office towers stand empty. But its developers say the Burj is 90 percent sold. (The two World Trade Center towers in New York were about 1,360 feet tall before they were destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001.)

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