The announcement was made in front of the thousands of people who had squeezed into the Downtown area to witness one of the world’s biggest firework displays.
Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum renamed the tower after the president of the UAE and the ruler of the neighbouring emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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