An Emirati woman and her children walk past Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, in the Gulf emirate on January 3, 2010. Dubai prepares to inaugurate on January 4 the world's tallest tower, a symbol of its unbridled ambitions of recent years, amid continuing fears over cash problems facing the emirate which narrowly escaped a financial catastrophe last month. TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB (Photo credit should read KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)