Panama Plans Multibillion Canal Expansion Referendum
Panama's president will seek voter approval for a $5 billion to $8 billion canal expansion. The plan includes a third set of locks, a larger basin fed by the Chagres River, and a water recycling system to reduce sea outflow. Referendum will decide the project later this year.
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Panama Canal
Martin Torrisoe
Chagres
Al-Qaida escapee turns himself in
A Yemeni Al-Qaida member of the February prison breakout surrendered to authorities over the past two days. Khaled Mohammed Abdullah al-Batati, the eighth to turn himself in, was previously jailed for plotting attacks on embassies and the French cultural center in Sana a. The escape through a 180 yard tunnel ended in a mosque amid a broader crackdown and mediations. The report also notes Palestinian Hamas and Fatah agreeing to curb violence and seek unity as security strains and aid issues affect the new government.
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Khaled Mohammed Abdullah al-Batati
Al-Batati
San‘a
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Fatah
Maher Mekdad
Mahmoud Abbas
Israel
United States
European Union
Iraq violence rises as new government efforts begin
Insurgents kill three U S troops in the Baghdad region while mortars strike near the Defense Ministry amid a spate of violence that leaves at least 27 Iraqis dead. As political parties push to form a cabinet, U S Ambassador Khalilzad urges disbanding militias and integrating them into the national forces.
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U.S
Zalmay Khalilzad
Associated Press
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Iraq
Martham Abdul-Razzaq
Tigris
Jawad al-Maliki
Hussein Farij
Aan
Baghad
Majeed Hameed
Mohammed Hato
Easter Calls for Peace Across Orthodox World Amid Floods
Orthodox Easter services led by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul echoed calls for peace as floods uprooted thousands in Serbia Romania and Bulgaria. Pope Benedict XVI urged prayers for Danube flood victims while Greek Archbishop Christodoulos framed faith as resistance to global turmoil.
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Ethiopia
Bartholomew I
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Egypt
Vatican
Benedict XVI
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Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
Christodoulos
United States
U.S
Condoleezza Rice
Kevin Frayer
AIDS gel for women tested could reach market by 2010
CAPE TOWN South Africa Safe and effective microbicide gels for HIV prevention may be available by 2010 if five major trials in 12 000 South African and thousands of other participants prove successful Researchers say gels could empower women in regions where condom use is low and stigma remains high.
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South Africa
Gita Ramjee
Medical Research Council
Ramjee
World Health Organization
U.N
sub-Saharan Africa
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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