Pinera drives Mapocho river park project in Santiago
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera pushes a 21 mile Mapocho river redevelopment turning the old open sewer into a navigable waterfront. A $28 million initial phase will create a lagoons, locks, boating, swimming, and green spaces to revitalize central neighborhoods before 2014.
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Chile
Sebastian Pinera
Barcelona
Spain
Pinera
Mapocho
Mapocho River
Cristian Boza
No Bid Controversy Over Afghan Power Project Contract
The U S Agency for International Development awarded a 266 million no bid contract to Black & Veatch for southern Afghanistan power upgrades including Kandahar city diesel gensets and a Kajaki Dam turbine. Symbion Power criticizes the decision as costly and opaque amid wartime contracting scrutiny.
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U.S
Afghanistan
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U.S. Agency For International Development
Black & Veatch Corp
Overland Park
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Kabul
Symbion Power LLC
Washington, D.C
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Kandahar
Symbion
Paul Hinks
Independent Commission On
Black & Veatch
Commission
AP Black & Veatch
Barack Obama
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Obama
Hinks
Iraq
Defense Department
William Frey
Kajaki
Juarez maquiladoras rebound amid violence and job gains
Juarez maquiladoras rebound despite U S weakness and drug war as about 350 assembly-for-export plants expand and hire. Some firms shift production from China to Juarez while unemployment sits around 7 percent. The recovery signals regional economic turn after Mexico's 2009 GDP drop.
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Mexico
U.S
Maquiladoras
China
Juarez
Bob Cook
Regional Economic Commission
el Paso
Texas
Pillar of Italy Jewish society dies
Tullia Zevi a pillar of Italy s Jewish community and anti fascist who spent World War II in exile died in Rome at 91 She was the first and only female president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Zevi returned to aid Italy s postwar reconstruction and democracy after surviving the Holocaust.
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Rome
Tullia Zevi
Italy
Switzerland
France
U.S
Zevi
Union of
Renzo Gattegna
Yemenis Demand Saleh Ouster in Sanaa University Rally
Thousands protest in Aden and near Sanaa calling for Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down amid Yemen’s 32 year rule. Clashes erupt in Algeria as activists imitate Tunisian tactics, while Yemen’s campus rally shows tightened control outside the capital.
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Aden
Yemen
Tunisia
United States
al-Qaida
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Saleh
University of Sanaa
Palestinian reporter faces trial for insulting public figure
Palestinian journalist Mamdouh Hamamieh of Al Quds TV says he was detained for more than 50 days after a Facebook image mocked President Mahmoud Abbas. He was released in November and a hearing is set for next month amid ongoing West Bank repression of dissent and broader regional tensions.
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West Bank
Mamdouh Hamamieh
al- Quds TV
Mahmoud Abbas
Hamas
Hamamreh
Facebook
Abbas
Gaza
Riham Abu Alla
Ghassan Khatib
European Union
Catherine Ashton
Abdullah Abu Rahmeh
Israel
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