New Delhi: Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, is set to open on Monday in Dubai amid tight security. The 160-floor tower will be looking down at a city struggling with an economic crisis. Emaar, the...
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Just four blocks West of the Alamo is a tall optical illusion considered by many tourists as an unexpected highlight of touring the famous Riverwalk in downtown San Antonio, Texas....
Two aspiring bank robbers accidentally blew up the bank and themselves in Dinant, Belgium, on Saturday morning. The two robbers are believed to have pumped gas into the bank building through its mail slot, then lit it on fire before they managed to get far enough away. The...
Robbers with machine guns and explosives used a stolen helicopter to break into a dash depot in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday morning. The robbers stole a BELL 206B helicopter, landed it on the roof of G4S Cash,...
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Russian gas corporation Gazprom is planning to build a 1,322 foot (403m) high skyscraper in the middle of Saint Petersburg's historical district. The glass structure was approved in a government meeting on...
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The Iranian opposition lobbied New York City make the Empire State Building glow green - its trademark color - during this week, when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is visiting the United Nations in New York. The petition was not approved, but now the building will be lit up...
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The deposed president is definitely back in Honduras. Originally, it was said that Zelaya was inside a UN building in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, but the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras rectified the...
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Once again out of touch council officials destroy an irreplacable art work by Banksy. Thank goodness for his hometown of Bristol whose council has pledged never to destroy any of his work found there. " A mural by...
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" Lahore, May 27: Several people were killed when a massive blast shook the Civil Lines area of Pakistan's Lahore city Wednesday morning. The blast occurred in 15 Building adjacent to CCPO office, where the...
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http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...
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The iconic Empire State Building in New York is set to get a $20 million green makeover, to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions the building puts out by 105,000 metric tons over the next 15 years. This is...
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" Spend more on trees and less on roads - advisors to Government Bodies set up to advise Government on the built and natural environment are calling for a shift in emphasis on public spend, with more cash needed for green spaces and urban tree planting. " This is...
Tax free economic zones are neither new nor are radical. They were proposed by the Fraser Institute 30 years ago by Dr. Herb Grubel Phd (The theory of free economic activity zones . Burnaby, B.C. : Dept. of Economics and Commerce, Simon Fraser University, c1979. 29...
Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...
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"Now Patrick McGinty, an Irishman of note Fell in for a fortune and he bought himself a goat" So go the first lines of the Irish folk son 'Patrick Mcginty's Goat' and now one of the UK's biggest house...