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Vietnam, Venezuela ink deals
"Nov 22, 2008CARACAS - VIETNAM'S president and Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez signed a deal for a US$200 million (S$305.5 million) joint fund and 15 cooperation projects, during the first visit here by a head of state...
$3.7 billion subway to be built in Baghdad
Baghdad officials announced plans today to build a two-line subway system in the Iraqi capital to ease congestion on the roads and fight heavy air pollution. The announcement raises concerns about the security of a... 47 views | 3 comments | 7 recommendations
UPDATE Subway Collapse... 17 Missing
Is poor construction the cause of this collapse?Sadly it looks like this could be the problem with designers and contractors being held.Update 11/17/2008 0548 PST"Update 11/17/2008 0548 PSTBEIJING (AFP) – The... 162 views | 2 comments | 12 recommendations
Shanghai infrastructure placed in the fast lane
I am in Shanghai these days. Seeing all the construction around, I am quite wary of the way the city is shaping up, demolishing old neighbourhoods and going highrise. This bit of news about the city's investment in... 29 views | 3 comments | 15 recommendations
China: One killed, 16 missing in subway tunnel accident
Accident in China subway tunnel cave-in, one killed, 16 missing. " One person was killed and 16 were missing after a road caved in on a subway tunnel under construction in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou... Despite cover, Marathi family of Vijay Singh Suryavanshi to leave Haryana-Sta...
Update - A day after they decided to stay back with renewed assurances from the locals and the government. At least there some sense prevailing amongst local populace in one part of the country.On one hand India is aiming for the moon and planning to send a manned mission to... Pervez Musharraf says he’s not entering politics
"Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has said he has no intention of entering politics. Gen Musharraf has been leading a quiet life since he resigned in August.“Whosoever is attributing such information to me is absolutely wrong. I have not talked to anybody... Stonehenge Dated, Was Healing Centre?
Radiocarbon dating has revealed that the Stonehenge monument was actually constructed in 2300BC, a few hundred years later than was previously estimated. For the first time in over 40 years, excavation rights... 413 views | 8 comments | 28 recommendations
The human face of economic uncertainty
" CNN) -- The crisis in the financial industry is all about huge banking, insurance and investment firms, but the general economic slowdown is hitting regular people right where they live. Deborah Walker and son David are struggling amid the economic slowdown. ...Property and construction job market in 14 European countries reunited
New regional portal, translated to 15 different languages, aims to band together all the markets in the European southeast corner and to help entrepreneurs from those countries to spread their businesses over the...civil disobedience to stop coal plants: Al Gore
Earth is dying slow death, each year temprature records breaks previous record, on the same footing human consumption of fossil fuel is breaking every records.Every research comes out with this simple conclusion that...HCC wins SAP ACE 2008 Award
HCC, India's leading construction and infrastructure development company, has won the SAP ACE 2008 Award for Customer Excellence in the Best Construction and Real Estate Sector Implementation - Large Enterprises Category for the second time.Read More: Six dead in US shooting attacks
Another shooting incident has been reported from USA. This time from state of washington. The shootout has killed six people and two are injured. The shooter has been identified and he is well known criminal with mental problems. 28-year-old Isaac Zamora of Alger, known to... 389 views | 7 comments | 14 recommendations
Buried Treasure Found at Oslo Construction Site
Goes to show we are always building upon the past. Here is the basic rundown used on several sites. "In Hollywood films, shipwrecks are generally found by good-looking renegade treasure-hunters with a soft spot, but highway tunnel construction workers were the heroes of the... 532 views | 3 comments | 12 recommendations
Car Bomb Kills 12 in Algeria
12 Algerian employees of Canadian construction and engineering company, SNC-Lavalin Group, were killed Wednesday after a car bomb exploded near a water treatment facility in Algeria. The explosion is being investigated by local authorities and the company. "A car...296 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
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