Amr al-Dabbagh has no doubt that if he builds it, they will come. The governor of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) is one of the brains behind King Abdullah Economic City, a $27 billion development rising out of the desert 100 km north of Jeddah, and he can already envision the arrival of [...]
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A New City in the Saudi Desert
Posted by Matt in October 4th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, 5 Million, Amr, Brains, Dabbagh, Desert, General Investment Authority, jeddah, King Abdullah Economic City, No Doubt, Population, Sagia, Saudi Arabian, Saudi-Arabia, Taking Shape, Washington D C
From the ruins, Chinese begin to rebuild lives
Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, 5 Million, beijing, China Daily, Chinese Century, Communist Government, Earthquake, Economic Superpower, Lehman Brothers, Magnitude, Mianyang, Oded, Ohio State University, Open Response, Outrage, Reconstruction, shanghai, Sichuan, Three Decades, University China, Xinhua News Agency, Yang Yang
Like Su, China is already trying to look ahead after the magnitude-7.9 earthquake. Reconstruction has started, even as the communist government attempts to feed and shelter about 5 million people left homeless by the massive disaster.
Shopkeepers who lost years of investment are plotting how to get their businesses running again. The government’s open response may [...]
Russia accused of annexing the Arctic for oil reserves by Canada
Posted by Matt in May 18th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Russia, 5 Million, Ambition, Arctic, Canada, Cold-War, Control, Disclosure, Fear, Fears, Fleet, Hong Kong, Ice Breakers, Map, moscow, North Pole, Oil Reserves, Plants, Polar, Russia, Russia Fleet, Scientists, Seabed
The battle for “ownership” of the polar oil reserves has accelerated with the disclosure that Russia has sent a fleet of nuclear-powered ice breakers into the Arctic.
It has reinforced fears that Moscow intends to annex “unlawfully” a vast portion of the ice-covered Arctic, beneath which scientists believe up to 10 billion tons of gas and [...]
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