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Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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DEVELOPMENT-CENTRAL AMERICA: The Integration Highway
By year end, Central America intends to begin construction of a highway between its principal cities and between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, paving the way to the region's full integration.DEVELOPMENT: Plans for World’s Longest Bridge Go Forward
Plans to build the world's longest bridge between Uruguay and Argentina will move closer to reality soon when the parliaments of both countries ratify a treaty to authorise the start of bidding on construction of the project, according to political sources.TRANSPORT-COLOMBIA: Licking an Outdated Road Network into Shape
Colombia's government is moving to transform the worst road network in the Andean sub-region into a modern system capable of boosting its foreign trade, and sub- regional integration.SCIENCE-ECUADOR: On the Threshold of the Space Age
A commerical space flight rocket launching station is in the pipeline for Ecuador, with backing from a US company.TRANSPORT-CONGO: Railway’s Recovery Derailed by Insecurity
The fate of a railway that links Congo's administrative and economic capitals could be described as symptomatic of the vulnerability of this Central African nation to the insecurity that has plagued it in the past few years.TRANSPORT-BRAZIL: Public Thoroughfares or Domain of the Rich?
The residents of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous city, are walking more and more - but not due to any new fitness craze.UNITED STATES-PARAGUAY: Trade-Off //repeat for those needing//
Paraguay has dropped a lawsuit against the United States at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the execution of a Paraguayan and expects in return to be removed from Washington's piracy blacklist, government officials said here.UNITED STATES-PARAGUAY: Trade Off
Paraguay has dropped a lawsuit against the United States at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the execution of a Paraguayan and expects in return to be removed from Washington's piracy blacklist, government officials said here.TRANSPORT-TRADE: Removing Trade Barrier from West Africa’s Roads
What's new on the main road from northern Togo to Burkina Faso is that a major barrier to a smooth trade flow in West Africa - checkpoints and the host of policemen and gendarmes who man them - has disappeared.TRANSPORT-GHANA: Road Carnage On The Rise
Accidents on Ghana's roads have become the number five cause of death in the west African country, traffic officials have said.TRANSPORT-LATIN AMERICA: Traffic Accident Epidemic
Traffic accidents kill more than 40,000 people each year in the five southernmost Latin American nations, but thus far little has been done to stop the carnage.TRANSPORT-MOROCCO: Deadly Roads Claim Thousands of Victims
An average of 174 persons are killed or injured each day on Morocco's roads, according to a new report by the Moroccan Road Accidents Prevention Committee.TRANSPORT-CONGO: Poor Roads Cause Food to Rot on Farms
With its abundance of good soil and rain, this Central African nation would not have to import food if its roads were in better shape, merchants and transporters here say.ECONOMY-BRAZIL: Rivers Becoming More Important in Transport
The numerous river systems of Brazil are now being utilised more for transporting goods rather than just a source of hydro-electricity power, and authorities are looking harder at the rivers in planning economic development.TRANSPORT: Women Carry Loads, Men Have a Choice in Poor Countries
Women, young and old, weighed down with big bundles of firewood and fodder or balancing pots of water on their heads or on their hips are a common sight in the hinterland of the world's poor countries.TRANSPORT: Animal Power Grows Aross Developing World
Far from being edged out by motorised transport, animal power is still popular in many parts of the world for agriculture, trade, domestic transport and recreation, a transportation specialist confirmed.TRANSPORT-EAST AFRICA: Floods Destroy Vital Rail and Road Links
Landlocked Uganda and Rwanda are seeking alternative means of transport to move over 150,000 tonnes of cargo held up at Tanzanian ports following heavy rains.TRADE-WILDLIFE: Dead Tibetan Antelopes Make High-Priced Shawls
Thousands of the highly endangered Tibetan antelope are being slaughtered every year to provide the world of high fashion one of its most expensive accessories -- the fine 'shahtoosh' shawl.TRANSPORT-CARIBBEAN: Moving People and Cargo Around No Easy Task
Caribbean islands may have their charm and beauty, but there are problems unique to this fragmented geography that often make for ugly scenes.ECONOMY-CENTRAL AMERICA: Canal Competitors Lining Up
Competitors to the Panama Canal are lining up in Central America , despite the insistence of officials here that the waterway is still the best and cheapest way to move goods between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.NIGERIA-TRANSPORT: Over a Thousand Road Deaths in Three Months
That too many people are being mowed down by the day on Nigeria's roads is something no one here disputes, but there is less agreement on the reasons for the carnage, which range from illiteracy to structural adjustment, depending on whom you ask.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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