Rustavi
Rustavi , city (1989 pop. 153,661), E Georgia, on the Kura River. It was an industrial center, with ironworks and steelworks and chemical plants, but the local economy collapsed in the 1990s and has recovered slowly. The city, developed after 1948, is near the site of the ancient town of Rustavi, which was destroyed c.1400 by Timur .
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Panama trying to jazz up image and lure tourists.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 1/24/2005; 700+ words
; Byline: Howard Reich PANAMA CITY _Like much of Central America...control its primary economic asset _ the Panama Canal_for nearly a century, the country...go with it. Hoping to change that, Panama has turned to a novel attraction: jazz...
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'PANAMA AT SMITHSONIAN' PROGRAM SERIES HIGHLIGHTS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMITHSONIAN AND REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...Institute and the Museo del Canal Interoceanico de Panama will offer "Panama at the Smithsonian," a series of 18 public programs...activities in Washington, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Panama throughout this year and early 2010. The series...
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Panama trying to get in on the cruise ship trade
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 4/29/2002; 700+ words
; COLON, Panama: An almost naked man stands on the dockside, his buttocks...indigenous Embera Indians from the islands of central Panama, brought in to add colour to a plan to make Panama one of the Caribbean's premier cruise ship destinations...
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PANAMA TRADE PACT KEY TO U.S. RECAPTURING THE HEMISPHERE.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs; 2/15/2007; 700+ words
; Panama and the US concluded a free-trade agreement...majority in the US could scuttle the deal. Panama was able to get concessions from the US...companies would be in line for when the Panama Canal expansion starts next year (see NotiCen...
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Panama is making clear that `Made in U.S.A.' identity is changing.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 6/24/2001; ; 700+ words
; ALTOS DE JESUS, Panama _ For nearly 75 years, this quiet residential community on the outskirts of Panama City has been home to thousands of residents...renamed. Altos de Jesus is better known in Panama as Diablo, a one-time exclusively American...
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Panama Canal may yet face its greatest challenges
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 4/12/2002; ; 700+ words
; PANAMA - The Danish freighter Avon slides into the Miraflores...Pacific Ocean after the 10-hour transit through the Panama Canal. The Avon paid $36,607.80 in transit tolls to the Panama Canal Authority, under control of Panama since the...
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Panama tops January news interest index. (Times Mirror News Interest Index) (Includes highlights and analysis)
PR Newswire; 1/11/1990; 700+ words
; PANAMA TOPS JANUARY NEWS INTEREST INDEX WASHINGTON...PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. invasion of Panama captured the attention of the American people...percent of the public followed the news from Panama very closely, making it the fourth most...
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PANAMA'S LONG SIMMERING TRADE PACTS COMING TO A HEAD.
Newspaper article from: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs; 7/24/2003; 700+ words
; Panama is breaking out in a rash of free-trade...contact" over a deal since December 2001. Panama has preferred the bilateral route to the...joining Central America in CAFTA. Meanwhile, Panama is near completion on negotiations for a...
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Panama Canal Authority Proposes Changes to Pricing System, Regulations
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 2/2/2007; 700+ words
; To: FOREIGN EDITORS Contact: Teresa Arosemena (Panama), of the Panama Canal Authority, +1-507-272-1873; or Roquena Domingo (U.S.), +1-202-326-1720, for the Panama Canal Authority PANAMA CITY, Feb. 2 /PRNewswire...
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PANAMA: Construction start-up on planned $430,000,000 light rail line project is tentatively scheduled to begin by the end of the year 2002, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS (MOP) [Panama] - Order #: 067602.
Newspaper article from: WWP-Business Opportunities in Latin America & the Caribbean; 6/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...up to build a new light rail line in Panama City. And according to Hector Castillo...building a 13 km-long segment along Panama City's most congested roadway from the...MINISTRY OF PUBLIC WORKS Apartado 1632, Panama International direct dial: 011 + [507...
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Panama
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
Panama Official name: Republic of Panama Area: 78,200 square kilometers (30,193 square miles) Highest...limits: 22 kilometers (12 nautical miles) 1 LOCATION AND SIZE Panama is an isthmus in Central America, a narrow strip of land that...
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Panama Canal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Panama Canal █ JUDSON KNIGHT From the time of its opening in 1914 until 1977, when the United States transferred it to the nation of Panama, the Panama Canal was a symbol of U.S. influence in the Americas and, ultimately...
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Panama Canal Treaty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PANAMA CANAL TREATY PANAMA CANAL TREATY (1977). In January 1964, twenty-one Panamanians...orchestrated the 1903 Hay – Bunau-Varilla Treaty. The Panama Canal Zone, and the Southern Command of U.S. troops there, came...
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Panama, U.S. Military Involvement in
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Panama, U.S. Military Involvement in. U.S. military involvement in Panama began even before the Central American nation won...United States agreed to defend Colombia's rule over Panama in exchange for the rights of free transit across...
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Panama Invasion
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
PANAMA INVASION PANAMA INVASION (1989). The invasion of Panama by U.S. forces in December 1989 was designed in part to end the rule of General Manuel Antonio Noriega. A graduate of the Peruvian Military Academy in 1962, he had supported...
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