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Concrete's Use Soars Around the World.
Construction Bulletin
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June 16, 2006
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Advancements in technology, methods and materials boost concrete's stability, leading to its popularity as a construction material.
Concrete has come a long way, but most people think of concrete as a modern day building material.
Imagine the Great Wall of China, built between 220 B.C. and the 1600s. The materials used are those available near the site of construction. Near Beijing, for example, the wall is constructed from quarried limestone blocks. In other locations it may be quarried granite or fired brick. Where such materials are used, ...
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UNTIED KINGDOM: UK FORCES HAND OVER SHATT-AL-ARAB HOTEL TO IRAQI ARMY
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Basra City, UK troops have handed over control of the Shatt-Al-Arab Hotel to the 10th Division Iraqi Army on Sunday 8 April...return home to the UK shortly. During their time at the Shatt-Al-Arab Hotel, the Staffords mounted many framework...
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Iraq Presses for Full Control of Waterway; Claim on Shatt al Arab Could Complicate Peace Talks Beginning Today in Geneva
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Baghdad's control over the entire Shatt al Arab waterway, which separates the southern...southern border at the middle of the Shatt channel in exchange for quelling the...equipment" to the banks of the Shatt al Arab across from the Iranian port...
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Iran Agrees To Dredging Of Waterway; Iraq Has Demanded Shatt al Arab Access
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...demand to begin dredging operations in the strategic Shatt al Arab waterway as part of the disputed cease-fire agreement...remain in effect. Iraq has demanded full control over the Shatt al Arab before signing a comprehensive peace agreement...
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Shatt al-Arab spat points to more assertive Iranian right: three-day arrest of naval crew highlights strategic value of Gulf waterway.(Iran)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest
; ...strayed into Iranian waters in the Shatt al-Arab waterway created new tension between...Arabic-language satellite channel Al-Alam showed footage of the men blindfolded...Qatari and UAE waters. Maintaining the Shatt al-Arab border has long been sensitive...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Up the Shatt al Arab without a paddle... LITTLEJOHN.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...is not so much The Great Escape, more Carry On Up The Shatt al Arab, with Turney played by Hattie Jacques. Think of the...for allowing 15 sailors and marines to be caught up the Shatt al Arab without a paddle in the first place, but also for...
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 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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Deadly attack is constant danger; Record Parliamentary Correspondent JAMES LYONS witnessed the bravery of the British troops patrolling the notorious Shatt al-Arab waterway during a trip there this summer.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
; ...THERE is no such thing as a routine patrol on Iraq's Shatt al-Arab waterway, where four British soldiers were killed on...speedboats stationed at the bankside Basra Palace and Shatt al-Arab bases. As they roar out of the heavily fortified...
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 "Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq)")
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9 rivers dug in eastern Shatt al-Arab.
Newspaper article from: Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq)
; ...completed digging nine rivers in al-Salehiya island in the eastern bank of Shatt al-Arab River after eliminating...billion Iraqi dinars," Tareq al-Moussawi told Aswat al...to the Persian Gulf. The Shatt al Arab forms part of the...
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Iraqi officials expect negotiations with Iran on cleaning strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...cleaning up the strategic Shatt el-Arab waterway, an adviser to...Iran war, said Sami al-Askari. No fixed date...take place this month, al-Askari said. Talks will...border runs through the Shatt al-Arab, which is called...
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One Iraqi killed in Shatt al-Arab incident: 16 January.(NEWS DIGEST in MEED.com this week)
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest
; One Iraqi is killed and up to nine are detained by Iran after a confrontation on the Shatt al-Arab waterway. Iranian military boats fired on an Iraqi coastguard force, which had been attempting to stop a ship suspected of smuggling oil leaving the Basra port.
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 "Info-Prod Research (Middle East)")
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PLAN TO BUILD INDUSTRIAL FACTORIES IN SHATT-AL-ARAB DISTRICT
Newspaper article from: Info-Prod Research (Middle East)
; A-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper quoted Industry and Mines Minister, Eng. Maysar Reza...authorized a plan to budget land to build industrial plants in the area of the Shatt-al-Arab river plain, on the Iraq- Iran border. It was decided to create a...
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