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- Indiana woman drowns in Gulf of Mexico
Authorities in Panama City Beach say an Indiana woman has drowned in the Gulf of Mexico.According to a news release from the Panama City Beach police, rescuers pulled Billy June Riley and a man she was swimming with from the water Saturday
- Latin-America-Europe summit begins under feud
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 AP - European and Latin American leaders pledged to fight poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, presenting a show of unity despite a feud between Colombia and Venezuela that threatened to disrupt their summit.
- Delgado: No Foreign Troops in Panama
Panama, May 16 (Prensa Latina) Panama Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado ruled out the possibility of accepting the presence of foreign troops in Panama. Delgado denied media versions on that eventuality, which aroused after the visit of
- TGI Opens Panama Offices
?Establishing a local presence in Panama at this time fits into our growth strategy,? said Tony Gonzalez, TGI?s CEO. ?Panama is a country that is experiencing a construction boom in addition to the current Panama Canal expansion project. This
- Panama to deploy on Columbian border
AM Panama will create an armed border protection force to combat the flow of cocaine and weapons and to catch leftist guerrillas along its jungle border with Colombia, the government said on Friday. Panama is a major transit point for South American
- Panama to deploy special force on Colombian border
PANAMA CITY, May 16 (Reuters) - Panama will create an armed border protection force to combat the flow of cocaine and weapons and to catch leftist guerrillas along its jungle border with Colombia, the government said on Friday. Panama is a major transit
- Panama pilots "go slow"
Maritime Global Net http://www.mgn.com PO Box 207 Bristol, RI 02809 Tel: 401-247-7780 Fax: 401-247-7756 EMAIL THIS PANAMA PILOTS "GO SLOW" Friday, 16 May 2008 THE Panama Canal Authority has accepted that there may be a "few very isolated" incidents
- Turkey, Australia, Panama Diamond Exchanges Join WFDB
RAPAPORT... The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) accepted three new diamond exchanges as members during the organization's general assembly in Shanghai this week. The three exchanges were the Diamond Dealers Club of Australia, the Istanbul Gold
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With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel Noriega was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.
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