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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: Developer wants to turn Khartoum into "mini-Dubai" |
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This has to be one of the wackiest ideas I've come across. Who the hell would choose to live in Khartoum??
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KHARTOUM: Wedged between the White and Blue Niles, a huge shimmering complex of glass and steel is set to rise from the heart of Khartoum, as the Sudanese capital seeks to leap into modernity. Sudan, the biggest country in Africa by area, remains beset by rebellion and humanitarian tragedies, but the Al-Mogran project epitomizes Khartoum's ambitions to become a regional business hub.
"Hotels, offices and villas will soon spring up from this land that had so far been used as a rubbish dump," said Hani al-Khidir, chairman of the Alsunut Development Co, which manages the project. |
Land that's been a garbage dump. Even the onion couldn't come up with something like this. Truth is stranger than fiction, that's for sure.
Developer plans to make Khartoum a 'mini-Dubai'
'you need people with dreams' |
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shoeboy
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Khartoum is really pretty nice. The war seems a world away, the people are cool, and the weather is nice. |
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Junior
Joined: 18 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| A project by muslims, for muslims. I don't think its intended to make the christians or minority tribes wealthy. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| Didn't Osama B. used to hang there, before the U.S. started caring about him? |
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shoeboy
Joined: 23 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| Didn't Osama B. used to hang there, before the U.S. started caring about him? |
Bin Laden, Carlos the Jackel, and other shady folks have hidden from the world in Sudan. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| A project by muslims, for muslims. I don't think its intended to make the christians or minority tribes wealthy. |
Perhaps, but the net result may be that it'll begin to open things up a lot more as time passes. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Junior wrote: |
| A project by muslims, for muslims. I don't think its intended to make the christians or minority tribes wealthy. |
that's really besides the point. It'd take a miracle to be a success for anyone, muslim or not muslim. |
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