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Updated on: Saturday 15 July 2006, 16:13 Makka Time, 13:13 GMT  

Panama debates widening canal

Panama will hold a public referendum on whether to go ahead with a $5.3 billion project to widen the Panama Canal that connects the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. FULL STORY

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