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The rebirth of Panama City's old quarter

By Alain at 03/23/07 05:16

While the big developers rush to convert Panama City's bayfront skyline into a shiny copy of Miami, a different sort of developer is quietly revitalizing the city's crumbling, charming old quarter nearby.

Original source: Boston Globe. In Panama City's old quarter, a rebirth takes place

Adventures hiking up a Panamanian volcano

What seemed like a relatively simple hike up a volcano in Panama turned out to be quite an adventure, when things turned out not to be so straight forward after all.

Original source: Hartford Courant. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. courant. com/ travel/ hc -panama. artfeb25,0,7274508. story?coll=hc -headlines -travel, anchor: A Wet Walk, A Wild Ride]

Around the world powerboat race kicks off

The bid to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat, using only renewable fuels, started today. Known as Earthrace, the first leg takes competitors from Barbados to Panama, a distance of 1250 nautical miles.

Original source: Aboutmalta.com. Earthrace Challenge starts

Young boys charged with setting alight blaze

Police officers and neighbours battled to get a large blaze threatening a mobile home park under control. Reports say that 3 boys, all under the age of 12 years, started the blaze with a lighter. Nine mobile homes had to be evacuated as flames soared into the air.

Original source: Newsherald.com. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. newsherald. com/ headlines/ article. display. php?a=527, anchor: Blaze threatens mobile home park]

3 car collision on beach road kills three motorists

Witnesses said one of the cars traveling north on Alf Coleman was struck in the intersection by a Mustang traveling eastbound on Back Beach Road after the Mustang ran a red light. The fiery collision ignited a 15 foot high fireball and shut down the highway as police struggled to clear the area.

Original source: newsherald.com. 3 killed in PCB crash