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Article: Networking.(Special Report: Logistics & Transport)(Projects planned to improve transportation issues in the Middle East.)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- January 23, 2004
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Regional governments are working together, and with international partners, to remedy the problems besetting land transport in the Middle East. Significant projects are planned that will connect continents and improve travelling conditions for local commuters
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