$7.6 Billion city sprouting up in the desert?


	$7.6 Billion city sprouting up in the desert?

tonybierman

10-16-2009 3:30 AM

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politics, oil, world

tonybierman says:

Your exported petro dollars at work, supporting a massive experiment in the desert.

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