The Old Port and the city centre will be cordoned off, litter bins removed, markets closed, manhole covers welded and sewers searched.
In the past few weeks Iraq's prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has belied a reputation for weakness by sending the army to take control of the port city of Basra and the Baghdad slum known as Sadr City, both strongholds until then of the powerful militia run by Muqtada al-Sadr, a vehemently anti-American Shia cleric.
The 21 Americans in the crew were trying to deliver tons of food and other agricultural materials for the World Food Program, to be distributed among destitute Muslims in that Kenyan port city, and beyond.
In the mainly Shiite southern port city of Basra, and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, demonstrators took to the streets in celebration.
Mekel says the government's problems with the network grew during the recent Israeli military attacks inside Hamas-controlled Gaza following Palestinian rocket attacks on the southern Israeli town of Sderot and the port city of Ashkelon.
Violent crime has for years been a feature of Pakistan's biggest commercial city and port.
The troops have driven the militants out of various areas, including the lucrative port city of Kismayo and the capital, Mogadishu.
Last month, al-Shabab lost control of Merca, the third biggest port city after Mogadishu and Kismayo, to AU and pro-Somali government forces.
Tel Aviv, often considered the New York City of Israel, is seeing the value in restoring its historic sites, like the ancient port city of Jaffa and the storied Hatachana train station.
On 16 April, 1947, a fire on a ship loaded with ammonium nitrate set off a series of explosions in the port of Texas City, and fires that burned for days.
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Despite the name, it is actually a 2km pedestrian and bike path, developed to provide easy access from the city centre and Tallinn Passenger Port (Vanasadam) to the cultural sites of Kalamaja.
One of the key weapons supply routes for NATO and American forces runs from the southern port city of Karachi to the outskirts of Peshawar, through the Khyber Pass and into Afghanistan.
The first battery became operational last Saturday in the city of Adana, NATO said, and more equipment arrived Wednesday in the port city of Iskenderun.
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Each year in this northern port city couples are honored and given awards for having successful relationships.
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Paynter started his career at Port Vale and had spells at Hull City, Southend United and Bradford City.
On November 15th, the provincial council of Guayas, which includes Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and main port, voted to hold a referendum on autonomy.
Coastal city Port Elizabeth will host the Chiefs-Pirates fixture and the venues for the City games will be announced later this week with Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria favoured.
Some 200 international cruise lines now visit the port, and three more are adding the city as a stop in 2013.
Patara has a 10-mile-plus beach and ruins of the Lycian port city.
The effect comes partly from the all-glass exterior walls, with their view of Biscayne Bay, downtown Miami, the city's port terminal and a series of small islands.
In 2008, Dubai-based DP World won a 25-year contract to expand and operate the port in the capital city, Dakar, which had been a major stopover for the French shipping business since the 1800s.
Los Angeles provides the San Fernando Valley (even now pondering secession from the city) with an international port and airport.
They will also take part in work placements with the city's port, cruise and marine companies, as well as other big companies in the area, such as Ikea.
This was all in 2000, long before Haiti became part of the global conversation following the earthquake that devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince and many surrounding areas on January 12, 2010.
The trip, which covers 30km to 50km a day, begins in the beautiful city of Girona and ends in the port town of Palamos.
Good descriptions of the Nullarbor (which means "treeless") Plain and of the fabulously awful industrial city of Port Hedland, north of the Outback Coast.
Also Saturday, police in this coastal port city released 911 recordings from neighbors who sobbed and pleaded for help right after 13-month-old Antonio Santiago was shot in the head a few blocks from his mother's apartment.
After nearly 30 years in the business, Mumiy Troll is taking a fresh shot at finding a crossover audience with the release this week of its first English-language album, "Vladivostok, " named for its hometown, a far-eastern port city about 6, 000 miles from Moscow and 40 miles from the Chinese border.
Boyle's experiences shooting in the teeming, chaotic port city of Mumbai could also be described as sweet and sour.
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