It is also the name of a service organization in the United States that places volunteers in projects mostly in developing countries.

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Spain's debt - as we now know - arose from the vanity projects of places like Valencia, the ghost airports, the savings banks run by local politicians and a wild housing boom.

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French oil giant Total has in recent years moved aggressively to gather up a portfolio of new projects in places like the Canadian oil sands, Angola, Nigeria, Australia, Russia and the Gulf of Mexico.

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But its main projects, in stable places like the United States, Canada and Chile, never seemed that risky in the first place.

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