The government paper sets out plans for more affordable housing, a new road to by-pass the centre of Ballasalla and the development of schools to meet a growing population.

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During the winter months, the Albula mountain pass closes to car traffic and the road gets taken over by schussing wooden toboggans.

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One story has it that the highway between Lahore and Islamabad is longer than it should be because it takes a circuitous route across land held by Sharif cronies, who collected handsome returns for allowing the road to pass.

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At least 500, 000 barrels of oil seep out every day by road through Turkey and Jordan and by pipeline through Syria, while thousands of trucks pass in the opposite direction, loaded with goods that the sanctions committee in New York never even hears about, much less approves.

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