Recently, Abandan has been the site of major labor activity as workers at the oil refineries in the city have staged walkouts and strikes to protest non-payment of wages and the political situation in the country.

Recently, August also accepted the invitation from the Hangzhou government to serve as a " culture consultant " for the city.

Recently, the celebration took place in The Liberty Hotel, a former city jail converted into a boutique hotel, though more often the festivities occur in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, near the Cultural Center's headquarters.

Recently though there has been a push from the city, and increasingly from government, to establish a light rail network, intended to be fast, efficient, and eco-friendly, along existing tracks in a North South corridor ; to help relieve the frequent jamming of traffic in Hobart CBD.

Recently there have been moves to restore the place of Vodun in national society, such as an annual International Vodun Conference held in the city of Ouidah in Benin that has been held since 1991.

Recently the city's first wind turbine has been installed above Babakoohi mountain near the city.

Hopewell is the host city of large chemical plants owned by the Honeywell Corporation and Hercules Chemical, as well as a paper mill owned by Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation ( Recently acquired by Rock Tenn ).

Recently the Molise region and the Anas have been unified into the Autostrade del Molise S. p. A. to complete the Termoli-San Vittore Highway which will connect the city to San Vittore del Lazio, reducing travel times from and to Rome.

Recently, Clermont-Ferrand was France's first city to get a new Translohr transit system, thereby linking the city's north and south neighbourhoods.

Recently the city council designated Opelika as a City of Character.

Recently, Freeport-McMoRan opened two mining facilities just north of the city that make up the largest new mining operation in North America.

Recently, the Village members have voted to incorporate as an official city.

Recently, Georgia Pacific Lumber Company put on the market a piece of property within the city limits, formerly the site of a large mill facility.

Recently, two historic buildings, the Crocker Church and the Bidwell-Wood House ( the oldest remaining structure in the city ), first restored by Veronica Morgan and members of the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation that she founded, became city property.

Recently, the city has invested much time and money into creating attractions and accommodations for tourists visiting during the Lewis and Clark bicentennial years.

Recently the city has been home to many of the retired from across the country.

Recently, several community members and Western Carolina University have proposed that the village of Forest Hills become the town / city of Cullowhee, incorporating the present Forest Hills boundaries and areas near Old Cullowhee Road and NC 107.

Recently, the City of Dickinson constructed a new multi-million dollar city hall and library complex which was dedicated June 30, 2009.

Recently Ridgefield has received attention for the conduct of the current and former city government officials.

Recently incorporated land on the West side of the city has exploded into new housing tracts, apartments, and shopping centers.

Recently, the city has undertaken a major project to revitalize its Main Street downtown district, which lies on the historic Route 66.

Recently, the Tiruchirappalli city corporation has gone in for scientific closure of the garbage dump and its replacement with a sewerage treatment plant.

Recently the foral law was amended to extend it to the towns and the city of Urduina, that had always used the general Spanish Civil law.

Recently the city has made many projects to fix the damage.

Recently it seems the Atari scene has started to re-established contact to the general demo scene, which is indicated by Atari related releases at Evoke and other demo-parties.

Recently there have been increasing numbers of " wooden bat leagues " and the trend back to wood seems to be accelerating due to safety concerns regarding the speed of a batted ball hit directly toward the pitcher's head.

Recently occupied by the De La Salle Brothers, it seems to be identical to a house named Waxfield where the death is recorded in 1766 of John Lamprey.

Recently, research performed by a world authority on the genus Eriogonum, Dr. J. L. Reveal of the University of Maryland, College Park, revealed the swollen stem of Eriogonum inflatum is due to high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the solid stem and seems to be related to gas regulation.

Recently, Corey Anton has argued that we cannot be certain what is separate from or unified with something else: language, he asserts, divides what is not in fact separate.

Recently Croatia has opted to build a bridge to the Pelješac peninsula to connect the Croatian mainland with the exclave but Bosnia and Herzegovina has protested that it will close their way to international waters ( although Croatian territory and territorial waters surround Bosnian-Herzegovinan ones completely ) and has suggested that the bridge must be higher than 55 meters for free passage of all types of ships.

Recently Croatia has opted to build a bridge to the Pelješac peninsula to connect the Croatian mainland with the exclave but Bosnia and Herzegovina has protested that it will close their way to international waters ( although Croatian territory and territorial waters surround Bosnian-Herzegovinan ones completely ) and has suggested that the bridge must be higher than 55 meters for free passage of all types of ships.

Recently, the galactic cluster JKCS 041 was confirmed to be the most distant cluster of galaxies yet discovered.

Recently, espionage agencies have targeted the illegal drug trade and those considered to be terrorists.

Recently the tram has seen a very big revival with many experiments such as ground level power supply in Bordeaux, or trolleybuses pretending to be trams in Nancy.

Recently abandoned cities or cities whose location was never in question might be referred to as ruins or ghost towns.

Recently Timothy Williamson has refrained from using the word and expressed concern that it might be misleading:

Recently, an increasing number of computers feature IOMMUs, many of which can be used to restrict a device's access to physical memory.

Recently, Oxfam has claimed that the lifestyle of the Maasai should be embraced as a response to climate change because of their ability to farm in deserts and scrublands.

Recently, a trial where the segway would be classified as a bicycle has been announced running from 1 June 2010 to 1 April 2011.

Recently there has also been a growth in popularity of American-style taxi-cabs that do not work along a fixed route and they can be booked for specific times for specific journeys.

Recently the term Majority World has started to be used since most people of the world live in poorer and less developed countries.

Recently, it was announced that Tom Hardy is planned to star as Clark in a film version of Without Remorse to be based in the new Jack Ryan reboot universe, with Kevin Costner starring in both films.

Recently, the interference of molecules as heavy as 6910 u could be demonstrated in a Kapitza – Dirac – Talbot – Lau interferometer.

Recently, catalase has also begun to be used in the aesthetics industry.

Recently discovered hybrids between male harbour porpoises and female Dall's porpoises indicate the two species may actually be members of the same genus.

For comparison, a typical refrigerator magnet produces 0. 01 tesla ( 10 < sup >− 2 </ sup > T ), and some processes in animals produce very small magnetic fields between 10 < sup >− 9 </ sup > T and 10 < sup >− 6 </ sup > T. Recently invented SERF atomic magnetometers are potentially more sensitive and do not require cryogenic refrigeration but are orders of magnitude larger in size (~ 1 cm < sup > 3 </ sup >) and must be operated in a near-zero magnetic field.

Recently, some formalist mathematicians have proposed that all of our formal mathematical knowledge should be systematically encoded in computer-readable formats, so as to facilitate automated proof checking of mathematical proofs and the use of interactive theorem proving in the development of mathematical theories and computer software.

Recently Bayesian inference has gained popularity amongst the phylogenetics community for these reasons ; a number of applications allow many demographic and evolutionary parameters to be estimated simultaneously.

Recently they were discovered to be the Algal order most closely related to the land plants ( Embryophyta )

Recently scientists discovered that single-crystalline ultrathin gold nanowires with diameters ~ 3-10 nm can be " cold-welded " together within seconds by mechanical contact alone, and under remarkably low applied pressures ( unlike macro-and micro-scale cold welding process ).

Recently established Brazilian boar populations are not to be confused with long established populations of feral domestic pigs ( porcos monteiros ), which have existed mainly in the Pantanal for more than a hundred years, along with native peccaries.

Recently a mural depicting General Putnam was to be returned to the newly renovated Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich, CT. An article of April 1, 2006, entitled " Mural deemed too violent for school ", explains the mural's reception: