Archive for March 9th, 2008
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Power cuts throughout the Greece continued on Friday as Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC) employees refused to call off strike action which was launched against the government pension reform plan.
Their national union GENOP-DEH c ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Five Indonesian businessmen are among the 1,125 wealthiest people in the world listed by Forbes magazine.
The 58-year-old Sukanto Tanoto, owner of the Raja Garuda Mas group, is ranked 284th on the list with estimated assets of some ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
New Zealand has made a formal submission to the British government on proposals to limit short-term visa arrangements, Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Sunday.
At the moment, New Zealanders can enter Britain visa-free for up to si ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Pakistan's nuclear father Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan has been shifted to his residence after being discharged from hospital.
The official APP news agency Sunday quoted sources as saying that D Khan was shifted to his residence after gain ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Fidel Castro said Saturday that his meeting with visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been splendid.
In his column Reflections of Comrade Fidel published Saturday, Castro said he talked with Chavez for a long time like they ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Colombia will seek the resumption of ties with Ecuador, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the country's Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo said Saturday.
The recent diplomatic dispute over its incursion into Ecuadoran territory to raid a rebel ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Ecuador's President Rafael Correa Saturday called on to establish a new organization of American states without U.S. participation to eliminate its interference with dealing with regional affairs by the Latin American countries.
Cor ...
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Colombia will seek the resumption of ties with Ecuador, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the country's Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo said Saturday.
The recent diplomatic dispute over its incursion into Ecuadoran territory to raid a rebel ...
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