Archive for April 18th, 2008
Friday, April 18th, 2008
The Portuguese government Thursday approved the Extradition Convention among the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) member states.
The accord obliges the CPLP countries to hand over people in their territories being s ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
The number of dangerous products removed from the European Union (EU) market rose by 53 percent in 2007 compared to that in 2006, thanks to better surveillance, the European Commission said Thursday.
An annual report on the EU's rap ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Nepali Ministry of Education and Sports is all set to launch a door-to-door campaign from April27 to May 7 to increase the enrollment of students at the primary level, The Himalayan Times daily reported on Friday.
According to the n ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
A Canadian woman died after a car collision with her husband just minutes' drive from their home, local media reported Thursday.
The tragedy took place in Drummondville in the eastern province of Quebec Saturday evening. The 36-year ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Mexican leftist Ample Progressive Front (FAP) on Thursday continued its protests for eight days against Mexican President Felipe Calderon's energy reform.
FAP legislators from the Democratic Revolution Party (PRD), Labor Party (PT) ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
The Colombian military on Thursday voiced its concerns over arrested army staff's links to anti-government group or drug-traffickers as one of them had once attended military intelligence meetings presided over by President Alvaro Uribe.
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
"Food prices are going up every day. Luckily, the state has decided to lower rice export this year to stabilize domestic market price," teacher Nguyen Thi Hoa said while shopping at a market in Vietnam's Hanoi capital city.
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Ninety-two Ecuadorian illegal immigrants returned to their home country Thursday, two days after being rescued on the high seas, some 344 km west of Costa Rica, by the U.S. coastguard, Ecuador's Navy reported.
Ecuador's Navy Departm ...
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