Archive for May 11th, 2008
Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Dubai Group, the financial services unit of the government-owned investment company Dubai Holding, has launched the world's largest Islamic reinsurance company with a paid-up capital of one billion dirhams (272.48 million U.S. dollars), lo ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim will attend on Sunday the Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the India, Brazil and South Africa Dialog Forum (IBSA) in Cape Town, South Africa.
The forum will gather chancellors from the three coun ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
To meet demand for rice on domestic market, Thai Ministry of Commerce will soon prepare 200,000 five-kilogram bags of rice from state inventories for retail sale throughout the country, a senior ministry official said Saturday.
Inte ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Sri Lanka's ruling party led by President Mahinda Rajapakse has won the Eastern Provincial Council polls with 20 seats, the Department of Elections said Sunday.
The department said on its official website that the main opposition Un ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir announced on Sunday a decision to sever diplomatic ties with Chad, holding Chad responsible for an attack launched by Darfur rebels on the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday.
"Sudan holds Chad re ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
The New Zealand frigate Te Mana began a five-month deployment in the Gulf region on Sunday, Radio New Zealand reported.
It was the third time the Navy has been sent to the Gulf regionas part of New Zealand's contribution to the inte ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Saturday strongly condemned the attacks by a Sudanese rebel group on the country's capital Khartoum.
In a statement issued by his press office, Ban expressed "grave concern at the outbreak of fightin ...
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Sunday, May 11th, 2008
The Chadian government on Saturday denied allegations of involvement in the attack by Darfur rebels on the Sudanese capital Khartoum, according to reports reaching here.
The Chadian government "denies any involvement in this adventu ...
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