Archive for May 18th, 2008
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The Kenyan government said it will import 3 million bags of maize (90 kg per bag) to meet a major deficit expected in August this year.
Agriculture Minister William Ruto said late Saturday that the country is expected to face a l ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The Philippine Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, has warned against illegal matchmaking agencies after learning that some Filipina women married South Korean men through illegal match-making agencies, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) sa ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Thousands of Filipinos were evacuated and several power posts were toppled in northern Philippines after tropical storm "Halong" hit the country Saturday night, reported local television network ABS-CBN News Sunday.
At least one per ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
One Indian and one Nepalese, kidnapped by unknown persons on April 21, have been freed Sunday in western Afghan province of Herat, a provincial police spokesman said.
"Afghan security personnel arrested five persons with suspected l ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Sunday said his TV cooking show program scheduled on Saturday was canceled because his opponents filed with the Election Commission (EC) to question his duty in a new attempt to topple him.
The E ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that Germany fully supports Colombian government's anti-drug operations and plans to offer aid to the Latin American country's anti-narcotics program to eradicate coca plants.
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
Colombia will launch investigations on the alleged intrusion of its troops into the Venezuelan territory and will make an apology if the accusation is confirmed, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Saturday.
Uribe made the statem ...
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Sunday, May 18th, 2008
French fishermen kept up their blockade at ports along France's western coast on Saturday, in protest at the rising cost of diesel fuel, while port workers went on their strikes.
Fishermen's blockades, according to media reports he ...
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