Monday, July 14th, 2008
Gold price in Bangkok, one of the major gold market in Southeast Asia, has surged to a record high upon concerns over renewed Middle East tensions and the weakening U.S. dollar, Thai News Agency quoted an industry executive as saying Monda ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to pay a working visit to Russia next week, Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
"It is expected that Chavez will fly to Moscow on July 21," a diplomatic source in Moscow was quoted as saying. ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom signed an agreement to cooperate on development of Iran's oil and gas fields, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday.
NIOC Managing Director Seifollah Ja ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
One village guard was killed in a clash with the militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in southeastern Turkey Friday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Saturday.
During the clash with PKK militants ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The United Nations refugee agency has called on South Africa to stop deporting Zimbabweans, noting that many are arriving in South Africa to flee from political violence in their homeland.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHC ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The Philippine government said on Saturday eight people have died and 77 fell ill with suspected leptospirosis in the wake of a typhoon disaster, the official Philippines News Agency reported.
The suspected leptospirosis was caused ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Brazil will auction oil fields, except for the newly discovered pre-salt areas, authorities said Thursday.
Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, a regulatory department for the industry sectors concerning ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Niue's premier, Toke Talangi, said Fiji and climate change will be the key issues at next month's Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting next month, the Siva-based Pacnews regional news agency reported on Friday.
The South Pacific ti ...
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