Monday, July 14th, 2008
The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and the Democratic Party won 39 and 25 seats respectively in the country's 76-seat parliament, the General Election Commission said on Monday.
Ten of the 76 seats were still undecided, the ...
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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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Friday, July 11th, 2008
The United Nations and Pakistan have agreed on a broad understanding on the establishment of an inquiry commission on Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Thursday.
Speaking to report ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
European Union (EU) member states have endorsed the European Commission's proposal for a regulation reducing standby energy consumption by household and office products, the commission said Tuesday.
The regulation lays down energy e ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The European Commission has written to 23 European Union (EU) member states to request information on actions they are taking to comply with the EU's air quality standard for dangerous airborne particles known as PM10.
These coarse ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
The European Commission proposed on Tuesday a package of emergency measures to help struggling fisheries sector tackle fuel crisis.
The European Union (EU)'s executive arm said the core of the proposal consisted of a regime of tempo ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The European Commission proposed on Wednesday for a single European Union (EU) registration for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
"If SMEs want to do business in several member states, they have to set up subsidiaries using ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) said in a report on Thursday that more than 3 million Australian jobs are under threat from efforts to tackle climate change.
But the report, commissioned by the A ...
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