Monday, July 14th, 2008
Zambia's sole petroleum refinery, INDENI Petroleum Refinery, has stopped producing petroleum products after running out of crude oil feed stock, according to Zambia Daily Mail.
But the government has assured the nation that there is ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
The dollar fell against major currencies on Friday as credit worries continued and oil prices hit new record.
Fears that the U.S. government may be forced to rescue government-sponsored mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ap ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
World Bank Zambia manager Kapil Kapoor has urged the government to broaden the public-private-partnership (PPP) concept away from the mines to involve other sectors of the economy, according to Saturday Post.
Commenting on the slow ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed the announcement of the formation of a national unity government in Lebanon.
"He believes that this important event reflects Lebanon's continuing emergence from the political crisi ...
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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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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
One of China's senior family planning officials hailed the continued success over the past seven years of the government's free contraception services, which now help 120 million rural women every year reduce the risks associated with pregn ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
The French government will not have new employees to succeed over 30,000 civil servants who are due to retire next year, Eric Woerth, minister for the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service, said Thursday.
Some 30,000 to 32,0 ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Peruvian President Alan Garcia Thursday urged Bolivia's government to stop interfering his country's internal affairs.
Garcia told the press that nobody should intervene in other countries' internal policy and he was irritated afte ...
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