Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the United Republic of Tanzania of the negative impact of the rising oil prices on the country's economic development.
The IMF said in its recent country report that if current oil pr ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The Dubai police have arrested a British national, who is wanted in Spain for trafficking more than200 kg of cocaine and against whom the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has issued a warrant, local newspaper Khaleej Ti ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
The Myanmar authorities seized 103.8 kg heroin and 1,690 kg opium in one year and a half from January 2007 to June 2008, according to a latest figures disclosed at a ceremony in Nay Pyi Taw Thursday to mark this year's International Day aga ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
India can keep nine percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate in medium term with added efforts despite soaring international oil prices, said the Indian Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on NDTV Tuesday.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
A row has erupted between the Kenyan government and Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) over the arrest and tracking of property belonging to Rwandan fugitive, Falicien Kabuga.
Attorney General Amos Wako h ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional 4 million U.S. dollars to the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) in Sudan.
The U.S. agency said in a statement received ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The annual slanging match between pro- and anti-whaling nations could be a thing of the past after changes to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), Radio New Zealand reported on Wednesday.
Under the new plans, 24 nations inclu ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Wednesday that international military action against Zimbabwe was unlikely.
"I don't think that the international community will move in the first instance or quickly or necessa ...
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