Monday, July 14th, 2008
The European Union (EU) resumed fish imports from Uruguay Sunday after several months of suspension, Uruguayan authorities said.
Daniel Montiel, director of the Uruguay's National Direction of Aquatic Resources (Dinara), told the pr ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Italy's public debt rose for the fourth month in a row in April and set a new record high of 1,661.4 billion euros, the Bank of Italy said on Friday.
The debt was some 15 billion euros higher than in March and was over 50 billion ...
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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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Friday, June 27th, 2008
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 1 percent in the first quarter of this year, faster than the 0.9 percent pace estimated a month ago, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.
The first-quarter growth rate for gross domes ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Consumer confidence in several Asia-Pacific countries and regions has fallen to levels similar to those seen during a regional financial crisis 10 years ago, a MasterCard survey said on Thursday.
The six-monthly survey of 13 markets ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
South Korean banks' lending rates rose for the second consecutive month in May as market interest rates advanced, the South Korea central bank said Thursday.
The average lending rates for households and companies reached 6.96 percen ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
About 96,000 high-school students in China's quake zones are doing their final cramming for a special college entrance exam next week -- almost a month after the rest of the country, which was postponed by the disaster.
About 58 per ...
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Nelson Mandela has banned Naomi Campbell from appearing on stage at his 90th birthday concert.
The former South African leader is reportedly so upset by Naomi's behavior over the past few months - which includes assaulting two police ...
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