Zambia’s sole petroleum refinery runs out of crude oil feed stock

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 ...

Brazilian industry revises down growth forecast for 2008

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Brazil's national federation of industry has lowered its forecast for the country's economic growth this year from 5.0 percent to 4.7 percent, local media reported Sunday. Due to surging food prices around the world, Brazil's inflat ...

Indonesian aims to make ASEAN region a car industry hub

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Indonesia aims to lead the charge in making the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) an automotive industry production house, the Jakarta Post daily quoted Edy Putra Irawady, a deputy to the coordinating minister for industry and ...

EU resumes fishery imports from Uruguay

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 ...

Arab children’s congress opens with focus on education

Monday, July 14th, 2008

Some 150 youngsters aged 14 to 16 from 20 countries across the Arab world, America, Europe and Asia gathered here to take part in the 28th International Arab Children Congress which kicked off on Monday focusing on education. During ...

Iran, Russia sign energy co-op agreement

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 ...

UNHCR urges South Africa to halt deportation of Zimbabweans

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 ...

Chile, Turkey end another round of FTA talks

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Chile and Turkey ended the second round of negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Friday in Turkey's capital Ankara, the Chilean Foreign Ministry said. Carlos Furche, general director of the International Economic Affairs o ...