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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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