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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Friday, July 11th, 2008
South Korea's spending on import of oil, coal, natural gas and other energy products in the first half of this year reach 70.2 billion U.S. dollars in the first half as international crude prices surge, the South Korea Customs Service said ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Brazil will auction oil fields, except for the newly discovered pre-salt areas, authorities said Thursday.
Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels, a regulatory department for the industry sectors concerning ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Marriott International Inc, the world's largest hotel chain, said second-quarter profit fell 24 percent and forecast more declines this year as US companies and consumers curb travel.
Net income dropped to $157 million, or 42 cents a sha ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
According to China National Radio, today is the 19th World Population Day. The world population surpassed 5 billion on July 11, 1987. To commemorate this day and to draw attention to the population problem, in June 1990 the United Nations P ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
The United Nations and Pakistan have agreed on a broad understanding on the establishment of an inquiry commission on Benazir Bhutto's assassination, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said Thursday.
Speaking to report ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Mexican Interior Ministry declared a state of emergency in six cities of the eastern state of Veracruz on Thursday after heavy rains slashed eastern Mexico.
In a press statement, the ministry said the General Coordination for Civil ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori underwent new cancer surgery here Thursday to remove infected tissue from his tongue.
The surgery, which removed two bumps (leukoplakia) from Fujimori's tongue in the National Institute of ...
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