Monday, July 14th, 2008
Speculation and oil contracts for the future are the major causes of the current oil price hike, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez said Sunday at the 5th PetroCaribe summit.
Fernandez said that currently there are 860,00 ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is to pay a working visit to Russia next week, Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
"It is expected that Chavez will fly to Moscow on July 21," a diplomatic source in Moscow was quoted as saying. ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is expected to travel to Beirut within the coming two days, carrying an official invitation to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to visit Syria, local As-Safier daily reported Monday.
Presi ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Syria and Lebanon have agreed to establish diplomatic ties for the first time since their independence in the 1940s, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Saturday on the sidelines of the Summit of the Union for the Mediterranean after ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said to get back the occupied Shebaa Farms from Israel would be through diplomatic means, but he did not rule out the possibility of military operations in case of diplomatic failure, local Al-Anwar daily ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Indonesia called upon Asian and African countries to broaden the support for the struggle of Palestinian independence and help the Palestinian people achieve their goal in a concrete manner, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sa ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will make an official visit to Russia this week, the Kremlin said on Monday.
Napolitano will visit Russia from Tuesday to Friday at the invitation of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Th ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday described Colombia's defense minister as an "obstacle" to bilateral relations, asking the military chief to be put "in his place."
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos said earlier ...
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