Saturday, July 12th, 2008
South Africa's United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa Friday lauded the proposal to add his country into the Group of Eight (G8), the South African Press Association reported.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe early Friday in a bid to revive ties, which have become increasingly tense since November 2007.
After closed-door talks at the Amuay oil refinery in Paragua ...
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
Russia and China vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution in the UN Security Council on Friday that would impose sanctions on Zimbabwe over the country's presidential run-off election in late June.
South Africa, which is mediating Zimbabwe' ...
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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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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Peruvian President Alan Garcia Thursday urged Bolivia's government to stop interfering his country's internal affairs.
Garcia told the press that nobody should intervene in other countries' internal policy and he was irritated afte ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Energy efficiency and conservation have never been more important than now for China, which has a growing need for energy and faces rising oil prices on the international market, said BP Group Vice-President Gary Dirks yesterday.
"Rising ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa appointed Wilma Salgado as finance minister Tuesday, to replace Fausto Ortiz, who resigned amid disagreements with Correa on the closure of two private TV stations and one radio station.
The two TV ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
Inter-Korean trade went up sharply in the first half of 2008 year-on-year despite the frozen relationship between the two Koreas after President Lee Myung-bak took office in late February thanks to the increase of commercial trade, the Sout ...
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