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Higher prices for some products of the Bolivarian food basket
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The lack of rain is rapidly drying up Venezuelan hydroelectric plants, the country’s main source …
By Jean H Charles
The earthquake of January 12, 2010 that shook Port au Prince and its surrounding areas could not find a country so ill prepared for such catastrophe as the Republic of Haiti. It …
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WASHINGTON, USA — The Caribbean Conference on Higher Education will take place in Paramaribo, Suriname, from 11 to 13 April, 2010, bringing together policy makers, educators, and experts, who will examine the current situation of …
Gregor Gysi: “I’m a democratic Socialist”
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For the German leader the main problem of the new Socialist governments in Latinamerica is that they are …
The Greek government’s attempt to ban smoking in public is being widely ignored. While the law is in line with EU recommendations, the business community argues that the economy is bad enough without hassling paying …
RIYADH (AFP)
A Saudi court gave suspended prison sentences to 10 former Saudi Guantanamo detainees who had completed a rehabilitation program, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Saturday.
The men, who were returned to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and …
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Many Ethiopians prefer to keep their HIV status hidden for fear of isolation
ADDIS ABABA, 12 March 2010 (PlusNews) – On stage in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Mestihet Temane, 27, enacts the …
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdzic urged the United Kingdom on Thursday (March 11th) to apologise to former BiH President Ejup Ganic for “mistreating” him while he was in custody. Ganic …
Uribe’s former Defense minister Juan Manuel Santos is the front runner
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For Santos to consolidate his frontrunner status, his La U party needs to retain …
UNEP Program particularly concerned with health care waste
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UNEP says cleaning up Haiti’s environmental mess will be long, difficult, and expensive. The program says Haiti …
Saariselka, FINLAND (Agencies)
The European Union could use closer trade ties as leverage to urge Israel to resume peace talks with the Palestinians, the EU’s top diplomat said on Saturday ahead of a trip to the …
WASHINGTON (AFP)
The United States announced Friday it was providing an additional $55 million to a U.N. program aiding Palestinian refugees.
Assistant Secretary of State Eric Schwartz said the funds would go through the United Nations Relief …
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdzic urged the United Kingdom on Thursday (March 11th) to apologise to former BiH President Ejup Ganic for “mistreating” him while he was in custody. Ganic …
Self-proclaimed imam Xhemajl (Kastriot) Duka — an Albanian — is kicked out of Kosovo based on laws regulating residency for foreigners. Pristina is cracking down on Islamist extremists throughout the republic.
By Linda Karadaku for Southeast …
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River communities throughout central Mozambique are affected by flooding almost every
JOHANNESBURG, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) – Mozambique’s National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has raised the flood alert level to “red” and …
President Obama must decide by next month if China is labelled a “currency manipulator”
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The Yuan’s de facto dollar peg could come to a collision …
THE Pakistan Cricket Board has released a statement saying they have not imposed life bans on senior players Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan.
It comes a day after the PCB released findings of a committee inquiry …
By Jean H Charles
The earthquake of January 12, 2010 that shook Port au Prince and its surrounding areas could not find a country so ill prepared for such catastrophe as the Republic of Haiti. It …
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) — Presidency Chairman Haris Silajdzic urged the United Kingdom on Thursday (March 11th) to apologise to former BiH President Ejup Ganic for “mistreating” him while he was in custody. Ganic …
RIYADH (AFP)
A Saudi court gave suspended prison sentences to 10 former Saudi Guantanamo detainees who had completed a rehabilitation program, Al-Hayat newspaper reported on Saturday.
The men, who were returned to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and …
