The German economy grew by 2.2% in the three months to the end of June, its fastest quarterly growth in more than twenty years, BBC reported today. The main reason is its strong exports. But why is Germany...
Canada and United States have reached an agreement to exempt Canadian firms from the "Buy American" provision in the economic stimulus package, Trade Minister Peter Van loan announced today. In return, Canadian...
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Fiji water is the biggest supplier of bottled water in the United States.Listen or download an ABC-Radio National interview with investigative journalist Anna Lezner here The Fiji brand is owned by US argi-billionaires, and has strong connections to celebrity culture and...
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" The government must do more to ensure arms exports are not being used against civilians in war zones, a joint report by four select committees says. The committees on arms export control welcomed Foreign...
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China's exports dropped 23% in July from a year early, extending the 21.4% decline from June, according to custom officials. "Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated on Aug. 9 that monetary policy and a “proactive” fiscal stance will remain unchanged because of problems including...
" Cyprus' foreign minister said a ship detained at a port in the country has been found to breach a UN Ban on Iranian arms exports. But Markos Kyprianou has refused to specify what weapons were found on the Cypriot-flagged Monchegorsk, which US Officials suspect was...
Up until early this year Ireland had one of the best economies in the world but now everything appears to be going wrong. "Health Concerns Cause Total Irish Pork Recall By Tom Rivers London 07 December 2008 ...
European stock markets are panicing today as investors learn that Germany, Europe's largest economy, has officially fallen into recession. In morning trading Britain's FTSE 100 was down about 1.3 percent and the...
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Iran reasures Europe that sanctions are not blocking its Persian Pipelin project to provide them wiht gas by 2014. "According to plans drawn up by Tehran, Turkey will be a key transit route for Iranian...
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Doing things like no other before is like walking in another line, why we need to do being Different from them, how do we see things in another side? Is this possible have a new line in a row? I attend...
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Legendary CFL quarterback Ron Lancaster has died. The Pennsylvania-born Lancaster, known as "The Little General", was a high standout in the US but was ignored by the NFL because he stood only 5'5". He eventually joined the Ottawa Roughriders in 1960 and worked in some...
Today, Wednesday, the 17th day of September 2008, marks the 221st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution for the United States of America by the nation's founders, and with the hope of forming a more...
A lurid story of the International trade in sex organs.While doping scandals run rampant in the sports world, Ancient Chinese health secrets might still be key to getting up on the podium."FROM deep within the...
"The staunchest supporters of each of the two sides in what I call Africa's 'agro-ideological debate' are unlikely to see eye to eye any time soon, so deep is their suspicion of each others' motives. To advocates of intensive 'green revolution' revolution methods, Africa's...
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