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Norway to review electric car subsidies
Reuters, Published on 18/04/2015
» OSLO — Norway is reviewing its subsidies for electric vehicles after generous government incentives made the country the biggest user of battery powered cars in the world, hurting state revenues, the Finance Ministry said.
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Philippine militants demand $84m ransom for hostages
Reuters, Published on 04/11/2015
» MANILA -- A small but violent al Qaeda-linked Islamist group in the Philippines has demanded a billion pesos (US$21 million) each for three men and a woman captured at a beach resort in September, one of the victims said in a video.
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Airbus opts not to ground Super Puma
Business, Reuters, Published on 15/07/2016
» FARNBOROUGH, England: Airbus Group SE has no plans to scrap its Super Puma helicopter in the wake of a crash that killed 13 people in Norway, the head of its helicopter division said on Wednesday, but he warned the market would remain weak at least until the end of 2017.
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Colombia dropped as Nobel Peace Prize favourite
Reuters, Published on 03/10/2016
» OSLO - Peace researchers dropped Colombia on Monday from a list of favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize after Colombians voted "No" in a referendum to an agreement to end a 52-year war with Marxist rebels.
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Fed rate moves could spell end to Asian easing
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2017
» SINGAPORE - The long cycle of falling interest rates in Asia could be over after the US Federal Reserve's third rate rise in 15 months was followed quickly by monetary tightening in the world's second-biggest economy, China.
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Rohingya crisis dents Myanmar hopes of investment boom
Reuters, Published on 22/09/2017
» YANGON/HONG KONG: When officials from Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon toured six European countries in June, they were hoping to drum up investment in transport, energy and education.
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Anti-nuclear campaign Ican wins Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters, Published on 06/10/2017
» OSLO: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Ican) won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, as the Norwegian Nobel Committee warned that the risk of a nuclear conflict is greater than for a long time.
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UN picks Norwegian for Myanmar role
Reuters, Published on 31/10/2017
» YANGON: The United Nations named a new interim UN resident coordinator for Myanmar on Tuesday, appointing Knut Ostby of Norway to take over the humanitarian role at a time of growing strains with the Myanmar government over the handling of the Rohingya crisis.
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Myanmar: Bangladesh dragging feet over repatriating Rohingya
Reuters, Published on 01/11/2017
» YANGON: Myanmar has blamed Bangladesh for delaying the start of a repatriation process for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees, saying it feared Dhaka could be stalling until it receives multi-million dollars of international aid money.
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US cuts $2m funding to Cambodia's mine removal effort
Reuters, Published on 07/11/2017
» PHNOM PENH: The United States will cut $2 million in funding next year to Cambodia's leading landmine clearance body, the group said on Tuesday, in what it called a bid to silence government criticism about Vietnam War-era bombs dropped by the US.
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