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India PM reaches out to Africa
Business, dpa, Published on 02/11/2015
» New Delhi: Indian Premier Narendra Modi has announced US$600 million and a line of cut-price credit in development aid for Africa as he called for expanded trade, all part of an effort to limit China's influence on the continent.
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AEC set to miss deadline for free-trade bloc
dpa, Published on 20/11/2015
» The Asean Economic Community was scheduled to set up a free-trade bloc by the end of 2015 to rival the European Union or the United States. But legislative foot-dragging and obstructive border practices have effectively prevented the free movement of goods, services and workers, with no chance to meet the deadline, experts say.
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New rules aim to stop crocodile escapes
dpa, Published on 16/10/2015
» Crocodile farms will need walls at least 1.5 metres high around their pits under planned government guidelines, an official said Friday, after 28 crocodiles escaped in early October.
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Philippines market fire kills at least 14
dpa, Published on 31/10/2015
» MANILA - A fire at a market in the southern Philippines killed at least 14 people Saturday, news reports said.
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41 dead after suicide bombers attack Chad market
dpa, Published on 11/10/2015
» N'DJAMMENA - At least 41 people died after suicide bombers attacked a weekly market in the town of Baga Sola in Chad on Saturday afternoon, a government minister said.
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Outrage in Vietnam over curtailing abortions
dpa, Published on 12/10/2015
» HANOI -- Proposed restrictions to Vietnam's relatively lax abortion laws have sparked an outcry from the public and health officials, who say the new conditions would be insensitive to rape victims and unworkable.
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Poverty study earns Princeton economist Nobel prize
dpa, Published on 12/10/2015
» STOCKHOLM -- Work exploring the interrelationship of consumption, poverty and welfare helped win Scottish-American economist Angus Deaton the 2015 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.
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Retailers to invest B100bn to make Thailand shopping hub
dpa, Published on 30/09/2015
» The Thai Shopping Centres Association said it will invest 100 billion baht to turn Thailand into a regional shopping destination.
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VW passes Toyota as No. 1 carmaker
dpa, Published on 29/07/2015
» TOKYO / BERLIN — Germany's Volkswagen has taken the crown as the world's top carmaker after its sales overtook those of Japanese rival Toyota during the first half of the year.
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China to buy 1m tonnes surplus rice
dpa, Published on 10/08/2015
» China will buy a million tonnes of rice from the country’s huge stockpile accumulated under the previous government’s subsidy scheme, authorities said Monday.
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