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  • Sep 30, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: FDI increases in developing countries

Global FDI increased by 2% last year, according to the UNCTAD World Investment Report released...

International
  • Sep 23, 2005
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INTERNATIONAL: Africa, trade to fore in Bank meetings

Africa's slow progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), debt relief and...

International
  • Sep 23, 2005
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BOSNIA: Pressure builds on Serbs over police merger

High Representative Paddy Ashdown yesterday warned the Bosnian Serbs that their entity would...

  • Sep 22, 2005
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ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: Eritrea warns of return to war

Speaking at the United Nations yesterday, Eritrea's finance minister warned that hostilities...

Ethiopia
  • Sep 22, 2005
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EU/IRAN: EU backs away from nuclear confrontation

The EU-3 (United Kingdom, Germany and France) today removed the reference to referral of Iran's...

Eu
  • Sep 20, 2005
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IVORY COAST: President calls for talks on election

President Laurent Gbagbo called yesterday for talks with opposition leaders and rebel forces to...

Ivory Coast
  • Sep 20, 2005
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LIBERIA: UN extends peacekeepers' mandate

The UN Security Council voted yesterday to extend by six months its mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Liberia
  • Sep 19, 2005
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UNITED NATIONS: Reform summit fails to deliver

The UN World Summit was held from September 14-16.

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