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 Oriental Sweet - Food - Ramadan          WN/Hend Fawzi
Food   Health   Photos   Ramadan   Society  
 Middle East Online 
High food prices hit Moroccans’ pockets
| RABAT - With the holy month of Ramadan approaching, Moroccans are stocking up on increasingly expensive foodstuffs, while their government resorts to special measures to avoid running out of supplie... (photo: WN/Hend Fawzi)
Food price Increases ,K L ,Malaysia.
Commodities   Crude   Food   Photos   Prices  
 The News Tribune 
Food prices probably won't be coming down anytime soon
NEW YORK - As prices for crude oil and other commodities ease, consumers have gotten a small dose of relief at the gas pump. But don't expect less pain at the grocery counter. | Food inflation is here... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Powder Milk - Grocery - Food  Independent online 
Price squeeze puts farmers at risk
| The squeeze that bulk milk buyers are putting on dairy farmers is having a "catastrophic" effect and many are on the verge of being forced to leave the land. | At least 160 Western Cape dairy farmer... (photo: WN / hend)
Dairy   Farmers   Industry   Photos   Price  
Medicines  IRINnews 
IRAQ: Health Ministry cracks down on illegal medicines
web | Photo: IRIN BAGHDAD, 20 August 2008 (IRIN) - Iraq's Health Ministry is leading a crackdown on expired and illegally imported medicines which have flooded the Iraqi market since the US-led invasi... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Drugs   Health   Iraq   Photos   Society  
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Petron Petrol Station - Davao City - Philippines Independent online
Petrol price will drop - economist
| A "big drop" in the petrol price is expected in September, T-Sec economist Mike Schussler said on Wednesday. | "I see petrol dropping around R1 per litre - or even more... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Economy   Energy   Market   Petrol   Photos  
Buffaloes at Nakuru National Park; Kenya Africa; Wildlife (Justo Casal) Independent online
Ezemvelo staff in corruption probe
| At least 47 employees of Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife have been fingered in a forensic audit that followed allegations of fraud and corruption at the conservation bo... (photo: WN/Justo Casal)
Corruption   Finance   Photos   South Africa   Wildlife  
 South African President Thabo Mbeki giving a speech to District Six land claimants in Cape Town  Picture taken of Thabo Mbeki in 2001 in District Six, Cape Town, on the occasion of one of a number of "handing back District Six" ceremonies cg1 Independent online
State must improve lot of women, says Mbeki
| Government's interventions on women's empowerment need to be strengthened, President Thabo Mbeki said on Tuesday. | Addressing the annual women's parliament, he said ge... (photo: Public Domain)
Agriculture   Economy   Photos   South Africa   Women  
An Egyptian taxi driver Arab News
Egypt wants antiquated taxis off the roads
| Will Rasmussen I Reuters | THE Egyptian government wants Fawzi Zawar, 49, to give up his taxi. But Zawar, with a white moustache and white hair, is not about to let go ... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Cairo   Cars   Egypt   Photos   Taxis  
Virgin Atlantic The Daily Telegraph
Virgin set to sell Nigerian airline stake
| Virgin Atlantic is in discussions to sell its stake in Virgin Nigeria as its dispute with the government of the oil-rich West African state escalates. | The deal is als... (photo: GFDL / SuperJumbo)
Airline   Discussions   Nigerian   Photos   Virgin  
A store keeper sleeps at a wholesale commodities market in New Delhi, Wednesday May 7, 2008. Amid continuing concerns of high inflation, the Reserve Bank's Board of Governors is meeting Thursday to take stock of the situation arising out of high commodity prices, according to a news agency. The Times of India
Globalisation gains not for everyone
|                 NEW DELHI: Are developing countries benefiting as much as the developed countries from decades of global tr... (photo: AP / Saurabh Das)
Economy   Globalisation   Photos   Trade   WTO  
Wood - Timber - Trees - Trunk - Nature - Forestry - Logging. (ps1) The Australian
Probe of Papua New Guinea logging 'bribes'
| PAPUA New Guinea's anti-corruption watchdog is investigating the alleged payment of millions of dollars in bribes from the logging industry to ministers in the Governme... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Industry   Logging   Money   Papua New Guinea   Photos  
Levy Mwanawasa - am1 The Australian
Zambian President dies at 59
| ZAMBIAN President Levy Mwanawasa, who died last night aged 59, became a darling of the West by daring to criticise Robert Mugabe and keeping a tight rein on his country... (photo: Public Domain)
France   Photos   Politics   Society   Zambia  
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Politics Capital markets
- Ex-Togolese minister Agbobli 'died of poisoning'
- Small And Medium Enterprises Urged to Improve On Governance
- IFP: Remove ANC from power
- Mps adopt draft amendments to revolutionise parliament
- Nelson Mandela statue unveiled at prison where he completed
- Mugabe's govt: parliament to convene next week
 Secretary-General Kofi Annan (right) meets with Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, today at United Nations Headquarters.  ula1
Spanish people are in our prayers - Mbeki
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- Agency Licenses Projects Worth 94 Bln Birr Capital Last Budg
- The school days of tyrant Kim Jong-il revealed
- Zimbabwe's musical gold
- Kim Jong-il: School days of a tyrant
- Tullow rises on something new out of Africa
- JSE higher as commodity prices rebound
Businessmen pass Bear Stearns in New York on Friday, March 14, 2008. The Federal Reserve invoked a rarely used Depression-era procedure Friday to bolster troubled Bear Stearns Cos. and said it will provide even more help to combat a serious credit crisis. JPMorgan Chase is providing an undisclosed amount of secured funding to Bear for 28 days, backstopped by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
JPMorgan India plans first globally-invested fund
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Maritime & Offshore Free Trade
- Pirates seize 3 ships off Somalia in 1 day
- Pirates seize 3 ships off Somalia in 1 day
- Pirates seize two more ships off Somalia
- Third ship hijacked in a day off Somalia
- Pirates seize 3 ships off Somalia in 1 day
- Pirates Seize 3 Ships off Somalia in 1 Day
Fish - Fishes - Fishery Industry - Marine - Seafood. (ps1)
Govt to formulate fisheries policy
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- Globalisation gains not for everyone
- SADC Gives Free Trade Thumbs Up
- Free Trade Area to Bolster Regional Economic Integration
- Hariri warns against altering national dialogue agenda
- Free Trade Area Officially Launched
- Southern African nations launch free trade zone
A store keeper sleeps at a wholesale commodities market in New Delhi, Wednesday May 7, 2008. Amid continuing concerns of high inflation, the Reserve Bank's Board of Governors is meeting Thursday to take stock of the situation arising out of high commodity prices, according to a news agency.
Globalisation gains not for everyone
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Funds Management Entrepreneur
- Ecobank plans Africa's biggest share offer
- Ezemvelo staff in corruption probe
- DTB's pre-tax profit up 42%
- Fortune Fund Hits 40 Percent Price Rise in Seven Months
- Kenya re profits go up by 55 pc
- African property fund aims at $1bn
Buffaloes at Nakuru National Park; Kenya Africa; Wildlife (Justo Casal)
Ezemvelo staff in corruption probe
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- African-American history rests in silence of decaying Arkans
- Africans marvel, fret at China's immigrants
- Starting a Business Development Center in Nigeria
- Unido Doles U.S.$ 5 Million for Entrepreneur Bank
- Development Bank Grants Credit to Entrepreneurs of Luanda
- Kansas attorney general sues Chad Franklin Suzuki
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Dell says it's hit green milestone
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