Export gains were at a 10-month low and imports dropped after a crackdown on fake trade invoices while fixed-asset investment growth slowed and new yuan loans declined.
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Apparently impoverished Chinese scrape by the money to buy heavy industrial equipment and then come to Africa to illegally tear up the jungle in search of Gold. More than 50,000 Chinese goldminers have been to Ghana since 2005.
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“Given the crackdown by Russian authorities on groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, I have regretfully decided to cancel my upcoming concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg in June,” a statement on Mark Knopfler’s website says.
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The head of the agency in Russia, Sergei Nikitin, told The New York Times by telephone from Moscow Kremlin officials arrived at the agency’s office unexpectedly. They demanded a list of documents that were already on file with the government.
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Bill calls for regulatory agencies that could impose sanctions for breaches
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Despite Bahrain’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the U.S. has continued to provide weapons and maintenance to the small Mideast nation.
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In light of this, EU lawmakers want to reduce the role of credit rating agencies in rating the creditworthiness of governments, and the new rules include a cap on unsolicited sovereign ratings at three per year.
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This is the “democratically elected” regime led by a former IMF shill, Ouattara, that the West helped into power. It’s military is lashing out at the former backers of Presidential predecessor Gbagbo and everybody else in Ivory coast or so it seems.
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There is precious little news coming out of the oil rich Shi-ite east of Saudi Arabia where there have been violent protest against the Sunni al Saud royal house.
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Recall those scenes of people celebrating in the middle east by firing weapons in the air?. Now it is going to be illegal to do so in Russia. Even with rubber bullets.
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