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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
(photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
The Press Democrat
| At a two-day China-Africa summit that began on Sunday, Wen Jiabao also said China would build 100 new clean energy projects for Africa over the same period as part of an effort to help the continent deal with climate change issues. | The pledges are part of China's increasing push into Africa, a d...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, second left, meets with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Rasmussen arrived in China on Monday for a six-day visit, during which he schedules to attend the seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Bei
(photo: AP / Peter Parks, Pool)
China to raise Africa aid despite financial crisis
China Daily
| SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: China will increase investment in and aid to African countries despite the effects of global economic crisis, according to draft agreements to be signed at a summit in Egypt on Sunday. | Premier Wen Jiabao will meet African leaders in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh,...
Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
The Boston Globe
| SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt-China's premier on Sunday pledged $10 billion in low interest loans to African nations over the next three years and said Beijing would cancel the government debts of some of the poorest of those countries, as the Asian powerh...
'Made in China' now made in Egypt
Middle East Online
| With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home. | The Chinese-owned Nile Textile Group has ...
Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
The Press Democrat
| At a two-day China-Africa summit that began on Sunday, Wen Jiabao also said China would build 100 new clean energy projects for Africa over the same period as part of an effort to help the continent deal with climate change issues. | The pledges ar...
Chinese Premier Pledges Funds, Aid To Africa
CBS News
Chinese Premier Pledged $10 Billion In Loans, Debt Forgiveness To African Nations | Font size Print E-mail Share | (AP) (AP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - China's premier says Beijing will provide $10 billion in new loans to African nations over the ...
Egypt's Pioneers to buy Beltone Financial
The Guardian
* Shares jump 9 percent in early trade * Analysts, investors see complementary businesses (adds Pioneers statement, share price, quotes) By Alastair Sharp CAIRO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Egyptian financial services firm Pioneers Holding said on Sunday it wo...
'Made in China' now made in Egypt
Business Report
| Port Said, Egypt - With cheap labour, investment incentives and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home. | The Chinese-owned Nile...
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks with United state President Prior to the start of the dinner at the G-8 meeting in L'Aquila Italy, July 9, 2009UN Handout  Madatory Credit Must read UN Photo/Mark Garten FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.
UN / Mark Garten
Security Council urges new Afghan government to improve security and fight corruption
Star Tribune
| UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's poli...
 Members of KBR Contracting place crates containing satellite-imaging equipment for the Joint Combat Camera Imagery Management Team, onto the roof of the Convention Center in Baghdad, Iraq. The equipment will be used to collect images throughout the regio
USAF File/TSgt. John Foster
KBR awarded training simulator contract by Saudi Kayan
Business Journal
KBR unit to work on Norwegian gas plant KBR named top key supplier by UK defense ministry KBR unit to generate power for N.C. energy complex | KBR Inc. has been awarded a contract ...
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Halliburton receives drilling contract for Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field
Star Tribune
| HOUSTON - Halliburton Co. said Friday it received a contract to drill and complete oil wells in Saudi Arabia's Ghawar field. | Halliburton said the Ghawar field is the worlds lar...
'Made in China' now made in Egypt
Inquirer
| PORT SAID, Egypt—With cheap labor, investment incentives, and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as an ideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition at home. | The Chinese-owned Nile T...
15 Nepali women stranded in S Arabia
The Himalayan
| KATHMANDU: Fifteen Nepali women have been stranded in Saudi Arabia after getting beaten up by their employers. They are taking shelter in a half-way house run by a Saudi charity since last week and hoping they return to Nepal soon. | Saudi Arabia i...
UN urges Karzai to fight corruption
Zeenews
United Nations: The UN Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections. | In a tepid ...
Economy
A section of Tehran's oil refinery is seen, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his remarks prior to his trip to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia where he is due to attend the OPEC summ
(photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Raising output not on OPEC agenda now-UAE oil min
The Guardian
DUBAI, Nov 7 (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Mohammed al-Hamli said on Saturday raising oil production was not currently on the agenda for OPEC. "Right now increasing production is not on the agenda," Hamli told reporters in Dubai. OPEC meets on Dec. 22 in Angola to decide on production policy. Both Venezuela and Iran have said the pr...



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