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West Africa: Sharp Price Hikes Cause Alarm
25 May 2012, 10:12 am
[IRIN] Dakar/Ouagadougou - Unexpectedly sharp price rises in April for local cereals like millet, rice and maize in parts of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad mean many vulnerable people in the drought-hit Sahel could find it even harder to get enough to eat.
SAHEL: Sharp price hikes cause alarm
25 May 2012, 8:36 am
Unexpectedly sharp price rises in April for local cereals like millet, rice and maize in parts of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad mean many vulnerable people in the drought-hit Sahel could find it even harder to get enough to eat.
Olympic torch relay: the route, the torch and its bearers. Get the data
21 May 2012, 9:47 pm
On Saturday the Olympic torch began its meandering journey around the British Isles. Use our graphic to explore the route and browse a list of the thousands of torchbearers On Saturday the Olympic torch set out from Land's End, beginning its 70 day, 8,000 mile journey across the British Isles. 8,000 people, aged from 12 to 100, will each carry the flame somewhere along the way, with the relay ...
Talk of Chavez cancer downturn rattles Venezuela
4 May 2012, 8:42 am
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's absence from the spotlight, his creation of a formal advisory committee, and media leaks of medical details are feeding speculation of a downturn in his nearly year-long battle with cancer. With a presidential election looming for October 7 in the OPEC nation ruled by Chavez since 1999, Venezuelans are obsessively focused on his condition ...
Renault-Nissan sets Russian AvtoVAZ expansion
4 May 2012, 1:17 am
MOSCOW, May 4 — Renault and Japanese partner Nissan moved to expand in the growing Russian car market yesterday with a US$750-million (RM2.2 billion) deal that would give the French manufacturer effective control of Lada maker OAO AvtoVAZ. The tentative agreement to double the alliance’s 25-per cent stake via a joint venture with a Moscow state ...
Ghana's total debt up
3 May 2012, 5:34 am
Ghana's total debt increased by 10 per cent to GH¢23,608.5 million by the end of the second half of 2011. That represented 39.9 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).
UN Council to vote on Sudan crisis
2 May 2012, 4:55 am
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The UN Security Council hopes to vote Wednesday on a resolution that could threaten Sudan and South Sudan with sanctions if they do not stop fighting, diplomats said.
World - oil-fuelled
West Africa: Sharp Price Hikes Cause Alarm - AllAfrica.com
25 May 2012, 9:52 am
Ghana, too, has mounting consumption rates of these and other grains in its booming, oil-fuelled economy; and it has also been pushing agro-industrial development, including large poultry farms, which require grain as feed. The Niger-Nigeria price ...
One flame, 8,000 torchbearers - postnoon.com
18 May 2012, 3:19 am
There will, however, be up to four other “iterations” kept safe inside oil-fuelled Davy lamp-type devices. “We don’t call them ‘spares’,” a London 2012 spokeswoman insisted. “They’re all the same flame.” This is partly for security.
Ourview | India’s oil opportunity - Livemint.com
15 May 2012, 9:57 am
This is a vicious cycle: an oil-fuelled trade deficit creating pressure on the rupee and, in turn, this leading to higher cost of landed oil. Two, India—under US pressure—is reducing its oil purchases from Iran. Unless the entire bulk of its purchases ...
Talk of Chavez cancer downturn rattles Venezuela - KGMI
3 May 2012, 6:53 pm
Should the rumors be true - and they are fiercely denied by government officials - an end to the Chavez era would shake Venezuela and have major repercussions around Latin America where leftist allies like Cuba depend on his oil-fuelled largesse.
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