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Business and economy Russia ’s Gazprom and Ukraine ’s Naftogaz Ukrainy have agreed to set up two joint ventures, the Russian company said after a meeting between its CEO Alexei Miller and Ukrainian Fuel and Energy Minister Yuri Boiko. (ITAR) [permanent dead link ] Disasters 21 people are killed and several states declare a state of emergency after torrential rains in Venezuela. (El ...
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International relations A diplomatic cable newly released from the British National Archives, dated 1980, claims that Israel would be "ready to use their atomic weapon" in any further war against its adversaries. (AFP via Google News) (Ynetnews) (Morning Star) (ABC News) (The Jerusalem Post) An international aid convoy from Asia enters Gaza, though Iranian and Jordanian members of the flotilla ...
Business and economy Estonia, one of the Baltic republics of the former Soviet Union, adopts the euro as its official currency, becoming the 17th country to do so. (Reuters) Disasters Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas ; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours of ...
Business and economics Thousands of students march peacefully through Rome as part of nationwide demonstrations in Italy prior to a Senate vote which threatens education funds. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) The World Bank stops financing Côte d'Ivoire. (Al Jazeera) Disasters A UN Development Programme report concludes that Aceh's recovery from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami is "beyond ...
Business and economy Toyota agrees to pay the US government $32.4 million over its handling of car recalls in 2010 where over 10 million cars were recalled worldwide, over 14 separate recalls. (BBC) BSKYB takeover The European Commission approves News Corporation's bid to take full control of British satellite broadcaster BSkyB. However, the deal will be reviewed by Ofcom before a final ...
Disasters A stretch of beach in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, re-opens after a series of shark attacks. (AP) Floods across South America: Panama experiences its heaviest ever rains, with the Panama Canal shut for the first time due to weather. Millions of people are affected across the region, and there are deaths, including in Colombia and Venezuela. (Al Jazeera) Residents are ordered to evacuate ...
Disasters and accidents A house fire in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, kills five children. (Xinhua) (Sify India) Due to recent floods in Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez announces the erection in his garden of a Bedouin tent given as a gift by Muammar al-Gaddafi from which he is to live and govern to make room for more homeless families in his presidential palace at Miraflores. 25 families ...