Sudan: Lessons From Country's Oil Challenge
                   
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23-Sep-2008 1 related
        

Posted to the web 23 September 2008 Badru Mulumba Entire villages have been uprooted to make way for oil firms to dig sand out of the ground for the oil roads. Millions of trees have been cut, with their proceeds not seen anywhere. And hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced without compensation. At a hotel by the Nile, politicians and civil society representatives from oil producing regions wax... [read full story]                    

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freerepublic.com: This undated picture taken at an unknown location shows the Saudi oil supertanker MV Sirius Star, which has been hijacked by Somali pirates. freerepublic.com

World's ships held to ransom by pirates' growing greed

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Even by the outlaw standards of Somalia, the mayhem being created by its pirates is extraordinary. This weekend, as negotiations reportedly continue over a $25m ransom demand for the return of a Saudi Arabian supertanker...

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Papers consider effect of VAT cut

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14 hrs ago 11 related
        

Many of the Sunday papers look ahead to Monday's pre-budget report and agree the Chancellor is planning to cut VAT in an effort to kick-start the economy. The Independent on Sunday says no-one knows if reducing VAT from 17.5%...

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Simon Calder: Cuba as risky as Darfur? Don't make me laugh

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Travel, like life in general, requires judicious risk management, ranging from "Am I a strong enough swimmer to cope with those currents?" and "Should I really have that extra drink?" to "What countries are too dangerous to...

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ENAR condemns racist violence against Roma in Hungary and the Czech Republic

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Brussels, 22.11.2008, 09:09, (ENAR) - The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) strongly condemns the recent violent attacks against Roma in the Czech Republic and Hungary and urges the Czech authorities to put an end to such...

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