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Brazil/Angola Culture House Launches Literature Project

Luanda — A project named Sopa de Letrinhas will be launched on Wednesday, in Luanda, by Brazil-Angola culture house, meant to promote reading for children, Angop has learnt. According to a press note delivered to Angop, the...

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DRC Ambassador Stresses Luanda/Kinshasa Relations

The relations between Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are considered as excellent and privileged ties, according to the neighbouring country's ambassador to Angola, Eric Paluku Kamavu.

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Angola unlikely to open new oil licence tender

LUANDA, June 29 (Reuters) - Angola is unlikely to open a tender for new oil exploration licences in 2009 due to low oil prices, a board member for state-run oil firm Sonangol said on Monday. The last tender for oil licences was...

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Africa: AU States Contributions in Arrears Estimated At U.S. $127 Million

Luanda — At least USD 41 million is the sum of in arrears in contributions from member States of the African Union (AU) in 2008 and about USD 86 million are for this year, which totalise USD 127 million. These data are part of...

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Danaos Corporation Takes Delivery of Its 41st Containership Vessel (Marketwire)

Danaos Corporation (NYSE:DAC - News) announced today that on June 26, 2009, it took delivery of one more containership, the Zim Luanda, expanding its operational fleet to a total of 41 containerships aggregating 165,933 TEU....

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Angola: Deputy Minister Praises Public Newspaper's Online Service

Luanda — The improvement in graphics and information contents in the new online service of the state-owned daily newspaper Jornal de Angola will help readers to have diversified and facilitated information. This was said on...

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Angola: President Dos Santos Considers Meeting With Russian Colleague as Positive

Luanda — The Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, considered as very profitable the meeting he held on Friday in Luanda with his Russian counterpart, Dimitri Medvedev. "It was very impressing the way the Russian leader...

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Angola: Unap Trains Disabled By Landmines in Ceramics

Luanda — The National Union of Plastic Artists (UNAP) intends to train as from this year disabled people who are victims of landmines in the discipline of ceramic. This was said on Friday in Luanda by the secretary general of...

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Angola: FAO Director General Expected Sunday

The director general of the UN Food and Agriculture organization "FAO", Jacques Diouf, is arriving sunday on a two-day official visit in the framework of the organization of the 26th regional conference for Africa to be hosted...

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Angola: Public University Trains 3000 Higher Technicians

LuandaAngola's state-run Agostinho Neto University (UAN) trained in the last academic term, for the first time since independence, 3000 higher technicians. This was said on Saturday in Luanda by the Chancellor of the...

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