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Official: APEC to call for keeping market openness to tide over financial crisis

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6 hrs ago 23 related
        

LIMA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- APEC will issue a statement after the leaders' meeting this weekend, calling for keeping market openness as an effective measure to tide over the ongoing international financial crisis, Elizabeth...

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Peru ready to receive APEC leaders

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7 hrs ago 12 related
        

LIMA, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Four days before the APEC leaders' meeting, Peru is ready to receive leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Coopeation (APEC) member economies. The Peruvian government has made great efforts to present...

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Indonesian Agricultural Minister vs Orangutans

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50 mins ago 1 related
        

Minister defends expansion of oil palm plantations Hyginus Hardoyo, The Jakarta Post, Denpasar Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono on Tuesday defended Indonesia's drive to expand oil palm plantations, despite a demand by...

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Queensland pilot faces jail

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A QUEENSLAND pilot who went on trial in Indonesia yesterday charged with violating flight regulations faces up to five years in jail if convicted. William Henry Scott Bloxam, 62, of Horn Island, in the Torres Strait, was...

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UN data point to lower emissions

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The United Nations released its latest global emissions figures on Monday, providing cause for hope and concern just two weeks before the world's environment ministers meet in Poznan, Poland, to discuss the creation of a new...

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Survey: APEC annual forum to boost Peru's development

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LIMA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Some 68 percent of Peruvians believed that the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum would help the country boost its development, a survey showed on Sunday. Most people spoke highly of...

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New on Gulf's shopping list: Foreigners' farmland

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Unable to feed themselves, and with local supplies of water close to exhaustion, some of the Arab Gulf states are buying or renting land in countries such as Pakistan and Cambodia, hoping to ensure food supplies.

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Australians facing jail in Papua

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A CHRISTIAN missionary is largely responsible for the nightmare facing five Australians who have been detained in Papua for three months and face possible prison sentences after illegally landing their light plane in the...

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Conflict in PNG between govt and landowners over REDD carbon trading

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The government of Papua New Guinea is facing criticism over its plan to seek compensation via the carbon market for protecting the country's rainforests, reports Australian Broadcasting Corporation News (ABC News).

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greenpeace.org: Burnt forest: the result of Sinar Mas greenpeace.org

Palm oil giant destroying national park in Borneo

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The Esperanza is now anchored in Singapore harbour and there will be a few days of ship operations - taking on supplies and fuel, doing essential maintenance, that kind of thing. But all that's happening without me. I...

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