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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during a meeting with lawmakers at the presidency in Tehran, Iran.
(photo: AP / ISNA, Alireza Sotakbar)
Iran MPs back Ahmadinejad budget, despite harsh criticism
Daily Star Lebanon
| By A.F. Al Hajj | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | Reza Derakhshi | Reuters | TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark ru...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in an open session of parliament to debate on his nominees for the posts of three new government ministers, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. The parliament has approved President Ahmadinejad's choices for the posts of interior, roads and economy ministers. Since coming to office in 2005, Ahmadinejad has replaced nine ministers to strengthen his control over the administ
(photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget
Khaleej Times
TEHRAN - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark runaway inflation. | 'It was approved,' speaker Ali Larijani said. The Mehr news agency said 151 depu...
Azerbaijan launches $6 bln oil project to prolong ACG
The Guardian
* BP-led project to explore western part of Chirag field * Area estimated to contain reserves of 360 million barrels * Production could start in Nov 2013 - SOCAR * Chinese firms could take stake (Adds source on Chinese interest) By Lada Yevgrashina B...
Pakistan stocks end higher as rupee weakens
Gulf News
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Iran MPs back Ahmadinejad budget, despite harsh criticism
Daily Star Lebanon
| By A.F. Al Hajj | Tuesday, March 09, 2010 | - Powered by | Reza Derakhshi | Reuters | TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the pla...
Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget
Khaleej Times
TEHRAN - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark runaway inflation. | 'It was approved,' speaker Ali...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim, right, and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva shake hands after a meeting in Brasilia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010.
AP / Eraldo Peres
Brazil rebuffs US, goes own way on Iran
China Daily
| BRASILIA, Brazil: Brazil rebuffed a US appeal for new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, vowing during a visit from US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton not to "...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad talks to supporters during a rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi (freedom) Square in Tehran, Iran
AP / Vahid Salemi
Ahmadinejad: Capitalist greed behind global crisis
The Siasat Daily
| Tehran, March 03: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West....
Fruits - Mango
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Four-year project to boost mango exports
The News International
Monday, March 01, 2010 | By Alauddin Masood | The export of Pakistani mangoes is likely to receive a great boost following the launch of a four year project, aimed at helping farms...
Iraq extends gas MOU with Shell - oil minister
The Guardian
* Shell agreed to changes, says minister * Deal would capture vast amounts of gas (Adds details, background) BAGHDAD, March 7 (Reuters) - Iraq has extended a memorandum of understanding with Royal Dutch Shell on a natural gas venture around the south...
Iraq's trade ministry hit by £2.6 billion fraud
The Times
| Rampant government corruption emerged as one of the biggest issues in the election campaign, with the exposure of a huge fraud at the trade ministry. | Sabah al-Saadi, head of the Iraqi parliament's anti-corruption committee, said documents showed ...
Middle East oil demand to outpace world
Daily Star Lebanon
| Top crude exporting countries continue to spend petrodollars to boost economies | Saturday, March 06, 2010 | - Powered by | Luke Pachymuthu and Jennifer Tan | Reuters | DUBAI/SINGAPORE: Middle East oil demand could grow by nearly 5 percent in 2010,...
Economy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in an open session of parliament to debate on his nominees for the posts of three new government ministers, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. The parliament has approved President Ahmadinejad's choices for the posts of interior, roads and economy ministers. Since coming to office in 2005, Ahmadinejad has replaced nine ministers to strengthen his control over the administ
(photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget
Khaleej Times
TEHRAN - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned cuts in subsidies could spark runaway inflation. | 'It was approved,' speaker Ali Larijani said. The Mehr news agency said 151 deputies out of 290 approved the outlines of the budge...
Money
A Chinese soldier's face is tangled in the flag he holds during a welcome ceremony for South Korean President Lee Myung-bak in Beijing's Tiananmen Square Tuesday May 27, 2008. Lee is in China for talks that will include North Korea's nuclear program and boosting bilateral economic
(photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
U.S. Envoys in Beijing to Smooth 'Bumpy Path'
The New York Times
| BEIJING — Two senior United States officials arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for meetings aimed at smoothing relations with Beijing after months of economic and political disputes. | The officials, Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg and Jeffrey A. Bader, the senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, are to ...



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