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...
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...
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...
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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 "...
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....
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,...
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...
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 ...