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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks with Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov during their meeting in the city of Astrakhan in southern Russia, Monday, Aug. 17, 2009.
(photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service)
Gazprom to double gas purchases in Azerbaijan
RBC News
|       RBC, 03.09.2010, Baku 13:56:58.Gazprom and State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) have signed a supplemental agreement to the existing contract on the sale and purchase of Azerbaijan's natural gas, the Russian energy monopoly's press office reported today. Acco...
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris
(photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
The New York Times
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to reduce costs. | The job cuts, which represent about 2 percent of the remaining workforce, would affect staff working in its tech...
Run on Kabul Bank puts Afghan finances in jeopardy
The Times Of India
KABUL: One of the principal owners of the Afghan bank at the center of an accelerating financial crisis here said depositors had withdrawn $180 million in the past two days. He predicted a "revolution" in the country's financial system unless the Afg...
U.S. Provides Clean Water to Flood-Affected Citizens of Pakistan
redOrbit
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided 13 mobile water treatment units to support the Government of Pakistan's flood relief effort. These water treatment units are ...
Report: Blackwater created 30 shell companies to get gov't work after Iraq shootings
Hartford Courant
— The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in , reported Friday. | T...
Report: Blackwater created 30 shell companies to get gov't work after Iraq shootings
Star Tribune
| WASHINGTON - The security company Blackwater Worldwide formed a network of 30 shell companies and subsidiaries to try to get millions of dollars in government business after the company faced strong criticism for reckless conduct in Iraq, the New Y...
In front of a portrait of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's surface-to-surface Shahab-2, left, and Zelzal, center, missiles are displayed by Revolutionary Guards to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2007. Iran begun a week of celebration "Sacred Defence Week" on Saturday to mark the 27th anniversary of the onset of its war with Iraq, which left more than one million casualties on both side
AP / Vahid Salemi
Beneath Iraq, Afghan, Israel Policy: Iran, Iran, Iran
Wall Street Journal
| When President Barack Obama speaks to the nation Tuesday night about Iraq, he'll be marking the removal of American combat troops from that nation, an important milestone. But hi...
Brick Factory- India
WN / Aruna Mirasdar
AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq
Kansas City Star
Kim Gamel This Saturday, July 24, 2010 photo shows fences and barbed wire for a U.S.-funded prison in Khan Bani Saad, Iraq, northeast of Baghdad. This site is among hundreds of pro...
Morocco -  Tourism - Travel. December 2009
WN / marzena
Globetrotting Ramadan trends
Khaleej Times
Last week I began a virtual tour of Ramadan around the world, inspired by the stories of my Moroccan, Pakistani and US-based colleagues at Search for Common Ground, a non-profit co...
Germany signals hands-off approach to RWE Iraq deal
The Guardian
* Deal aims to develop infrastructure for export to Europe * Germany won't say if deal legal after Baghdad contests * RWE says seeking dialogue, aware of sensitivities By Brian Rohan BERLIN, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Germany signalled on Friday that it woul...
Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan
Philadelphia Daily News
| The Associated Press | MOSCOW - Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics. | Gazprom and the State Oil and Gas Company of Azerbaijan sig...
Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan
Wtop
| MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics. | Gazprom and the State Oil and Gas Company of Azerbaijan signed an agreement t...
Economy
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris
(photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
The New York Times
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to reduce costs. | The job cuts, which represent about 2 percent of the remaining workforce, would affect staff working in its technology department and in administration. They foll...
Money
Pakistanis displaced by flooding plead for handouts during an aid  distribution by the Pakistani Air Force at a temporary camp set up for residents who had to flee their homes in Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.
(photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
The Star
| LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing renewed militant violence. Flood victims left without receiving aid for three days reach for food handouts donated by a group calling themselves Muslim b...



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