Tag Archives: France
Food security and price-stability set to top G8 agriculture talks
Treviso, Italy – Food security and efforts to stabilize global food prices were set to dominate the first-ever meeting of agriculture ministers from the Group of Eight (G8) which began Saturday. But the potentially divisive issue of protectionism was also … Continue reading
UN Security Council wrestles over North Korea resolution
New York – The five veto-wielding powers and Japan continued wrestling Monday over Japan’s insistence on a sharpened UN resolution against North Korea for testing a ballistic missile over the weekend. The UN ambassadors from the United States, Russia, China, … Continue reading
British foreign secretary arrives in Basra
aghdad – British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Basra on Monday leading a delegation of British investors and businessmen to explore investment opportunities in Iraq, the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency reported. VOI cited Basra media spokesperson Aqeel … Continue reading
French police find 500 kilos of ETA explosives
Madrid – French police have discovered 500 kilograms of explosives which were believed to have been stored by the militant Basque separatist group ETA, Spanish police sources said Monday. The explosives were found in a garage in the south-eastern French … Continue reading
India to begin fighter jet trials soon
India will soon begin trials of fighter jets competing for one of the world’s biggest arms deals, a defence ministry official said on Thursday, brushing aside speculation the upcoming election could affect the deal. Last year, six international companies submitted … Continue reading
France, Brazil to propose system of world governance
Paris, April 1 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that their countries were preparing a proposal for a new world governance to prevent future economic crises caused by a lack … Continue reading
India gets first consignment of uranium post-NSG clearance
Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) India has started benefiting from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) clearance for supply of nuclear fuel with the first consignment of 60 tonnes of uranium from France landing at the Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC) here. This … Continue reading
EUR/USD Daily Commentary for 4.8.09
The EUR/USD is strengthening after yesterday’s large losses in the wake of a better than expected trade balance number out of Germany coupled with encouraging German factory orders data. Germany’s trade balance seems to be bottoming out, indicating stabilization in … Continue reading →