Posts Tagged ‘ Foreign ’

UAE urges citizens to stay away from Lebanon

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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates urged its citizens to stay away from Lebanon on Saturday, citing security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by sectarian tensions in neighboring Syria has unsettled areas near a northern port. A UAE Foreign Ministry official urged all those already in Lebanon – a favorite destination...

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Bahrain, Qatar, UAE urge citizens to stay away from Lebanon

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates urged their citizens to stay away from Lebanon, citing security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by sectarian tensions in neighboring Syria has unsettled areas near a northern port. The three Gulf states' Foreign Ministries urged all those already in Lebanon – a...

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Australian FM China talks dominated by US military ties

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Australian FM China talks dominated by US military ties

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s first visit to China has been dominated by concerns over Canberra’s ties to Washington with Beijing criticising their close military alliance, according to reports. (rwad on here …)

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Australia minister seeks to build China ties on visit

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Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Saturday the controversial deployment of US Marines in his country had not provoked a strong response from Beijing. (rwad on here …)

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China Issues New Rules to Foreign Auditing Firms

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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG will have to hire Chinese citizens under new rules set by China’s Finance Ministry. (the story here…)

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India Needs Course Correction to Lure Foreign Investment

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Just because you can now go to Dunkin’ Donuts in New Delhi, with the first Starbucks soon to follow, doesn’t mean it’s morning for foreign investors in India. In fact, judging by some of the government’s recent moves, dawn has been postponed by a few years. (read the story …)

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Azubalis calls on UAE entrepreneurs to invest in Lithuania

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DUBAI – On May 7, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis, who is on a working visit to the United Arab Emirates , opened a Lithuania-UAE business forum at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and called upon entrepreneurs to invest into Lithuania, the MFA said. (get the story…)

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China ignores questions on expelled reporter

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s usually staid news briefing showed some spark, with 14 out of 18 questions concerning the first expulsion of a foreign journalist from the country in more than a dozen years. (rwad on here …)

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Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board Approves Holloman's Terra Nova Farm-Out

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HOUSTON — Holloman Energy Corporation is pleased to announce that Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board ("FIRB") has approved its Cooper Basin farm-out transaction with Terra Nova Minerals … (get the story…)

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Israel's Lieberman heads for Berlin

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will leave on Sunday for Berlin where he will meet senior officials and the head of the Jewish community in the German capital, his office said in a statement. (the story here…)

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