MOSCOW - Russia is concluding talks with Saudi Arabia on selling 30 Mi-171B helicopters, a source close to the negotiations said on Tuesday according to RIA Novosti.
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Nairobi/Brussels - If the Chadian government wants to avoid further impoverishment and destabilisation of the country, it must reform its management of oil revenues.
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Canadian corporations earned $50.2 billion in operating profits in the second quarter of 2009, down 6.4% from the previous quarter.
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The European Union counter-piracy task group commander, Dutch Navy Commodore Pieter Bindt, visited the Combined Task Force 151 flagship USS Anzio at sea to discuss counter piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.
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TUCSON, Ariz. | United Arab Emirates air force pilots and maintainers are participating in the Red Flag exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for the first time Aug. 22 through Sept. 5.
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In 2008, the operating revenue of private radio broadcasters rose 5.6% to $1.6 billion (current dollars) and their profits before interest and taxes increased 12.2% to $336.5 million.
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In June, 816,600 people received regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits, up 5.1% (+39,500) from a month earlier. Provincially, the largest percentage increases occurred in Alberta, British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
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NATO and Ukraine took their relationship to a higher level by the signing of a “Declaration to Complement the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership between NATO and Ukraine” at NATO Headquarters on 21 August
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Retail sales in current dollars rose in June, increasing 1.0% to $34.4 billion. Most of the gain was driven by higher prices, especially for gasoline, as retail sales in volume terms increased 0.4%.
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A 29-year-old man is charged with possession for the purposes of trafficking after about 26 kilograms of khat -- an amphetamine-like substance -- was found in two suitcases at Calgary airport, Canada.
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