PORT OF SPAIN - This year’s Summit of the Americas takes place in the context of the worst global economic crisis in generations. While the crisis began in developed countries, its effects are hitting emerging and developing economies with increasing severity.
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A Danish national was secretly questioned by US agents in Africa while his family were left to think he was dead, reports the respected Copenhagen Post.
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Manufacturing sales increased 2.2% to $42.9 billion, the first increase since July 2008. Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts industries in Ontario were behind most of the gains in February, following widespread slowdowns and shutdowns in January.
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French police were questioning on Wednesday, April 15, 2009, three Somali pirates who were brought to France after being captured by commandos during a hostage rescue operation in the Indian Ocean.
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A French warship with an EU anti-piracy force intercepted on Wednesday April 15, 2009, what was described as a pirate mother-ship and arrested 11 gunmen whom they had been pursuing since the previous day after they had tried to seize a merchant ship
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Somali pirates released a Greek cargo ship with a 24-man crew in the Gulf of Aden, the Greek merchant marine ministry confirmed. The vessel was actually seized on March 18 and released yesterday, Tuesday, April, 14, 2009, but sailed free during the night
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In 2005, 34% of Canadian nurses providing direct care in hospitals or long-term care facilities reported having been physically assaulted by a patient in the previous year, and 47% reported emotional abuse.
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Merchandise exports and imports both advanced in February 2009 following three months of rapid declines. Exports rose 5.2% to $33.1 billion as all sectors increased and auto makers resumed production.
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Somali Elders and parents of the four pirates, who are holding Capt. Richard Phillips, the captain of a American merchant vessel hostage in a life-boat entangled in the stand-off with the US-American Navy, have vowed to solve the problem peacefully.
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Shipowners navigating the Gulf of Aden are seeing insurance premiums for kidnap and ransom increase tenfold as piracy escalates, said Chicago-based global insurance broker Aon Risk Services on Thursday, April 9, 2009, one day after Somali pirates hijacked a U.S. cargo ship.
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