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INSIGHT-As economy flounders, Vietnam banks on debt cleanup
ReutersBy Martin Petty HANOI, May 3 (Reuters) - When Nguyen Manh Hung's furniture company Phuc Luc was bustling, orders flew in from wealthy Vietnamese who sought his hand-crafted beds, cabinets and tables, netting him $25,000 a month after costs and wages...Tags: Stock Market, Government, AMC (tv network), Thailand, World Bank Group
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BP delays Algeria projects as security, terms deter investors
Reuters* Security costs jump after deadly desert attack * Company sources say better contract terms needed * Amended hydrocarbon law unattractive - energy firms * Global competition due to grow as gas projects start By Julia Payne and Peg Mackey LONDON, May...Tags: Algeria, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Elections, Bob Dudley, Norway
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LETTER: Doesn't Trust MDC, UConn Over Water
I was stunned -- no, incredulous after reading the op-ed by Tim Curtis of the Metropolitan District Commission "Piping MDC Water To UConn Makes Sense" [May 5, Opinion]. Here is my take: We have a quasi-public agency that is a nest for political...Tags: Conservation, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues
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Once-Sullied State Has Come Far
This state has taken healthy steps in recent years on its journey from being known as "Corrupticut," an unlikely center of white-collar crime and political evil-doing, back to plain old Connecticut, the land of steady and, dare we say, law-abiding habits....Tags: Punishment, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Justice System, Waterbury, Lawyers
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FEATURE-Kuwait making tentative steps to connect with youth
Reuters* Ministers reach out to bloggers after protests * Young officials want economic reform in oil-rich Kuwait * Bureaucracy, corruption, politics stall development By Sylvia Westall KUWAIT, May 8 (Reuters) - On a January afternoon in Kuwait City, a group...Tags: Government, Elections, Kuwait, Pension and Welfare, Petroleum Industry
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Top court says Indian government meddled in graft investigation
Reuters(.) By Annie Banerji and Frank Jack Daniel NEW DELHI, May 8 (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court accused the government on Wednesday of interfering in a police investigation into the allocation of commercial coalfields, in a damning indictment of political...Tags: Government, National Government, Elections, Metal and Mineral, Coal
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A lifeline for the poor
Critics of a federal program that provides free cellphones to thousands of Maryland residents who can't afford regular commercial service are right that some recipients who don't qualify for the benefit are taking advantage of the system. But there's no...Tags: Barack Obama, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Chevron to appeal imprisonment of Indonesia contractor
ReutersBy Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching environmental laws, citing irregularities in the investigation and trial,...Tags: Jakarta (Indonesia), Trials, Biotechnology, Science and Technology, Southeast Asia
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CORRECTED-Chevron criticises imprisonment of Indonesian contractor
Reuters(Corrects headline and first paragraph saying Chevron itself would appeal) By Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Oil firm Chevron on Wednesday criticised the sentencing of one of its Indonesian subcontractors to five years in jail for breaching...Tags: Jakarta (Indonesia), Biotechnology, Trials, Science and Technology, Southeast Asia
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Sea cucumbers, abalone off the menu in China frugality drive
ReutersBy Kevin Yao and Megha Rajagopalan BEIJING, May 8 (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping's crackdown on Chinese government extravagance has emptied top-end restaurants and dented the sale of expensive food and drink, putting downward pressure on the world's...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Government, Think Tanks, National Government, Beijing (China)
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South Sudan set to pay Sudan $2 billion in oil fees by 2015: IMF
ReutersKHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan looked set to receive $2 billion in oil pipeline fees from South Sudan by the end of 2014 and should prioritize overhauling its agricultural sector with the money, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday. Sudan...Tags: Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, Politics, International Monetary Fund
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COLUMN - Russia's reckoning
Reuters(John Lloyd is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By John Lloyd May 7 (Reuters) - Russia is now in a hard, even dangerous, place. A series of shocks are coming, and it is not well placed to weather them. It has, to be sure, little debt:...Tags: Government Ministers, Government, Dmitry Medvedev, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, European Union
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