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WRAPUP 1-Mexico industrial output plummets, cenbank worried on growth
Reuters* Industrial output plummets 4.9 percent compared to last year * Fall is largest annual decline since October 2009 * Central bank sees downside growth risks By Alexandra Alper and Michael O'Boyle MEXICO CITY, May 10 (Reuters) - Mexican industrial...Tags: Central Bank, Industrial Production, Inflation and Deflation, Productivity, Mexico
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ACTUALIZA 2-Inflación de México se acelera más en abril, efecto es transitorio
Reuters* Alza de transporte público, compensada parcialmente por electricidad * Banxico prevé que indicador modere tasa a partir del 3er trimestre (Agrega detalles, comentario de analistas) Por Luis Rojas MEXICO DF, 9 mayo (Reuters) - La inflación... -
Slow western growth, geopolitical risks haunt emerging Europe
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Stuck between sluggish economies in the west and rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East, emerging European countries are struggling to attract investment and boost growth. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will...Tags: Egypt, Hungary
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Climate change may bring drought to temperate areas, study says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON — Climate change may increase the risk of extreme rainfall in the tropics and drought in the world's temperate zones, according to a new study led by NASA. "These results in many ways are the worst of all possible worlds," said Peter...Tags: Weather Statistics, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), NASA, Science and Technology, Pacific Ocean
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Libya to help ease Egypt crisis with $1.2 bln oil deal
Reuters* Interest free credit oil deal to last a year * Aid will help Egypt avoid further shortages and unrest * Foreign oil firms cut Egypt supplies over credit worries * Tripoli seeking extradition of Gaddafi cousin from Egypt By Jessica Donati and...Tags: Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, Egypt, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, International Monetary Fund, Central Bank
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Jews revive annual pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue
ReutersBy Tarek Amara DJERBA, Tunisia, April 27 (Reuters) - Africa's oldest synagogue is playing host to that rarity in the Arab world - a religious gathering of hundreds of Jews drawn from Europe and Israel. Guarded by armed Tunisian police, Jewish...Tags: Africa, Judaism, Islam, Zine el Abidine ben Ali, Religion and Belief
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UN council extends contentious W.Sahara peacekeeping mission
ReutersUNITED NATIONS, April 25 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council renewed a peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara on Thursday after the United States backed down in an annual battle with Morocco, backed by France, over whether peacekeepers should...Tags: Justice and Rights, Petroleum Industry, Amnesty International, Morocco, United Nations
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Occidental Petroleum says first-quarter profit fell 13%
Los Angeles-based Occidental Petroleum, one of the largest crude oil producers in the country, said its first-quarter profit fell but beat expectations as the company tried to cut costs and manage lower prices for natural gas. The earnings report...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Petroleum Industry, Africa, Energy Resources, Stephen I. Chazen
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Future of historical site still in question
The fate of the historic Wintersburg site remains unclear after a vote by the Huntington Beach Planning Commission to do further studies into a request to change the property's zoning. Wintersburg was the site of a Japanese American community that began...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest
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In Mali, scribe keeps an ancient calling alive
BAMAKO, Mali — Homemade twig pens stand like off-duty soldiers in a jar on Boubacar Sadeck's worktable. The morning sun steals into a room stuffed with a jumble of papers, ink bottles and stretched animal hides. He sits thoughtfully before a blank...
Tags: South Africa, Africa, Islam, Mali, Science and Technology
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Car bomb explodes at French Embassy in Libya
CAIRO -- A car bomb exploded at the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, injuring three people and raising the specter that Islamist militants were seeking retribution for France’s military strikes against extremists in the West African...
Tags: Libya, Emergency Incidents, Explosions, France, Francois Hollande
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Coachella 2013: Down deep in the dance grooves
The heaviest place to be at Coachella 2013, from a sound perspective, wasn't in the sweet spot of the Main Stage rig while Phoenix was preparing for the arrival of R. Kelly, or at the heart of the Sahara stage during Baauer's big, dumb, joyous set of beat...
Tags: Major Lazer (music group), Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Music Industry, Electronics, Disc Jockeys
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