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Saudi-Iran Tensions Fret MidEast-Syrian Peace Progress. The international community is calling for calm in the Middle East as tensions rise between Saudi Arabia and Iran
Continue reading It’s official: Nokia Sets January 14 as Date to Take Control of Alcatel-Lucent. Will delist Alcatel-Lucent from NYSE as well as deregister Alcatel-Lucent from under US Securities laws.
Continue reading Ahead of its historic meeting in Kenya this week, members of the World Trade Organization General Council decided on a pact aimed at addressing trade-related challenges faced by small vulnerable economies.
The agreement, which will be adopted by members during the WTO 10th Ministerial Conference in Nairobi this week, calls for integration of small vulnerable economies or least developed countries into the multilateral trading system. The draft proposal was presented last month by Committee on Trade and Development, a special committee of the organization assigned to review proposals submitted by members on a course of actions regarding trade issues.
Continue reading The United States Export Import Bank is open for business once again after five months of waiting for reapproval from the U.S. Congress. The news followed several months of negotiations and political wrangling among members of U.S. Congressional caucus and Senate which resulted in the five-month lapse of the EXIM Bank operation.
Continue reading Obama Reassures America of Ongoing Efforts to Destroy Terrorists But Urges Citizens to Resist Religious Phobia Against American Muslims. He underscored that “the threat from terrorism is real”, but said America “will overcome it. We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us. Our success wont depend on tough talk or abandon gin our values, or giving into fear. Instead, we will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless and by drawing upon every aspect of American power.”
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