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July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of developing countries confronted advanced nations with a demand for a greater role in the management of the global economy, signaling the drift in power away from the financially distressed West.
Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been hailed as necessary for middle-income countries that wish to secure the best possible access for their products to the European Union (EU) market, a senior European Commission (EC) official has said.
Local civil society groups have said that Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, which are now being referred to as BLS countries in SADC’s Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations with the European Union (EU), signed the agreements under pressure from the European bloc.
AS the protests have mounted against the June 28 military coup that deposed the elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, the role of the US in supporting the coup leaders has become increasingly exposed.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders agreed Thursday to nominate Jose Manuel Barroso officially for a second five-year term as European Commission president to put pressure on the European Parliament to approve him.
(Corrects July 9 story to remove erroneous Reinfeldt quote on Barroso approval by European Parliament)
* Nikkei falls 5.4 pct for the week, worst since late Jan
At 40, Chris Boardman is perhaps not old enough, or grey enough, to be described as the eminence grise of British cycling, and yet the man who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Olympics, who broke the world hour record three times, and who also wore the yellow jersey in the Tour de France three times, looms large over this unprecedented era of success. And with Mark Cavendish and ...
European Union leaders agreed yesterday to nominate Jose Manuel Barroso officially for a second five-year term as European Commission president to put pressure on the European Parliament to approve him.
The European Union should replace its arms embargo on China with a more selective approach, Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said on Thursday.
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