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Sudan approved a 10-billion dollar budget for 2009, doubling taxes on communications and introducing a new duty on all imported goods to cover a forecast plunge in oil revenue. AFP - 01Dec 12:25GMT -
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A new report published by Barclays Wealth and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), entitled "The Entrepreneur in Adversity", reveals that the MENA region has seen the largest improvement in the environment for entrepreneurship over the past decade. Press Release - 01Dec 11:05GMT -
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy told his Sudanese opposite number Omar al-Beshir on Saturday to take action to end the conflict in Darfur. AFP - 29Nov 10:36GMT -
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The United Nations on Friday said arbitrary arrests and detentions were rife in Sudan and posed a "serious human rights problem" that urgently needed to be redressed. AFP - 28Nov 09:38GMT -
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Bilateral trade between the UK and the Mena markets was worth well over BP29 billion (Dh163.7 billion) in 2007, showing that trade between the two is strong. Gulf News - 28Nov 05:47GMT -
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Fertiliser production is set to expand dramatically in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with investments of $20 billion (Dh73.56 billion) to be pumped into the sector already enjoying a 149 per cent surge in profits year-to-date for 2008, according to a report from Kuwaiti investment bank Global Investment house. Gulf News - 27Nov 05:25GMT -
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Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir is expected to meet his Chadian counterpart Idriss Deby Itno on the margins of an imminent international conference in Qatar, a spokesman in Khartoum said on Sunday. AFP - 23Nov 13:25GMT -
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Saudi Arabia is in a better position to forge politico-economic partnerships with other countries with a view to achieving food security. The best partner in this respect is Sudan, known as the food basket of the Arab world. Arab News - 22Nov 06:07GMT -
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The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court asked judges Thursday to issue arrest warrants for three rebel commanders blamed for killing African 12 peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region last year. AFP - 20Nov 08:35GMT -
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Moody's published its EMEA CMBS Q3 2008 Surveillance Report that covers the performance of Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities and Multi-family (CMBS) transactions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) transactions up to end of the third quarter 2008. Press Release - 19Nov 10:05GMT -
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