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Japan to join talks on Pacific trade accordPrime Minister Shinzo Abe yesterday announced that Japan will join talks on a Pacific trade pact that would oblige the country to open up sheltered industries, including farming, long a bastion of protectionism. The decision to se More… |
Tsunami kills 5 in SolomonsA powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake set off a tsunami that killed at least five people in a remote part of the Solomon Islands on Wednesday and triggered evacuations across the South Pacific as is More… |
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Pacific Ventures names brand ambassadorPacific Ventures, a leading developer of commercial, residential, and mixed-use properties in the Middle East, has signed up UAE media personality Uma Ghosh Deshpande as brand ambassador for its new project Burj Pacific. More… |
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Pacific trade deal could help save species: USTrade in illegally poached and harvested wildlife and wild plants could be curbed, possibly saving endangered species such as the New Zealand Kakapo parrot, by a proposed Trans-Pacific trade deal, a top US trade official said on Monday. &# More… |
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Japan finds huge rare earth deposits PacificVast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said. "The deposits have a heavy concentration of r More… |
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Tsunami hits Pacific regions after Chile quakeTsunami waves of up to 1.5 metres (5 ft) hit far-flung Pacific regions from the Russian far east and Japan to New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands on Sunday after a massive earthquake struck Chile, killing more than 300 people. Authori More… |
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Chile quake kills 300, threatens Pacific tsunamiOne of the world's most powerful earthquakes in a century that pounded Chile has killed more than 300 people as it toppled buildings and triggered tsunamis that ravaged a port town and threatened Pacific coastlines as far away as Japan. Bu More… |
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Etisalat, Pacific to offer M2M solutionsEtisalat and Pacific Controls, the leading global automation company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly work towards offering machine to machine (M2M) applications and support to Etisalat's clients. Pacific Control More… |
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Over 100 nations back tougher climate goalsMore than half the countries at 192-nation UN climate talks in Copenhagen back far tougher goals for limiting global warming than those favoured by rich nations, a group of small island states said. The group, which says rising sea levels More… |
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Select’s Al Marjan housing project on trackJoint developers Select Group and Select Property said that the final piling and layout are underway for the foundations of a residential development on Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah, as it remains on schedule for its June 2011 completion. More… |
