Venezuelan oil minister denies violating U.N. sanctions
Special Correspondent
Feb. 4, 2011

Venezuelan Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez denied that Venezuela is selling gasoline to Iran in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions because Iran has achieved gasoline self-sufficiency.

Venezuelan oil minister denies violating U.N. sanctions
Special Correspondent
Venezuelan Oil and Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez denied that Venezuela is selling gasoline to Iran in violation of U.N. Security Council sanctions because Iran has achieved gasoline self-sufficiency...
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Iran lifted all restrictions on fuel supplies to Afghanistan
Special Correspondent
Kabul wants to maintain friendly relations with Tehran, Afghan ambassador to Iran Obaidullah Obaid stated.
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Brazil and Argentina made an agreement to accelerate plans to build two hydroelectric dams on part of the Uruguay River
Special Correspondent
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, while in Argentina on Jan. 31, signed energy and trade cooperation agreements with her Argentine counterpart, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Egypt continues to supply Israel with natural gas despite its political unrest
Special Correspondent
Stocks in Tel Aviv suffered in response to the demonstrations in Egypt, and companies exposed to Egypt saw their shares decline ...
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U.S. ready to deliver fifth generation F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter to India
Special Correspondent
Headed to India in the coming weeks, Carter said the decision to pursue the F-35 is to be taken by India only.
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Tata Motors Ltd. may expand sales of the Nano, the world’s cheapest car, to countries such as Thailand, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh as early as this year
Suresh Modi
Nano sales are likely to climb to 8,000 to 10,000 cars a month soon
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Chinese national bonds will be issued to individuals in Japan for the first time
Special Correspondent
Apart from government bonds, Monex Securities would sell investment trust funds from February and operated in the yuan. The bonds issued would expire in December 2013 with an interest rate of 1 percent.
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US removes DRDO and ISRO, and Bharat Dynamics from export control list
Special Correspondent
The United States on Monday removed several Indian government defense-related companies, including subsidiaries of DRDO (Defense Research and Development ORganisation) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization), from the so-called Entity List.
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Inflation remains a persistent concern but the Reserve Bank of India is bullish on the growth of Indian economy
Kiran Chaube
Satisfactory kharif production and higher rabi sowing point to stronger contribution of the agriculture sector to overall GDP growth in 2010-11.
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