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Seafield Set to Initiate Gold Exploration Program in Colombia Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 03/05/10 -- Seafield Resources Ltd. ("Seafield") (TSX VENTURE: SFF) has signed a formal agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") with privately-owned Caribbean Copper and Gold Corp....
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La Cortez Energy Closes Acquisition of Avante Petroleum Colombia Limited and Concurrent $10MM... Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
LCTZ ) and Avante Petroleum S.A. ("Avante") are pleased to announce the signing of a stock purchase agreement for and simultaneous closing of La Cortez' acquisition of Avante's subsidiary Avante Colom...
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Dominican leader may quell Chavez-Uribe flap this weekend Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
SANTO DOMINGO.- President Leonel Fernandez’s mediation in conflict pitting Caracas and Bogota may take place this weekend, said Foreign Relations minister Carlos Morales Friday morning. Fernandez, ...
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Oil prices extend gains after jobs data Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures extended their gains on Friday after a report showed that U.S. nonfarm payrolls fell by 36,000 in February, a smaller decline than economists expected. Crude oil...
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Oil prices rebound, head towards & #36;81 Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rebounded on Friday ahead of key jobs data in the United States, the world's biggest energy consuming nation.New York's main contract,
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Drought extinguishes Venezuela's lightning phenomenon Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
Catatumbo lightning over Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Photograph: Vladimir Marcano Darkness rarely lasted long in the skies over Lake Maracaibo. An hour after dusk the show would begin: a lightning ...
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Arab bourses close week higher on rising oil prices, better demand Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
Amman - Arab stock markets rebounded this week, helped by rising oil prices, better performance of global markets and improving liquidity, financial analysts said Friday. They predicted that regional ...
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Fernandez sees foreign policy coup in solving Venezuela-Colombia fray Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
SANTO DOMINGO. - President Leonel Fernandez seeks a foreign policy coup by trying to get the presidents of Venezuela and Colombia to settle their disputes in the country. Fernandez, who seeks a negot...
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Guyana on list of 'next decade' oil and gas producers Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The United States is in the process of working on a proposed Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI) for countries on the verge of becoming oil and gas producers for the...
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'I have nothing to explain', Chavez tells Spain Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez dismissed on Wednesday Spanish accusations that his government was involved in plots by Colombian and Basque guerrillas to assassinate the...
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Venezuelan court reinstates anti-Chavez mayor Print E-mail
Friday, 05 March 2010
Venezuela's highest court has reinstated an opposition mayor, just one week after it annulled his election and replaced him with a supporter of President Hugo Chavez.
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Uttar Pradesh dance troupe thrills Trinidad audience Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Port-of-Spain, March 4 (IANS) A scintillating performance by an Uttar Pradesh-based dance troupe has enthralled the audience at this Trinidad and Tobago capital.
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Letter on Opponent Attacks Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
Honduras have continued since a newly elected government took office. In a letter to the Honduran attorney general, Luis Alberto Rubí, the human rights group said that three people had been kil...
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Chavez asks China for $US20bn loan Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
CHINA has become a much-needed funding source for recession-racked Venezuela, as well as a welcome alternative to the International Monetary Fund, which President Hugo Chavez continues to shun.
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Chavez rejects Spanish claim of links to rebels Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denied that Venezuela supports terrorist groups after a Spanish judge alleged links between the Venezuelan government and ETA and FARC rebels.Spanish Presid...
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Guyana government expresses fresh concerns over Caribbean Airlines fares and services Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The government here said it is “very concerned” over the high airfares Guyanese have to pay to travel on regional carrier Caribbean Airlines and the poor services the...
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OAS secretary general offers to be a partner in a 'modern multilateralism' for the... Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
WASHINGTON, USA -- The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, on Wednesday presented his candidacy for reelection in a speech before the Permanent ...
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Utseya, Gibson draw battle lines for first ODI in Guyana Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
By Paul Mitchell PROVIDENCE, Guyana (AFP) -- Prosper Utseya believes Zimbabwe's best is yet to come, and is looking to prove this point in the first of five One-day Internationals against West Indies ...
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Chavez Denies Claims He Supports Rebels, Separatists Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez lashed out at Spain's prime minister Wednesday for asking Venezuela to respond to a Spanish judge's accusation that his government collaborated with Bas...
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Venezuelans reluctant to save power and generation approaching critical situation Print E-mail
Thursday, 04 March 2010
The water level of Venezuela’s El Gurí dam which provides 75% of the country’s power is rapidly approaching the “critical zone” having dropped to 254 metres, just 14.45 ...
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