The earlier sea-jacked MV DELVINA has arrived at the Kenyan port of Mombasa and is anchored at K anchorage after entering the harbour in the shadows of the night yesterday.
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WASHINGTON - Defense officials are hailing passage of the fiscal 2010 budget that funds military programs and wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and provides a military pay raise.
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Hindus have urged Bosnia-Herzegovina to urgently modify its constitution to reflect that all its citizens are treated equally.
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Sales for the food services and drinking places industry increased 0.5% from September to October to nearly $4.1 billion in current dollars.
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Real gross domestic product grew 0.2% in October, a second consecutive monthly advance. Production increased in most major sectors, as was the case in September.
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On October 1, 2009, Canada's population was estimated at 33,873,400. In the third quarter, Canada's population grew by 133,500 (+0.40%).
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Non-farm payroll employment increased by a moderate 34,500 in October. Since June, the trend in non-farm payroll employment has been flat, as a number of industries have shown a marked shift away from the large cuts that occurred during the first eight months in the economic downturn.
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The number of people receiving regular Employment Insurance (EI) benefits in October edged down 0.5% to 809,600.
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Retail sales in current dollars rose 0.8% in October to $35.3 billion, the eighth gain in 10 months. Excluding the automotive sector, sales edged down 0.2%.
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Gross domestic product (GDP) of the core non-profit sector accounted for 2.5% of the nation's economic activity in 2007, up from 2.2% in 1997 when the time series begins. GDP in the core non-profit sector amounted to $35.6 billion in 2007.
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