German Federal Foreign Office increases humanitarian aid for Somalia by one million euro. The Federal Foreign Office of Germany has pledged one million euro for relief measures for civilians in need in Somalia.
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Eritrea has dismissed as "utterly irresponsible" an African Union (AU) request for U.N. sanctions against it for allegedly supplying weapons to insurgents fighting Somalia's new administration.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday "strongly" condemned the recent violence aimed at overthrowing the transitional government in Somalia, which resulted in large number of civilian casualties.
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Thousands of people are fleeing the Somali capital Mogadishu as government forces and insurgent fighters gear up for renewed fighting, Radio Garowe reports.
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Public sector employment reached 3.6 million in the first quarter of 2009, up by 74,000 or 2.1% over the same quarter in 2008. This rate of growth was slower than the annual increase of 3.2% for 2008 as a whole.
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Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced on May 27, 2009 the launch of a Shariah compliant version of the S&P/TSX 60. The S&P/TSX 60 Shariah Index is highly correlated to the S&P/TSX 60 Index, and as such provides a comparable investment portfolio while adopting explicit selection criteria defined by Islamic law.
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Total non-farm payroll employment fell by 60,700 in March, down 0.4% from the previous month, as job losses across industries remained widespread.
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Lower revenues contributed to declines in profits as Canadian corporations reported operating profits of $55.1 billion in the first quarter of 2009, down 11.8% from the prior quarter. Declines were prevalent across the economy as 18 of 22 industries reported lower profits.
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France has opened its first military base in the Persian Gulf, strategically placed in Abu Dhabi, between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) today released its position paper on Genetically Modified foods stating that "GM foods pose a serious health risk" and calling for a moratorium on GM foods.
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