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Monday, 21 July 2008 |
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Top Philippine officials won’t be around when key meetings begin in Geneva today to decide whether global trade in goods and services should be opened up further. Observers warned that the outcome of the ministerial could be disadvantageous as the Philippines, while a relatively open economy, has manufacturers and farmers wary of even more tariff cuts and reduced protection. The Geneva meetings, actually a "mini-ministerial" as only 30 or so trade ministers will be in attendance, has been described as make-or-break for the Doha round of global trade negotiations which has foundered ever since its launch in the Qatari capital in 2001. |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
For Wiyond, a young Catholic living in Muslim-dominated Indonesia, the World Youth Day festival in Sydney led by Pope Benedict XVI provides a rare chance to celebrate his religion with others.
The 34-year-old is one of more than 100,000 foreign pilgrims who have come to Australia for World Youth Day, many of them from countries in Asia without a strong Catholic tradition.
As he stood on the sidelines of a noisy procession of thousands of pilgrims carrying a cross through Sydney's central business district on Monday, Wiyond said he was grateful for the chance to mix with other young Catholics. |
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Tuesday, 20 May 2008 |
 The 9th International Exhibition on Food & Beverages, Packaging & Processing Technology Bakery Equipment & Ingredients, Confectionery, Handling & Catering, Hospitality Industries, Franchising and Business Opportunities, the Cebu Food Expo, ‘08 is set to unfold at the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino from July 10-12, 2008. |
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
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 The 1st World Malaria Day will be celebrated on April 25, 2008, a day of unified commemoration of the global effort to provide effective control of malaria around the world. The theme for World Malaria Day is “Malaria – a disease without borders”. This theme emphasizes the need for global collaboration in the fight against malaria, including the need for cross-border strategies, well documented good practice and coordinated action at all levels – international, regional, national and local. April 25 is a day of determination and optimism as the global community now has enough evidence that the fight against malaria can be won if partners come together and harmonize the efforts for an efficient collaboration of malaria control strategies to fight this dreaded disease.
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