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Stories for January 29th 2008
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Petrobras ranked sixth among leading oil corporations
Brazil's government oil managed corporation Petrobras finished 2007 in sixth place of PFC Energy 50's ranking, which lists the world's largest oil companies based on their market values.
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Group of British politicians to visit Falklands next month
Four members of the British Parliament are to visit the Falkland Islands in February within their role as Commonwealth Parliamentary United Kingdom (CPA UK) Branch Members.
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
“Good” global tourism outlook after a record 2007
Global tourism soared to a record performance in 2007, led by emerging markets, and the outlook remains good despite financial crises and high oil prices, the UN World Tourism Organisation said Tuesday in Madrid.
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
IMF: significant global slowdown but no recession
Stormed by recent financial market turbulence and a weakening U.S. performance, world growth is projected to slow to 4.1% in 2008, down from an estimated 4.9% last year, the IMF said in its quarterly update for the global economy.
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Unemployment in Santiago is up, first time since 2005
Unemployment in Chile's capital Santiago reached 8.9% in December 2007, according to a report compiled by the Department of Economy at the University of Chile.
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands mines-free: “challenging but technically possible”
The British government is considering ways of clearing about 20,000 mines left on the Falklands Islands after the war with Argentina in 1982 Baroness Crawley told the House of Lords.
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Tuesday, January 29th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Senate divided over Bush & Lower House stimulus package
The United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a 146 billion US dollars economic stimulus package proposed by President George W Bush, but the package has an uncertain future in the Senate.
