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  • World steel industry striving to pick up

    World steel industry striving to pick up

    February 18, 2009

    (Peoples Daily Online) Global steel output in 2008 was 1.3297 billion tons, a drop of 1.2 percent over 2007 and the first-ever decline in the past two decades since 1998, according to statistics released by the...

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  • No kissing here

    No kissing here

    February 17, 2009 By Morning Star

    Rail bosses unveiled a No Kissing sign at a railway station on Monday, claiming that the move would cut delays.

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  • Venezuelan president’s backers celebrate referendum win

    Venezuelan president’s backers celebrate referendum win

    February 16, 2009

    February 16 (Xinhua) Supporters celebrated President Hugo Chavez's win in the constitutional referendum Sunday night, which has lifted term limits to allow him to run in 2012 presidential election and stay in power as long as...

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  • Tel Aviv demands soldier’s release

    Tel Aviv demands soldier’s release

    February 16, 2009

    Original source: Israel's prime minister made the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit a condition of peace in the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday. Egypt has been mediating in indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and the...

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  • Experts warn of climate change errors

    Experts warn of climate change errors

    February 16, 2009 By Morning Star

    Leading scientists warned a US conference on climate change at the weekend that the rate of global warming has been seriously underestimated.

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