Russian defense minister hopes Iranian nuclear dispute will not lead to...

AP Worldstream;  January 9, 2006 ;     185 words ......Worldstream 01-09-2006 Dateline: MOSCOW Russia's defense minister said Monday that he hoped that the dispute over...about the possibility of war between Iran and Western countries, Sergei Ivanov said in televised comments, "I...

Reports: Russian defense minister hopes Iranian nuclear dispute will not...

AP Worldstream;  January 9, 2006 ;     206 words ......Worldstream 01-09-2006 Dateline: MOSCOW Russia's defense minister said he hoped that the dispute over Iran's nuclear...about the possibility of war between Iran and Western countries, Sergei Ivanov was quoted by Interfax and RIA-Novos...

DPRK Stresses Development of Relations With Western Countries

Xinhua News Agency;  February 24, 2001 ;     183 words ......establish diplomatic relations with western countries and will continue to develop friendly...the normalization of relations with western countries results from the independent foreign...The article spoke highly of some western countries, such as Britain, Canada, Italy and...

Li Peng on Relations with Western Countries (31)

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 1, 1997 ;     219 words ......improve and develop its relations with Western countries on the basis of the Five Principles...said relations between China and Western countries have improved in general, and positive...Sino-European relations. Both China and Western countries will benefit mutually from an ...

Africa spends three times more on repaying debts to rich Western countries...

The Other Side;  May 1, 2004 ;     25 words ...Africa spends three times more on repaying debts to rich Western countries and institutions than it does on providing health-care for its sick and poor population.

Paper Holds Western Countries Responsible for High Oil Prices

Xinhua News Agency;  September 12, 2000 ;     262 words ......Iranian newspaper on Tuesday held Western countries responsible for the soaring oil prices...oil output under Western pressure. Western countries as well as their oil giants are more...Tehran Times. It pointed out that Western countries impose heavy taxes and duties on...

Turkish Minister: Western Countries Biased against Turkish

Xinhua English Newswire;  August 9, 1996 ;     186 words ...Turkish Justice Minister Sevket Kazan today questioned the Western countries' criticism and accusations against Turkey's human rights...biased against Turkey on the issue. His comments came after western countries strongly criticized the Turkish government for the recent...

2 Western Countries Accused of Discrediting

Xinhua English Newswire;  November 8, 1996 ;     144 words ......Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD), has charged two western countries for scheming to discredit the presidential and parliamentary...Vernon Mwaanga disclosed in Lusaka on Thursday that the two western countries have offered huge sums of money as rewards to established...

Military Calls on Western Countries to Lift Embargo on Aircraft Sales

Xinhua News Agency;  August 24, 2000 ;     224 words ......Chief of Staff Gen. Tyasno Sudarto called on here Wednesday western countries to lift their embargo on the sale of aircraft to Indonesia...duty rather than an encounter with the enemy. That is why western countries should no longer impose the embargo on the sale of aircraft...

Zawahiri warns of new attacks on Western countries involved in Iraq war

Xinhua News Agency;  April 22, 2008 ;     224 words ...Zawahiri warns of new attacks on Western countries involved in Iraq war CAIRO, April...terror group still plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq War. The tape...if the group still plans to attack Western countries that participated in the Iraq War...

Tax rates on business in Western countries.

Israel Business Today;  December 20, 1991 ;     61 words ...Tax Rates on Business in Western Countries In Israel, as in most Western countries, corporate tax rates are declining. From 1984 to 1990, the tax rate fell from 61 percent to 42 percent. The Israeli rate is higher than in the U.S., U.K. or France...

Roundup: Western countries respond positively to Libya's friendlygestures

Xinhua News Agency;  February 12, 2004 ;     522 words ...Roundup: Western countries respond positively to Libya...BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Western countries have responded positively to...domino" effect to prompt other Western countries to repair ties with Tripoli...

France Expects Western Countries to Cooperate With Putin

Xinhua English Newswire;  March 27, 2000 ;     98 words ...French Foreign Minister Hubert Vedrine said Monday that the Western countries will cooperate with Russia's new leaders following the...Vladimir Putin as president. "As for what concerns France and Western countries, there is the hope that he (Putin) engage himself bravely...

Sudanese VP accuses Western countries of "blowing up" Darfur issue

Xinhua News Agency;  November 13, 2005 ;     271 words ...Sudanese VP accuses Western countries of "blowing up" Darfur issue...Taha on Sunday accused some Western countries of " blowing up" the crisis...United States and some other Western countries that the Sudanese government...

Business Costs in Western Countries Higher than in

Xinhua English Newswire;  December 12, 1997 ;     172 words ...Developing countries have lower business operating costs than western countries for international investment, the Financial Times reported...Asia are between 10 and 60 times cheaper for business than western countries. The countries surveyed include those which had attracted...