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China grants web mapping licences to 31 firms - AFP
... engine Baidu and online portals Sina and Sohu, an official with the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (SBSM) who asked not to be named told AFP. ...
Seven suspects detained over Mexico migrant killings - AFP
... Zetas drugs gang were detained in Mexico, accused of taking part in the massacre of 72 migrants last month, a government official said Wednesday. ...
Nigeria leader replaces military, security heads: presidency - AFP
One political insider who declined to be named said the moves signaled a "need to have effective control of the armed forces before elections. ...
Struggle to agree UN summit kickstart for Millennium goals - AFP
... such as a tax on air tickets or financial transactions, used for development, said one western diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity. ...
Palestinians arrest Israeli settler attackers - AFP
The Palestinian security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that two groups had been arrested but did not specify exactly how many ...
Bahamas judge halts extortion retrial in Travolta case - AFP
... against two alleged extortionists, halting a planned retrial in a case involving the death of Hollywood star John Travolta's son, court sources said. ...
Troubles mount for EU bid to re-draw economic government - AFP
... the favoured mechanism in Berlin and Paris -- "are do-able but very complex to put in motion," warned a top-level diplomat who requested anonymity. ...
Top Egyptian officials to face trial over Van Gogh theft - AFP
... director of the Mahmoud Khalil museum, will open on September 14 after a probe showed they failed to secure the building, the source said. ...
WTO to issue Boeing subsidies verdict Sept. 15: source - AFP
... its long-awaited opinion on Europe's challenge to American subsidies to US aerospace giant Boeing next week, a source close to the matter said Monday. ...
Obama to propose huge infrastructure plan - AFP
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Obama plan would frontload 50 billion dollars of investment to jumpstart job creation. ...
Most UAE banks stop transfers to Iran after sanctions - AFP
"We stopped transfers to Iran in all currencies in July," an executive from an international bank, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP. ...
Nine killed in south Yemen violence - AFP
The official, who refused to be named, blamed the attack on Al-Qaeda. Mashdal was "leading the mediation between the authorities and alleged Qaeda ...
Booming China auto industry faces over-capacity - AFP
... policies for automotive companies in order to curb over-capacity in an industry where sales jumped 55 percent in August, a government official said. ...
Taliban death threats hang over Afghan elections - AFP
... community and NATO have been silent, preferring to characterise the election as "Afghan-led," said a Western diplomat who asked not to be named. ...
Judge orders Mexico drug lord 'La Barbie' held for 40 days - AFP
"Extradition to the United States has not been ruled out," a source close to the attorney general told AFP. Valdez was wanted by authorities on both sides ...
Threefold drilling effort to reach trapped Chile miners - AFP
The delay had been programmed to allow cementing operations," a rescue worker who asked to remain anonymous told AFP. Drilling had been halted Thursday ...
Threefold drilling effort to reach trapped Chilean miners - AFP
The delay had been programmed to allow cementing operations," a rescue worker who asked to remain anonymous told AFP. Drilling had been halted Thursday ...
'Mystery' explosions rock south Lebanon town - AFP
A nearby resident, who asked not to be identified, told AFP that the building had been rented out by the Shiite militant party. An arms cache believed to ...
Media doggedly pursuing political corruption - AFP
An anonymous source then put him on the trail of monies paid to communications firms with ties to the Liberals. Another star of investigative journalism in ...
German bank votes to expel disputed member - AFP
... agreed unanimously on Wednesday to recommend Sarrazin be dismissed for remarks deemed racist, the newspaper said, quoting a source close to the matter. ...
Long queues at Afghan bank amid corruption claims - AFP
As the ticket machine for those queuing up at the bank's head office in Kabul issued its 900th ticket, a 23-year-old man who asked not to be named said: "I ...
Long queues at Afghan bank amid corruption claims - AFP
As the ticket machine for those queuing up at the bank's head office in Kabul issued its 900th ticket, a 23-year-old man who asked not to be named said: "I ...
US places Pakistani Taliban on terrorism blacklist - AFP
A week ago, a US official, who spoke to AFP on the condition of anonymity, warned that the Taliban was planning attacks on foreigners participating in flood ...
Dolphin hunt kicks off in Japan 'Cove' town - AFP
... any of the sea mammals on the first day, said a local government official from Taiji in southwestern Wakayama prefecture, who asked not to be named. ...
Gyan poised for Sunderland move - AFP
RENNES, France — Rennes's Ghanaian international striker Asamoah Gyan is on the verge of a move to English side Sunderland, a source close to the French ...