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Private Sector Wheat, Sugar Imports
Allowed
(June 23, 2006)
Concerned at rising prices of wheat
and sugar, the Cabinet Committee on
Prices (CCP) has approved the
Government to allow private sector
operators to import them and has
banned the export of pulses.<More>
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LTTE Wants EU Monitors Removed
(June 22, 2006)
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil
Eelam (LTTE) has categorically
told Norwegian peace facilitators
in Sri Lanka that it will not
accept truce monitors from the
European Union (EU) because of the
terrorism-related ban on LTTE in
Europe.<More>
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Wheat Import Gets Murkier
(June
21, 2006)
Whittling down the
quarantine and quality
norms in importing wheat,
the latest tender of State
Trading Corporation of
India (STC) received eight
global bids trying to sell
3 million tons while Indian
requirements was for 2.2
million tons (mt) of
wheat.<More>* * *
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India, China to Open Nathu-la
(June
20, 2006)
India and China have agreed to
open the old silk route through
Nathu-la pass in
Sikkim for trade after 44
years and re-establish direct
trade links to trade 28 items
including blankets,
agro-chemicals, dry fruits,
beverages, canned food, and farm
implements.<More>
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SCO to Resist US?
(June
19, 2006)
The Shanghai Cooperation
Organization (SCO) ended its
fifth meeting last week with
a powerful message from Iran
asking China, Russia, and
other Central Asian nations
to combine their diplomatic,
economic, and political
clout to resist the US.<More>
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