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Brazil looks set to fuel a war on poverty with newly discovered oil reserves

Posted on September 3, 2008 by An alien Earthling

The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, inaugurated the country’s new deepwater oil field on Tuesday. Trial extraction of oil by Petrobras began in the Jubarte oil field 77 kilometers off the coast of the state of Espirito … Continue reading →

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India Budget 2008-09: Good but not good enough!

Posted on March 1, 2008 by An alien Earthling

The Indian Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, tabled the central government’s budget for the financial year 2008-2009 in the Lower House of Parliament yesterday (February 29,2008). You can read about the highlights of the budget on this link and download the … Continue reading →

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