ABU DHABI, Dec 6 (NNN-KUNA) — Leaders of six Arab Gulf states hold summit talks here Monday and are expected to give the green light for national companies to open branches in other GCC member states.
Heads of state or their representatives are to start arriving in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) later Monday for the 31st GCC summit, to discuss, among other matters, a host of political, economic, social, security and military issues of mutual interest.
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NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (NNN-PTI): India and France have signed a framework agreement for construction of two 1650 MW nuclear power reactors in Maharashtra and price and technical issues were being negotiated. The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and French company Areva for building two European Pressure Reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra after .
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DEADLY COLOMBIA LANDSLIDE. The number of people buried by a severe landslide in northwestern Colombia could reach 145 and the death toll has reached two, local authorities said on Dec 5 2010. Two people have been confirmed dead, including a two-year-old girl. Another seven people were injured after a landslide buried about 50 houses in the Medellin suburb of Bello, northwest of the Andean country. Luis Alfredo Ramos, governor of Antioquia, said the landslide was caused by intense rains in rece…
Minister of Industry and Primary Resources Pehin Dato Hj Yahya (R), sounding the horn to signal the start of one of the race for one of the categories in the 7th Shahbandar Challenge. Picture: BT/Haji Md Ali
US Evergreen 747 supertanker sprays over a burning area in Ein Hod in the Carmel Forest in the outskirts of Haifa yesterday as dozens of firefighting planes from around the world battled the blaze, which has killed 41 people so far.Picture: AFP
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