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BY FIDELMA COOK, PAUL COCHRANE and KEITH NUTHALL

SONATRACH, Algeria’s national oil and gas company, has made no secret to its determination to strengthen its position in Europe, which already accounts for around 60% of Algeria’s export earnings….the bulk of which is in gas.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WHEN oil and gas executives think of European Union (EU) funding for their projects or companies, they may consider the European Commission, with its high profile in energy spending and investment. But there is another EU institution with an important role as a financial fountainhead for European energy loans: the European Investment Bank (EIB).…

BY ALAN OSBORN

CUBA has always been crucial in the cigar industry, but with the prospect of political change being almost tangible, the island is now the key focus of this premium tobacco sector. For the first time in many years there’s a sense that events could be moving towards a thaw in the 45-year long freeze in relations between the USA and Cuba and an end to the embargo on sales of Cuban cigars into America.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

BRITAIN’S Gambling Commission says that 68% of the UK population gambles – wagering some GBPounds 91.5 billion in 2006. This is big money on the face of it, although if ‘soft’ gambling like the National Lottery, bingo and things like the annual flutter on the Grand National is excluded, the figure drops by about half, with casinos, betting shops and racetrack bookmakers representing the core elements.…

BY KEITH NOYAHR, in Colombo

SRI Lanka’s Tamil Tigers have stepped up commercial crime across continents to fund what they call the "final war" of separation, now the formal ceasefire with the govern,ent has ended. But, the foundation to pursue such sophisticated crime was laid during Sri Lanka’s highly internationalised peace process, reports Keith Noyahr from Colombo.…

BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante

AS an Alicante-based journalist travelling frequently to and from London, I have found myself increasingly dreading such journeys in recent years. At Alicante´s El Altet airport, parking has tended to be nigh-on impossible, the small check-in area barely contained the crowds and security seemed somewhat hit and miss.…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris

EUROPEAN vehicle rental companies are increasingly promoting themselves as the answer to the problem of tackling CO2 emissions, offering advice on eco-driving techniques to their customers and offering a wide range of ‘green’ vehicles with low emissions.…

BY MARK ROWE, in London, JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo, and RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

PERSONAL care products – soaps, cosmetics, lotions and hair products – have always been important consumers of vegetable and animal-based oils and fats. Yet, this is a complex sub-sector of the global oils and fats industry.…

BY MARK ROWE

ONE of the most perfidious environmental legacies of communism in eastern Europe was that of mining pollution. In particular, across a swathe of the Balkans, from Albania to Bosnia & Herzegovina, (the former Yugoslav Republic of) Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo, up to 150 mines have been identified by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as areas of concern.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES, in Paris

UNTIL recently, the only link between ageing British crooner Cliff Richard and wine was a Christmas hit single. However, Cliff is now as well known for his Vida Nova as for his chart-topper Mistletoe and Wine.…