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SRI LANKA FISHING INDUSTRY SUFFERS FROM RETURN TO WAR



BY KEITH NOYAHR, in Colombo

WHEN hostilities resumed in Sri Lanka’s long-smouldering civil war in July 2006, fish production in the country’s eastern province that year dropped two-thirds to 26,680 metric tonnes from 72,580mt in 2003, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.…

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TAIWAN MONEY LAUNDERING DEVELOPMENTS



BY DOMINIQUE PATTON, in Beijing

ALTHOUGH Taiwan’s tense relations with China does not help the necessary cooperation with the Chinese mainland that would help bring some of the island’s biggest economic criminals to book, it is nonetheless eager to co-operate with international authorities to fight money laundering.…

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EU PUSHES FOR GAS SUPPLY ALTERNATIVE IN TURKMENISTAN, FOLLOWING SMALL HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS



BY MARK ROWE

WHEN the European Union’s (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, visited Turkmenistan last autumn it served notice that this central Asian ex-Soviet republic had come in from the cold. Once a pariah on the international stage, because of the activity of its crazed former president Sapamurat Niyazov (NOTE – SPELLING IS CORRECT), Turkmenistan has become something more than a bit player in the international energy sector.…

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STAKES ARE HIGH FOR TELECOMS AS WTO ROUND APPROACHES END GAME



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THIS year could well see the end of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round, the global free trade negotiations staged since 2001 – and the stakes for the telecommunications business are high.

Unlike most economic sectors, telecoms are affected by not just one WTO agreement on removing trade barriers such as red tape and punishing tariffs, but three: the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS); the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) as regards industrial goods; and the WTO Information Technology Agreement.…

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ASIA COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIVERSITY EXPERTS ARE SMALL IN NUMBER BUT COMMAND VALUABLE EXPERTISE



BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo

THOUGH the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…

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CHINA PROVING A MAGNET FOR METHANE RECOVERY FINANCING FROM ROUND THE WORLD



BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing

METHANE recovery is a boom industry in China. A frenetic dig for coal to drive its economy means atmospheric concentrations of methane are growing. And this is a problem – methane is not only a greenhouse gas that retains 25 times more heat than carbon dioxide, it hangs around in the atmosphere a lot longer.…

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ALGERIA SEEKS TO CEMENT ITS POSITION AS A KEY EUROPE ENERGY SUPPLIER



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.…

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HIGH SOCIAL STATUS OF SMOKING IN RUSSIA HELPS TOBACCO SECTOR ENTRENCH ITS PROFITS



BY MARK ROWE

INTERNATIONAL cigarette companies are having a profitable time investing in Russia, which remains a relatively soft touch for tobacco marketers. Smoking is still a badge of class and aspiration in the country: smoking Soviet-era unfiltered ‘papirosi’ is now seen as the preserve of those on low incomes and spurned by anyone with aspirations to a Western-style lifestyle.…

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REGIONAL TRADE DEALS PROMOTE GLOBAL TRADE IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR



BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…

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VOX POP - JAPANESE ENVIRONMENT EXPERTS SAY RENEWABLE ENERGY IS KEY TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING



BY JULIAN RYALL, in Hokkaido, northern Japan

THE LEADERS of the Group of Eight (G8) nations are meeting in the Hokkaido, Japan, town of Toyako (NOTE: Spelling is correct – NOT Tokyo) July 7-9, with the environment and energy top of the agenda.…

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