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African countries losing 100 billion dollars annually?
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], Jan 28 (ANI): African countries could be losing 100 billion dollars annually through corruption, according to a senior African development expert.
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CPEC, a game changer for Pakistan, but disastrous for Gilgit-Baltistan
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Gilgit-Baltistan [Pakistan], Jan 9 (ANI): The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a multi-billion dollar infrastructure and development-related project, has generated euphoria in Pakistan, but in Gilgit-Baltistan, a disputed region, local residents have environmental, demographic and
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US financial assistance to Pakistan is insignificant: PM Abbasi
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan [Islamabad], Jan 6 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said financial assistance from the United States is "very, very insignificant" that it is considering cuts up to two billion dollars assistance.
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CPEC resulting in vulnerable ecological consequences, warns environmentali
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 17 (ANI): The exploitation of resources due to the multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project is resulting in vulnerable ecological consequences, an environmentalist has warned.
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CPEC posing a regional threat, says Baloch activist
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Nov.22 (ANI): The multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) not only poses a threat to any community, but to the entire region, says Ali Akbar Mengal, a Baloch activist.
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Three-nation tour at 10 billion dollars investment, agricultural technolog
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], October 28 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said that his three-nation tour was aimed at bringing 10 billion dollars investment into the state.
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Corruption, not India, is biggest threat to CPEC, says expert
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], October 13 (ANI): Corruption, and not India, is the biggest threat for the multi-billion-dollar project, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), says an expert.
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US approves THAAD missile defence for Saudi Arabia for $15bn
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Oct 7 (ANI): The U.S. State department has approved the likelihood of the sale of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD), a U.S. missile defence system, to Saudi Arabia's Government for an estimated cost of 15 billion dollars.
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CPEC stirring competitive rather than cooperative Indian tendencies, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D C [United States], Sept.29 (ANI): China's deeper involvement in southern Asia via the over USD 51 billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is stirring competitive Indian tendencies rather than cooperative ones, feels an American expert on South and West Asia, and C
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Economic exploitation and state oppression in Balochistan echoes in Geneva
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] Sept 18 (ANI): Baloch activists and human rights defenders raised their voice against the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and termed it as a project of looting and plundering of natural wealth of Balochistan.
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Baloch activists oppose CPEC, demand Pakistan, China's exit from Balo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin, [Germany] August 11 (ANI): Exiled Baloch leaders and activists on Friday gathered in Germany's Berlin city to voice their concern against the under construction multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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Baloch up the ante against China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Aug.7 (ANI): Exiled Baloch leaders and activists will gather in Berlin, Germany, on August 11 to voice their protest against the under construction multi-billion dollar China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
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