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OIL-MEXICO: Floundering in Deep Waters - (Found September 28, 2008 )

MEXICO CITY, Mar 28 (IPS) - Billions of barrels of crude are lying under the deep seabed in the Gulf of Mexico, an area divided between Cuba, the United States and Mexico. But while the first two countries are approaching full commercial exploitation, the third is still trying to come up with a plan.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41776

MEXICO: Oil Industry Reforms Face Uphill Battle - (Found September 28, 2008 )

MEXICO CITY, Apr 9 (IPS) - The debate on the Mexican governments proposed reforms of the state oil industry began Wednesday in a climate marked by threats of a social uprising by the leftwing opposition and uncertainty of the bills ultimate fate.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41933

VENEZUELA: New Windfall Profit Tax on Oil - (Found September 28, 2008 )

CARACAS, Apr 10 (IPS) - Venezuela is about to levy a new tax on the income of oil companies profiting from the soaring prices of crude, which have brought them petrodollars in amounts over and above provision for investment, costs and a reasonable profit margin.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41948

POLITICS-MALAYSIA: Equitable Distribution of Wealth - The Challenge - (Found September 28, 2008 )

PENANG, Apr 27 (IPS) - With Malaysia's opposition pact in the ascendancy after stunning gains in a general election last month, some are wondering how different their economic policies are likely to be if they do wrest power, as many expect them to do, eventually.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42142

KOSOVO: No Freedom from Corruption - September 28, 2008

PRISTINA, May 5 (IPS) - The new government in Kosovo has failed so far to live up to its promise of fighting corruption.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42231

DEVELOPMENT: AsDB Soliciting Private Investments - September 28, 2008

MADRID, May 6 (IPS) - When he was not attending seminars at a conference centre in the Spanish capital, the Asian Development Banks (AsDB) Seethapathy Chander was trying to broker deals to attract European investors to developing regions of Asia.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42254

Q&A: Russian Children Learn Market Ways - September 28, 2008

MOSCOW, May 12 (IPS) - After the political changes that brought in capitalism, education in Russia emerged from its old centralised style. The changes in education now have been no less radical than the political changes.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42324

OIL-MEXICO: PEMEX Reform Debate Entrenched in Dogma - September 28, 2008

MEXICO CITY, May 26 (IPS) - The debate in the Mexican Congress over the governments proposals to reform the state oil company, PEMEX, has placed the oft- amended constitution of 1917 and the elusive concepts of nationalism and sovereignty squarely at the centre of the controversy.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42513

ARGENTINA: Bad Trips for Most, High Speed Trains for the Few - (Found September 28, 2008 )

BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (IPS) - The Argentine government has given the go-ahead for a high-speed electric train which may be the first in Latin America. But experts and, above all, commuters who travel daily on slow, shabby suburban trains are angry, because the multi-million dollar project will only benefit an elite few.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42577

ICELAND: Outsourcing of Hospital Services Opposed - (Found September 28, 2008 )

REYKJAVIK, Jun 13 (IPS) - "I was so shocked when I went there just now," said Arndis Lilja Nielsdottir, referring to the situation in a new ward at Landakot geriatric hospital. The ward is now being run by Grund, a company providing residential and nursing home care for the elderly.
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42792