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The main opposition APNU+AFC has approached the National Assembly to have a land use policy developed to manage the location of shore bases in the Oil and Gas Sector. The article Patterson motion seeking policy for oil and gas shore bases appeared first on Stabroek News.
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[Premium Times] Infection figures have reduced to less than an average of 100 per day in the past one month.
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Nigeria: Stop Denying Us Weapons to Fight Terrorism - Govt Tells World Powers
[Premium Times] The federal government has appealed to the world powers not to be weighed by unsubstantiated arguments to deny the country vital platforms and weapons to fight insecurity.
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Guyana – Essequibians Not Interested in Venezuelan Citizenship 
On November 26, 2023, hundreds of Guyanese who reside along the Essequibo Coast in Region Two (Pomeroon – Supenaam) assembled in Anna Regina to demonstrate their unwavering support for the area they have called home and to protest Venezuela's attempts to acquire Guyana's Cinderella
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Nigeria: Insecurity - 77 Killed, 29 Abducted in Various Violent Attacks Across Nigeria Last Week
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Salt Spring residents protest councillor’s ouster
Scores of residents in Salt Spring, St James, yesterday staged a protest to voice their opposition to the motion moved earlier this month to boot their councillor, Sylvan Reid, and his Catadupa Division counterpart, Gladstone Bent, from the St James Municipal Corporation
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Tunisia: HPR - Divided Opinions On Motion of Pdl and Unanimous Rejection of Interference in Libyan Affairs
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Separate probe sought in police killing of local teen
COMPTON — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors June 23 joined others in calling for an independent investigation into the death of an 18-year-old security guard shot to death by deputies from the Compton Sheriff’s Station June
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Community-led conservation gets K300 million IUCN boost
By Charles Mpaka: In a boost to community-driven conservation, a local organisation which works in villages around Kasungu National Park has secured about K316 million ($185,000) in funding to implement livelihood activities. Kasungu Wildlife Conservation for Community Development Association
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Indarsingh tells T&TEC: Reject new electricity rates
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News [MAIN] Couva residents and Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh stage a protest against the Regulated Industries Commission's proposed increase in electricty rates on Wednesday. PHOTO COURTESY RUDRANATH INDARSINGH - COUVA South MP
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Nigeria: Ladoja Replies Obasanjo, Insists 'Third-Term Bid' Caused His Impeachment
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Nigeria: Interview - Cost of Nigeria's Oil Production Unsustainable - Sylva
At my inauguration in August 2019, our ministry was given eight mandate areas - to curb crude oil theft and products smuggling; completion of the gas flares commercialisation programme; increasing crude oil production to three million barrels per day; reducing the cost of crude oil production by
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FMA Live! encourages students to explore physics through a unique and interactive program
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LA County to help homeless file income taxes, collect stimulus checks - L.A. Focus News
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Nigeria: Investigation - Inside Oyo Transport Tax Scheme Where Corruption, Violence Reign
[Premium Times] Amoo struggled to pick up broken parts of his Nissan car's wing mirror, his demeanor lifeless. He mumbled a few words of complaint, threatening to seek justice. The 35-year-old commercial cab driver had just engaged in a brawl with an official of the Oyo State Park Management System
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Nigeria: Buhari Meets Libyan PM of Libya in Aso Villa
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Nigeria: JOHESU-UITH Embarks On 3-Day Warning Strike - allAfrica.co
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