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• Greece says to invest 2.1 bln euros to upgrade telecom network

  - 2008-09-03

  ATHENS AFP — Greece wants to invest in a new fibre optic network that will drastically upgrade its broadband and cable television capabilities, the Greek economy and telecoms ministers said on Wednesday. "We have decided to invest as a country in a modern fibre optic network that will change...

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• Al-Arabiya bureau chief says told to leave Iran

  - 2008-09-02

  TEHRAN AFP — The head of the Tehran bureau of pan-Arab television station Al-Arabiya said on Tuesday that Iranian officials have demanded his departure from the country. "In a telephone call with the foreign press bureau of the Iranian culture ministry I was informed of my definitive exit from...

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• Alcatel-Lucent names new management team

  - 2008-09-02

  PARIS AFP — French-US telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent named Ben Verwaayen, former head of British telecom group BT, and Philippe Camus, co-director of French media group Lagardere, in a new top management team on Tuesday. They will replace the founders of Alcatel-Lucent, Serge Tchuruk and Patricia Russo, who resigned...

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• Obama to address convention Monday by satellite

  - 2008-08-25

  CHICAGO AFP — Barack Obama will address the Denver Democratic convention live via satellite later Monday after a speech by his wife Michelle, according to his White House campaign. The Illinois senator will make the surprise virtual appearance from Kansas City, Missouri after a campaign stop in Iowa, and...

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• Swiss shelve money laundering probe into Bhutto, widower

  - 2008-08-25

  GENEVA AFP — Swiss authorities on Monday shelved a long-running probe into alleged money laundering against slain former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her husband, Swiss news agency ATS reported. Bhutto's widower Asif Ali Zardari is now the Pakistan People's Party PPP candidate to replace Pervez Musharraf as...

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• Singh shades Garcia on second playoff hole to win Barclays golf tournament

  - 2008-08-24

  PARAMUS, New Jersey AFP — Vijay Singh stepped it up in the playoff outlasting snake-bitten Sergio Gario to capture The Barclays event on Sunday. Singh, a Fijian-Indian, beat both Spain's Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland in the playoff on Sunday to win first event of the PGA Tour's FedEx...

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• Sharif threat leaves Pakistan coalition on brink

  - 2008-08-21

  ISLAMABAD AFP — Pakistan's coalition government was close to collapse Thursday after former premier Nawaz Sharif threatened to quit if judges sacked by ousted president Pervez Musharraf are not restored. With a double suicide bombing outside Pakistan's main military arms factory highlighting the government's need to start tackling the...

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• No assurances from Moscow on return of Humvees: Pentagon

  - 2008-08-21

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States has received no assurances from Russia that it will return US military vehicles seized in Georgia, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. Russian forces seized "a handful" of Humvees, four-wheeled all-purpose military vehicles, in the Black Sea port of Poti, where they were awaiting...

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• Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official

  - 2008-08-19

  WASHINGTON AFP — An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday. "We detected a missile launch from Iran on August 16 and our reports indicated it was unsuccessful," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "It...

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• Vodafone completes purchase of Ghana Telecom stake

  - 2008-08-18

  LONDON AFP — British mobile phone giant Vodafone said Monday it had completed the purchase of a 70-percent stake in state-run Ghana Telecommunications. "Further to the ... approval from the Ghanaian Parliament, Vodafone announces today that it has completed the acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Ghana Telecom...

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