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Angola's new friends
; Angola is now China's leading oil supplier, outstripping Saudi...as the biggest global consumer of oil. China, thus, sees Angola as a partner worthy of special attention. Kate Eshelby...Tombwa, a town on the edge of the desert in the south of Angola. Since the end of a 27-year civil war in 2002, ...
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Angola Offers Removal Of All Cuban Troops;Shift May Yield Breakthrough in Talks
; Angola has offered to remove all 40,000 Cuban troops from its...Africa peace settlement, according to Manuel Pacavira, Angola's new ambassador to the United Nations. "We stated our...confirming the State Department's recent statement that Angola had taken "an important step" at the latest round of U...
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Angola-Portugal Relations Enter New Stage
; Angola and Portugal have decided to strengthen their economic cooperation and promote it to a new stage of development...Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres' just ended visit. He made his first visit as the prime minister to Angola at the invitation of Angola's Prime Minister Franca Van-Dunem from ...
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World spotlight is suddenly on Angola
; LUANDA, Angola -- Once-forgotten Angola is suddenly fielding calls from President Bush and other leaders...stance on Iraq. French President Jacques Chirac phoned to seek Angola's approval for his anti-war stance. Prime Minister Tony Blair...
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Angola's elusive peace: the collapse of the Lusaka accord
; In December 1998, Angola's Fragile Peace once again gave way to...became just another temporary respite from Angola's long history of violent conflict. Since...peace has been almost unknown to most Angolans. What began as a pre-independence rivalry...
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ANGOLA: ANGOLA SEEKS FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED $3,300,000,000 CRUDE OIL EXPORT REFINERY, SOCIEDADE NACIONAL DE COMBUSTIVEIS DE ANGOLA (SONANGOL) [ANGOLA] - Order #: 014801.
; PROJECT OVERVIEW: Angola currently produces some 750,000 barrels...SOCIEDADE NACIONAL DE COMBUSTIVEIS DE ANGOLA (SONANGOL) is currently said to be seeking...be the largest single development in Angolan history. Construction plans under consideration...
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Middle East & Africa: Angola - Oil Price Fires Interest In A Former Basket Case - A Burgeoning Oil Economy And The Government's Commitment To Combat Corruption Is Attracting Foreign Bankers Once More To Post-war Angola, Writes Steven Swindells.
; The conventional view of Angola's banking sector, until recently, has...Movimiento Popular de Libertacao de Angola (MPLA) government fought a civil war...Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola (Unita) rebel movement, banking became...
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"Angola Is Not Just about Oil, War and Poverty": Reflections on Angolan Soccer, Nationalism and the Run to the 2006 World Cup Finals
; Abstract Prior to Angola's initial qualification for the 2006...though, soccer, for the first time, placed Angola squarely on the world stage and helped...victory versus Rwanda and the aftermath as Angola and its former colonial master, Portugal...
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Diamond Rush Is On In Angola - Again
; 00-00-0000 Angola was once a large supplier of diamonds...Morning Edition; I'm Bob Edwards. Before Angola became notorious for its long-running...for its diamonds. Prior to independence, Angola was the world's fourth-biggest source...
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Angola: trapped in the cross fire. (civil war; includes chronology of Angola's history)
; Angola: Trapped in the cross fire For 35 years, Franco Tomaz hasbeen...copper ore from landlocked mines in Zaire and Zambia to Angola's Atlantic ports. Though proud of rising to the job of...says sadly, but there's no work. There is no work because Angola is riven by a high-stakes civil war being waged ...
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