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08.11.2013 General strike against cuts brings Greece to a halt
How is Greece faring under its international obligations?

08.11.2013 ECB cuts interest rates to record low
The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut its benchmark interest rate to a record low of 0.25%, down from 0.5%

07.11.2013 IFC sees up to $1 trillion climate-related investment potential in EMENA
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has published proprietary research highlighting up to $1 trillion of investment potential in renewable energy, resource efficiency, and climate change adaptation across Emerging Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA)

29.10.2013 UK hosts the World Islamic Economic Forum
The 9th World Islamic Economic Forum bearing the theme “Changing World, New Relationships” opened at ExCel London on October 29

23.10.2013 U.S. Federal Reserve Board issues redesigned $100 note
On October 8, the Federal Reserve began supplying financial institutions with a redesigned $100 note that incorporates new security features to deter counterfeiters and help businesses and consumers tell whether a note is genuine, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe said

22.10.2013 Amnesty International calls on Tehran to halt execution of prisoner who survived hanging
A statement released by Amnesty International on October 16 notes that that Iran must stop the execution of man who was found alive at a morgue a day after being hanged.  Iranian authorities reportedly said the prisoner would be hanged for a second time once his condition improves.

07.09.2013 Police officers investigating IRP activist’s case punished for negligence
By interior minister’s order an administrative action was imposed upon police officers investigating the case of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) activist, Umedjon Tojiyev. 

06.08.2013 Ahmadinejad appointed to Iran’s top political arbitration body
Iran's supreme leader yesterday appointed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the Expediency Council, the country's top political arbitration body

07.07.2013 Tethys announces strategic acquisitions in Georgia
Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys”), the oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Central Asia/Caspian Region, has announced the conditional acquisition of interests in a number of production sharing contracts (“PSCs”) in Georgia

13.06.2013 Child labor robbing millions of health, education and growth, UNICEF says
On the World Day Against Child Labor, UNICEF yesterday called attention to the millions of children around the world who are engaged in some form of hazardous or exploitative work, usually at the expense of their health and education, and overall wellbeing and development, pres release issued by the UNICEF Country Office n Tajikistan said

05.06.2013 FAO: Some 870 million people were still hungry in the world in 2010-2012
Denouncing the huge social and economic costs of malnutrition, FAO Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva yesterday called for resolute efforts to eradicate malnutrition as well as hunger from around the world

31.05.2013 US keeps Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan on state sponsors of terrorism list
The United States keeps Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan on a list of state sponsors of terrorism.