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South African Judge Lifts Domestic Ban on Rhino Horn Trade
A South African judge today lifted a domestic ban on trade in rhino horns, in a direct challenge to government policy put in place in 2009 to try to stem rocketing poaching numbers.
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Prime Minister's Office and Attorney General disagree over assigning mines
The report by the national auditor on the massive losses caused by the allocation of coal fields is being refuted by the government, but has led to the Prime Minister suggesting that no mines in the mines and minerals sector be assigned for now. The auditor's report said that because an auction was not held for coal blocks between 2004 and 2009, th...
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Pranab to quit as finance minister on June 26: Report
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will step down on June 26, rather than the previously expected June 24, as he prepares to stand in July's presidential election, a senior member of the ruling Congress Party told Reuters said late on Thursday. Mukherjee, who has held the post since 2009, is leaving at a time when Asia's third-largest economy is ta...
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South African Judge Lifts Domestic Ban on Rhino Horn Trade
A South African judge today lifted a domestic ban on trade in rhino horns, in a direct challenge to government policy put in place in 2009 to try to stem rocketing poaching numbers.
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Prime Minister's Office and Attorney General disagree over assigning mines
The report by the national auditor on the massive losses caused by the allocation of coal fields is being refuted by the government, but has led to the Prime Minister suggesting that no mines in the mines and minerals sector be assigned for now. The auditor's report said that because an auction was not held for coal blocks between 2004 and 2009, th...
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Pranab to quit as finance minister on June 26: Report
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will step down on June 26, rather than the previously expected June 24, as he prepares to stand in July's presidential election, a senior member of the ruling Congress Party told Reuters said late on Thursday. Mukherjee, who has held the post since 2009, is leaving at a time when Asia's third-largest economy is ta...
