US crude exports becoming bigger presence in global mkt

NEW YORK, Mar 18 (AFP): Boosted by surging output, the United States is becoming a significant exporter of crude oil, a shift that is remaking American infrastructure and altering the global petroleum market. Now pumping more than 10 million barrels per day, the US has become the second biggest oil...

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Indian airports struggle to cope with massive surge in passengers

MUMBAI, Mar 18 (AFP): India's airports are struggling to cope with a massive surge in passenger numbers and billions of dollars must be spent to boost their capacity, analysts have warned. The country is witnessing a huge boom in air travel as its growing middle class increasingly takes to the...

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Cuba opens food market for pvt sector

HAVANA, Mar 18 (Xinhua): The Cuban government opened on Saturday in Havana, its first wholesale food-market for the private sector as part of the process to update the country's economic model. This market center to operate under the name of "Mercabal" will for the moment, only have clients from the...

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