In the book ‘In the Arabian Nights,’ released recently in Brazil, the Anglo-Afghan writer Tahir Shah combines stories of his life in the Arab country and characters of local culture.
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The Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency will inaugurate its service unit in São Paulo tomorrow. The aim is to heighten the level of information of companies interested in exporting.
There has been a 1.3% increase in throughput last October, as against the same month last year. In passenger transport, the growth was 1.8% in the same comparison, according to ACI.
Complex The Wave, in Muscat, won the International Property Awards in the architecture category. The enterprise includes a resort, housing, hotels, a marina, a golf course, stores and restaurants.
The projection was disclosed as a preview of a report on the world economy. According to the United Nations, Asian countries should be the main drivers of growth.
The president of the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association, Francisco Turra, stated that shipments should end the year at similar levels to those of 2008.
This Wednesday, in Geneva, a group of developing nations decided to sign an agreement providing for a 20% reduction in foreign trade tariffs on 70% of the products traded among them.
The event will be promoted by the Unctad and is going to bring together representatives of five Arab countries interested in cooperating to fight poverty through economic development.
The Syrian Lebanese hospital should have a new unit starting in 2010, in the Itaim Bibi neighbourhood, in São Paulo. The investment in the eight story building is US$ 20 million.
Minister Celso Amorim said Brazil will exempt the world’s poorest nations from import tariffs. The statement was made at the WTO conference, since the Doha Round failed to produce an agreement.
A survey conducted among 2,000 citizens in Rio de Janeiro showed that 5% dream of getting to know Dubai. The most desired target, however, is Disneyland.
Exhibition ‘Immigrant Press in São Paulo’ brings newspapers and magazines produced by immigrant communities since the 19th century. Among them is paper Al Afkar, published by a Lebanese.
The airline’s sales team in Brazil had its performance acknowledged with an award granted by the chairman of the group, Ahmed Bin Saeed Al-Maktoum.
São Paulo – Brazil should become self-sufficient in ammonia and urea production within five years, according to projections made by the minister of Agriculture, Reinhold Stephanes. The minister met with president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and the president of Petrobras, José Sérgio Gabrielli, on this Tuesday (24th). At the meeting, Petrobras disclosed its plans
