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  • China pumping millions into Afghanistan 22 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
    ... economy has been hailed by the country's mining minister who has revealed that projects acquired ... years. Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, the minister for mines, said foreign investment in the country's vast mineral deposits would bring $2 billion (£1.25 billion) ...

  • Bomb kills five Afghan border police 22 Nov 2009 10:10 GMT
    ... Manila - Unidentified gunmen abducted the captain and ... from a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China rose overnight to 87, ... that killed 42 workers and left 66 miners trapped underground on Saturday was expected to ...

  • Central Asian Countries Seek To Demine Border Areas 22 Nov 2009 12:31 GMT
    ... Central Asian Countries Seek To Demine Border Areas DUSHANBE -- A Tajik Foreign ... in Dushanbe at an international conference on demining borders in the Ferghana region that dozens ... but no terrorists have been killed by mines along the borders in the last decade. Ivar ...

  • Russia's President Makes Rare Call For Ruling Party Reform 22 Nov 2009 03:11 GMT
    ... The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has ... is yet another incident recorded in a mine. As a rough estimate, in 2009 at ... have died in accidents incidents in various mines due to landslides, floods and explosions. The year ...

  • 4 dead in crash south of Calgary 22 Nov 2009 00:13 GMT
    ... U.S. Senator John McCain says military exit dates and ... their homes by flooding. At least 42 miners are dead and dozens still trapped underground ... dozens still trapped underground after a coal mine explosion in northern China early Saturday. ...

  • Two men died in Calgary after a garage caught fire in the city's northeast. 22 Nov 2009 00:57 GMT
    ... U.S. Senator John McCain says military exit dates and ... their homes by flooding. At least 42 miners are dead and dozens still trapped underground ... dozens still trapped underground after a coal mine explosion in northern China early Saturday. ...

  • Afghan Minister Bribed by Chinese Firm 18 Nov 2009 17:17 GMT
    ... The Afghan minister of mines accepted a roughly $30 million bribe to award ... country's largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, according to a U.S. official who ... problems. The work on the Aynak copper mine, in the high desert terrain of Logar ...

  • Afghan Minister Accused of Taking Bribe 18 Nov 2009 18:55 GMT
    ... The Afghan minister of mines accepted a roughly $30 million bribe to award ... country's largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, according to a U.S. official who ... problems. The work on the Aynak copper mine, in the high desert terrain of Logar ...

  • Afghan ministry denies bribe report 18 Nov 2009 20:57 GMT
    ... Wednesday reported that the "Afghan minister of mines accepted a roughly $30 million bribe to ... country's largest development project to a Chinese mining firm." The Post story reflects U.S. concerns ... the same company -- the state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp., or MCC -- is apparently ...

  • Afghan mine minister accused of taking $30 milliion bribe 18 Nov 2009 07:30 GMT
    ... AFGHAN MINE MINISTER ACCUSED OF TAKING A $30 MILLION ... $30 MILLION BRIBE The Afghan minister of mines accepted a bribe of about $30 million to ... country's largest development project to a Chinese mining firm, according to a U.S. official who ...

  • Afghan official accused of taking $27m bribe 18 Nov 2009 22:17 GMT
    ... Corporation, visiting the site of a copper mine in Afghanistan in 2007. Photo / AP ... ($27.27) million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ...

  • Bribery allegation ignites political firestorm on Afghanistan's Aynak Copper tender process 19 Nov 2009 08:41 GMT
    ... HOME > WHATS NEW MINES MINISTER ACCUSED OF TAKING $20M-$30M BRIBE Bribery allegation ... contract for a US$2.9 billion project to mine copper from the Aynak project. The alleged ... reportedly the front runner for another Afghan mining project involving iron ore west of Kabul. ...

  • Afghan minister accused of receiving huge bribe 18 Nov 2009 11:14 GMT
    ... In the case of the minister of mines, there is a "high degree of certainty," ... of December 2007, when the state-run China Metallurgical Group Corp. received the contract for a ... ministry is reviewing offers for another massive mining deal -- this time for an iron ...

  • Afghan minister accused of major bribery 19 Nov 2009 06:54 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON : Afghanistan's minister of mines accepted a 30-million-dollar bribe to award a ... Dubai around December 2007 when the China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) was awarded a 2.9-billion-dollar ... struggling for credibility among an impoverished population. Mining is one of Afghanistan's few economic bright ...

  • Afghan minister accused of major bribery: Report 19 Nov 2009 07:16 GMT
    ... Washington: Afghanistan's Minister of Mines accepted a USD 30 million bribe to ... Dubai around December 2007 when the China Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) was awarded a USD ... struggling for credibility among an impoverished population. Mining is one of Afghanistan's few economic bright ...

  • Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal 18 Nov 2009 20:56 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. The officials spoke on condition ...

  • Afghanistan's minister of mines allegedly accepts $20 million to steer mining project to China 18 Nov 2009 21:33 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. The officials spoke on condition ...

  • Afghan officialsaid to take bribe for copper deal 19 Nov 2009 11:51 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. The officials spoke on condition ...

  • Afghan officialsaid to take bribe for copper deal 19 Nov 2009 11:50 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. The officials spoke on condition ...

  • Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal 18 Nov 2009 20:16 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. The officials spoke on condition ...

  • Afghan minister accused of major bribery: report 19 Nov 2009 05:42 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON (AFP) – Afghanistan's minister of mines accepted a 30-million-dollar bribe to award a ... in Dubai around December 2007 when the Metallurgical Group Corp (MCC) was awarded a 2.9-billion-dollar ... struggling for credibility among an impoverished population. Mining is one of Afghanistan's few economic bright ...

  • Afghan Minister Rejects Charges Of Corruption 19 Nov 2009 10:52 GMT
    ... Afghan Minister for Mines and Industry Ibrahim Adel says he has proof ... for awarding a Chinese company a lucrative copper-mining contract, RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan reports. Mining ... $400 million per year in royalties to mine one of the world's largest copper deposits. ...

  • Afghan official said to take bribe for copper deal 18 Nov 2009 20:15 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... world's largest unexploited copper reserves. Mining the metal is expected to generate hundreds of millions ...

  • Mine official reportedly took $20 million bribe 19 Nov 2009 06:34 GMT
    ... $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring ... intelligence reports said that Afghanistan's minister of mines, Muhammad Ibrahim Adel, allegedly accepted the money ... was awarded in late 2007 to China Metallurgical Group Corp. The officials spoke on condition ...

  • Report: Afghan Minister Accepted $30 Million Bribe 18 Nov 2009 18:51 GMT
    ... report published Wednesday says Afghanistan's minister of mines is accused of accepting an approximately $30 ... in exchange for awarding a lucrative copper mining contract to a Chinese firm. The newspaper ... during the time when the state-run China Metallurgical Group won the multibillion dollar contract. Adel ...


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