Reuters: Sao Tome et Principe News

UPDATE 1-Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:02:38 +0000

* Sao Tome identified as haven for airlines dodging ban

Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:15:13 +0000

BRUSSELS, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The European Union added all airlines from Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome et Principe to its airline safety blacklist on Friday, but Yemenia Yemen Airways avoided inclusion despite a fatal crash in June.

UPDATE 1-Sao Tome to set up national oil firm-govt official

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:05:28 +0000

CAPE TOWN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Sao Tome and Principe, a tiny African island nation, will establish a national oil company before the end of the year to develop the island's offshore crude oil fields, a government official said on Wednesday. Luis Prazeres, executive director of the island's regulatory body the National Petroleum Agency, said the planned oil company would partner with Angola's Sonangol to develop an economic exclusion zone offshore.

Sao Tome to set up national oil firm - govt official

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:04:38 +0000

CAPE TOWN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Sao Tome and Principe, a tiny African island nation, will establish a national oil company before the end of the year to develop the island's offshore crude oil fields, a government official said on Wednesday. Luis Prazeres, executive director of the island's regulatory body National Petroleum Agency, said the planned oil company would partner with Angola's Sonangol to develop an economic exclusion zone offshore. (Reporting by Wendell Roelf)

UPDATE 4-Human Genome, Glaxo lupus drug works in 2nd trial

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:07:55 +0000

* 43.2 percent of patients respond vs 33.8 percent for placebo

Sao Tome, Angola eye oil exploration partnership

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:14:11 +0000

LUANDA, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Sao Tome and Principe, a tiny African island nation, wants to sign a deal with Angolan state-owned oil firm Sonangol to help it tap into its oil reserves, Prime Minister Joaquim Rafael Branco said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 4-National Express gets improved $1.3 billion approach

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:22:55 +0000

* CVC-Cosmen consortium proposes offering 500 pence/share

UPDATE 3-National Express rejects FirstGroup approach

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:26:34 +0000

* Combination would create a giant in Europe, United States

UPDATE 2-Canada has few rights in 'Buy American' flap-USTR

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:29:19 +0000

* Canadian premiers, business groups push for new deal (Recasts, updates with additional information)

Gulf of Guinea neighbours to share crime-fighting

Wed, 06 May 2009 18:41:48 +0000

YAOUNDE, May 6 (Reuters) - Four countries on Africa's Gulf of Guinea will join forces to fight rising crime along its coastline, Cameroon's Defence Minister said on Wednesday.