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Uganda can earn an additional $2.5 billion from non-traditional trading partners in the region and close the trade deficit in the next five years if it removes trade barriers with neighbors, the World Bank announced today. Doing so could also help the East African country stabilize the economy in the face of a slowdown in overall growth and reduced aid flows, the World Bank says.

The Union of the Comoros began participating in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) today, marking a major step in the process of developing its national statistical system.

If the EU is to meet its energy and climate policy goals, it will need to adopt a common energy tax regime, said the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in its opinion on the internal energy market adopted.

Irish Minister outlines Presidency priorities during speech to IIEA, including measures on trade, single market, SMEs and research and development. Potential benefits of over €150billion per annum to EU and US economies from successful conclusion of trade agreement.

Tijana Fares, a young farmer, attends to his crop in Khawy village, Tunisia.

European steelmakers are currently facing extremely challenging economic conditions, but new opportunities are opening up for the steel industry through emerging industrial applications in traditional or technology-based industries, such as construction and renewable energy. The High-Level Roundtable on steel – a platform for dialogue between industry, trade unions and the European Commission - has today adopted Recommendations to help create the right framework for the European steel sector to maintain its long-term competitiveness in an increasingly global context. These concrete proposals, to be considered by the Commission, Member States and the industry over the few next years, include measures on trade, raw materials, legislation costs, climate change, energy, environment, employment and research and development.

U.S. officials say hackers pose a threat to the nation's economy and accuse China of carrying out the most cyber-attacks.

International Monetary Fund has decided that the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is expected to engage in post-program monitoring1 with the Fund, following the expiration on January 18, 2013 of the two-year arrangement under the Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) in an amount of SDR 413.4 million (about €473.9 million, or 600 percent of quota). The Board's decision was adopted on a lapse-of-time basis.

What is the actually crucial distinction of the mere human brain, the distinction supplied from that of the actually noëtic powers of the human mind? In practice, it is expressed as the potential ability of the living human mind, that to experience an actually forecastable, and also powerful, future option for mankind. There exists a precise distinction.