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 Sri Lanka set to free jailed general 

Sunday, May 20, 2012
General Sarath Fonseka, jailed in 2010, is set to be released by the Sri Lankan authorities amid growing concerns about the country's human rights record

 Vale hires advisers for oil and gas assets 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Brazilian miner hires Citibank and Scotiabank with a view to either selling the assets or spinning them off into a new company

 Repsol cancels LNG shipments to Argentina 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Spanish group scraps nine deliveries of liquefied natural gas worth $360m in wake of YPF seizure over alleged 'contract violations' by Buenos Aires

 Venezuelan government evacuates prison 

Friday, May 18, 2012
After a three-week stand-off which culminated in a shoot-out between inmates and security forces, authorities managed to control the violence that brought the capital to a standstill

 Jordan worries Syrian crisis could undermine stability 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Amman has pointedly refused to back either President Bashar al-Assad's regime or the rebels seeking its overthrow

 Brazil stimulus fails to raise growth 

Friday, May 18, 2012
Contraction makes Brazil's growth second slowest in Latin America and comes as Asia's major emerging markets, China and India, are also decelerating

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