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business as usual: changing labels for some .....from the ABC
Australia's wheat exporter AWB has
some rare good news today after sealing deals overnight to sell 1.4 million tonnes of wheat to four countries. AWB is not disclosing the value of the contracts, which include a 500,000 tonne sale to India and smaller purchases by Iran, Kuwait and Yemen. It says these are new markets for Australian wheat and denies the troubles facing the company have been used to bargain down the price. Iraq is now refusing to deal with AWB because of allegations the wheat exporter paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein and last week was locked out of a 350,000 tonne sale to Iraq. Despite fears it faced a further backlash, AWB International's Ian Donges says the new sales show it is business as usual for the company. "There's no doubt today's announcement is a very positive story for the sales program for the '05 pool year," he said. Meanwhile some graingrowers are becoming concerned about the true costs of the oil-for-food inquiry. Gus stalks:
Sure, stop the enquiry or you
might find the truth...
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a familiar refrain .....
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Spectrum of possibilitiesFrom the ABC Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile has announced the sale of 350,000 tonnes of Australian wheat to Iraq worth up to $70 million.
Mr Vaile made the announcement as he and other Nationals
I forgot if this already appears on the site... But I drew this just when Mr Vaile was leaving Australia for negociations with Iraq... Not hard to guess the result...
More busy-body Clowner
From the ABC Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says he supports a decision by the United States to deliver nuclear technology to India. Australia has ruled out selling uranium to India because it has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Prime Minister John Howard is due to visit the country next week, but Mr Downer says this development will not cause discomfort. "We've considered very carefully over the last few months the American proposal for this agreement that President Bush has signed with the Indians, and our view of it is that it's a good step forward... Gus radiations:
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