en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/billion/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/oil_discovery_rocks_brazil/ A huge offshore oil discovery could raise Brazil's petroleum reserves by a whopping 40 percent and boost this country into the ranks of the world's major exporters, officials said. The government-run oil company Petroleo news world 2007-11-10 00:01:38 http://www.newsique.com/world/oil_discovery_rocks_brazil/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/11/08/brazil.oil.ap/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/oil_discovery_rocks_brazil/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/us_boosts_israels_annual_defense/ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a new $30 billion US defense package to Israel Sunday and voiced satisfaction over Washington's plan to supply state-of-the-art weapons to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states as a counterweight to Iranian influence. The news world 2007-08-01 11:09:15 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_boosts_israels_annual_defense/ www.dailystar.com.lb http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=84187 Important [19] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/us_boosts_israels_annual_defense/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/saudi_arabia_writes_off_18bn_ira/ Saudi Arabia has decided to write off 80 per cent of the more than $US15 billion ($18 billion) it is owed by Iraq, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said. As part of its efforts to help Iraq rebuild, the Bush administration has been pressing Iraq' news world 2007-04-18 14:10:10 http://www.newsique.com/world/saudi_arabia_writes_off_18bn_ira/ News.com.au http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,21582824-1702,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/newscomau/ 90 Interesting [7] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/saudi_arabia_writes_off_18bn_ira/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/106_billion_us_aid_for_afghanist/ US President George W Bush will ask Congress for $8.6 billion to improve Afghanistan's army and police forces and $2 billion for infrastructure projects and anti-narcotics efforts, US Secretary of State Condolezza Rice revealed. news world 2007-01-26 09:55:27 http://www.newsique.com/world/106_billion_us_aid_for_afghanist/ Malta Star http://www.maltastar.com/pages/msFullArt.asp?an=9429 http://www.newsique.com/sources/maltastar/ 95 Important [8] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/106_billion_us_aid_for_afghanist/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/nigeria_pays_14_billion_dollars_/ ABUJA (AFP) - s, while the rest of the debt will be cleared by March, President Olusegun Obasanjo said. news world 2007-01-04 21:32:52 http://www.newsique.com/world/nigeria_pays_14_billion_dollars_/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070104/wl_africa_afp/nigerialondonclubdebt http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [5] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/nigeria_pays_14_billion_dollars_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/despite_billions_spent_rebuildin/ For a little more than $38 billion, the United States and its contractors in Iraq have provided 4.6 million people with access to water. They have distributed seeds to Iraqi farmers, improving wheat harvests. With electricity-generating capacity now above news world 2006-11-14 00:15:00 http://www.newsique.com/world/despite_billions_spent_rebuildin/ Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/11/AR2006111101076.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/washingtonpost/ 94 Under Rated [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/despite_billions_spent_rebuildin/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_denies_us_computer_hacking/ China rejected a U.S. report concluding that the Chinese military is secretly increasing spending to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy, and invest in intercontinental nuclear missiles and weapons to destroy satellites. The United news world 2008-03-04 08:14:59 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_denies_us_computer_hacking/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/04/pentagon.china/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_denies_us_computer_hacking/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/g8_leaders_pledge_60b_for_africa/ The leaders of the world's richest nations on Friday agreed a $60 billion pledge to fight diseases such as AIDS in Africa and restated promises to double development spending on the continent. The leaders held their joint session on the last day of the news world 2007-06-08 10:51:06 http://www.newsique.com/world/g8_leaders_pledge_60b_for_africa/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/08/g8.africa/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/g8_leaders_pledge_60b_for_africa/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/g8_pledges_60bn_to_fight_aids/ G8 countries had wrangled late into Thursday night about specifics on aid for Africa.New money They were expected broadly to recommit themselves to pledges made at a 2005 summit in Scotland when they said they would double development funding by 2010. news world 2007-06-08 10:51:06 http://www.newsique.com/world/g8_pledges_60bn_to_fight_aids/ Al Jazeera http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/81206BD6-9462-4BA3-BB8D-AAA561114F13.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/al_jazeera/ 90 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/g8_pledges_60bn_to_fight_aids/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/blair_launches_new_nuclear_syste/ BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair today confirmed that his Government will seek to update Britain's nuclear deterrent with a new generation of submarines that will cost between £15 ($38 billion) and £20 billion ($50 billion). news world 2006-12-04 19:45:11 http://www.newsique.com/world/blair_launches_new_nuclear_syste/ The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20874259-2703,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/the_australian/ 95 Under Rated [4] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/blair_launches_new_nuclear_syste/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/owner_of_outback_steakhouse_sold/ Private equity investors are buying OSI Restaurant Partners Inc., which owns such chains as Outback Steakhouse, for about $3.2 billion. news world 2006-11-06 10:37:41 http://www.newsique.com/world/owner_of_outback_steakhouse_sold/ Monsters and Critics http://news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1218836.php/Owner_of_Outback_Steakhouse_sold_for_$3.2B http://www.newsique.com/sources/monstersandcritics/ 95 Under Rated [2] mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/owner_of_outback_steakhouse_sold/#comments