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Volkswagen Group and SOVAC to produce vehicles in Algeria

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The Volkswagen Group has signed a contract for vehicle assembly in Algeria through a joint venture with SOVAC S.P.A., The dealership network of the Volkswagen Group in Algeria includes more than 100 facilities with 1,650 employees. In 2015, the Volkswagen Group delivered 30,000 new vehicles to customers via the importer SOVAC.

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New Algerian city to be model for low-carbon urban development in developing world

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A newly unveiled project to build a sustainable, low-carbon city in Algeria—Boughzoul—may serve as a prototype for urban development in other cities of the developing world without adding to greenhouse gas emissions. The first phase of Masdar will be habitable by 2015. Nature Middle East.

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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The report shows that the three largest exporters of used vehicles—the European Union (EU), Japan, and the United States of America (USA)—exported 14 million used light duty vehicles (LDVs) worldwide between 2015 and 2018. The EU was the largest exporter with 54% of the total followed by Japan (27%) and the USA (18%).

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New Algerian city to be model for low-carbon urban development in developing world

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A newly unveiled project to build a sustainable, low-carbon city in Algeria—Boughzoul—may serve as a prototype for urban development in other cities of the developing world without adding to greenhouse gas emissions. The first phase of Masdar will be habitable by 2015. Nature Middle East.

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Opinion: Saudis Could Face An Open Revolt At Next OPEC Meeting

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CME Brent oil futures project continuity: as of August 18, 2015, CME Brent futures projected the price remaining below $60/bbl until June 2017. Interestingly, also, the Saudis increased their share of OPEC average daily output in the first half of 2015 over 2014 average daily volume—and their share of average daily global output.

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Opinion: How Much Longer Can OPEC Hold Out?

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The EIA even predicts that OPEC’s net oil exports (excluding Iran) could fall to as low as $380 billion in 2015. With the decline of average annual crude prices, OPEC earned around $730 billion in net oil export revenues in 2014 (Source: EIA), a big decline of 11% from its previous year.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Mediterranean migration hit international headlines in 2015 when the Syrian civil war helped drive up numbers to around 1 million people. But the post-2015 rules ballooned its budget. Mali was a conflict zone, so he moved on to Algeria, but he lacked a work permit, and employers would underpay him or fail to pay him altogether.

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