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Record year for AAT membership
FIGURES ISSUED on May 9 show that 1999 was another record year of growth for the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), with membership and student figures combined exceeding the 100,000 mark. A release from the AAT said that highlights of 1999...

Dominica wants to join EU
CANOUAN, St. Vincent (AP): HIS COLLEAGUES scoff at the idea, but Dominica's prime minister says his Caribbean island nation will soon apply for membership in the European Union.

EU Commission seeks banana solution by October
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP): THE EUROPEAN Commis-sion launched a new initiative yesterday to resolve a bruising international trade dispute over bananas by October and end U.S. sanctions imposed in retaliation for the EU's banana import regime.
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