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ROME Cheap Dana Barros Jersey , March 26 (Xinhua) -- Italian regions contributed differently to Italy's export recovery in 2014, confirming a clear divide in the economic performance between the north and south of the country, a recent report based on official data showed.


Italy's sales abroad increased by 2 percent last year compared to 2013, reaching some 398 billion euros (432.9 billion U.S. dollars), the National Institute for Statistics (ISTAT) stated.


This result was mainly due to the good performance of northern and central regions, whereas southern Italy registered on the whole a significant contraction Cheap Moses Malone Jersey , a report Bologna-based economic think-tank Prometeia released on March 24th noted.


With the exception of the central Umbria region, which posted a 5.7 percent decrease, "northern and central Italian regions experienced positive changes everywhere, while export in the south suffered a 4.7 percent contraction despite an export increase in some regions," the report said.


Southern Italy already showed an overall 8.5 percent export decrease in 2013.


Emilia Romagna was among the best-performing northern regions with a 4.3 rise in export, mainly due to transport equipment Cheap Ben Simmons Jersey , textiles and clothing, plastic materials, and nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing.


Northwestern Piedmont and northeastern Veneto posted a 3.3 percent and 2.7 percent increase, respectively.


The Lombardy region, usually considered as Italy's main economic engine, posted a 1.4 percent increase. The result Cheap JJ Redick Jersey , though quite modest, was positive if considering its export stagnation in 2013, the report said.


All these four regions benefited largely from an average 10 percent increase in the demand from the United States, which was also driven by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar against euro, according to Prometeia report.


Overall, the small Marche region in central Italy showed one of the best performances with a 7.5 percent export rose last year.


This very positive result is to be attributed almost entirely to inter-company transactions in pharmaceuticals industry Cheap Allen Iverson Jersey ," the report said.


The Northwestern Liguria region as well posted a relevant 10.2 percent export increase.


In this case, the result was due to "an extraordinary trend in the machinery and transport equipment sectors, and a special success in African and Asian markets at the expenses of the old continent (Europe)".


The Southern Italy offered a very different scenario, despite some regions such as Basilicata and Molise did post a growth in their sales abroad.


Southern Sicily and Sardinia were the major contributors to this negative performance, with a 13.9 percent and 13.6 percent decrease in export respectively.


Here the dynamic regarding oil products, both in terms of prices and markets Cheap Joel Embiid Jersey , was considered as a main factor.


"Oil products account for 67 percent of the whole Sicilian exports. A collapse in the demand from major trading partners such as Turkey, France, Libya, and the United States added to the effect of falling oil products prices," Prometeia paper explained.


A similar trend was noticed in the Sardinia region, where oil products account for 80 percent of export.


Food industry only seemed to boost southern Italian regions and their international trade: their sales abroad in this sector grew in fact by 4 percent.

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ZURICH Cheap Philadelphia 76ers Hats , Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The world soccer governing body FIFA and France Football magazine announced on Monday the three-man shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or with Lionel Messi, Franck Ribery and Cristiano Ronaldo to vie for the award.


Messi of Argentina has won the award for four consecutive times while Ronaldo of Portugal won the award in 2008. And Ronaldo has been seen as the favorite to win this year's award following his solid performance in the national team as well as in his club Real Madrid.


Ribery of France was already named Europe's best player for helping Bayern Munich win the Champions League, Bundesliga and German Cup last season.


The Ballon d'Or will be presented in Zurich on January 13.

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SANAA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- The Saudi-led coalition forces have conducted air strikes for the second night on Thursday in Yemen's capital and several other cities that destroyed military targets of the Shiite Houthi group and former President Ali Abdullah Saleh who was accused of allying the Houthis to overrun the country.


The military action was in response to an appeal by President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi who asked for immediate military intervention following the Houthi aggression in southern regions.


Observers said foreign intervention is a double-edged sword, it could help weaken violent, stubborn militia groups and also could lead to a backlash and further violence.


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Fuad Alsalahi Cheap Philadelphia 76ers Hoodies , a political sociology professor at Sanaa University, said all types of foreign intervention are unwelcome because only the Yemeni people lose in all cases.


""It is affecting Yemen's sovereignty. I don't think it will solve the problem or restore legitimacy but rather it will deepen disagreements and powerful struggle,"" Alsalahi said.


The military action comes amid dramatic developments putting the country on the edge of an all-out civil war and a humanitarian disaster due to economic challenges deepened by the ongoing political crisis.


Abdul Salam Muhammad, head of ABAAD studies and research center, said the military action was the last resort to salvage the political process after some factions insisted on violence.


""The Houthi group had the chance to prevent the situation from developing into foreign intervention, it could serve peace instead of wars Cheap Philadelphia 76ers Shirts ,"" he said. ""The action increases chances for resuming talks and it is expected that militants avoid military adventures.""


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