For Citigroup’s New Head, Focus Is Subprime Tangle
Robert E. Rubin, who was named Citigroup’s chairman after the departure of Charles O. Prince III, has moved quickly to deal with the turmoil that has engulfed the banking giant....
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Neighbor Leaves Singapore Short Of Sand
Singapore’s government is being forced to tap its sand hoard after Indonesia banned sand exports, the latest in a string of disputes between the country and its neighbors....
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Police Search For Driver Of Thai Truck
A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for the driver of a truck in which 54 migrant workers suffocated as they were smuggled into Thailand, officials said....
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World Briefing | Africa: Kenya: Agreement On Power-Sharing
The Kenyan Parliament unanimously approved a power-sharing deal intended to end the crisis that killed at least 1,000 people in postelection violence....
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Low Technologies, High Aims
M.I.T. has nurtured dozens of Nobel Prize winners in cerebral realms, but lately it has turned its attention toward concrete thinking to improve the lives of the poor....
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