Consumer Spending Falls Off Spending slowed in December and inflation continued to rise, leaving the Fed little leeway in the months ahead.... Read Full Article Trial Of Chief Of Milosevic’s Secret Police Begins Jovica Stanisic, a key strategist of campaigns that terrorized and killed many civilians, was once considered the second most powerful official in Serbia.... Read Full Article Beware Falling Grapes! France Confused By New Road Signs <a href="http://timescorrespondents.typepad.com/charles_bremner/">Charles Bremner’s Paris weblog</a>... Read Full Article Administrators Need $7m For Estate Administrators of failed Estate Property Group are to raise an extra $7 million to help finish some of its key projects and ensure the business does not run out of cash.... Read Full Article Executive Says Imus Deserves Another Chance The chief executive of the media company that is believed to be on the brink of returning Don Imus to broadcast radio said today that Mr. Imus’s firing was sufficient punishment for his derogatory com... Read Full Article |
Asia NewsFear Keeps East Timor Tent Camps Full2008-02-20 04:55 - The United Nations is worried that refugee camps, which are home to an estimated 100,000 people in East Timor, are a growing source of security problems and aid dependency for the country. China Expresses Concern Over U.S. Plan to Shoot Down a Faulty Spy Sate... 2008-02-20 04:55 - China warned against threats to security in outer space, without mentioning its own successful anti-satellite missile test last year. Plea for Aid as Winter Grips Tajikistan 2008-02-20 04:55 - United Nations officials issued an urgent plea for some $25 million in emergency aid to the Central Asian country hardest hit by an unusually harsh winter. Many Women Stay Away From the Polls in an Uneasy Pakistani City 2008-02-20 04:55 - Threats from hardline Pakistani militants appear to have prevented thousands of Pakistani women from casting their ballots. Smugglers Return iPhones to China 2008-02-19 06:01 - The popularity of the iPhone is defying Apple’s attempt to slowly introduce it in new markets. President-Elect of South Korea Is Questioned in Stock Scam 2008-02-19 06:01 - President-elect Lee Myung-bak, who will be inaugurated on Feb. 25, was elected in part on promises that he would improve the country’s economy. Afghanistan: Bitter Winter Claims More Than 900 Lives 2008-02-19 04:55 - Cold, snowstorms and avalanches have killed 926 people as the country suffers what is thought to be the worst winter in three decades, the authorities said. Doubts on Security as Pakistani Vote Nears 2008-02-18 06:01 - Pakistan’s parliamentary elections on Monday have included charges of armed intimidation and bribes, and the suspicion of rigging hangs thick in the air. The Pyrotechnic Imagination 2008-02-18 06:01 - The Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang paints with gunpowder when he’s not staging open-air ?explosion events.? At this summer’s Beijing Olympic ceremonies, he?ll be playing with fire. In a Sultanate Known as Solo, One Too Many Kings 2008-02-18 04:55 - Four years after the death of King Pakubowono XII, who left no heir and no instructions about his succession, the sultanate is no closer to determining who is its legitimate king. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 |
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