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Scientists pore over data from NKorea blast
PARIS, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) - Scientists took a dour wait-and-see attitude after North Korea claimed to have successfully conducted a nuclear test on Monday. buy …
Indian PM pledges to push for financial reform
LONDON, Oct 9, 2006 (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged to push for reform of the banking and insurance sectors, and to raise investment in …
Headache-immune woodpeckers, picky dung beetles win IgNobels
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - Scientists who answered questions such as why woodpeckers don't get headaches, whether dung beetles like their …
Credit card ousts the giving basket at US churches
WASHINGTON, Oct 6, 2006 (AFP) - The days of donating at church by dropping money into a basket may become a thing of the past if Marty Baker has his way. …
Zimbabwe crisis signals boom time for Zambian tourism
VICTORIA FALLS, Zambia, Oct 5, 2006 (AFP) - For years it was regarded as a backwater and the poor relation to its southern neighbour, but the spiralling crisis …
Diamonds are a miner’s best friend
PARIS, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - A 603-carat stone found in Lesotho is the 15th biggest diamond ever found, the Gem Diamond Mining company and the government of the …
London taxi cabs set for Chinese production
LONDON, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - The world-famous black London taxi cab will soon be seen on the streets of China after its maker announced a multi-million-pound …
Iran seeks to fingerprint all US visitors
TEHRAN, Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Iran's conservative-controlled parliament is to debate a bill that would make digital fingerprinting compulsory for all US citizens …
India’s top media groups to launch new daily together
NEW DELHI, Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Two of India's top rival media houses Tuesday signed an agreement to launch a new daily newspaper in the Indian capital amid a …
Bangladesh’s top textile firm to raise 102 mln dlrs for expansion
DHAKA, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Bangladesh's biggest textile manufacturer said Monday it would raise 102 million dollars abroad to finance expansion into high …
ADB official calls for Asia-wide FTA, but says common market far off
MANILA, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Major obstacles block Asia's prospects of becoming a common market, but a region-wide free-trade area is a realistic goal, an Asian …
Global rules needed to curb trade in arms components: report
LONDON, Oct 2, 2006 (AFP) - Weapons merchants are profiting from the lack of an international judicial framework to supply arms to individuals with few human …
Sri Lanka backs SKorean for UN’s top job
Sept 30, 2006 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's candidate has pulled out of the race to succeed Kofi Annan as UN secretary general and the country has thrown its backing …
India logs 8.9 pct first quarter growth, beats forecasts
NEW DELHI, Sept 29, 2006 (AFP) - India, the world's second-fastest growing major economy after China, beat most forecasts Friday by reporting 8. online …
One of world’s last “open outcry” trading pits shuts in Singapore
SINGAPORE, Sept 28, 2006 (AFP) - They curled their fingers, raised their arms, and tapped their heads while their throats went dry from hours of shouting. …
India’s 1Q GDP data to confirm eight pct full-year forecast: analysts
MUMBAI, Sept 27, 2006 (AFP) - Indian first quarter gross domestic product data this week is expected to confirm widespread forecasts for Asia's third largest …
India could process 30 percent of US bank transactions by 2010: reports
NEW DELHI, Sept 27, 2006 (AFP) - India's outsourcing industry will be able to process up to 30 per cent of US bank transactions by 2010, more than triple the …
More democracrazy in the Maldive Islands?
COLOMBO, Sept 22 (AFP) - The Maldivian government freed a top political dissident from house arrest Friday, opening the door for talks with the opposition on …
Military junta that grabbed power in Thailand eye former leader’s wealth
BANGKOK, Sept 22 (AFP) - Thailand may seize the assets of ousted billionaire prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the new military junta said on Friday. "It's …