Chaos as Zimbabwe demonetizes Z$200,000 note
HARARE, Dec 31, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's central bank chief extended a deadline Monday to exchange 200,000 dollar bills just hours before they were to cease …
HARARE, Dec 31, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's central bank chief extended a deadline Monday to exchange 200,000 dollar bills just hours before they were to cease …
NEW DELHI, Dec 30, 2007 (AFP) - India's giant Tata Group plans to launch the world's cheapest car early in January while also looking set to drive off with two …
ROME, Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to take part in a giant New Year's kiss in front of Saint Mark's Basilica in the romantic …
WASHINGTON, Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar is losing ground as the currency of choice in the world's foreign exchange reserves, the International Monetary …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29, 2007 (AFP) - Pakistan's interior ministry said Saturday that the international community "does not understand the environment" in the …
HARARE, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - After a year which saw the official inflation rate surge to 8,000 percent, shelves run dry and opposition leaders beaten up, few …
ISLAMABAD, Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - Pakistan's interior ministry said Friday it was "unaware" of Al-Qaeda claiming a link to Benazir Bhutto's killing but said …
VALLETTA, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - The tiny Mediterranean island nations of Cyprus and Malta join the eurozone on January 1, turning the single-currency area from …
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Dec 26, 2007 (AFP) - Nepal's state-owned oil company on Wednesday hiked petrol prices by nearly 10 percent, the second increase in the last …
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed Thursday in a suicide attack at a campaign rally, the interior …
MOSCOW, Dec 27, 2007 (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday urged government ministers to fight inflation by making Russia's agriculture sector …
VATICAN CITY, Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday used his Christmas homily to speak out against selfishness and the degradation of the …
LONDON, Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) - European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet pledged, in an interview published Monday, to focus on eurozone inflation, and …
BEIJING, Dec 23, 2007 (AFP) - China has proposed lifting millions of its citizens out of the income tax net to ease the burden on low-wage earners amid rising …
WASHINGTON, Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) - The US Senate is holding special one man sessions throughout Christmas and the New Year to prevent President George W. online …
NEW YORK, Dec 24, 2007 (AFP) - US stock markets were higher Monday morning as investors tied up their year-end positions and as Merrill Lynch announced it had …
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 21, 2007 (AFP) - An asteroid hurtling towards Mars has a one in 75 chance of chance of scoring a direct hit on the red planet next month, NASA …
NEW DELHI, Dec 20, 2007 (AFP) - India's Tata Group has demanded an apology from US-listed luxury hotel chain Orient-Express for rejecting its offer for a …