Dollar falls as China threatens to unload US assets
NEW YORK, Aug 8, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar weakened against the euro and other world currencies Wednesday after a British newspaper report claimed China's …
NEW YORK, Aug 8, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar weakened against the euro and other world currencies Wednesday after a British newspaper report claimed China's …
LONDON, Aug 9, 2007 (AFP) - A soldier was arrested at the elite Sandhurst British military academy on suspicion of sexual assault, a Ministry of Defence …
SEOUL, Aug 9, 2007 (AFP) - South Korea Thursday raised its key interest rate for the second time in as many months in an attempt to soak up liquidity and keep …
WASHINGTON, Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday it was keeping US interest rates unchanged at 5.25 percent as it acknowledged concerns …
LONDON, Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - The doors to the biggest pub in the world swing open Tuesday as the 30th Great British Beer Festival gets underway. The annual …
COLOMBO, Aug 6, 2007 (AFP) - Two senior Maldivian ministers have quit the cabinet accusing President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of obstructing reform, officials and …
SYDNEY, Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - An Australian interest rate rise Wednesday is almost a certainty, according to economists, creating a political headache for Prime …
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 7, 2007 (AFP) - Asian low-cost airline pioneer Tony Fernandes looks set to score a major coup with British businessman Richard Branson coming …
LANGKAWI, Malaysia, Aug 6, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, internationally condemned for his nation's economic meltdown and human rights …
WASHINGTON, Aug 4, 2007 (AFP) - A US soldier was sentenced Saturday to 110 years in jail for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and slaying her …
MUSINA, South Africa, Aug 5, 2007 (AFP) - James Diop rings up another sale and then contemplates his good fortune to work in a supermarket in South Africa as …
TOKYO, Aug 5, 2007 (AFP) - Fearing their government cares more about big business than small farmers, Japan's rural dwellers are deserting the ruling …
BEIJING, Aug 4, 2007 (AFP) - China has established a blacklist of companies that have violated rules on the quality of exports, the commerce ministry said …
NEW DELHI, Aug 3, 2007 (AFP) - India's inflation rate eased to 4.36 percent on falling food prices, official data on Friday showed, after the central bank held …
NEW DELHI, Aug 3, 2007 (AFP) - India and the United States unveiled on Friday the text of an operating agreement for their controversial civilian nuclear …
COOLUM, Australia, Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Thursday that some countries may need to hike interest rates to keep …
COOLUM, Australia, Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) - The IMF played down recent sharemarket turmoil and said it would not lower its global economic outlook Thursday as a …
BANGKOK, Aug 1, 2007 (AFP) - Thailand's inflation rate hit a 43-month low of 1.7 percent in July, despite rising food prices, as consumption remained slow, the …
MANILA, Aug 1, 2007 (AFP) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Wednesday welcomed Southeast Asia's plans to create a single market by …
NEW YORK, Aug 1, 2007 (AFP) - Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has won control of Dow Jones & Co. and The Wall Street Journal newspaper in a five billion dollar …