Bruised Wall Street sees more losses as global markets reel
NEW YORK, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - The bruised US stock market slid further Friday as investors retrenched amid fears of a housing slump and a potential credit …
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Toyota to test electric plug-in hybrid Prius cars
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - Toyota announced this week a partnership with the University of California to road test two plug-in hybrid cars, a step …
India’s Bajaj in talks with Renault to make small car
NEW DELHI, July 28, 2007 (AFP) - Indian two-wheeler maker Bajaj Auto said Saturday it was in talks with French automaker Renault for a business partnership. …
US new home sales plunge 6.6 percent in June
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Vietnam jails ‘wife’ trafficking ring
HANOI, July 27, 2007 (AFP) - A Taiwanese man and five Vietnamese have been jailed for between five and 12 years for trafficking more than 120 Vietnamese women …
New Zealand central bank lifts interest rates
WELLINGTON, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - New Zealand's central bank raised interest rates Thursday for the fourth successive time this year due to sustained …
May to July in Britain wettest since 1776
LONDON, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - The three-month period from May to July has already become the wettest in history here, even before the end of the month, …
Moody’s upgrades China, Hong Kong, Macau ratings
HONG KONG, July 26, 2007 (AFP) - International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service said Thursday it has upgraded its currency ratings for China, Hong Kong …
Indonesia issues tsunami alert after 6.6-magnitude quake
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New Zealander jailed for ‘murder in paradise’
SYDNEY, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - A New Zealander was jailed for 24 years Wednesday after being convicted of the first murder in 150 years on the tiny South …
Animal rescuers on red alert as it rains cats and dogs in Britain
OXFORD, England, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - It is not only humans who have been hit by Britain's worst floods in 60 years -- cats, dogs and donkeys are also …
Condemned Bulgarian medics freed by Libya after EU ‘blood money’ trade deal
SOFIA, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Six foreign medics sentenced to death then life imprisonment in Libya in a controversial AIDS case were free in the Bulgarian …
The high price of bullion; money printing Zimbabwe hikes gold by 760%
HARARE, July 25, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's central bank on Wednesday increased the price of gold by 757 percent in a bid to curb rampant smuggling of the …
Japan to design stealth jet: report
TOKYO, July 24, 2007 (AFP) - Japan's defence ministry hopes to make a prototype of a next-generation stealth plane, the first new fighter jet designed by the …
Chinese style capitalism rattle Indian socialist democracy
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Chavez says nobody can be allowed to call him a tyrant
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Former Bangladesh lawmaker gets 20 years for graft
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Dubai tower becomes world’s tallest building: developers
DUBAI, July 21, 2007 (AFP) - Burj Dubai, a tower rising in the booming Gulf emirate, on Saturday became the tallest building in the world at 512. online …
Asia overtaking US as biggest auto market: GM
CHICAGO, July 19, 2007 (AFP) - Asia is overtaking the United States as the largest market for auto sales, but the US will remain the more lucrative market for …