France, Germany pledge to defend independent ECB
TOULOUSE, France, July 16, 2007 (AFP) - France and Germany agree on the need to keep the European Central Bank free of political meddling, German Chancellor …
TOULOUSE, France, July 16, 2007 (AFP) - France and Germany agree on the need to keep the European Central Bank free of political meddling, German Chancellor …
DHAKA, July 15, 2007 (AFP) - The small Buddhist community in Bangladesh plans to donate a few strands of a lock of hair said to have come from the Buddha to …
HARARE, July 13, 2007 (AFP) - Authorities in Zimbabwe announced the arrest of hundreds more retailers and executives as part of an ongoing price crackdown …
NEW YORK, July 13, 2007 (AFP) - News magnate Rupert Murdoch will expand his media empire with a business news channel to challenge industry leader CNBC, as he …
BEIJING, July 12, 2007 (AFP) - A decades-long search by the world's tallest man for a bride finally came to an end on Thursday when the Chinese herdsman …
TOKYO, July 12, 2007 (AFP) - McDonald's said Thursday it will launch a chain of coffeeshops in Japan, hoping to tap into the country's growing love of coffee …
NEW YORK, July 11, 2007 (AFP) - The euro surged to a record high against the dollar Wednesday on growing concerns about risky loans in the US property market …
SANTIAGO, July 10, 2007 (AFP) - Copper prices soared Tuesday as labor strikes pressured some of the largest copper mines in Chile, which supplies one-third of …
LONDON, July 9, 2007 (AFP) - The British finance ministry wants to shut down the government arms sales department, the Defence Export Services Organisation …
LONDON, July 9, 2007 (AFP) - World oil prices fell on Monday after rebels in key energy producer Nigeria freed a three-year old British girl. The kidnapping …
LISBON, July 8, 2007 (AFP) - Seven "new" wonders of the world including the Great Wall of China and the Coliseum in Rome, selected by nearly 100 million voters …
NEW DELHI, July 8, 2007 (AFP) - Kishore Biyani, known as India's "King of Retail", is spending the weekend his favourite way: trawling the aisles of one of his …
SEATTLE, Washington, July 6, 2007 (AFP) - The revolutionary materials used to build Boeing's ground-breaking Dreamliner 787 passenger jet look set to transform …
HYDERABAD, India, July 7, 2007 (AFP) - A baby girl buried alive by her grandfather in southern India was in good condition on Saturday after being rescued, …
BEIJING, July 6, 2007 (AFP) - The mayor of one of China's showpiece economic cities has urged his 11 million residents to stop buying cars in a bid to ease …
SEOUL, July 6, 2007 (AFP) - South Korean health campaigners Friday criticised three university hospitals for accepting more than one million dollars from a US …
LONDON, July 5, 2007 (AFP) - The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point to 5. buy hydroxychloroquine online …
SINGAPORE, July 5, 2007 (AFP) - Islamic banking and finance is likely to continue growing in the Asia Pacific region but the real test of its sustainability …
WASHINGTON, July 3, 2007 (AFP) - The mother of a US man whose 2006 execution took 86 minutes and involved sticking needles into him 19 times has sued the …