State media praise money printing president on birthday as people burn from inflation
HARARE, Feb 21, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's state-run media lavished praise on veteran President Robert Mugabe on the 83rd birthday of Africa's oldest-serving …
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Police unearth over 400 baby bones in India
BHOPAL, India, Feb 19, 2007 (AFP) - Police were investigating Monday a hospital's involvement in illegal female foeticide after 437 baby bones were dug up …
Joy and pain as train blast survivors arrive in Pakistan
LAHORE, Pakistan, Feb 19, 2007 (AFP) - Desperate relatives defied police and forced their way into the carriages that arrived here Monday evening with …
Fuel subsidies feed marine ecology disaster: scientists
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 17, 2007 (AFP) - An international team of marine experts on Saturday called for an immediate ban on fuel subsidies to deep-sea fishing …
Zimbabwe inflation nears 1,600 percent
HARARE, Feb 12, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate, the world's highest, soared again by more than 300 points to 1,593 percent in January, according …
India raises reserve ratio to fight ‘surging’ 6.58% inflation
NEW DELHI, Feb 13, 2007 (AFP) - India's central bank tightened monetary policy on Tuesday for a second time in two weeks to fight surging inflation, announcing …
India’s tolerance of inflation
NEW DELHI, Feb 11, 2007 (AFP) - Inflation is rearing its head in booming India, sparking warnings that soaring food prices spell misery for the poor and that …
Killer blaze at Korean detention centre that also held Sri Lankan illegals
SEOUL, Feb 11, 2007 (AFP) - At least nine foreign migrants including eight Chinese were killed and 18 others hurt in a blaze early Sunday at a detention centre …
G7 calls for vigilance on hedge funds
ESSEN, Germany, Feb 10, 2007 (AFP) - Group of Seven (G7) finance ministers and central bank chiefs called Saturday for "vigilance" on hedge funds, a …
China catching up with India in call centre services
BEIJING, Feb 9, 2007 (AFP) - China is catching up with India in providing call centre services, one of the fastest-growing areas of global outsourcing, Chinese …
More Bangladesh politicians arrested for graft
DHAKA, Feb 9, 2007 (AFP) - Two more Bangladeshi politicians including a former minister have been detained as part of the interim government's anti-corruption …
Asia drives patent growth trend in 2006: WIPO
GENEVA, Feb 7, 2007 (AFP) - Chinese international patent applications more than doubled in 2006, reflecting a "changing geography of demand" along with other …
Ex-child soldier cry for freedom at UNICEF conference
PARIS, Feb 5, 2007 (AFP) - A former child soldier from Sierra Leone who started killing at the age of 12 opened an international conference on Monday with an …
Yen weakness to top agenda at G7 finance summit
FRANKFURT, Feb 4, 2007 (AFP) - The current weakness of the Japanese yen is likely to top the agenda when finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the …
China forex agency to have more money than world’s biggest mutual fund: report
BEIJING, Feb 2, 2007 (AFP) - China plans a special firm to manage one fifth of its forex reserves, laying the foundations of a behemoth that will handle more …
Zimbabwe central bank to limit money printing to curb inflation, calls for fiscal restraint
HARARE, Jan 31, 2007 (AFP) - Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono on Wednesday unveiled a battery of belt-tightening measures including slashed money …
Coal industry urged to meet tougher environmental standards
SINGAPORE, Jan 30, 2007 (AFP) - The world's coal industry needs to sharpen up its act in order to meet tougher environmental standards amid increasing global …
Worldwide tourist numbers hit record in 2006
MADRID, Jan 29, 2007 (AFP) - The number of tourists worldwide rose 4. buy temovate online temovate online no prescription 5 percent last year from 2005 to …
Citigroup buys Egg from Prudential
LONDON, Jan 29, 2007 (AFP) - British insurance group Prudential on Monday exited the consumer banking sector with the sale of its loss-making Internet bank arm …
Davos favour greening of business
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28, 2007 (AFP) - When US Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss mentioned his doubts about climate change during a debate at the World …