Ex-US Official Charges Afghan Leader Protecting Drug Trade Voa News | A former U.S. State Department official charges Afghanistan's drug trade is being protected by the country's top officials. | Thomas Schweich during interview with Associated PressThomas Schweich wrote in an article posted on The New York Times website Thursday, that U.S. efforts to eliminate Afgh...
Sanctions are a war waged by cowards The Times | China and Russia seldom do the right thing at the United Nations, but on Friday they vetoed an economic war on Zimbabwe. They are also balking a similar war on Iran. Whatever their motives, they are right. Sanctions are an ineffective, or worse a counterproductive, weapon of interstate aggression....
Police, Taliban killed in Afghanistan attacks National Post | AFPÂ Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary Herald Regina Leader-P...
Obama urges a plan of action in Afghanistan National Post | Jon Hemming, Reuters Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calgary Heral...
Kazakhstan says Bombardier will build train factory there Canada Dot Com | Bombardier Inc., the world's largest trainmaker, is looking at building a factory to make freight and passenger rail cars in Kazakhstan, the Transport Ministry said. | Bombardier "is ready to sign a range of serious documents in rail and aviation s...
Kazakhstan says Bombardier will build train factory there National Post | Nariman Gizitdinov, Bloomberg Network Browse the Canada.com Network Home News Sports Entertainment Health Travel Obituaries Celebrating Contractors National Post Victoria Times Colonist The Province (Vancouver) Vancouver Sun Edmonton Journal Calg...
Dollar steadies vs yen after fall on US data The Guardian *Dollar steady after fall on weak U.S. data, stock drop *Japan core CPI rises, matches forecast By Satomi Noguchi TOKYO, July 25 (Reuters) - The dollar steadied against the yen on Friday after falling the previous day on disappointing news on the U.S...
Maybank set to raise stake in MCB Bank next month Dawn | KUALA LUMPUR, July 24: Malaysia’s Maybank is set to buy another 5 per cent of MCB Bank as early as next month, in a deal estimated at $218 million, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. | Malayan Banking Bhd, Malaysia’s leading lender,...
Inflation flares in Asia, to pressure central banks The Guardian By Lee Jin-joo and Cheon Jong-woo SEOUL, July 1 (Reuters) - Inflation in South Korea and Thailand accelerated to its fastest pace since the 1998 Asian financial crisis, pressing their central banks to join a regional scramble to contain price pressures. Thailand is likely to raise interest rates for the first in two years next week following an exp...
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Mullen worries about troop withdrawal timeline San Diego WASHINGTON - A fixed timetable for withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq could jeopardize political and economic progress, the Pentagon's top military officer said Sunday. | Adm. Mike Mullen said the agreement between President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more troops home from the wa...
