Archive for March 1st, 2008
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
A helicopter crashed in a semi-rural area of northwest Sydney early Saturday afternoon, leaving four people in serious injuries and one in stable condition.
New South Wales police confirmed the helicopter crashed in the vicinity of ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Two people were killed and 14 others injured Saturday in a pre-dawn fire in a chemical plant in southeastern South Korea's Gimcheon city, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.
The fire broke out early Saturday morning at the K ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Internet traffic of PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) was down to 10 percent on Friday as undersea fiber optic connections to Singapore, which connect the country to the rest of the world, failed to function.
As the main provider ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
The Japanese top automaker, Toyota Motor Corp, plans to assemble diesel sports utility vehicle Fortuner in its Indonesian plant and considers overseas sales, an executive said Saturday.
Local subsidiary PT Toyota Motor Manufacturin ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
The economic confidence in the euro zone sank to a two-year low in February, while business climate indicator also dropped, the European Commission said on Friday.
The economic sentiment indicator in the euro zone, which has been on ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
The eurozone unemployment remained at a record low level of 7.1 percent in January, the European Union (EU)'s statistics bureau Eurostat said Friday.
The figure, the same with the previous month, has been the lowest since the indica ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Annual inflation in the euro zone jumped to a new high of 3.2 percent in January, the European Union's statistics bureau Eurostat said on Friday, confirming a previous estimate.
The figure of the euro zone, including new members Mal ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Wall Street plunged on Friday with the Dow Jones average dropping more than 300 points on corporate losses and a pair of downbeat economic data highlighted the U.S. economic recession risk.
The Reuters-University of Michigan final c ...
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