Archive for April 13th, 2008

IMF: Challenges facing world economy require close cooperation

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

The challenges facing the world economy are of a global nature, requiring strong action and close cooperation among the membership, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)stressed here Saturday. "Global financial instability has incre ...

IMF: Challenges facing world economy require close cooperation

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

The challenges facing the world economy are of a global nature, requiring strong action and close cooperation among the membership, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)stressed here Saturday. "Global financial instability has incre ...

World Bank proposes to make poor people benefit from commodity revenue

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

The World Bank Group Saturday unveiled a new initiative to help developing countries manage and transform their natural resource wealth into long-term economic growth that spreads the benefits more fairly among their people. The Ex ...

UN official urges developed nations to take first step against climate change

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Rajendra Pachauri, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) chairman, urged developed countries to take the first step and make a commitment to tackling climate change here on Sunday. The developed world, rather than eme ...

American Airlines to resume normal schedule Sunday

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

American Airlines, the largest U.S. commercial carrier, said Saturday that it will resume a normal schedule Sunday, ending a series of flight cancellations. The airline was forced to cancel nearly 3,000 flights last week to inspect ...

Italy’s general election begins

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Italy's general election kicked off Sunday as voters cast their ballots to decide the new national parliament and who will govern their country for the next five years. Voting began at 8:00 a.m. local time (0600 GMT) and will last ...

Profile: Two main parties in Italian general elections

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Italy will hold general elections Sunday and Monday, with 32 candidates running for prime minister. Two-time premier Silvio Berlusconi, who heads the center-right People of Freedom party (PDL), and former Rome mayor Walter Veltroni ...

Backgrounder: Basic facts about Italy

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Italy will hold general elections Sunday and Monday. Following are basic facts about the country. Italy has a territory of 301,300 square km. It comprises a peninsula extending from south Europe into the Mediterranean Sea and a num ...