Archive for April 14th, 2008

Financial crisis tests resilience of emerging, developing economies

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Emerging and developing economies are maintaining robust growth despite a severe global financial turbulence but their resilience will be tested by the current crisis. This was concluded at the spring meetings of the International M ...

Dollar trades at lower 101 yen level in Tokyo

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The U.S. dollar traded in the lower 101 yen zone early Monday in Tokyo. At 9 a.m., the dollar changed hands at 101.10-15 yen, against 100.95-101.05 yen in New York and 101.80-82 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Friday. The euro was qu ...

Tokyo stocks open sharply lower

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower Monday. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average was down 389.73 points, or 2.93 percent, from Friday to 12,934.00. The broader Topix index of all First Section ...

2 NATO soldiers killed, 2 wounded in explosion in S Afghanistan

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Two soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed and two others were wounded in an explosion in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, according to a statement issued by ISAF. "The wounded soldiers we ...

Israel offers one-year Gaza truce

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Israel has offered Islamic Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in Gaza, through Egypt, an offer to agree on a one-year truce in the Gaza Strip, the London-based Saudi Arabia daily al-Hayat reported on Monday. The daily quoted well-inf ...

Abbas kicks off tour to Jordan, Russia, U.S.

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday is heading to Jordan, Russia and the United States for talks on Israeli-Palestinian issue. President Abbas will hold talks with Jordanian officials and then go to Russia before landing i ...

U.S. military base chief urges Japan’s parliament to back base-hosting accord

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The U.S. military chief in Japan Monday urged the Japanese Diet to endorse a bilateral agreement on U.S. military facilities in Japan. Lt. Gen. Edward Rice, commander of U.S. Forces in Japan, told the Japan National Press Club that ...

Sudan’s national census to be held on April 22

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Sudan will take a national census on April 22, first of its kind since 2005 peace agreement between the central government and southern Sudanese government, a presidential spokesman said on Monday. "The census will start on April 22 ...