Archive for May 3rd, 2008
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have intensified talks in a last-minute attempt to reach a friendly deal on a buyout of Yahoo, according to media report Friday.
Yahoo shares jumped more than 6 percent in late trading Friday on news of ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Vietnam plans to gain 10 billion U.S. dollars in realized capital of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the country this year, up from more than 8 billion dollars last year, according to a local investment agency on Friday.
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Indonesia's year on year inflation in April (April 2008 to April 2007) reached 8.96 percent, the National Statistic Bureau announced Friday.
Head of the bureau Rusman Heriawan said the inflation rate in April was 0.57 percent.
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Some 480 Palestinian security forces led by President Mahmoud Abbas are heading to the northern West Bank town of Jenin to deploy there as part of the government's security plan, Israeli ynetnews website reported on Saturday.
It is ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
A powerful blast early Saturday morning at a village in northwestern Pakistan damaged ten shops including two CD centers, according to the official APP news agency.
A remote controlled devise was planted in one of two CD centers and ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Britain will send an expert to the Philippines to give advice and assistance to the stalled peace process between the government and Muslim rebels in Mindanao, southern Philippines, British officials said on Saturday.
The offer came ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Several militants were killed and seven militants were detained during a joint Afghan and Coalition forces operation in Khost province of eastern Afghanistan, said a Coalition statement issued Saturday.
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Lebanese Hezbollah group declared being proud to be on U.S. terrorist list, and said it is a "badge of honor," local newspaper The Daily star reported Saturday.
Hezbollah's statement responded to U.S. state department accusing Iran ...
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