Archive for May 29th, 2008
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
A summit of Central American and Caribbean nations on climate change issued a declaration as a regional strategy on tackling this global issue Wednesday, reports reaching here aid.
At the one-day summit in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Pakistani military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said on Thursday that the security arrangement for President Pervez Musharraf has not changed.
Local media reported that Musharraf held an "extremely important meeting" with arm ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Gun battle between government troops and militants in Afghanistan's western Farah province left several insurgents including four of their commanders dead, a statement of Afghan Defense Ministry said Thursday.
"In the operation laun ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Three people were killed while 17 others were injured after an improvised bomb exploded near an airbase in southern Philippine city of Zamboanga Thursday morning.
The improvised explosive device went off at around 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
A judge on Wednesday approved Madonna's adoption of a Malawian boy she met in an orphanage in 2006.
The 49-year-old pop star wasn't in court for the ruling, which took Justice Andrew Nyirenda an hour to read. Nyirenda said he was sa ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said Thursday South Korean citizens will be able to purchase overseas properties for investment purpose without prior notification.
The move is launched in a bid to enhance diverse investment opp ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Some 500 people gathered in New York Wednesday to pay tribute to and celebrate the achievements of the 50 recipients of the "Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business" award.
Hailed as "the Asian American business community's most ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
The European Union (EU) decided Wednesday to allow Slovak currency koruna to appreciate against the euro by 15 percent, ahead of the country's expected entry into the euro zone.
The so-called central rate of the koruna against the e ...
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