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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7 (IPS) - Bangladesh, one of the world's 49 least
developed countries (LDCs) described as the poorest of the poor,
is calling for the creation of a global food bank.
VANCOUVER , Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - CIBT Education Group Inc. (AMEX: MBA; TSX.V: MBA) is pleased to report that its total student enrollment across all education units increased by 80% as compared to the same period last year. As of September ...
Double trouble for Jerry Yang: Not only are Yahoo shares getting hammered, but the company&os;s stakes in Asian companies are getting killed, too. It owns 33% of Yahoo! Japan, 30% of Alibaba and 10% of Gmarket. And those shares are worth $2.2 billion ...
AFP - Iran inaugurated on Tuesday the Milad Tower, the world's fourth-highest telecommunications tower, expected to become a new national symbol looming over the sprawling capital.
Asia World Market represents a new generation of specialty stores modeled after Western-style supermarkets. As welcoming to English-speakers as it is to its core clientele, Asia World Market is big, bright and spotlessly clean, with plenty of English ...
SYDNEY/SINGAPORE/DUBAI, October 7: Entertainment production executives Ean Thorley, Chantal Prud’homme and Julio Himede have teamed up to launched Whatever Entertainment Group, which will specialize in creating large-scale events in the Asia ...
AFP - North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military drill, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said early Wednesday, quoting a defence source.
Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, on Tuesday night ordered a massive taxpayer-backed cash injection to rebuild the balance sheets of Britain's high street banks, effectively part-nationalising the sector at a cost of tens of billions of pounds
AFP - China will continue to take part in multilateral talks on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises despite the country's objections to US plans to sell arms to Taiwan, a US state department official said on Tuesday.
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