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Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham. Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits ...
AFP - Myanmar's most famous comedian was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison, in the latest and most high-profile case of citizens given long jail terms by the internationally-reviled military regime.
21 November 2008 – The United Nations today called for support in bridging the persistent “digital divide” in the Asia-Pacific region, where access to the Internet varies widely between rich and poor countries. A three-day meeting held by the ...
AFP - The Thai general who led a 2006 coup against former premier Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday he expected anti-government protests planned for the weekend to pass off without violence.
AP - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's plane made an emergency landing in Japan on Friday after her husband fell ill on board, airport police said.
Nayar is expected to take up his new assignment as the CEO and country head of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) in India towards the end of January. Robinson, who has spent 24 years at Citi, is at present President of Citibank ZAO, Citi Country ...
LONDON (AP) - U.S. stock markets opened higher Friday as some investors were tempted to buy shares cheapened by heavy losses this week, but European markets were down on mounting recession fears. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 56.63, or 0.8 ...
AP - Ukraine's president on Friday accused the prime minister of saddling the country with a huge debt to Russia and said her government must urgently repay $2.4 billion owed for gas imports.
AFP - Indonesia's billionaire Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie will leave the cabinet next year, a spokesman said Friday, as the global economic crisis continued to batter his business empire.
Reuters - Financial reforms could still help India's economy grow 7.5-8.0 percent this fiscal year but with a sharp global downturn, monetary policy must shift further in favour of supporting growth, a top economic adviser said.
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