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Fiji interim Govt allows dual citizenship
Lami :: Fiji Islands | about 7 hours ago | Political News
Source: Fiji Live
Former Fiji citizens will now be entitled to obtain permanent residency status come 2009. This was announced by interim PM and acting Finance Minister Voreqe Bainimarama while delivering his 2009 national Budget at the Tradewinds Convention Centre in Lami, Suva...
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Fonterra slashes payout - $714m less for NZ economy
Auckland :: New Zealand | about 4 hours ago | Business News
Source: New Zealand Herald
Fonterra has cut its forecast payout from $6.60 per kilo to $6.00, following a 24 per cent drop in international dairy commodity prices over the past eight weeks. Last season, Fonterra gave farmers their highest payout payment in 43 years,...
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Stage Stores expects 4Q decline amid downturn
Shanghai :: China | about 15 hours ago | Business News
Source: International Business Times
The company said it expects profit between 64 cents and 70 cents per share for the quarter. In last year's fourth quarter, the company reported profit of 78 cents per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect profit of 66...
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Rudd 'weak' on whaling
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 5 hours ago | Technology News
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian Greens have slammed the Australian Government for inaction over whaling. The Greens accused the Federal Government of being weak for bowing to pressure from Tokyo in deciding not to send a ship to monitor the Japanese whaling fleet...
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China to overhaul battered dairy industry
Beijing :: China | about 17 hours ago | Business News
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arjun 
BEIJING - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step - from cow breeding to milk sales - saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality...
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Convicted Australian Terrorist David Hicks Speaks Publicly for the ...
Adelaide :: Australia | about 14 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy
Posted by
TheObservatory
Former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks, who pleaded guilty before a US Military Commission to proving material support to a terrorist organisation, has today spoken publicly for the first time. Speaking via video on www.getup.org.au , Hicks made an appeal...
12 news stories / 2 blog posts / 8 images / 8 videos / 1 voice
Jobless return to villages, fuel crisis in China
Beijing :: China | about 3 hours ago | Business News
Posted by
vishnughimire
BEIJING: Provincial governments in China are alarmed by the wide-spread job cuts resulting in reverse migration of hundreds of thousands of workers returning to their rural homes. They have begun to order factories to obtain prior permission before cutting jobs....
5 news stories / 2 blog posts / 1 image / 18 videos / 1 voice
Markets fall amid consumer worries
Gold Coast :: Australia | about 3 hours ago | Business News
Posted by
vishnughimire
Global stock markets have plunged again as shoppers in the US and elsewhere rein in their spending because of the economic crisis. In Asia, Japan's benchmark Nikkei and South Korea's Kospi index each fell by more than six per cent...
11 news stories / 9 blog posts / 5 images / 22 videos / 1 voice
Heavy losses in Asia
Tōkyō :: Japan | about 5 hours ago | Business News
Posted by
vishnughimire
TOKYO: Asian stock markets took heavy losses yesterday, reflecting widespread gloom about US economic troubles and another bad day on Wall Street. Japan’s key Nikkei 225 Stock Average plummeted nearly 7%, ending the day below the 8,000 level. Traders said...
17 news stories / 1 blog post / 8 images / 21 videos / 1 voice
Indonesian rupiah falls to lowest in a decade
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 5 hours ago | Business News
Posted by
vishnughimire
JAKARTA/SINGAPORE: The Indonesian rupiah yesterday tumbled to its weakest level since the Asian financial crisis a decade ago and trading almost ground to a halt as forward markets indicated the currency would slump further. Investors in the offshore non-deliverable forwards...
9 news stories / 3 blog posts / 5 images / 3 videos / 1 voice
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