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Department spokesperson, Victoria Nuland, told reporters at her daily news conference. When asked about the argument of the developing countries that the leadership structure at the World Bank needs to be open to more countries, Nuland said, in recent...
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Athens last week saw the worst rioting in years after parliament passed the deeply unpopular austerity measures. More confrontations between protesters and police are expected on Wednesday over the measures demanded by other eurozone governments and...
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French Frederique Beaulieu, one of the three lawyers of French disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, enters again late on February 21, 2012 in Lille, northern France, the Gendarmerie where Strauss-Kahn is detained for questioning over... View Photo »
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The UAE economy is recovering in an increasingly uncertain regional environment. Benefiting from high oil prices and strong demand from traditional trading partners, non-hydrocarbon GDP growth is projected to accelerate from 2.1 per cent in 2010 to 3.3 per cent in 2011
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And Greece reported that its already basket-case economy shrank 7 percent in the October-December quarter of last year. "This isn't a healthy situation," says Peter Morici, an economist at the University of Maryland. Under a deal approved Tuesday by the...
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And Greece reported that its already basket-case economy shrank 7 percent in the October-December quarter of last year. "This isn't a healthy situation," says Peter Morici, an economist at the University of Maryland. Under a deal approved Tuesday by the...
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Commission task force. While Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said the deal had avoided a nightmare scenario, Greeks took to the street on Tuesday to protest, with trade unions calling on additional protests for the rest of the week. Christine...
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The three judges in charge of the probe leave the Gendarmerie where former IMF chief French Dominique Strauss-Kahn is detained, on February 21, 2012 in Lille, northern France for questioning over allegations he took part in orgies in Paris and... View Photo »
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It’s time for the Spanish government to take firmer control to restore confidence, or it risks being pushed to accept an EU-IMF bailout
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Officers have questioned prostitutes who said they had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 at a luxury hotel in Paris, a restaurant in the French capital and also in Washington DC. Strauss-Kahn lived in the US capital while he was head of the...
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THE retail arm of Bord Gais is expected to be among the state assets listed for sale today.Last night, the cabinet finally agreed on a list of assets that will be sold off and how the sales will be managed over the coming years.It is understood that...
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