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Blasts in south India kill 28 people in suspected terror attack
HYDERABAD, India, Aug 26, 2007 (AFP) - Two near-simultaneous blasts tore through the Indian city of Hyderabad late Saturday, killing at least 28 people in what …
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SINGAPORE, Aug 24, 2007 (AFP) - Asian economies should weather any fallout from the current turmoil in global financial and stock markets sparked by a crisis …
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Tea Services reports slow down in tea bag exports
Aug 24, 2007 (LBO) – Tea bag exporter Ceylon Tea Services Ltd., part of the Dilmah brand group, said net profit fell 7.1 percent to 152 million rupees …
Sri Lanka hosts global tea forum to discuss production, standards
August 24 (LBO) – Experts from the world's top tea producing and consuming countries will meet in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo next week to discuss …
Sri Lanka tea trade charges cess fund delays jeopardizing industry
August 24 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea trade, the island's main export earner, has said funds raised from a tax on exports are still not being ploughed back …
Dollar falls against euro on ECB rate expectations; yen slips
NEW YORK, Aug 23, 2007 (AFP) - The dollar traded mainly lower Thursday as the euro gained ground on heightened expectations of an interest rate hike next month …
Financial market ‘correction’ not dramatic for global growth”: IMF
SAO PAULO, Aug 22, 2007 (AFP) - Financial markets turbulence probably will curb global economic growth slightly this year, the managing director of the …
Sri Lanka Tata Tea unit reports lower June quarter profits
August 22, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations plc, a unit of India's Tata Teas, said net profit for the quarter ended June 2007 fell 24 …
Young Japanese losing interest in cars, booze
TOKYO, Aug 22, 2007 (AFP) - Young Japanese are rapidly losing interest in cars and drinking and choosing instead to save their money, a survey said Wednesday. …
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August 21, 2007 (LBO) – Military officers from Sri Lanka and the United States, two countries faced with tough suicide terrorist wars, discussed human …
Japanese stocks rebound 3.69 percent in morning trade
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New Zealand probes dangerous chemicals in Chinese clothing
WELLINGTON, Aug 20, 2007 (AFP) - The New Zealand government Monday launched an investigation into allegations that clothes imported from China contained …
Maldives president claims referendum victory, appeals for unity
MALE, Aug 19, 2007 (AFP) - Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Sunday claimed victory in a referendum on how the Indian Ocean atoll nation should be …
US credit crunch “unbelievable”: Swiss central bank chief
GENEVA, Aug 19, 2007 (AFP) - Swiss central bank chief Jean-Pierre Roth sharply criticised the US economic system in an interview published Sunday, after the …
Banks facing sharp end of global equities rout: analysts
LONDON, Aug 19, 2007 (AFP) - The world's banks have found themselves in the eye of the financial storm lashing world markets as analysts struggle to pinpoint …
Cleveland savaged by tragedy of home foreclosures
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug 19, 2007 (AFP) - The US dream of home ownership is going up in smoke in Cleveland, now littered with broken promises and lost hopes as it …