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SYDNEY, August 21, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's national airline Qantas Thursday reported a 44 percent increase in annual net profit to a record 969 million …
SYDNEY, August 21, 2008 (AFP) - Australia's national airline Qantas Thursday reported a 44 percent increase in annual net profit to a record 969 million …
NEW YORK, August 20, 2008 (AFP) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday after a sharp spike the previous day as traders nervously mulled a larger-than-expected decline …
TOKYO, August 20, 2008 (AFP) - Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Wednesday that it had developed a new way of predicting from a person's DNA …
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SINGAPORE, August 19, 2008 (AFP) - World oil prices fell further on Tuesday, dragged down by worries that weaker US oil demand could spread to Europe and …
BEIJING, August 19, 2008 (AFP) - Greek runner Fani Halkia has been formally expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance, the …
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JOHANNESBURG, August 17, 2008 (AFP) - Southern African countries launched a regional trade zone at a summit on Sunday that aims to eliminate import tariffs, …
ISLAMABAD, August 18, 2008 (AFP) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced in a televised address to the nation Monday that he had decided to resign …
August 18, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in northern Sri Lanka, joining thousands of others displaced by a government …
SYDNEY, August 17, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of Pacific Islanders will be allowed to live and work in Australia under a new guest worker plan announced Sunday by …
MANILA, August 16, 2008 (AFP) - The Philippine outsourcing industry will need an extra 420,000 workers within the next two years as it bids to become one of …
SAN FRANCISCO, August 16, 2008 (AFP) - In a step toward the type of future pictured in the hit film "Iron Man," a firm in the Netherlands is letting people …
BERLIN, August 16, 2008 (AFP) - German engineering giant Siemens ignored its own anti-corruption procedures in a slush fund scandal that has brought down a …
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August 15, 2008 (AFP) - Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels in the north is endangering the lives of tens of thousands of displaced …
WASHINGTON, August 15, 2008 (AFP) - The US government paid out 85 billion dollars in four years to contractors providing services to various government …
LONDON, August 15, 2008 (AFP) - Gold prices tumbled underneath 800 dollars per ounce on Friday, hitting a ten-month low point as the precious metal was …
LONDON, August 15, 2008 (AFP) - Crude prices fell further on Friday as OPEC lowered its forecast for oil demand growth, citing the weak global economy. online …
HANOI, August 14, 2008 (AFP) - The Vietnamese government has targeted economic growth of seven to eight percent in 2009 and aims to win its fight against …