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North Korea Promises “Physical Response” to US moves
North Korea has promised a “physical response” to American moves taken following the sinking of a South Korean warship in March. The sinking of the warship has been blamed on North Korea by both South Korea and the United States. The comments...
More than 158 feared killed as Air India plane crashes in southern India
Around 160 people were feared killed when an Air India Express airplane carrying 160 passengers and 6 crew members went out of control and over-ran the runway as it was about to land in Mangalore, in southern India. According to sources, eight passengers...
Agent Orange Continues to Devastate Viet Nam
In 1975, after a 30 years struggle against a range of foreign forces, the victorious National Liberation Front of Vietnam forces entered Saigon, the capital of the South. For the first time, since its occupation by France in the late 19th century, Việt...
Japan heading for “financial meltdown” says analysts
Japan’s economy is heading towards financial meltdown, say analysts, who see that public debt in Japan is greater than that of any other industrialised nation. Public debt in Japan is heading towards 200 per cent of GDP within the next year. Hideo...
Powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Taiwan
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Taiwan Thursday morning, causing blackouts and disruption to public transport systems. The Taiwan earthquake is the latest of a series of high impact earthquakes to strike around the globe in the past few months. Haiti,...
Dr Doom advises investors to prepare for a “dirty war”
Marc Faber, who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the current economic downturn, has warned investors who manage billions, that they should prepare for a “dirty war” and buy farmland and gold. The bleak warning of social and financial...
Unemployment to stay high in the US, Europe until 2011
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has Share
APEC says global economy recovering
The leaders of 21 APEC economies, in a recently concluded two-day summit Share
US policies creating speculation: China
The constant decline in the dollar and the Federal government’s policies of keeping Share
