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Protest against US radar base plan in Prague PDF Print E-mail
Europe
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007
Several hundred Czechs demonstrated on 21 January in Prague against their government’s plans to negotiate with the United States over the installation of an anti-ballistic missile site in the country without holding a referendum.
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Battle between Adam Airline and Indonesian government over retrieval charges of the black box PDF Print E-mail
Asia
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007
A dispute erupted between the Indonesian government and budget carrier Adam Air over who should pay for the retrieval of the 'black box' from a commercial jetliner that crashed into the ocean on New Year's Day, killing all 102 people on board.
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Australian Defence Force hunts foreign recruits PDF Print E-mail
Asia
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007
It emerged that Australian Defence Force recruiters are increasingly looking overseas to ease the growing skills crisis that is being observed lately. In past few weeks, The Royal Australian Navy listed 38 job categories it will sponsor for permanent residency; over 1500 technical defence vacancies alone need to be filled.
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Russia and Georgia’s foreign relation at stake PDF Print E-mail
Europe
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Russia and Georgia are in a foreign affairs dispute over a Russian nationals arrest with uranium. Russia's foreign minister termed Georgia's imprisonment of its man for allegedly attempting to sell 100 grams of weapons-grade uranium constitutes as a "provocation".
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Karen National Liberation Army – Myanmar’s guerrilla group PDF Print E-mail
War
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) is an armed group operating in the border area between Myanmar and Thailand. It is fighting the central government of Myanmar for a greater autonomy since 1949. KNLA, once the largest of the groups fighting the government forces, is a shadow of its former self now.
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Ford Motor’s loss and Mulally’s ‘The Way Forward’ strategy PDF Print E-mail
Business
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Ford Motor Co. reported a huge loss for 2006 and the situation is apparently getting worse, at least for the next two years. Number 2 car manufacturer of the world nevertheless is confident that its strategic decisions will eventually out cast the loss and turn in to a success within 2009.
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Indian farmers seek relief from their debt the hard way PDF Print E-mail
South Asia
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Friday, 02 February 2007
India is considered as a fast moving economy with good potentials in human development. Despite this economic achievement, desperate farmers in some region of the country are committing suicide with the hope of getting relief from their amorous debt and ill-fated life.
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Afghanistan economy rides on Drug Trade PDF Print E-mail
South Asia
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Friday, 02 February 2007
Afghanistan's economy is a weak one with a high unemployment rate. Decades long war and instability has blocked the Afghans from learning other tasks apart than their indigenous knowledge.
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Bangladesh- India border tension PDF Print E-mail
South Asia
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Friday, 02 February 2007
Present conditions in the Bangladesh-India borders are far from being normal. Several incidents have been noted recently in which the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) provoked conflicts with Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in different bordering areas between the two countries.
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Beirut burning, Overnight curfew imposed PDF Print E-mail
Middle East
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Friday, 02 February 2007
Lebanon's capital is burning. Lebanese officials imposed an overnight curfew after deadly clashes erupted between pro-government and opposition supporters at Beirut Arab University on 25 January.
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