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Breaking News Thu, 17 May 2012
President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during a news conference in Frankfurt, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. T
Business   Economy   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: Jean-Claude Trichet  
 Reuters 
Europe's banks on the brink
| LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as president of the European Central Ba... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser)
Christmas Decorations in a shopping mall, Singapore.
Economy   Growth   Photos   Singapore   Trade   Wikipedia: Singapore  
 Xinhua 
Singapore's economy grows 1.6 percent in first quarter
| SINGAPORE, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's economy grew by 1.6 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, slower than 3. 6 percent growth in the preceding quarter, Singapore's Ministry of Tra... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
The Waitaki River is a large river in the South Island of New Zealand, some 110 km long. It is the major river of the Mackenzie Basin  Xinhua 
New Zealand tourism industry steps up attack on higher Australian airport tax
| WELLINGTON, May 17 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand tourism operators Thursday stepped up pressure on the Australian government to scrap a planned 17-percent increase in the country's airport departure tax, ... (photo: Creative Commons / Mattinbgn)
Airport   Australia   NewZealand   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: New Zealand  
Jollibee branch in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City - PHilippines  Xinhua 
Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines
| By Alito L. Malinao | MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine economy was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in investments registered last m... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Economy   Investments   Market   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Philippines  
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South African Airways Business Day
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterp... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1)
Airlines   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: South African Airways  
Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012. Al Jazeera
Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
China   Communism   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang  
Prescribed pills for patient suffering from high blood pressure condition. Canberra Times
Drug trial offers new hope in preventing Alzheimer's
Click for more photos Alzheimer's prevention trial | Laura Cuartas, left, with her children Maria Elsy, 48, in bed, and Dario, 55, both suffering from Alzheimer's disease... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Disease   Drug   Health   Photos  
Apple Iphone - Smartphone The Times Of India
Apple's new iPhone to have larger screen: Sources
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetApple plans to use a larger screen on the next-generation iPhone and has begun to place orders for the new displays from suppliers in South Kore... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Company   Iphone   Korea   Photos   Wikipedia: Apple Inc.  
President Barack Obama waits with Vice President Joe Biden before attending the STOCK Act signing event in the Hold Room of the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) of the White House, April 4, 2012. Novosti
Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
| The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era d... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Photos   Politics   Russia   US   Wikipedia: RussiaUnited States relations  
INDIA-POTTER-COOK-FOOD PhysOrg
Frequent cooking will help you live longer
| In advanced economies, households generally cook less than half of their meals leading to an increased concern among nutrition policy makers that fewer meals are being ... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Cooking   Food   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Cooking  
Politics Environment
- Tokyo stocks set to languish as Europe crisis brews anew
- Congressional bets told: Deal on issues, not personalities
- Sanchez: Murderous social media
- Mums sue school for injuries suffered at party - New chapter
In this image from television, foreign reporters and workers in protective gear are seen at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
North Korea 'resuming work' on nuclear reactor
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- AWOL penguin outruns Japan coastguard
- While Japan turns away from nuclear power, South Korea stick
Pilot whales
Whales can adjust their hearing
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- Changes key as HK step up bid to halt mighty Japan
- Sinotrans focuses on cost controls amid rough seas
- Sizzling Japan bonanza
- QLDC surplus boosted by lower costs
Christmas Decorations in a shopping mall, Singapore.
Singapore's economy grows 1.6 percent in first quarter
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- Okinawa sets sights on foreign tourists
- Departure tax hike 'slap in face'
- Embracing the IT course
President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during a news conference in Frankfurt, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. T
Europe's banks on the brink
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Health Society & Culture
- Pinamungajan rained with ‘ice’
- The singular vision of Peter Thiel
- Tale of two pay backs
- Victor Chang's killer Chiew Seng Liew will be deported
President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet looks on during a news conference in Frankfurt, on Thursday, June 10, 2010. T
Europe's banks on the brink
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- 'Battleship' is silly, but it doesn't sink
- Pinamungajan rained with ‘ice’
- Hot oil burns woman in Auckland
- Alarm over proposal to shut schools for disabled
South African Airways
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- The singular vision of Peter Thiel
- No Fonterra milk plant
- China ships back bananas
- Oledan: Vulnerabilites
Pilot whales
Whales can adjust their hearing
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- Rugby: Piutau pursues future in Japan
- Vicente: Baguio athletes on the roll
- Robbie Deans faces tough selection challenge prior to Scotla
- Broad hauls England into strong position
Indonesian soldiers hold the burnt cockpit voice recorder of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 that crashed into a mountain in West Java last week, during a press conference in Cijeruk, West Java, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash
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