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Breaking News Sun, 20 May 2012
Alibaba.com Chief Executive Officer Jack Ma gestures during a news conference to launch the software called ALISOFT Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 in Shanghai, China. Alibaba Group, China's largest e-commerce company, on Monday launched a new Web-based business software targeting its 18 million users.
Alibaba   Internet   Photos   Wikipedia: Alibaba Group   Yahoo  
 Austin American Statesman 
Yahoo reaches agreement to sell half of its stake in Alibaba for about $7.1 billion
| HONG KONG — Yahoo reaches agreement to sell half of its stake in Alibaba for about $7.1 billion. | ___ | May 20, 2012 10:56 PM EDT | Copyright 2012, The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his opening address during the 150th Anniversary of Standard Chartered Bank held on on Thursday Feb. 19, 2009.
Business   Photos   Politics   Singapore   Wikipedia: Lee Hsien Loong  
 Japan Times 
Who will support aging Japan?
| Under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore more than a decade ago adopted the growth strategy of making the medical industry the core of the nation's industrial development. |... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E)
Qantas-airways  Daily Press 
Qantas to cut another 500 maintenance jobs
| MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's top airline Qantas Airways said on Monday it is eliminating 500 jobs by merging maintenance facilities to save up to A$100 million ($98.4 million) annually, as high... (photo: creative commons / )
Airline   Industry   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Qantas  
The opening of the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the mountain Mokattam in Cairo Egypt,Saturday, May 21, 2011.  Herald Tribune 
Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
| CAIRO - Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president. | The voting that begins Wednesday is the greatest prize w... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Egypt   Election   Islamist   Photos   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012  
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Serbian President Boris Tadic addresses the media in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 22, 2010. Kosovo won a major victory on the world stage Thursday as the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' highest court, said its 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia was legal. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Serbs Vote in Presidential Runoff Election
| Correction Appended | PARIS -- Serbs voted Sunday in a presidential runoff election pitting Boris Tadic, a pro-Western reformer, against Tomislav Nikolic, a nationalist... (photo: AP / Marko Drobnjakovic)
Business   Election   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Boris Tadi  
A 767-300ER of Air Canada, one of the earliest transatlantic operators of the 767 Toronto Sun
Air Canada dispute with pilots goes to arbitrator
| Air Canada pilots have failed to negotiate a new agreement with the airline. | "To say we are disappointed would be a vast understatement," Jean-Marc Belanger... (photo: Creative Commons / Altair)
Airline   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Air Canada  
Vijay Mallya, India's top businessman and liquor baron speaking at a news conference in Srinagar on Monday 12,2009, indian administrated kashmir. The Times Of India
Resentment grows among Kingfisher employees waiting for salary
Tweet MUMBAI: Resentment is brewing in a section of Kingfisher Airlines employees over the non-payment of dues despite its chairman Vijay Mallya's "assurance" of remittin... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Airlines   Finance   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Vijay Mallya  
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, March 24, 2011. NATO announced on Thursday that it is taking control of the military operation to enforce the no-fly zone over Libya. Austin American Statesman
NATO chief sees financial aid for Afghan forces
| WASHINGTON — NATO's secretary general says he's optimistic that the international community will continue to finance the Afghan security forces. | Anders Fogh Ras... (photo: AP / Yves Logghe)
Afghanistan   Finance   Nato   Photos   Wikipedia: Anders Fogh Rasmussen  
Britain's Liberal Democrats party leader, Nick Clegg, center, speaks to the media as he arrives at the party headquarters in London, while election ballots are still being counted, Friday, Friday 7, 2010. The Daily Telegraph
Nick Clegg: academic dominance of private schools is damaging social mobility
The overwhelming dominance of privately-educated schoolchildren in Britain is “corrosive” for society, Nick Clegg has warned. | Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime M... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Business   Education   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Nick Clegg  
Italian Premier Mario Monti shows a graphic as he speaks during a news conference in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011. Independent online
‘Monti shows G8 bank plan’
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti took a plan to create a European system to guarantee bank deposits to the G8 summit, the Corriere della Sera newspaper said on Saturday... (photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito)
Business   Finance   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Mario Monti  
British Prime Minister David Cameron answers a question during his and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not in photo, news conference after their talks in Kabul, Afghanistan Independent online
UK's Cameron calls for euro contingency plans
British Prime Minister David Cameron urged countries on Saturday to put in place strong contingency plans to deal with fallout from the euro zone debt crisis as fears gro... (photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Business   Finance   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: David Cameron  
North America Europe
- Romney Super PAC raises less, still tops Democrats
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- Live Chat: Kelefa Sanneh on Arizona Immigration Politics
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav arrives at a court in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 22, 2011.
Jailed Israeli president freed briefly
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- Asia stocks mixed after G8 vague on Europe fix
- Europe faces difficult search for growth
- PRECIOUS-Gold gains on steady euro; Europe concerns stay
- Euro bounces off 4-month low, but remains under pressure
Gold (pronounced /old/) is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground "veins" and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the known metals. Pure gold has a bright yellow color traditionally considered attractive
Is this the beginning of the end for gold?
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Asia Middle East
- Asia stocks mixed after G8 vague on Europe fix
- Asia stocks mixed after G8 vague on Europe fix
- Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B
- Asia stocks mixed after G8 vague on Europe fix
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his opening address during the 150th Anniversary of Standard Chartered Bank held on on Thursday Feb. 19, 2009.
Who will support aging Japan?
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- SAUDI ARABIA Oil output close to 31-year high
- Pakistan blocks Twitter because of tweets considered offensi
- Soccer / Israel Football Association / Sports minister, IFA
- Israel's fury over trade ban on West Bank produce
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful.
Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader
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South America Africa
- Brazil targets Argentina with new trade licences
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Businessmen Told to Seize Argentina's Project Experience
- Argentina President's Visit to Consolidate Economic Rela
 Rio de Janeiro - Hotel Copacabana Palace, onde ser realizada a Cpula de Chefes de Estado do Mercosul, a partir de quinta-feira (18).  ula1
Brazil hotels set to cut rates for June's Rio+20 summit
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- NGOs Push for More Budget On Maternal Health
- Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
- Gas Explosion - Chevron Must Pay U.S.$3 Billion Fine, FG Ins
- Businessmen Told to Seize Argentina's Project Experience
The opening of the headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood in the mountain Mokattam in Cairo Egypt,Saturday, May 21, 2011.
Secular or Islamist? Egypt chooses a president
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Australia Caribbean
- Australia's next big problem: India's democracy
- Bureaucracy hits peak before cuts
- Roo meat market collapsing
- How to survive the stockmarket
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- UAE will fire up gas export forum
- Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home
- Jamaican loyalty to BlackBerry wanes
- Carnival invests in new cruise terminal
Cigar from Cuba
Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home
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