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• Russia, China, US occupy special place in Kazakh foreign policy: Nazarbayev

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Astana (Kazakhstan), Dec. 28 (ANI): Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said that China, Russia and the United States will continue to occupy a special place in the country’s foreign policy.Interacting with diplomats at the Akorda Palace last week, President Nazarbayev said that apart from these three ...
  19 hours ago

• Russias Putin to inaugurate pipeline

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  MOSCOW, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will witness the celebratory launch of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline, officials say. During Putins visit to the Russian Far East, he is expected to witness the inauguration of the first leg of the project, which should pump 1.6 million ...
  21 hours ago

• Pacific oil pipeline a strategic project: Putin

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Kozmino (Russia), Dec 28 (RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who officially launched the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) oil pipeline Monday, said it was a project of strategic importance for Russia.During his visit to the region, the Russian premier took part in the official ceremony of pumping the ...
  22 hours ago

• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  5 days ago

• Local IT companies acquire European IT company

  
  PinoyBusiness.ORG - Home — Authority: 134
  The Philippine’s PhilWeb Corporation, together with the ISM Communications Corp., will be acquiring a controlling stake in Acentic, a European information technology company. The two companies, in their disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), said that they made a deal with a private equity firm based in ...
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• Declared Goods Status for Natural Gas

  
  HEALTHY LIVING TIPS — Authority: 139
  “Natural Gas” is the fuel for the future given that it is clean, abundantly available and cost competitive. Projections available from alternative sources on gas consumption points to the fact, that Natural Gas would be the most preferred fuel in the global energy basket by the year 2025. The major factors ...
  6 days ago

• Pair held over $4m card skimming scam

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Police in Sydney have arrested two men over an EFTPOS scam which has so far netted more than $4 million from bank accounts in Western Australia. Thousands of Western Australians have had their card details stolen at several McDonalds restaurants across Perth since October. Police allege the 31-year-old Canadian man ...
  6 days ago

• ‘Avatar’ grosses Rs.6.75 crore on opening day in India

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Acclaimed director James Cameron’s much-anticipated 3D sci-fi epic “Avatar” spelt magic at the box office in the big cities as well as smaller towns by grossing about Rs.6.75 crore (Rs.67.5 million) on its opening day.Touted as the biggest ever Friday opening for any Hollywood film in ...
  1 week ago

• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• Boat crew’s shock as shark gnashes oar

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A surf boat has been attacked by a white pointer shark while on a training run at Hawks Nest, north of Newcastle. The boat was about 400 metres off shore when the sweepers oar was ripped from his hands by the shark - thought to be a juvenile. Surf boat sweeper, Greg Ross says the crew got the shock of their lives. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Malaysian Payments Company MOL Global Snaps Up Friendster

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• India to add 220 million to workforce by 2030: RBI

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) India will add a whopping 220 million to its workforce by 2030, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn said Saturday.“Their absorption into the job market will pose a daunting challenge to policy makers as they try to align the forces of globalisation with the overarching ...
  3 weeks ago

• Manmohan’s US visit renewed commitment to strategic partnership: Envoy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  By Arun KumarWashington, Dec 4 (IANS) With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s US visit renewing the two governments’ commitment to the India-US strategic partnership, they will work together to advance global stability, security and sustainable development, according to the Indian envoy here.The visit last week, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
  3 weeks ago

• India’s strong growth of 7.9% signals Asian rebound

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 542
  India’s economy outperformed expectations in the third quarter of 2009, with 7.9 percent growth, its strongest in six quarters. The Bank of India has already begun to shift away from measures to boost the economy as its concern over inflation grows. The $1.2 trillion economy is expected to have year-end (31 March ...
  3 weeks ago

• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
  4 weeks ago

• vacancy Smith International Inc; Field Engineer

  
  Bursa Lowongan Kerja — Authority: 143
  Smith International Inc; Field EngineerSmith International Inc. is a leading global supplier of premium products and services to the oil and gas exploration and production industry. As a result of continued growth in the Asia Pacific region, our Drilling and Evaluation (D&E) unit is currently seeking Field ...
  4 weeks ago

• There is bipartisan support for India’s role in Afghanistan: PM

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  By Smita PrakashWashington, Nov 25 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, said on Wednesday that there is bipartisan support for India’s role in Afghanistan and there are no negative jibes about it.Last year, India announced an additional development aid of 450 million dollars for rebuilding the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Rural Development is Crucial to Poverty Alleviation Programs

  
  Sinlung — Authority: 456
  By Joel Mangboi Haokip Despite a high economic growth and several pro-poor programmes being implemented, poverty is still widespread in India. Poverty is one of the main issues, attracting the attention of sociologists and economists. Then what is poverty or what is meant to be poor? Poverty can be defined as a ...
  5 weeks ago

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