Archive for marzec, 2009

Iraq’s finances go up in smoke after oil slump

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

IN FEW nations around the globe are the consequences of the financial crisis as sobering as in Iraq. Both oil revenues and American financial support have plummeted just as t

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Activists forced out of Asean summit

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

PROMINENT activists from military-ruled Burma and Cambodia were barred from a meeting with south-east Asian leaders yesterday, upstaging the opening of a summit billed as a hi

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Drought plagues China’s crops

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

NORTHERN China is dry at the best of times. But a long rainless stretch has underscored the urgency of water problems in a region that grows three-fifths of China’s crops

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Mugabe seeks stake in foreign firms

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

ZIMBABWE’S President, Robert Mugabe, said yesterday land seizures from white farmers would continue and vowed to press ahead with plans for locals to take majority stakes

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Twin town throws cold water on Dr Mengele

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

HIGH on a hill behind his family’s home, Derli Grimm kneels and takes a sip from a thin black tube leading from a natural spring.

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India bids to halt sale of Gandhi belongings

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

THE Indian government is to protest against the sale of Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings in the US.

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Death toll rises to 76 in wake of mutiny

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

FIREFIGHTERS dug up 10 more bodies in mass graves at the headquarters of Bangladesh’s border guards yesterday, raising the death toll to 76 in the force’s two-day mut

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US scores as Dieke to go stateside

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

HER footballing talent was first spotted on the streets of Cumbernauld, as an eight-year-old having a kickabout with her brother.

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Schwarzenegger declares state of emergency

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

GOVERNOR Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency because of three years of below-average rain and snowfall in California.

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Slumdog opens world’s eyes to Mumbai’s battle with blindness

niedziela, marzec 1st, 2009

THEY have charmed the world with their exploits on the big screen while throwing light on the squalid conditions which they have to endure.

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