Posts Tagged ‘ Friday ’

Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist 

January 15, 2012
Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist 

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks with journalists at Tehran's Mehrabad airport after his visit to Latin American countries January 14, 2012. Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country’s nuclear program have escalated [...]

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2006 FIFA World Cup champ visits HCMC 

January 9, 2012
2006 FIFA World Cup champ visits HCMC 

Former Italian football star Fabio Canavaro will visit Ho Chi Minh City on Friday. Photo by Dan Tri. Fabio Canavaro, the best player of the 2006 FIFA World Cup and member of the Italian squad as the Cup champions, will come to Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, January 6. Canavaro will meet the media [...]

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Powerful quakes hit N. Zealand city 

December 23, 2011
Powerful quakes hit N. Zealand city 

  Earthquake damage to Christchurch Cathedral in the New Zealand South Island city is seen in September 2011. New Zealand’s Christchurch was rocked by a fresh series of powerful earthquakes on Friday, sending terrified people fleeing into the streets 10 months after a devastating quake claimed 181 lives. Two shallow quakes of magnitude 5.8 and [...]

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Vietnam government bonds advance as inflation slows; dong gains 

December 23, 2011
Vietnam government bonds advance as inflation slows; dong gains 

  Vietnam’s two-year bonds gained Friday on speculation commercial lenders will lower interest rates after inflation slowed for a fourth month. The dong advanced. Consumer prices climbed 18.13 percent this month from a year earlier, compared with a 19.83 percent increase in November, according to data from the General Statistics Office Friday. Interest rates on [...]

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Americans losing addiction to ‘CrackBerrys’ 

December 17, 2011
Americans losing addiction to ‘CrackBerrys’ 

The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone is seen after it was introduced at a news conference in New York August 3, 2010. To understand what ails BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd in the U.S. market, just ask eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe. The world’s biggest online auction site had about a hundred engineers [...]

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WikiLeaks suspect makes first court appearance 

December 16, 2011
WikiLeaks suspect makes first court appearance 

Supporters of US Army Private Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst, attach banners to the perimeter fence of US Army Fort George G. Meade, where Manning’s hearing began Friday. A US soldier accused of giving classified documents to WikiLeaks appeared in court Friday for the first time, with the defense immediately alleging the military hearing [...]

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Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

November 26, 2011
Black Friday draws crowds, but spending in doubt 

  A woman pulls shopping carts through the aisle of a Target store on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Retailers were hoping for more shoppers like Shawn Elzia as the annual Black Friday bargain stampede marked the unofficial start of what is widely expected to be a middling [...]

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EU warning after Italy borrowing rates hit record 

November 26, 2011
EU warning after Italy borrowing rates hit record 

Picture shows Milan’s stock exchange with a sculpture by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in front. The European Commission warned Italy’s high borrowing costs could hit growth after bond yields surged to new records and France and Germany warned a blow-out on Italian debt could kill the euro. “If the bond yields continue to be this [...]

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Vietnam inflation slows, central bank signals rate-cut scope 

November 26, 2011
Vietnam inflation slows, central bank signals rate-cut scope 

  Vietnam’s inflation slowed for a third month in November, and the central bank signaled it may consider lowering interest rates. Consumer prices rose 19.83 percent from a year earlier, after climbing 21.59 percent in October, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi Friday. The State Bank of Vietnam has room to cut policy rates [...]

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Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

November 25, 2011
Crowds hit stores for ‘Black Friday’ deals 

  A man loads a flat screen television into his car on the shopping day dubbed “Black Friday” in Torrington, Connecticut November 25, 2011. Bargain hunters flocked to stores late Thursday and overnight Friday, searching for deals on big screen televisions, video games and toys while fretting about their own shaky economic well-being. Some stores, [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...