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This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan		  NZ Herald 
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
Thu 2 Sep 2010
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print WASHINGTON - United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taleban yesterday, placing the group on its international... (photo: AP / Al-Arabiya via AP Television Network)
Wheat - Grain
Grain   Photos   Prices   Russia   wikipedia : Russia		  NZ Herald 
Big gains from Russia's troubles
Thu 2 Sep 2010
By 5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print Prices in dairy co-operative Fonterra's online auction bounced back strongly yesterday with the world feeling the effect of a Russian wheat export ban.... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Pakistani flood affected residents reach out for relief goods from the Pakistan army in the remote village of Qasba Bhati Wala, at Murzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan on Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.  The Star  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Floods   IMF   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.  The New York Times  Thu 2 Sep 2010
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ drive from Bangalore in southern India.... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)
Climate Change   Energy   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Solar energy
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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid. The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
TOKYO — For all the turmoil over Toyota’s wave of recalls, the company, the world’s largest automaker, may face a bigger problem: the surging yen. With... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Automaker   Currency   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Toyota
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times Thu 2 Sep 2010
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain to... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
Banking   Britain   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Bank of Scotland
Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian Thu 2 Sep 2010
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for elected... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
Elections   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Democratic Party of Japan
A kid's meal of macaroni and chocolate milk is served by a worker at Burger King with a toy in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, April 27, 2010. In an effort to curb childhood obesity, county officials in Silicon Valley voted Tuesday to ban restaurants from giving away toys and other freebies that often come with high-calorie meals aimed at kids. The Australian Thu 2 Sep 2010
Burger King to be sold for $US4b to 3G Capital
FAST-food restaurant Burger King is to be sold to private equity firm 3G Capital for about $US4 billion ($4.3 billion). Under the terms of the agreement, the deal... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)
Business   Company   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Burger King
Newly appointed Director General of the ITER (originaly International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) Organization, Japaneze Professor Osamu Motojima, poses for photographers, during a press conference, at CEA (Atomic Energy Authority) headquarters in Cadarache, near Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, southern France , Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Gulf News Thu 2 Sep 2010
Key to limitless energy
It is one of mankind's most daring experiments — a quest to produce virtually limitless clean energy that, if successful, would revolutionise life on Earth by... (photo: AP / Claude Paris)
Energy   Environment   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear fusion


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