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- Surging prices may force more people from homes: UNHCR
- NAIROBI AFP — The head of the UN refugee agency warned Friday that instability created by surging oil and food prices may force increasing numbers of people from their homes in search of basic necessities. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in addition to conflicts, new challenges...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Fed officials worry that central bank went too far in crisis
- WASHINGTON AFP — The US Federal Reserve's expanded lending to banks and investment firms to stem a credit crisis may end up creating more instability, two Fed officials said Thursday. Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plossner and his Richmond counterpart, Jeffrey Lacker, in separate speeches expressed concern that the central...
- Research articles 2008-06-05
- Italians consider vote ahead of elections that promise little change
- ROME AFP — Italian voters Saturday considered their choice on the eve of an election that offers little hope for significant change as the country faces an economic slowdown and continued political instability. While voter surveys have predicted a return to the premiership for a third time by centre-right...
- Research articles 2008-04-12
- Growth will not suffer says Central Bank governor: the violence that followed the December polls not only shocked the population at large, but also threw out careful calculations by some of the world's major credit rating agencies. Neil Ford describes how
- Prior to the December elections, the major credit rating agencies believed that the polls would have little impact on Kenya's economic development. In mid-December, rating agency Fitch gave Kenya a B-Plus long term foreign currency default rating, with a stable outlook and little impact predicted from the elections. ...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- UEFA chief Platini says next few months crucial for Euro 2012
- ZAGREB AFP — UEFA chief Michel Platini said Wednesday that Euro 2012 joint-hosts Poland and Ukraine faced a crucial period after concerns mounted over the state of preparations for the event. "I have the distinct feeling that the next four to six months will be crucial in order to...
- Research articles 2008-01-30
- JR Index down slightly
- The Journal Record Index slipped slightly last week, off 0.91 points, or 0.09 percent, and closing at 1,022.86. However, advancing issues edged past declining issues at a 25-to-21 count. OGE Energy was down $2.61, or 7.65 percent last week after the company decided to delay the initial public...
- Research articles 2008-01-29
- Serbia, Kosovo 'never going to be one again': Rice
- WASHINGTON AFP — Russia must accept the reality that "Serbia and Kosovo are never going to be one again" or risk instability there, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview published Wednesday. "I hope that the Russians are as committed as we are to a stable...
- Research articles 2007-12-12
- Record-busting supernova prompts new ideas on death of stars
- PARIS AFP — Astronomers analysing the brightest supernova ever detected say the titanic flare has reshaped thinking about the death struggle of gigantic stars. Supernova SN2006gy, located 240 million light years away in galaxy NGC 1260, entered the record books in September last year when it dramatically brewed into...
- Research articles 2007-11-14
- ECB cuts growth forecast, holds inflation projection
- FRANKFURT AFP — The European Central Bank on Thursday trimmed its 2007 eurozone growth forecast against a backdrop of instability on global markets but maintained its outlook for next year. The ECB now estimates the massive economy -- which includes Germany, France, Italy and Spain -- will grow by...
- Research articles 2007-09-06
- Yemen offers rebels a ceasefire
- SANAA AFP — Yemen will immediately halt military operations against anti-government rebels if they agree to stop their insurgency, the official Saba news agency said on Thursday. "Military operations will immediately cease if Abdulmalik al-Huthi...the leader of the current instability in the mountains of Saada... and his followers stop...
- Research articles 2007-06-14
- The role of USAID and development assistance in combating terrorism
- SINCE 11 SEPTEMBER 2001, the U.S. Agency for International Development USAID has played an increasingly prominent role in the War on Terrorism. (1) The agency's humanitarian and development assistance programs, especially those directed toward at-risk populations and regions, have been recognized as critical components in the U.S. National Strategy for...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Changes to Bahrain party boat contributed to fatal capsize: coroner
- LONDON AFP — Inherent instability, poor safety equipment and an unqualified crew all contributed to the deaths of 58 people when a party boat capsized in Bahrain, a British coroner ruled. Fifteen Britons, including three with dual nationality, were among the dead, who were all foreign expatriates, when the Al-Dana...
- Research articles 2006-12-07
- Africa's main trading bloc seeks to overcome hurdles to economic unity
- DJIBOUTI AFP — Leaders from Africa's largest trading bloc called for cooperation to overcome hurdles blocking integration at a summit shrouded by festering conflicts within some member states and regional tension. The incoming Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA chairman, Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, pledged that his...
- Research articles 2006-11-15
- Purdue Research Helps Advance New Rocket Technology.
- Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 8 AScribe Newswire -- Purdue University engineers are conducting research to help the United States develop a type of advanced rocket technology that uses kerosene and would not require the foam insulation now used on the space...
- Research articles 2006-08-08
- Reducing US dependence on foreign oil will lead to supply instability: oil execs
- HOUSTON, United States AFP — Efforts to reduce US dependence on foreign oil will only lead to greater supply instability in the future, several top oil executives said at the US-Arab Economic Forum in Houston. While it is important for the United States to increase its domestic production capacities...
- Research articles 2006-06-27
- US committed to working with 'partners' to end unrest in Somalia
- WASHINGTON AFP — The White House expressed its commitment to working with "regional and international partners" in Somalia to establish a functioning central government, and to prevent Islamic extremism from taking root there. "The United States strongly supports the transitional federal institutions in Somalia, because they are trying to...
- Research articles 2006-05-17
- Williams not hitting panic button Sox GM knows he has plenty of time to solve Hermanson dilemma.(Sports)
- Byline: Scot Gregor Daily Herald Sports Writer PHOENIX - If general manager Kenny Williams is worried about two potential holes in the White Sox' bullpen, he's not showing it. Still looking for a left-handed specialist, the Sox are also planning on...
- Research articles 2006-03-14
- Global equities: go east for growth: each month, What Investment speaks to fund managers and analysts focusing on four different asset classes, and asks them to reveal the key issues currently driving their stock-selection decisions
- The message from Michael Hughes, chief investment officer at Baring Asset Management, is that 2006 will herald the start of a sustained period of instability for developed economies and that future growth is more likely to come from the markets of Asia. He argues that: "We have just experienced one...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Russian Orthodox Church angry at Council of Europe
- MOSCOW -- The Russian Orthodox Church has expressed anger at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, saying its recent resolutions concerning religious issues could foment instability and conflict. The church criticized the assembly's recent "Women and Religion" resolution, saying a call to fight "religiously motivated stereotypes"...
- Research articles 2005-12-24
- Diamonds are not enough: the Central African Republic, once the 'personal domain' of 'Emperor' Jean Badel Bokassa, seemed to have disappeared off the continental radar until an exodus of refugees recently turned the spotlight back on this small country. N
- Despite rich natural resources, including diamonds, gold and uranium, the Central African Republic CAR remains one of the least developed countries in the world due to the mismanagement of resources, political instability and its geographical location. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] The country's location far from the nearest sea port has...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
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