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U.S. consumer prices plunge by biggest amount in 61 years
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Consumer prices in the United States plunged 1.0 percent in October, the biggest one-month drop in 61 years, dragged by declining energy costs, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.
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U.S. home construction sinks to new record low in October
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — U.S. construction of new homes fell by 4.5 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 791,000 units, the lowest level on government records dating back to 1959, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
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Nov
20
EU farm ministers work to reform farm subsidies
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BRUSSELS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — European Union (EU) farm ministers worked overnight on Wednesday to seek an agreement on a major reform of the EU’s controversial farm subsidies.
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EU approves Greek financial rescue package
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BRUSSELS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — The European Commission said on Wednesday it had approved a Greek package intended to stabilize the markets as a response to the global financial crisis.
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Nov
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Turkey to explore oil and natural gas in the Black Sea
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ANKARA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s national oil company will explore for oil and natural gas with the American company in the Black Sea in the near future, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Nov
20
Indonesia to order oil, gas firms to keep funds in local banks
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JAKARTA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Indonesian government will order oil and gas companies to use local banks to keep tens billions of U.S. dollars of funds for energy projects as an effort to boost falling rupiah, the oil-and-gas regulator body BP Migas said here Thursday.
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Nov
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S Korea lowers 2009 tax revenue prediction
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SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — South Korea’s Finance Ministry predicted Thursday that the country’s internal tax revenues next year will be 143.65 trillion won (99.3 billion U.S. dollars), 2 percent lower from an earlier forecast.
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Nov
20
Japan’s trade deficit reaches 63.9 bln yen in Oct.
November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
TOKYO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua)– Japan registered a trade deficit of 63.9 billion yen in October, according to figures released by the Finance Ministry Thursday.
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Nov
20
Prosecutors file murder charge against Silicon Valley engineer
November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against former SiPort test engineer Jing Hua Wu with three counts of murder in the gunshot slayings last week of three colleagues.
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20
U.S. envoy urges reopening of Kenyan-Somali border
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NAIROBI, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The United States has called on the Kenyan government to reopen and expand the Liboi Reception Center near the Kenyan-Somali border to meet the needs of new asylum seekers from the war-torn nation.
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Nov
20
Four people found dead in residence in E Canada
November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
OTTAWA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Four people were found dead inside a home in Canada’s biggest city Toronto Wednesday, reports reaching here said.
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Nov
20
Kosovo Albanians stage protests against UN plan
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PRISTINA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — Thousands of ethnic Albanians protested Wednesday in the Kosovo capital Pristina against the UN plan over the deployment of the EU Rule of Law mission (EULEX).
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Bulgarian president: EU mission in Kosovo should be status neutral
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BELGRADE, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) — The European Union’s Rule of Law mission in Kosovo (EULEX) should be status neutral, Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said here on Wednesday.
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Nov
20
Thai former PM Thaksin or ex-wife might return on Dec. 25
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BANGKOK, Nov. 20 Xinhua — Thailand’s ruling People Power Party MP Pracha Prasopdee on Thursday hinted that either former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra or his ex-wife Pojaman might return from exile on or before Dec. 25, a Thai media reported.
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Nov
20
Local Toyota sales drop almost half as crisis hits Cambodia
November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
PHNOM PENH, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Sales of Toyota vehicles, among the most popular in Cambodia, have plummeted almost 50 percent since May, national media reported Thursday, citing Kong Nuon, president of Cambodia’s only Toyota distributor TTHK Co Ltd.
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Nov
20
Indonesia to learn anti-corruption methods from China, S Korea
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JAKARTA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Indonesian government is looking to China and South Korea for tips on how to combat public sector corruption through implementation of new models, the Jakarta Globe daily on Thursday quoted an official as saying.
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Nov
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ADB provide assistance to India’s floods shield
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MANILA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday said it is helping upgrade India’s capability of severe flooding prevention in one of its poorest states.
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Nov
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Singapore, China’s Shandong strengthen economic co-op
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) — Singapore and China’s Shandong province set infrastructure, environment services and education as areas for future cooperation at the 13th Singapore-Shandong Business Council meeting held here Thursday.
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