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Breaking News Sat, 19 May 2012
Wheat crop farm-agriculture-India. Punjab wants central government to allow wheat export Sat 19 May 2012
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Saturday asked the central government to allow export of wheat from the state. Talking to media... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Newstrack India
Crop   Export   Photos   Punjab   Wheat   Wikipedia: India
Central Plaza Ratchada Rama 3 is a shopping center located on Sathupradit Rd in Yannawa district, Bangkok, Thailand. Thai PM pledges to tackle rising consumer prices Sat 19 May 2012
BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday pledged that her government will expedite solving the problem of rising consumer prices, Thai... (photo: WN / RTayco) Xinhua
Consumer   Economy   Photos   Prices   Thailand   Wikipedia: Thailand
A Palestinian vendor displays a gold jewellery at a jewellery store in the Rafah Refugee Camp, Southern Gaza Strip on September. 19, 2011. Decline in demand for gold in the Palestinian markets due to the high price of $ 50 per gram, this high price in the global gold. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets Sat 19 May 2012
Tweet NEW YORK: Wheat charged higher on Friday to post its biggest weekly gain in 16 years and gold continued its recovery from four-month lows as commodity markets saw... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Times of India
Gold   Markets   Photos   Wheat   Wikipedia: Commodity
Consumers in a shopping mall for buying consumer durables -Electronic goods-Sony Vaio laptop-India Sony's designs on your computer Sat 19 May 2012
Sony’s new laptops aim to look as good as they perform, and not cost the Earth. Matt Warman examines their chances in a cut-throat market. ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Daily Telegraph
Design   Laptops   Photos   Sony   Wikipedia: Vaio
US President Barack Obama is pictured in the oval office at the white House at the end of his meeting with France's new President Francois Hollande on May 18, 2012 in Washington DC prior to attend the G8 summit in Camp David. Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis Sat 19 May 2012
Camp David - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were to focus their attention on Europe's economic woes on Saturday after President Barack Obama threw his... (photo: AP) Independent online (SA)
Government   Obama   Photos   Politics
US Dollar - Currency US Dollar Makes A Break To 16-Month Highs As Fear Creeps In Sat 19 May 2012
US Dollar Makes a Break to 16-Month Highs as Fear Creeps In Fundamental Forecast for the US Dollar: Bullish CPI and retail sales do little to alter the outlook for rates... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Street
Currency   Investors   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: United States dollar
Motorola Dext Motorola smartphones face US import ban Sat 19 May 2012
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetSome Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a US trade panel said on... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot) The Times of India
Microsoft   Patent   Photos   Smartphones   Wikipedia: Motorola
New French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012 David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax Sat 19 May 2012
David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions.... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) The Daily Telegraph
France   Photos   Tax   UK   Wikipedia: David Cameron
File - British Army Lt. Gen. James Bucknall, the International Security Assistance Force deputy commander, speaks with Afghan National Army soldiers during his visit to Joint Combat Outpost Pul-e-Sayad, Afghanistan, April 27, 2011. Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete Sat 19 May 2012
Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. Despite the winding down of... (photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton) The Daily Telegraph
Afghanistan   Britain   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Christmas Decorations in a shopping mall, Singapore. Illegal tour guide menace in Singapore Sat 19 May 2012
While Singapore has welcomed a record number of tourists in the last two years, a problem has also emerged: illegal tourist guides muscling in on the action. They are... (photo: WN / Periasamy) Jakarta Post
Economy   Market   Photos   Singapore   Tourism   Wikipedia: Singapore
President Barack Obama is briefed on his upcoming trip to the Republic of Korea during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, March 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama's cash edge dwindling Sat 19 May 2012
WASHINGTON • President Barack Obama holds a cash advantage of more than 2-to-1 over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, but the president's money advantage is beginning to... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) STL Today
Election   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama
Central Park People In The Park,New York. Virginia's jobless rate remains the same in April Sat 19 May 2012
Virginia's unemployment rate held steady at 5.6 percent in April as job growth slowed during the month, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Friday. The jobless... (photo: WN / Periasamy) Richmond Times Dispatch
Commission   Employment   Growth   Photos   Virginia   Wikipedia: Virginia
US President Barack Obama (R) meets with French President Francois Hollande following their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits. Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain Sat 19 May 2012
AFP - Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the United... (photo: AP / AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG) France24
Eurozone   G8   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: 38th G8 summit
Tourists waiting at New Delhi's IGI Airport-Air passengers-India. Foreign travel expenses shoot up 20% on falling rupee Sat 19 May 2012
Tweet NEW DELHI: The depreciating value of the rupee has made outbound travel for Indians at least 15-20% more expensive. In India, domestic travel too is suffering... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
Economy   Photos   Tourist   Travel   Wikipedia: Air travel
Egyptian protesters clap and wave flags in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011. Egypt's military is taking down the makeshift tents of protesters who camped out on Tahrir Square in an effort to allow traffic and normal life to return to central Cairo. There were a few verbal altercations between soldiers and protesters Sunday morning as the tents were removed, but the process was generally peaceful. Huge economic challenge awaits Egypt's next leader Sat 19 May 2012
When Egyptians joined a popular revolt last year, many were demanding economic change. They were suffering from high unemployment and prices, low wages, widespread... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) BBC News
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Revolution   Wikipedia: Egyptian presidential election, 2012
A protester with a placard placed on on a rake chats with another protester at Syntagma square in front of the Greek parliament , in central Athens, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Does Greece have the energy for a fight? Sat 19 May 2012
If Greece were a man, he would have aged decades in the past two weeks. The grey hairs would be sprouting, the wrinkles showing. It has been an extraordinarily tumultuous... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis) BBC News
Economy   Elections   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
A man stops to photograph Nasdaq in Times Square as Facebook has its IPO, Friday, May 18, 2012, in New York. Facebook stock closes nearly flat in debut Sat 19 May 2012
It was barely a "like" and definitely not a "love" from Facebook investors as the online social network's stock failed to live up to the hype in its trading debut Friday.... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) STL Today
Internet   Investors   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Facebook
The R339 road at the Prince Alfred Pass over the Langkloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa South Africa targets rainbow tourists Sat 19 May 2012
There is arguably no worse place in the world to be gay than Africa. Today more than two-thirds of African countries have laws criminalising homosexual acts and across... (photo: Creative Commons / NJR ZA) BBC News
Africa   Photos   Market   Tourism   USA   Wikipedia: South Africa
View of NABARD(National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development) office-India. Nabard manager urges banks to popularize Kisan Credit Card Sat 19 May 2012
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweet PATNA: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural development (Nabard) Chief General Manager D V Deshpande on Friday urged all commercial banks to... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times of India
Agriculture   Bank   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
The Nasdaq MarketSite is shown Tuesday, June 17, 2008 in New York. Stocks declined Tuesday as investors reviewed worrisome data that underscored the drag of higher energy prices on the economy Nasdaq glitch confuses investors of Facebook IPO Fri 18 May 2012
NEW YORK — Some investors who thought they had bought Facebook shares at the opening of trading were left without knowing for hours whether they had received the... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan) Springfield News-Sun
Facebook   NASDAQ   Photos   Trading   Wikipedia: History of Facebook