BoJ announces further monetary easing measures |
- BoJ announces further monetary easing measures
- Storm abates after killing seven in Thailand
- Japan to sack top officials over nuclear disaster
- Loneliness behind the network
- Having empathy for youngsters
- Live rat found in Aussie loaf
- Hong Kong holds first prisoner job fair
- Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials
- June trade surplus hits RM7.6bn
- China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown
- Christmas comes early to London's top stores
- VIDEO: Lagarde waits for French court decision
- Enthusiasm, skepticism greet Mubarak's day in court
- Strong quake hits southern Sumatra
- Crackdown
- 'Gelato University' turns Italian ice cream global
- Sleeping with lions
- Britain's synchro swimmers test new Olympic pool
- How Washington took the US to the brink
- 4 August 2011
| BoJ announces further monetary easing measures Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:41 AM PDT The Bank of Japan on Thursday said it would expand by 10 trillion yen a scheme to buy assets and boost liquidity to help safeguard the nation's post-quake recovery from the impact of a strong yen.
| ||
| Storm abates after killing seven in Thailand Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:41 AM PDT Seven people have died in flooding across northern Thailand caused by the tail end of tropical storm Nock-ten, which left more than 60 people dead in the Philippines, officials said Thursday.
| ||
| Japan to sack top officials over nuclear disaster Posted: 04 Aug 2011 12:00 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may replace three senior bureaucrats in charge of nuclear power policy, the minister overseeing energy policy said on Thursday, five months after the world's worst atomic crisis in 25 years erupted at Fukushima. 
| ||
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 11:02 PM PDT As Internet users reduce the gap among them in the virtual world, they may fail to look into themselves and subsequently stay further adrift from the reality and feel alienated.
| ||
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:59 PM PDT I'm against the idea of suicide. Looking down upon such behaviour and condemnation of it will not change the trend of suicide among youths. Why don't we show empathy for them? This is all I want to say.
| ||
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT An Australian woman said Thursday she was horrified after finding a live rat nestled inside a loaf of bread she bought at a supermarket.
| ||
| Hong Kong holds first prisoner job fair Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT A Hong Kong prison has held the city's first job fair for inmates in a bid to help them find work before they are released, correctional officials said.
| ||
| Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:28 PM PDT Japan will sack three top energy officials over their handling of the Fukushima atomic plant disaster and scandals that have fueled public mistrust in nuclear policy, the government said Thursday.
| ||
| June trade surplus hits RM7.6bn Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:28 PM PDT Malaysia recorded a trade surplus of RM7.60 billion in June, making it the 164th consecutive month of trade surplus since November 1997, said International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed.
| ||
| China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:27 PM PDT China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives, the government said, after a wave of contamination scares.
| ||
| Christmas comes early to London's top stores Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:18 PM PDT Temperatures in London are pushing 30 degrees but inside the city's top department stores, a winter wonderland has been unveiled for visitors who just can't wait until Christmas. Harrods and Selfridges launched their decoration sales 149 days before Christmas to capitalise on the tourist trade. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| VIDEO: Lagarde waits for French court decision Posted: 03 Aug 2011 10:24 PM PDT French judges are to rule on whether to open an inquiry into the former finance minister Christine Lagarde, now managing director of the IMF, over her handling of a high-profile scandal involving the disgraced tycoon Bernard Tapie.
| ||
| Enthusiasm, skepticism greet Mubarak's day in court Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:50 PM PDT  CAIRO, Aug 4: Activists in Egypt expressed enthusiasm after the first session of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's trial took place this morning at the Police Academy in New Cairo.
| ||
| Strong quake hits southern Sumatra Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:49 PM PDT A strong earthquake of a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale hit southern Sumatra at 8.16am today.
| ||
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:40 PM PDT Handout picture released by the Vilnius City Municipality shows Arturas Zuokas, the 43-year-old mayor of Lithuanian capital Vilnius, driving an armoured vehicle over a Mercedes S-class parked on a cycle lane in downtown Vilnius. Zuokas has decided to take a novel approach of fighting illegally parked cars. A spokeswoman for the mayor said,."The car was brought in especially for this clip."
This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| 'Gelato University' turns Italian ice cream global Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:35 PM PDT (Italy-AFP) - Ice-cream lovers from around the world are queuing up to get into Italy's Gelato University. Thousands flock each year to these courses near Bologna to have a go at whipping up an array of gelato flavours. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:34 PM PDT Alexander Pylyshenko pets African lioness Katya in his private Zoo in his yard in the small Ukrainian city of Vasylivka, some 500km from Kiev. Pylyshenko is going to live together with the couple of African lions Katya and Samson in their open-air cage during the next 35 days and nights to raise money for his zoo keeping and to attract public attention to the poor conditions of wild animal husbandry in Ukraine's private zoos.
This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Britain's synchro swimmers test new Olympic pool Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:34 PM PDT (Britain-AFP) - Great Britain's synchronised swimmers tok to the pool of the new Aquatics Center Wednesday, to form the numeral one to symbolise the one-year-to-go mark. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| How Washington took the US to the brink Posted: 03 Aug 2011 08:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug 4 — The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room. A White House meeting in mid-July between US President Barack Obama and congressional leaders had ended with sharp words as Obama clashed with the brash ... 
| ||
| Posted: 03 Aug 2011 09:22 PM PDT
This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| You are subscribed to email updates from "World" via xBlog® in Google Reader To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment