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Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC, Food Security A Sustainable Strategy; World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco, 28 October 2010.
Economy   Photos   United Nations   Wikipedia: Economic growth   World  
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Global Economic Growth Sluggish, Prospect of Improvement
Friday, 24 May 2013, 9:44 am | Press Release: UN News | Global Economic Growth Still Sluggish, With Prospect of Gradual Improvement â€" UN Report | New York, May 23 2013 - Global economic growth will ... (photo: Creative Commons)
QM2 tied up at Pier 12. The Brooklyn Cruise Terminal is one of three terminals for ocean-going cruise ships in the metropolitan New York City area
China   Cruises   Islands   Photos   Travel   Wikipedia: Paracel Islands  
 China Daily 
Cruises sail to Xisha Islands
Cruises to the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea began to sell at major travel agencies following a successful maiden voyage last month. | The political significance is much bigger than the economi... (photo: Creative Commons / Jim.henderson)
People walk by an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 as Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 1.7 percent to close at 8,959.96.  Business Insider 
CHART OF THE DAY: The Japanese Nikkei's Historic Plunge In Context
Overnight, the Japanese Nikkei 225 stock index plummeted 7.3%. It was the worst single-day loss on the index since the Fukushima nuclear disaster two years ago. | Even still, given how fast Japanese s... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayash)
Japan   Nikkei 225   Photos   Stock Exchange   Wikipedia: Nikkei 225  
In this Feb. 12, 2010 file photo, Charles Solomon with Barclays Capital, left, works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  Kansas City Star 
Stocks mixed as investors reassess Fed worries
NEW YORK — Investors recovered their poise by midday Thursday after an early sell-off sent stocks sharply lower. | Order Reprints | Richard Drew Trader Randy Biller, left, works on the floor of ... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle)
Market   Photos   Stock Exchange   Wall Street   Wikipedia: Wall Street  
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Main Staircase, Discobolus of Myron (the Discus-Thrower), British Museum. The Daily Telegraph
Unseen museum treasures to go on display
A new initiative will see previously unseen objects go on display at British museums and galleries next month. | Rough-toothed dolphin skull with scrimshaw decoration &nb... (photo: Creative Commons / M.chohan)
British   Culture   Museum   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: British Museum  
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif gestures during a press conference in Islamabad, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Pakistan's ruling coalition collapsed Monday, torn apart by internal bickering just a week after it drove U.S. ally Pervez Musharraf from the presidency. Nawaz Sharif, announced Monday that he was pulling out of the 5-month-old alliance because it failed to restore judges ousted by Musharraf or agree to a neutral replacement. The Siasat Daily
Nawaz Sharif seeks civil-nuclear technology from China
Islamabad, May 23: | Prime Minister-designate Nawaz Sharif today sought civil nuclear technology to overcome Pakistan's energy crisis during a meeting with Chinese Premie... (photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti)
China   Nuclear   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia: Nawaz Sharif  
Pink rose flower plant in a garden The News & Observer
On Gardening: Chestnut Rose an heirloom for the ages
If you remember old-fashioned roses growing off your grandmother's front porch and long for that beauty at your home, consider the heirloom chestnut rose. Antique roses a... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
China   Garden   Home   Photos   Wikipedia: Gardening  
General view showing an empty beach at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Sunday, Dec.5, 2010. Security officials say a shark has killed an elderly German tourist at an Egyptian Red Sea resort, a few days after three Russians and a Ukrainian tourist were badly mauled in shark attacks. CNN
Tourism in Egypt: Hope amid a slow recovery
May 23, 2013 -- Updated 0511 GMT (1311 HKT) | Some worry that the Muslim Brotherhood government will impose strict morality provisions on Egypt's beach resorts, such as A... (photo: AP)
Economy   Egypt   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Tourism in Egypt  
Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan smiles after arriving at the government airport Vnukovo II, outside Moscow, Russia, on Friday, March 22, 2013. South China Morning Post
Forbes lists China's First Lady Peng Liyuan among world's 100 most powerful women
China's First Lady Peng Liyuan has made it onto Forbes' list of the world's most powerful women, a feat her predecessors have never achieved, but remains overshadowed by ... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
China   Peng Liyuan   Photos   Wikipedia: Peng Liyuan   Women  
Japan Taiwan
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks steadier, Nikkei bounces back
- UPDATE 2-US-based Japanese stock funds up $1.5 bln in record
- Japan econmin Amari: 'Abenomics' proceeding smoothly
- Markets Live: Stocks edge higher
 Himalaya - mount everest - north view - hires - am1
80-year-old breaks Everest record
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- Spare Times for May 24-30
- Duterte apologizes to Taiwan
- DPP legislators urge PRC policy debate
- Hung family turns down donation
Su-Wei Hsieh of Taiwan competes against Alize Cornet of France during the Day 2 of qualifying rounds of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 20, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA.
Hsieh, Niculescu lose in 2nd round at Strasbourg
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China Vladivostok
- Syrian president determined to root out insurgency as Syrian
- UN expects global economy to gain momentum slowly
- Women of Fukushima, voice of a movement in Japan (Photos)
- ASX gains despite offshore slide
Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC, Food Security A Sustainable Strategy; World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco, 28 October 2010.
Global Economic Growth Sluggish, Prospect of Improvement
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- Here's A List Of Every 'Broken Arrow' Nuclear We
- Intl data protection forum focuses on cybercrime
- International film festival held in Russia's Khabarovsk
- Chinese language contest held in St Petersburg
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Seoul Pyongyang
- ROK president to visit China in June
- Cloned stem-cell study under fire for sloppy errors
- The Past and the Future Come Together at Parsons
- More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons
In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo Monday, April 1, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea.
North Korean leader sends special envoy to China
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- How the Halt of inter-Korean Trade Hit N.Korea
- Closing the Net on cyber criminals
- Germany 'most popular country in the world'
- China news round-up: 'Uncharismatic' Premier arriv
Christof Heyns, a special Rapporteur of the United Nations (UN) during a press briefing  in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 26, March 2012.
UN investigator calls for ‘killer robot’ ban
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Politics Terrorism
- NEW DEAL Few things stir a nation like an agenda to heal wou
- Robinson and McGuinness stoutly defend the value of foreign
- China news round-up: 'Uncharismatic' Premier arriv
- Chinese premier arrives in Switzerland for first trip to Eur
Shamshad Akhtar, Regional Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, World Bank, Washington DC, Food Security A Sustainable Strategy; World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa Marrakech, Morocco, 28 October 2010.
Global Economic Growth Sluggish, Prospect of Improvement
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- Family wants US Congress and expert to prove son was murdere
- Closing the Net on cyber criminals
- 11 killed, 26 wounded in attacks in Iraq
- Obama sets new rule for drone strikes, renews pledge to clos
A bus carrying Palestinian passengers arrive from the Egyptian side as Egyptian soldiers guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2013. Egypt re-opened the border crossing on Wednesday five days after they sealed it of the abduction of seven security personnel. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
Egypt reopens Gaza border crossing after soldiers released
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