Bangladesh to import 400,000 tons of rice from India
The caretaker government of Bangladesh Sunday
opened a letter of credit to import 400,000 tons of rice at 430 U.S.
dollars per ton from India, a senior official said.
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Indian PM reshuffles Cabinet as polls loom
India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reshuffled
his cabinet Sunday adding seven new junior ministers but leaving key
portfolios unchanged ahead of mid-2009 elections.
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Nepal’s divisive King faces the boot
King Gyanendra of Nepal will be the last ruler
from his centuries-old dynasty if the Himalayan nation — as expected
— abolishes the world’s only Hindu monarchy after landmark elections
this week.
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Abbas says Mideast peace will not come ‘at any price’
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on
Sunday he would not accept a peace deal at any price a day before he
was to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for the first time
since February.
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