Asian markets ‘spooked’ by IMF growth revision
Sian markets fell for a second straight day
Wednesday as investors reacted to losses on Wall Street after the
IMF cut its global growth forecasts, predicting the slowest rate in
three years.
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Slew of world conflicts fog Nobel Peace Prize guessing game
With a slew of conflicts tormenting the planet,
observers say the field of possible winners for this year's Nobel
Peace Prize is wide open, though some suggest it could go to Eastern
European activism or the Arab Spring.
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World Bank urged to help stop ‘land grabs’ in Africa
Anti-poverty activists posing as digger-driving
investors staged a symbolic land grab in Tokyo on Wednesday as they
called on world finance chiefs to help keep food prices under
control.
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Merkel tells Greece to stay the course amid austerity anger
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Greece on
Tuesday that the “tough path” of painful spending cuts will pay off,
as tens of thousands protested in a show of anger against her visit
to the eurozone’s most indebted nation.
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