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Wall Street surges to year highs

November 10th, 2009

Wall Street surged on Monday as the Group of 20 (G20) nations agreed to maintain measures to boost economic growth. All the major indexes set new highs of 2009 at the closing.
The rally followed the lead of overseas markets, which rose as commodities rallied and the dollar declined after officials from the Group of [...]

Tehran prosecutor said Monday three detained Americans are charged with espionage. ·Three Americans were taken into custody by Iranian border security forces on July 31.
·Earlier, Hillary Clinton called on Iran to release the detained U.S. citizens.
TEHRAN, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Tehran prosecutor said on Monday that three U.S. citizens detained by Iranian security forces on [...]

China’s anti-graft chief He Guoqiang on Sunday urged nationwide grassroot units to strengthen the construction of clean and honest governance with the spirit of reform and innovation to obtain the people’s trust and benefit the people.
He, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a member [...]

The second Annual European Union film festival in China opened here Thursday with a school drama from Sweden.
The film “Ondskan,” or “Evil,” is a work of director Mikael Hafstrom in 2003. It tells a story of a 16-year-old school boy’s struggle against systemized evil in a boarding school.
The drama won thunderous applause from [...]

Opel workers strike against GM

November 5th, 2009

Thousands of workers at Opel plants in Germany went on street in Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt on Thursday to protest against GM’s decision to keep Opel.
An employee of German car manufacturer Opel holds up a t-shirt reading ‘We are Opel’ punctured with a cardboard knife symbolizing GM, during a warning strike at the Opel plant in [...]

Police in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China, has stepped up crackdown on criminal activities to safeguard stability and public security.
The anti-crime action will be carried out across the region from the beginning of November to the end of the year, said a spokesman for the regional public security bureau Monday.
Local police [...]

In a courtroom filled with his victims, a San Francisco tax preparer pleaded guilty Friday to running a 30-year Ponzi scheme that cheated investors out of as much as $100 million.Roberto Heckscher’s hearing in federal court in San Francisco included testimony from victims who called him “scum of the earth” and a “ruthless, spineless coward.”
“May [...]

Over 3,000 students sat for the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination held in Myanmar for the 2009-10 exam year, sources with the Yangon-based British Council said on Tuesday.
As the IELTS exam marks are recognized by universities in the United States, the number of candidates increased year by year from 1,097 in 2005-06, [...]

China would strengthen international coordination on tax policies, said Chinese Finance Minister Xie Xuren at the Third International Tax Dialogue (ITD) Global Conference which opened in Beijing Monday.
Xie said the Chinese government would “actively engage in tax policy dialogues and practical coordination with relevant countries, regions and international organizations.”
He said China understood the [...]

Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya assured his supporters on Sunday that an agreement would soon be reached on settling the country’s political crisis.
Deposed Honduran President Manuel Zelaya laughs at his desk while his granddaughter Irene Melara plays behind him during a visit at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa October 25, 2009
“I cannot give details of [...]