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The transport industry in India is now coming under a huge amount of scrutiny where issues of the environment and sustainability are concerned.
08 September 2008 By Richard Hainsworth When Russian troops moved into Georgia, foreign investors moved out and the Russian market plummeted. When U.S. troops moved into Iraq, foreign investors hesitated but the U.S. market barely blipped. Is this a double standard?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , launching what could be its biggest federal bailout ever, in a bid to support the U.S. housing market and ward off more global financial market turbulence.
08 September 2008 Government officials said Friday that the country would create a state-controlled airline holding company as big as Aeroflot to rescue the cash-strapped AiRUnion airline alliance.
Given the frequent power outages in the country and deficient, low voltage power scenario in the rural areas, along with the looming energy crisis, it certainly makes sense to tap this renewable source, especially when India enjoys a potential technical advantage...
In a race against time, the Bush administration, is in a hurry to push through the US Congress the nuclear deal with India after its ringing endorsement by the 45-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) in Vienna.
"I don't mind a good fight," John McCain told the Republican faithful last week, "and for reasons known only to God I've had quite a few tough ones in my life." But even for this former prisoner of war in North Vietnam turned battle-seasoned Senator often at odds with his own party, no fight will be as tough as the one he faces over the next eight weeks, if he is to defy every law of politics ...
(AP:NEW YORK) The stock market has lurched back near its July lows _ but Wall Street's concerns are a bit different now than they were then. In July, investors were vexed about record-high oil prices; since that time, crude has fallen nearly 28 percent.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Barack Obama isn't John McCain's only opponent. Sometimes McCain sounds like he's running almost as hard against President Bush and the Republican Party as he is against Obama, his Democratic rival for the White House.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi lawmakers end their summer break this week facing urgent tasks of approving a new election law and signing off on a still-unfinished security pact with the U.S. -- key steps in laying the foundation for a lasting peace.
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