British Navy rescue people !!!
The British Navy and sailors (boarding teams) frigate HMS Cornwall were able to rescue five Yemeni hostages, fishermen and captured seventeen Somali pirates last week during a high risk operation the Gulf of Aden, the Royal Navy confirmed Tuesday. The Royal Navy said in a statement that after 92 days being held hostage abord their […]
Asian stocks UP !!!
The US Federal Reserve has showned hope about the strength of the U.S. economic road to recovery, Asian stock markets went up by strong corporate earnings Nikkei .N225 was up 0.7 % at 10883.53 points (Japan) and Australia’s benchmark index .AXJO was also higher by 0.2 percent. The MSCI’s index of Asia Pacific shares outside […]
Manama, Bahrain: police used tear gas in protests
In latest events in Manama Bahrains capital, police decided that they need to use tear gas agains anti goverment protests. Protesters angered by the killing of two demonstrators by security forces earlier this week. After largely leaving the protesters alone for the past two days, hundreds of white-helmeted police swarmed the roundabout about 3:30 a.m. […]
Iran protests push oil above $85
Oil was selling above $85 a barrel Tuesday in Asia due to violent street protests in Iran, which have raised fears crude supplies could be missed from one of world’s biggest supplier. March delivery was up 26 cents at $85.07 for a barrel Benchmark crude, at Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York […]
China: world’s second-largest economy
China passed Japan in 2010 to become the world’s second-largest economy after the U.S., a historic shift that has drawn mixed emotions in the two Asian powers: resignation tinged with soul-searching in long-stagnant Japan, pride but also caution in an ascendant China wary of shouldering new global responsibilities. The Long Rivalry China passed Japan in […]
Protests in Yemen
Yemeni police have clashed with anti-government protesters demanding political reform and the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the third straight day of anti-government protests. Several thousand protesters, many of them university students, tried to reach the central square in the capital of Sanaa on Sunday, but were pushed back by police using clubs. […]
BREAKING NEWS: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has resigned and handed over power to the military, ousted by a historic 18-day wave of pro-democracy demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of Egyptians who demanded his removal. The terse announcement was made live on state TV by a grim Vice-President Omar Suleiman at about 6 p.m. local time Friday. “In […]
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