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Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
Three men watch stock trading at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005. The Australian stock market suffered its biggest one day fall in more than three years Wednesday, led by the materials and energy sectors, as concerns about future U.S. interest rate increases and softer oil prices took their toll.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)hg3
Bank   Business   Finance   Forex   Photos
 Business Day Online 
Forex round-tripping reignited as parallel, official rates disparity widens
Thu 11 Mar 2010
•Experts seek CBN intervention Unless the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) takes proactive action in narrowing the gap between the official and parallel foreign exchange rates, dealers face the... (photo: AP Photo / Rob Griffith)
Soil - Drought - El Niño
Agriculture   Crop   Drought   Food   Photos
 IRINnews 
NIGER: Southern villages emptying as drought bites
Wed 10 Mar 2010
web TANOUT, 10 March 2010 (IRIN) - "Empty" increasingly describes the southern Niger town of Tanout in Zinder Region: Water wells and pastures, fields and food banks - and slowly - entire villages,... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
South Africa's Shaun Pollock, bowls during net practice at Warner Park in Basseterre, St. Kitts, Monday, March 19, 2007, ahead of their Group A Cricket World Cup match against Scotland on Tuesday.  Gulf News  Wed 10 Mar 2010
South Africa will soon get things right, Pollock says
Dubai: Shaun Pollock is confident that the South African team may soon shed their choker tag. Speaking to Gulf News, the former South Africa team captain and allrounder said: "There are too many... (photo: AP / Themba Hadebe)
Cricket   Dubai   Photos   South Africa   Sport
A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010.  The Times  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists
Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in the most recent outbreak of... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religion   Society   Violence
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A stockbroker trades in Bombay, India, Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Indian stocks ended higher Tuesday after three consecutive days of losses, although the market remained volatile with big swings in share prices. The benchmark Sensex closed at 11,873.73 points, rebounding from an intraday low of 11,378.96 Gulf News Wed 10 Mar 2010
Sensex edges up as Reliance gains
Mumbai (Reuters) Indian shares nudged 0.3 per cent higher yesterday, with Reliance Industries leading the gains, helped by small gains in Asia. The 30-share BSE Index... (photo: AP Photo / Rajesh Nirgude)
Business   India   Mumbai   Photos   Reliance
 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, accompanies Jordan´s King Abdullah II upon his arrival at Cairo airport, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007. Jordan´s King Abdullah II arrived in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Independent online (SA) Wed 10 Mar 2010
 Mubarak leaves intensive care after operation
Cairo - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left the intensive care unit of a German hospital on Wednesday, four days after having a gall bladder removed. The official... (photo: AP /Youssef Allan, Royal Palace)
German   Hospital   Mubarak   Photos   President
Egyptian and Saudi officials carry the coffin of Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar BBC News Wed 10 Mar 2010
Was Egypt's Sheikh Tantawi a liberal or a stooge?
By Roger Hardy BBC Middle East analyst... (photo: AP / AP)
Egypt   Islam   Liberal   Photos   Sunni
In this photo made available Saturday, May 9, 2009, by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI is cheered by wellwishers during his visit to the Lady of Peace Church in Amman, Jordan Friday, May 8, 2009. Zeenews Wed 10 Mar 2010
Pope denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria bloodshed
Jos (Nigeria): Pope Benedict XVI denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria on Wednesday after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be... (photo: AP / L'Osservatore Romano)
Nigeria   People   Photos   Police   Pope
The Al Azhar Mosque, built in 969 AD, in downtown Cairo. Star Tribune Wed 10 Mar 2010
Egypt's top Muslim cleric, whose moderate views angered hard-liners, dies of heart attack
CAIRO - Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart... (photo: US DoD)
Cairo   Death   Egypt   Muslim   Photos


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