AHN News Staff Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) – India’s social security network is poor, leaving its citizens “very highly vulnerable” to poverty and unfair labor practices, according to a report this week by the International Labor Office. The international organization claimed that the country could have done better in terms of providing social security cover to [...]
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To Offer Preferential Yuan Loans Of CNY1.6 Billion To Portuguese-speaking Nations-Xinhua
November 15th, 2010
davidguide China Portuguese-speaking countries will likely hit a record high in 2010, after the trade volume increased 57% in the first three quarters from a year earlier to View full post on All Stories
Jordan Hosts Nuclear Inspectors With a Post-Apocalypse Landscape
November 14th, 2010
davidguide The Media Line Staff Dead Sea, Jordan (TML) – Nuclear experts from around the world were climbing into craters and clamouring up landslides as they gathered in a desolate corner of Jordan beside the Dead Sea to test their ability to uncover evidence of an unauthorized test explosion. Some 35 experts from 20 countries poured [...]
EU, Iran Push To Restart Nuclear Talks
November 11th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Tehran, Iran (AHN) – Responding to European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton’s call to revive nuclear talks from November 15-18, Iran on Wednesday proposed fresh dates to resume talks with major world powers. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili sent a letter to Ashton saying Tehran could restart negotiations on November 23 [...]
Washington Journal for 11/8
November 8th, 2010
davidguide 7:45am – Eric Pianin, Fiscal Times, Washington Editor 8:30am – Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters, President 9:15am – Drew Thompson, Nixon Center, China Studies Director Length: 3 hr. Published: Today at 7am (ET) View full post on All Stories
Major players? China, India get more say in IMF
November 7th, 2010
davidguide China and India received long-sought recognition as global economic heavyweights as the International Monetary Fund gave them and other emerging powers a significantly larger role in stabilizing the world economy. View full post on All Stories
Germany, China Lead International Criticism Of Decision By U.S. Federal Reserve To Buy $600 Billion In Bonds
November 6th, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The decision by the United States Federal Reserve to pump $600 billion into the nation’s economy by buying U.S. Treasury Bonds has sparked international criticism led by Germany and China. China and Germany represent the world’s second- and fourth-largest economies respectively. In addition, [...]
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