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Full text: Prime Minister's speech at IIM Calcutta
NDTV.com
We can benefit from this latest "model law" and internalise international best practices. I would urge State Governments to do the same. Many of the controversies that have arisen in the recent past arise because of the inadequacies of our regulatory ...
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Petrol to rise, but the lift is justified
Switzer Financial News (blog)
And there is an array of valid explanations including recent Aussie dollar weakness and the fact that oil prices in the Asian region have been much better supported compared with the likes of West Texas or Brent crude. In essence, it all adds up. ...
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Opinion: Bribery scandal rocks president's administration
Vancouver Sun
Muhammad was captured in Cartagena, Colombia and is accused of accepting bribes worth almost $3 million in connection with tenders for the South East Asian (SEA) Games, to be hosted by Indonesia this year, authorities said. In the corruption scandal ...
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Hickory High alumna on her way to fulfilling graduation dreams
Hickory Daily Record
When Judy Her graduated from Hickory High in June 2009, she had dreams of going to Wesleyan University and majoring in film and East Asian studies to meld the two together. Now a junior at the school, Her is well on her way. She has taken a few classes ...
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Jordan hosts Tunisia ahead of World Cup qualifiers
Jordan Times
The qualifiers commenced after Asia's 16 lowest ranked teams (based on their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification record) played home-and-away matches with the winners advancing to Round 2 to join 22 higher ranked teams. The winners from Round 2 joined ...
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Major Stock Market Low Soon?
The Market Oracle
Thus far we have been labeling this bear market with two sets of labels: 1/a, 2/b and an ongoing 3/c. The reason for this is some significant bear market declines, several waves, unfold in fives (1-2-3-4-5), ie 2007-2009, and others in simple abc's, ...
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Asian Alliance Insurance PLC – Pride of the decade
Daily Mirror
Nishantha M. Jayaweerage of Wattala Divisional Office claimed the award for Best Field Manager of the year 2010 whilst C. Upul Jayasekera from Nugegoda being awarded as the Best Territorial Manager of the year 2010.
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Another academic year begins at UI; here's what you might have missed over the ...
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Wise replaces Richard Herman, who resigned from the position in the fall of 2009 in the wake of the "Category I" admissions scandal. What's new? Besides being the first Asian-American to lead the campus (and being one of three female chancellors ...
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FEU stude bags silver in Universiade
Philippine Star
The other leading Filipino taekwondo medal hopefuls – Marlon Avenido (UST, bronze in 2010Kazakhstan Asian Championships) in the men's 80kg; Paul Romero (UST, bronze in 2010Guangzhou Asian Games) in the men's 74kg; and Camille Manalo (UST, ...
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Football fed focuses on coaches' training
Philippine Star
Coach Michael Weiss reported that during his recent vacation in Germany, he has made arrangements with the German Football Association (DFB) for four Filipino coaches to attend a Clicense course in Koblenz. “We can send four coaches from the ...
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Math Monkey Education Center (Tsuen Wan) Announces Grand Opening Event in ...
PR.com (press release)
Math Monkey Education Center (Tsuen Wan) is the 4th center to open in Hong Kong since 2009. Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, August 22, 2011 --(PR.com)-- “We are so excited to host a grand opening celebration in honor of the new Math Monkey location in Han ...
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Times they are a changin'
Macon Telegraph (blog)
According to the latest Census data, there are 50 million Hispanics living in the US And before you ask the question, “How many of those are illegal,” forgetaboutit. That's a moot point. The arguments we're having over immigration will seem quaint in a ...
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Saluting Coweta's Vets: US broadened scope of special forces in 1964
Newnan Times-Herald
American Special Forces personnel were operating in Southeast Asia as early as the 1950s under the guidance of the CIA. When President John F. Kennedy decided to increase America's presence in Vietnam, Special Forces "advisors" played a lead role in ...
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Newnan Times-Herald
Clavis Technologies International Co., Ltd. - 10-Q
Insurance News Net (press release)
The momentum is particularly strong in Europe and Asia where there is a higher emphasis on item level tagging. By tagging individual items at the store level, RFID -enabled mirrors and electronic displays enable the customer to view, select, ...
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Australian sharemarket falls at close as retail investor sentiment plummets
The Australian
Bell Potter client adviser Greg McPherson said the market reflected the volatile nature of trading inrecent weeks. "It was pretty a wild spike mid-to-late morning and then it just sort of ran out of steam," he said. "I don't think there's a great deal ...
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The Sunday Junkie: Aug. 21 edition
MMAjunkie.com
We have had the recent retirements of legends such as Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell and Chris Lytle. We have a new champion in Jon Jones who, like Georges St-Pierre, has taken MMA to another level. With their commitment, ingenuity and radical training...
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Social-media users aid in search for Stanford student in Malaysia
The Seattle Times
Like most of his peers at elite universities, he was well plugged in to the world around him, posting regular updates every two to three days on his travels through Southeast Asia. By Aug. 13, he had announced through his Google+ page that he was in ...
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