AP - The government nominated a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat to head the central bank Tuesday, raising the likelihood its proposal will again be rejected by the opposition a day before the current governor's term ends.
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Government nominates Tanami as BOJ chief (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 7:07am EDT
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Court frees jailed SocGen trader (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 7:05am EDT
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AP - A French court Tuesday ordered the release of a Societe Generale trader accused of causing billions in losses through rogue trades.
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ICC facing fight to get Patel as new chief (AFP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 6:08am EDT
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AFP - Imtiaz Patel's appointment as the next chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is "not a done deal" according to his current employers, the SuperSport television company in South Africa.
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China says Tibet rioters trying to wreck Olympics (Reuters)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 4:20am EDT
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Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao accused the
Dalai Lama of orchestrating riots in Tibet in which dozens may
have died and said his followers were trying to "incite
sabotage" of Beijing's August Olympic Games.
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Kartik injury adds to India's problems (AFP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 4:14am EDT
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AFP - India's injury woes ahead of next week's Test series against South Africa increased on Tuesday after recalled spinner Murali Kartik was ruled out with a torn ligament.
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Cheney to troops: Mideast needs freedom (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 4:09am EDT
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AP - Rallying troops after an overnight stay at an air base, Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that as long as freedom is suppressed in the Mideast, the region will remain a place of "stagnation, resentment and violence ready for export."
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NZ police arrest teen in tourist murder (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 4:01am EDT
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Wen blames Tibet protests on Dalai Lama (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:42am EDT
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AP - The Dalai Lama threatened Tuesday to step down as leader of Tibet's government-in-exile if violence committed by Tibetans in his homeland spirals out of control.
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US-Russia talks to start on upbeat note (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:32am EDT
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AP - Vladimir Putin, president of Russia for a few more weeks, surprised President Bush's top Cabinet officers with welcoming words about cooperation with the U.S., even as he warned that serious disagreements remain.
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Bomb kills 49 in Iraqi city of Karbala (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 3:01am EDT
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AP - A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at least 49 people and leaving pools of blood on the street leading to one of Iraq's most revered mosques.
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Peacekeepers battle Serbs in Kosovo (AP)
Posted: March 18th, 2008, 1:14am EDT
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AP - Serb demonstrators attacked international peacekeepers with rocks, grenades and Molotov cocktails Monday, setting off the worst violence in Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last month.