AFP - The UN General Assembly votes Friday to choose five new non-permanent members of the powerful Security Council, with all eyes on the contest between Iran and Japan for the lone Asian seat up for grabs.
Poll: Obama Wins His Third Debate
(The Nation)
The Nation - The Nation -- As with the first and second presidential debates, Democrat Barack Obama was the clear winner of his third face-off with Republican John McCain, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey conducted after Wednesday night's debate finished.
AP - Asian stocks plummeted Thursday, with Tokyo's market plunging more than 10 percent, after another dive on Wall Street as worse-than-expected data about the U.S. economy heightened fears of a global recession.
$A 5% weaker at noon on gloomy US Fed
The Australian dollar was five per cent weaker at noon as dire comments from US Fed about the state of the world's biggest economy sparked a sell-off in riskier assets. At 1200 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US0.6646/53, down almost four US
Poll: Debate watchers say Obama wins
A majority of debate watchers thought that Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted at the end of the debate.
Contagion saps Hungary's strength
ROME - Eastern Europe is going from emerging-market growth story to economic casualty with alarming speed as the financial crisis spreads. Hungary's insistence that it is no Iceland did not prevent the country's currency and markets from taking another
Croatia, Serbia join Euro film org
MOSCOW -- Two national film centers from the Balkans are set to join European Film Promotion, the European Union's Media program-backed organization.The new Croatian Audiovisual Center in Zagreb and the Film Center Serbia join the 28 countries
Economic crisis spreading to Eastern Europe
International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials indicated Oct. 14 that they are in close consultation with the Hungarian government about a potential package of technical and financial support. The Hungarian Finance Ministry maintains that going to the IMF
Court jails Lithuanian man for life over murder
A Lithuanian national who fatally stabbed a Latvian man in Swords last year has been jailed for life by the Central Criminal Court after a jury found him guilty of murder. Mantas Pauliukonis had denied murdering Alesandrs Filusins by stabbing him in the
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