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Mexican president faces teachers' revolt ATLIACA, Mexico - Easter vacation was over, but there wasn't a teacher in sight at the boarding school for indigenous children on the edge of this sunbaked southern Mexico hill town. | A 37-year-old c... (photo: Creative Commons / Sandstein) Herald Tribune Education Mexico Photos Teachers Wikipedia: Mexico |
Pakistan’s market is booming Pakistan’s chaotic financial heart, Karachi, is home to 18 million people, Taliban bombers, contract killers, and one of the world’s most successful stock markets. | With 49 percent return... (photo: AP / Shakil Ad) Independent online Economy Market Pakistan Photos Wikipedia: Pakistan |
Who really owns the Dead Sea? Ah, the Dead Sea. Four hundred meters below sea level lies Israel's greatest (and arguably its only) natural treasure. Dotted with the ruins of monasteries, palaces, synagogues and mosques, this bibli... (photo: Creative Commons / Pikiwikisrael) Ha'aretz Biblical Israel Photos Sea Tourism Wikipedia: Dead Sea |
Somali pirates cost global economy '$18 billion per year', reveals World Bank report Tweet | Washington, Apr. 14 (ANI): Somali pirates are pushing global trade costs up by billions of dollars per year, severely affecting the economic activities of neighboring countries, a new World Ba... (photo: US Navy / Cmdr. Michael Junge) Newstrack India Cost Economy Photos Piracy Somali Wikipedia: Piracy in Somalia |
India's Chidambaram to woo investors in N. America to fund current account gap By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Manoj Kumar | NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's finance minister will seek to drum up foreign investment from the United States and Canada this week to fund a record high current... (photo: PIB of India / Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India ) The Guardian India Investment North America Photos Wikipedia: Economy of India |