The United Nations has warned groups carrying out atrocities in the Central African Republic that the world is watching and will hold them to account, after the killings of hundreds of people, mainly civilians. The warning from UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon on Friday came a day after a militia killed 27 Muslims in a village outside the capital, Bangui. "Too many people are scared and the country is on the brink of ruin ... ....(size: 2.6Kb)
By Yaniv BarzilaiDecember 15th 20136.45 am. More Stories by Yaniv Barzilai. In 2001, a small U.S. special operations force had won extraordinary victories in Afghanistan and closed in on Bin Laden before high-level blunders allowed him to escape into Pakistan. This week marks the most important anniversary in the global war against al Qaeda that no one remembers ... Just before, however, bin Laden had made an egregious error ... Best Of ... 1 ... ....(size: 8.8Kb)
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A top National Security Agency official says it is considering offering an amnesty to fugitive US intelligence analyst EdwardSnowden if he agrees to stop leaking secret documents. The man in charge of assessing the leaks' damage, Richard Ledgett, said he could be open to an amnesty deal. Disclosures by the fugitive intelligence analyst have revealed the extent of the NSA's spying activity ... ....(size: 2.3Kb)
NZSX 50 is the main stock market index in New Zealand. It comprises the 50 biggest stocks by free-float market capitalisation trading on the New Zealand Stock Market (NZSX). The calculation of the free-float capitalisation excludes blocks of shares greater than 20% and blocks between 5% and 20% that are considered strategic.
The index was introduced in March 2003 and replaced the NZSE 40 Index as the headline index. The NZSE 40 Capital Index replaced the Barclays index in 1992, although the Barclays index is still compiled by the NZX but not made widely available.
As at 20 December 2010, the constituent companies of the NZSX 50 are: