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| Moneyed Mumbai’s security hunt |
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By Phil Hazlewood THE billboard above The Pizzeria restaurant on Mumbai’s sweeping Marine Drive promenade changes regularly. This week it tells anyone who passes: “Recommended. Helmets and bulletproof vests for Mumbaiites.” As people in India’s financial and entertainment capital pick up the pieces from last month’s attacks, one firm is happy to oblige. |
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| Investors invade as troops pull out |
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By Luke Baker MAJOR businesses have lined up billions of dollars for investment in southern Iraq, where oil riches and long-term opportunities beckon, preparing to move in even as Britain prepares to pull its troops out. Foreign investors have earmarked more than $9 billion for the oil-hub of Basra and the region around it in the next three years, according to Michael Wareing,..... |
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| Answers to sceptics |
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By Sophie Pons THE Czech Republic takes over the European Union presidency on January 1, and the pressure of having a eurosceptic president and following euro-heavyweight France is already beginning to tell. A wobbly Czech centre-right government, led by Mirek Topolanek, is battling doubts about its ability to help Europe out of the global economic crisis,... |
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| A new-found foe in the Balkans |
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By Boris Raseta THESE days Croats frown most when speaking about their western neighbours, the Slovenians, forgetting — for a while at least — about their traditional foes, the Serbs, a survey released yesterday indicated. In a poll conducted of 900 Croats by the Vecernji List daily, 73 per cent said they consider Slovenians ‘the most dangerous’ vis a vis Croatia,.... |
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| Belt-tightening across America as one in 10 claim food stamps |
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By Nathalie Laville HEAD held high and with a steady gait, Donald Fortune walked toward a waiting room filled with others who came to collect food stamps. “I put my pride to a side, came down here to get me some food stamps today,” said Fortune, a tall 45-year-old wearing a spotless white T-shirt and jeans, and carrying a carefully folded black leather jacket. |
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