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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in Baghdad
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 BBC News 
Labour will win election - Brown
Gordon Brown has left London for the Olympics declaring Labour will "go on and win" the next general election. The prime minister, flying to Beijing, dismissed Tory claims his party now had no chance... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
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 The Daily Mail 
House buyers are demanding 20% discounts on new homes as market continues to sink
Demands: Buyers now expect bargains House buyers are demanding discounts of as much as 20 per cent when shopping around for a new home, according to the Bank of England. The chunky reductions... (photo: Creative Commons / Ebyabe)
Rice Fields - Tugbok - Davao City - Philippines  The Times of India 
Govt clears decks for exports of select seeds
                NEW DELHI: The Centre has reopened the door to exports of seeds of non-basmati rice and corn on Wednesday, reversing earlier restrictions,... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Agricultureg   Corn   Export   Grains   Photos
 USD-currency-dollar (sl1)  The Times of India 
S.Korea props up currency to check prices

                SEOUL: South Korea's foreign exchange authorities unloaded more dollars to check sharp falls in the won currency on Wednesday as part of a... (photo: creative commons)
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GROCERY - SHOPPING - FOOD - SUPLIES - SUPERMARKET NZ Herald
Times hard but not that hard
Rising food and petrol prices combined with high interest rates may be making life difficult but most people are fairly confident with their personal situations and... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Crude futures move higher on mixed supply report

Oil prices jump as gas supply tightens Crude prices vacillate throughout the session after a mixed government supply report, while concern over slumping demand continues... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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Petron Petrol Station - Davao City - Philippines Independent online (SA)
Petrol price will drop - economist

A "big drop" in the petrol price is expected in September, T-Sec economist Mike Schussler said on Wednesday. "I see petrol dropping around R1 per litre - or even more,"... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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 Hewlett-Packard, HP, technology, computer. tp1 Philadelphia Daily News
Stocks open higher after Hewlett-Packard report

TIM PARADIS The Associated Press NEW YORK - Stocks are up modestly after an upbeat profit report from Hewlett-Packard Co. offered investors some reassurance about the... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)
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 A Kuwaiti man, left, exchanges money at a money exchangers in Souq Moubarkiya, Kuwait City, Sunday, May 20, 2007. Kuwait has abandoned pegging its currency to the U.S. dollar and returned to linking it to a basket of currencies, the Central Bank governor Gulf Daily News
Review currency peg GCC urged
DUBAI: Gulf states should consider dropping their pegs to the weak US dollar to have more tools to control inflation and achieve single currency criteria, Dubai... (photo: AP Photo )
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 KLdy1 - May06 - gold - jewelleries - gold prices. (dy1)  The Boston Globe
US dollar, gold rise in European trading

LONDON—The U.S. dollar was higher Wednesday morning against other major currencies in European... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Dollar   Gold   London   Photos   Trading
 People buy food for "iftar" on the 2nd day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, in Tehran, on Friday Sept. 14, 2007. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian) hf1  Gulf Daily News
UAE clamp on Ramadan price rises
DUBAI: The UAE economy ministry said it would step up efforts to ensure that retailers do not raise food prices arbitrarily during Ramadan. "Some traders... (photo: AP Photo)
Dubai   Economy   Photos   Prices   Ramadan
KLdy1 - Aug08 - China - tourism - Beijing. (dy1) Denver Post
Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China, dies

BEIJING—Hua Guofeng, who briefly ruled China as communist founder Mao Zedong's successor but was pushed aside as a prelude to reforms that launched an economic... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
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India -Money -Currency -Notes of Rs.500 The Times of India
Government to release Rs.220 bn fertiliser subsidy in cash
                NEW DELHI: The government will soon approve the release of Rs.220 billion as fertiliser subsidy in cash, it... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
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