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Mekong murder suspect flown to Beijing - MSN Philippines News
"Yes, Nor Kham was transferred to Chinese police," said the official, who declined to give her name. China reacted angrily to last year's attack, summoning diplomatic envoys from Thailand, Laos and Myanmar and asking authorities to speed up ...
Libya government takes charge of Misrata ports - MSN Philippines News
Libya's interim authorities now control all ports of entry to the country's third city of Misrata, a government official said on Sunday. "All the ports were handed over," including the airport, said Ziyad Abdelali of the interior ministry.
Greece to cut pensions further for bailout: sources - MSN Philippines News
Greece, under pressure to find another 325 million euros in savings, has decided on further pension cuts to fill a gap holding up an EU-IMF debt rescue package, labour ministry sources said Friday. State pensions of more 1300 euros ($1720) per month ...
No euro finance ministers' meeting on Monday: source - MSN Philippines News
Plans to hold eurozone finance ministers talks next week should a deal to restructure Greek sovereign debt be reached with banks, have been abandoned, a source close to the Eurogroup told AFP Friday. "There will not be a meeting of the Eurogroup this ...
Italian islanders rise to cruise disaster challenge - MSN Philippines News
They were in light clothing because they were just settling down to supper when it happened," said one woman who declined to be named but said she was "a proud islander." The woman, speaking at the local tobacconists, said: "The children were crying, ...
Euro crisis 'main topic' at G20 meeting: German source - MSN Philippines News
"The main subject, in the discussions and on the margins, will be the eurozone," the source said, although the euro crisis is not officially on the agenda. The G20 meeting will be held alongside the IMF's annual meeting in Washington at the end of this ...
Portuguese react with fear, relief to bailout - MSN Philippines News
I fear that the arrival of the IMF will mean salaries will be lowered," said a gardener who works for Lisbon city hall who declined to give his name. It will be the third time that the IMF has intervened in Portugal since the 1974 "Carnation ...
US asked to freeze Egyptian officials' assets - MSN Philippines News
The State Department official, who requested anonymity, told reporters that Washington had not been requested, however, to freeze the assets of Mubarak ...
Denmark's ISS breaks off talks with Apax: source - MSN Philippines News
... of the evolution of the market and have given up pursuing exclusive (takeover) talks with Apax," a management source who requested anonymity told AFP. ...
Markets see both debt and EU in need of restructuring - MSN Philippines News
One investment strategist in Paris, who declined to be named, argued that the situation would last "for as long as the market is not confident about the ...
Nations must address economic imbalances: APEC draft - MSN Philippines News
Vice Finance Minister Wang Jun will lead the Chinese delegation to the Kyoto gathering, a ministry official who asked not to be named told AFP.
Around 13 missing after Vietnam bus swept away: police - MSN Philippines News
... the bus," which investigators believe had about 30 people aboard when the accident happened early Monday, said the officer, who declined to be named. ...
Iceland ponders turning down rest of Nordic loan: official - MSN Philippines News
... to take the rest of a massive loan promised by its Nordic neighbours at the height of the country's economic crisis, a government official said Tuesday. ...
Congo arrests dozens in government salary fraud sweep - MSN Philippines News
Congolese police have arrested dozens of civil servants, including in the military, for claiming fictional salaries, a government official said Wednesday. ...
Italian bank chief resigns amid Libya tensions: report - MSN Philippines News
Dow Jones cited an anonymous source in its report. The bank's chairman Dieter Rampl will take up most of Profumo's duties as shareholders try to find a new ...
IMF does not rule out more Greece aid: report - MSN Philippines News
... more credit if the country cannot raise the money itself on commercial markets, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing an anonymous source. ...
Morocco suspends duties on wheat imports - MSN Philippines News
... to suspend for four months customs duties on imports of wheat in order to ensure stability on its domestic market, a government official said Friday. ...
Canada gears massive security blanket for summits - MSN Philippines News
But a senior government official said the problem was having to host two summits at the same time, with Huntsville, proving to be too small to accommodate ...
Can't buy love? Indonesia thinks foreign men should - MSN Philippines News
Her 39-year-old boyfriend, a banker who declined to give his name, said: "It's a clear statement by the government that it owns its people and it sells them ...
Euro leaders mull shared fighting fund - MSN Philippines News
... for any given country risks producing an insufficient European response," said one source at emergency talks in Brussels who requested anonymity. ...
Red Shirts' Bangkok fortress becomes tourist hot spot - MSN Philippines News
"There are obviously dangers and it's not prudent to do this catastrophe tourist thing," said the diplomat who declined to be named, adding that foreigners ...