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Instead of being a festive coming-of-age for a developing country, South Korea's entry into the Orga

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U.S. National Security Adviser Sandy Berger pledged Monday to cooperate with China to make new progr

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Prices of goods leaving British factories were steady in July, the government said Monday, indicatin

U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Lawrence Summers said Saturday that he was ''watching'' Malaysia in t

A double-decker sightseeing boat rammed into a bridge on the Seine River just across from the Louvre

While Japan has adapted many Western concepts for last 50 years, gender equality has not been one of

Deregulation and competition among electric utilities is causing an unprecedented round of mergers a

INDIA TO EASE IMPORTCURBS ON MORE GOODSNEW DELHI - In a major reform move, the Indian govern

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A spokesman for Assicurazioni Generali SpA reconfirmed the insurer's plan to establish a $12 million

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Despite the wariness of international investors, lawmakers are giving the thumbs up to plans to priv

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Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. are trying to sidestep a potential hurdle in their purchase of

King Fahd has directed his government to take measures enabling Saudi Arabia to become a member of t

Bill Sawhney cannot imagine what it would be like to work with a single phone.''I couldn't g

A new breed of airlines spawned by Europe's liberalized aviation market is squeezing Europe's two mo

Bankruptcies, corruption and record trade deficits have been the defining terms for the South Korean

Greenpeace activists chained to a mobile oil platform in the Atlantic were determined to stay on aft

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US EX-IM BANK TO BACKINDONESIA MINING PROJECTWASHINGTON - The Export-Import Bank will provid

The Brazilian Congress is scheduled to restart voting on fiscal and constitutional reform bills this

As it continues its exit from certain international markets, United Artists Theatre Circuit Inc. sai