"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population, for...
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I wonder if this is something that can be done temporarily or if it will have long standing effects?"Normally, only a handful of overseas and Hong Kong publications are available for purchase in China, and then...
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It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? Because...
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"The Boston Tea Party was a direct action against a corporate monopoly that led to the birth of the United States. The raiders of the Tea Party pledged silence for 50 years. One of them, George R. T. Hewes, lived...
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The fight over whether Jerusalem is part of Israel or Palestine has extended into Monopoly, after toy maker Hasbro invited websurfers to nominate their city for inclusion the forthcoming Global Edition.
"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill.
He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...
London, New York, and Paris are currently top contenders to replace Boardwalk in the forthcoming world edition of Monopoly.However, democracy can change that. Vote for your favourite city (Vancouver) here until...
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"Voting has opened for the first ever world edition of the board game Monopoly.
The manufacturer of Monopoly, Hasbro, has set up a website where people can vote for cities from a prepared list or nominate a city to feature in the game.
Just 22 cities will make it on to the...
""I think Temasek is showing its intention to bow to and abide by the KPPU`s decision by exercising its right to appeal the ruling," Andreas H Pareira, a member of the House of Representatives Commission for defense, information and foreign affairs, said.
Andreas of the...
"In its decision read out at the KPPU office here on Monday, the commission also ordered Temasek to pay a fine of Rp25 billion and dispose of shares in Indosat or Telkomsel no later than two years after the verdict has come into permanent legal force.
Temasek was also ordered...
"Temasek Group, through its subsidiaries Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel) and Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte. Ltd. (STT), is controlling shares in Telkomsel and Indosat.
In its investigation document, the KPPU had concluded that Temasek may have violated the...
"Unhappy with what he considers Hollywood's monopoly on the silver screen, President Hugo Chavez is bankrolling Venezuelan movies through a state-run film studio. Now rolling: a biopic about Luis Posada Carriles, the former CIA operative who lives freely in the United States...
"The swanky streets of Mayfair have been replaced by the cathedral city of St Albans as the nation's top real estate in a new UK-wide version of Monopoly.
Cities and towns across Britain take the place of London...
""The time has now come for Microsoft to obey the law. No more blaming the Commission for lack of clarity, nor more excuses about complexity. The provision of interoperability information is common software industry practice. Microsoft knows full well what is required and how...
"With more than 10,000 New York City taxi drivers threatening to go on strike on September 5 and 6, the words that come to mind are "make our day." It could finally be the opportunity the city has been waiting for to...