Vienna clashes spark India riots: An attack on a Sikh temple in Austria that left a preacher dead and at least 15 people wounded has sparked angry protests in the north-western Indian state of Punjab America 'getting tired of footing the bill' for wars in Iraq, Afghanistan :: Disapproval ratings for military efforts in Afghanistan are rapidly rising. In a March USA Today/Gallup poll, 42 percent of respondents said the United States made a mistake in sending military forces to Afghanistan, up from 30 percent in February. World Bank warns of social unrest: "If we do no take measures, there is a risk of a serious human and social crisis with very serious political implications," Robert Zoellick said. US bonds sale faces market resistance: The US Treasury is facing an ordeal by fire this week as it tries to sell $100bn (£62bn) of bonds to a deeply sceptical market amid growing fears of a sovereign bond crisis in the Anglo-Saxon world. China stuck in ‘dollar trap’: China’s official foreign exchange manager is still buying record amounts of US government bonds, in spite of Beijing’s increasingly vocal fear of a dollar collapse, according to officials and analysts.
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
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