World economy
Cyprus seeks Russian loan to cut its debt
22 Mar 2013
Osborne’s fourth budget scraps fuel-duty hike
21 Mar 2013
Pak polls on 11 May as Zardari’s PPP completes term
20 Mar 2013
The election could mark the first time that one elected civilian government hands over the reins to another in Pakistan, which has seen three military coups and four military rulers
Markets cheer as Cyprus rejects levy on bank deposits
20 Mar 2013
Russians hold €15.4 billion of the total foreign deposits of €26.8 billion in Cyprus in the overall total of €64.8 billion
Eurozone trade deficit at €3.9 bn in January
19 Mar 2013
China's Xi moots infrastructure cooperation with India to mend ties
19 Mar 2013
Unveiling five proposals for keeping relations between India and China on the right track, Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested maintaining tranquility on the border while boosting commerce
Poorest hit hardest by tax policies
18 Mar 2013
Cyprus move to tax bank accounts jolts global markets
18 Mar 2013
The move to tax bank accounts has prompted a run on banks across Cyprus and other weaker euro zone economies, which could spread to other, larger, European countries
UK sets up cyber crime reduction partnership
16 Mar 2013
New Chinese Premier Li assures Indian PM of seeking closer ties
16 Mar 2013
Hours after his official appointment, China’s new Premier Li Keqiang told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that Beijing would like to take strategic cooperation and partnership with New Delhi to a "new stage
BRICS seen outgrowing West by 2020
15 Mar 2013
The combined GDP of three BRICS countries - Brazil, India and China - will overtake that of the West by 2020, according to a UNDP report
Italy adamant on not returning killer marines; India furious
14 Mar 2013
Continuing to thumb its nose at India and its judicial system, Italy today remained adamant about not returning its two marines for trial in India over the killing of two fishermen off the south Indian coast in 2012
Xi Jinping formally appointed China’s president
14 Mar 2013
Though Xi had been officially elected for a five-year term, barring extraordinary events the 59-year-old would go on to hold the position for a decade.
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