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Soros says ready to invest $1 billion in Ukraine
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Turnout 70pc in Uzbek polls; strongman Karimov set to be re-elected
TASHKENT: Uzbeks voted massively in a presidential election on Sunday with turnout topping 70 per cent halfway through the poll expected to deliver another landslide victory for strongman Islam Karimov. Few doubted the outcome after all three of Karimov’s challengers endorsed his campaign to extend an iron-fisted rule that dates to before...
Soros says ready to invest $1.3 billion in Ukraine if West helps
Billionaire financier George Soros is ready to invest US$1 billion (S$1.3 billion) in Ukraine, if Western countries help private investment there. He also put the odds of Greece leaving the euro at a third, in an interview with Austrian newspaper Der Standard.Soros has previously urged the West to step up aid to Ukraine, outlining steps towards a...
Soros says ready to invest US$1bil in Ukraine if West helps
VIENNA: Billionaire financier George Soros is ready to invest US$1 billion in Ukraine, if Western countries help private investment there. He also put the odds of Greece leaving the euro at a third, in an interview with Austrian newspaper Der Standard. …read more Source: New Straits...
Govt urged to impose export tax on steel slabs
Local steel producers are demanding that the government impose an export tax on semi-finished steel so that domestic needs can be met and the industry can produce the goods more efficiently.Two major steel plate manufacturers — PT Gunung Raja Paksi and publicly listed PT Gunawan Dianjaya Steel — said a levy of around 10 percent would be necessary...
Huge turnout as Uzbeks set to re-elect strongman Karimov
TASHKENT (AFP) – Uzbeks voted massively in a presidential election Sunday with turnout topping 70 percent halfway through the poll expected to deliver another landslide victory for strongman Islam Karimov.Few doubted the outcome after all three of Karimovs challengers endorsed his campaign to extend an iron-fisted rule that dates to before...
Uzbekistan declares polls set to re-elect strongman Karimov valid
TASHKENT: Uzbekistan on Sunday declared its presidential ballot valid after more than the required third of voters turned out in an election that 77-year-old strongman incumbent President Islam Karimov is almost certain to win. The central electoral commission of the ex-Soviet Central Asian country said 36.55% of the 20 million registered voters...
Ruble bounce rare ray of sunshine for crisis-hit Russian economy
MOSCOW (AFP) – Its been a torrid time of late for the Russian economy as the fallout from Ukraine and tumbling oil prices have plunged the country into financial crisis.But an unexpected recent rebound by the ruble has partially reversed months of pain for the nosediving national currency and fired hope among harried officials in Moscow...
Russell stops Gonzalez for WBC featherweight title
LAS VEGAS (AFP) – American Gary Russell dominated Jhonny Gonzalez en route to a fourth-round technical knockout on Saturday to seize the Mexicans World Boxing Council featherweight world title.Gonzalez had no answer for Russells speed and power.Russell knocked down Gonzalez three times in the fight — once in the third round and twice...
Ex-Chancellor Schroeder criticizes Merkel’s Russia policy
Ukraine German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has slammed Angela Merkel’s policy towards Russia, saying he understands Moscow’s foreign policy concerns and sees no reason to fear a … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
