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China overtakes Japan

Oct. 2010
Guangzhou, China.
I am wearing NIKE t-shirt which cost CNY 3 or MYR 1.5 or USD 0.50.







China overtakes Japan to become world's second biggest economy (and will power ahead of U.S. in a decade)

Last updated at 12:11 AM on 15th February 2011
* Japan relinquishes second place after more than 40 years
* China gross domestic product is £3.66trillion to Japan's £3.4trillion
China is closing in on America as the world’s biggest economy.

The budget act

Feb 14th 2011, 16:52 by R.A. | WASHINGTON

THIS morning, hundreds of Washington journalists are fanning out across the city to attend briefings on President Obama's 2012 budget proposal. 

Many will take detailed notes and ask remarkably specific questions about the tiniest aspects of the plan, which runs to over 200 pages. I suspect they'll have a tougher time than normal maintaining their enthusiasm for the process, however. Rarely has a budget felt more aspirational, and less relevant.

3 US-led soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:40PM


British soldiers in Afghanistan (file photo)

Three US-led British soldiers have been killed in two separate incidents in Afghanistan's Helmand province, UK's Ministry of Defense says.

How Hosni Mubarak Got So Rich

Rick Newman, On Friday February 11, 2011, 5:28 pm EST

There are no Mubaraks on the Forbes list of the world's richest people, but there sure ought to be.

The mounting pressure from 18 days of historic protests finally drove Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak from office, after three decades as his nation's iron-fisted ruler. But over that time, Mubarak amassed a fortune that should finance a pretty comfortable retirement. The British Guardian newspaper cites Middle Eastern sources placing the wealth of Mubarak and his family at somewhere between $40 billion and $70 billion. That's a pretty good pension for government work. The world's richest man--Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim--is worth about $54 billion, by comparison. Bill Gates is close behind, with a net worth of about $53 billion.

Switzerland freezes Mubarak's assets

Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:9PM

The embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

The Swiss government has taken steps to freeze any assets belonging to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his allies, shortly after the 82-year-old transferred power to the military.

Huge debts loom over British poor

Tue Feb 8, 2011 10:24AM






The most vulnerable British households are facing the risk of falling into debt due to the government's crackdown on schemes designed to help families with loans.

Israeli cmdr. urges readiness for war

Tue Feb 8, 2011 3:1AM

Israel's Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi

The Israeli army chief has urged Tel Aviv to make preparations for an all-out war over the recent developments across the Middle East, a report says.

Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan

Thu Feb 3, 2011 2:57AM

The Australian Defense Department has confirmed that one of its soldiers lost his lives and another sustained injuries during a roadside explosion in Afghanistan.

WikiLeaks stripped Saudi rulers naked

Latheef Farook

Saudi rulers stand exposed and stripped naked by Wikileaks disclosure that King Abdullah asked the United States of America to launch military strikes on Muslim Iran. Almost a week later a Cairo datelined AP report disclosed that Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal (right) proposed during his talks with U.S.A. diplomat David Satterfield in May 2008 to deploy an Arab military force backed by U.S.A. and NATO airpower to crush Hezbollah and prevent the militant group - and its patron Iran- from taking power in Beirut.