Archive for December 2012
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A confessed serial killer from Alaska who hid in plain sight and whose crimes went undetected for more than a decade, was ultimately caught after he gave in to his compulsions and struck close to
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Alliances forged by Kenya's main presidential contenders for elections in March are lining up a repeat of a largely ethnic-based contest for political power which exploded into bloodshed in the 2007 vote. Prime Minister Raila
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If one were to evaluate the performance of the PPP-led government on the economic front, one would be amazed at the achievements of the present dispensation which, one believes, no other political party in power
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Positioning itself for the upcoming elections, the PPP has replaced Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa with Makhdoom Ahmad Mehmood, provincial president of Muslim League (F) and a veteran politician from an influential family in South
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The quarterly "Development Finance Review" released by the State Bank on 20th December, 2012 confirms once again that the country's economy "is still in the phase of recession with challenges like energy crisis, decline in
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Russian wheat prices, finishing this year with a more than 75 percent gain, are expected to hit new highs next year thanks to tight supply and worsening prospects for the 2013 winter crops. "Farmers are
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Russian farmers would have to buy about 1.5 million tonnes of feed grain to cover the deficit caused by drought this year, the Agriculture ministry said on Tuesday. All regions of the country, excluding the
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Thailand is set to lose up to 150 billion baht (4.8 billion dollars) per harvest on the government's scheme of buying rice at inflated prices, the World Bank said. While the international development lender predicted
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Gold prices may hit $2,000 an ounce in 2013 as costs and barriers to production restrict supply, while demand from central banks and Chinese consumers keeps climbing, the world's biggest gold producer said. Barrick Gold
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China's corn imports are likely to tumble by 60 percent in the year to September 2013 as near-record global prices, and a slowdown in consumption, dull the appetite of the world's second largest corn consumer,
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