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Japan firms to run Yangon exchange
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» YANGON — Japan Exchange Group Inc, operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd have signed an agreement with the government-affiliated Myanma Economic Bank to help establish and run Myanmar’s first stock exchange.
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Japan cabinet to see few changes
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resumes office today with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his mid-December election triumph.
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North Korea's Internet briefly down again: US experts
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» North Korea's connections to the Internet were briefly cut for the second day running Tuesday, according to a US Internet research group that has been tracking the country's struggle to stay online.
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Dow closes above 18,000, S&P record
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» NEW YORK - The Dow Tuesday closed above 18,000 for the first time, prolonging a so-called "Santa Claus" rally after a surprisingly strong US economic growth report.
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Sony to screen, limit 'Interview'
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» Sony Pictures said Tuesday it will screen the alleged comedy, <i>The Interview</i>, in some US theatres on Christmas Day, a dramatic U-turn after its widely criticised decision to cancel the film following a cyber-assault blamed on North Korea.
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War ravages Syria heritage sites
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» BEIRUT - Nearly 300 sites of incalculable value for Syria and human history have been destroyed, damaged or looted in almost four years of war, the UN said Tuesday, citing "alarming" satellite evidence.
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Russia pressures exporters to prop up ruble
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» MOSCOW - The Russian government has ordered state-controlled exporters to sell part of their foreign currency holdings, a move which could marshall some $50 billion to support the sagging ruble.
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Business interest piqued by prospect of US, Cuba trade
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» MIAMI - US businesses are lining up to take advantage of the enormous investment potential of Cuba, all but untouched for more than half-a-century by American capitalism.
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Extremist leader to be freed as Pakistan mulls new terror steps
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» ISLAMABAD - The leader of a banned Pakistani sectarian militant group is set to walk free from jail, officials said Tuesday, even as the government considers "radical changes" to tackle militancy after a Taliban school massacre.
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Turkish soaps invade Latin America, land of 'telenovela'
AFP, Published on 24/12/2014
» SANTIAGO - The tortured romance between Sehrazat and Onur, the central drama of Turkish soap opera "Thousand and One Nights," is taking Chilean television by storm and reshaping prime time in Latin America, the land of the "telenovela."
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