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...positive outlook has helped fuel a 40% surge in Taiwan's stock market this year, making it one of the best-performing in Asia. "A positive relationship across the strait can help recover some of the competitive advantages we have lost in the past 10 years," says J.T. Wang, chief executive of computer maker Acer...
...ones to settle it: "We have asked Russia and Ukraine to do everything they can to avoid such crises. It would not be good for the overall climate of relations if such a crisis happened again." Barroso was part of a delegation that included E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Czech President Vaclav Klaus, whose country holds the E.U. presidency. (Read: "Vaclav Klaus: "The Man with the E.U.'s Fate in His Hands...
...know of the plot or how the FBI informant came into contact with the plotters. But experts say New York authorities have developed an extensive network of community contacts to keep tabs on suspicious behavior. Burton surmises that authorities had a tip-off that the mosque used by chief plotter James Cromitie "was conducive to the radicalization process" and planted an informant among the congregation - which ultimately led the authorities to Cromitie...
...strange move in a part of the world where leaders are none too shy about developing cults of personality. The late ruler of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov - the self-titled Turkmenbashi, or Chief of all Turkmen - erected a golden statue of himself that rotated with the sun, and renamed days and months after family members. In Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev has had not one but two museums built in his honor. During his presidency, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was featured in children's books, his name was printed on women's underwear and portraits of him in various guises - as deep...
...were a tabloid's dream and a government's nightmare: a powerful lawmaker and real-estate mogul, a policeman-turned-hitman, scorned love, a $2 million murder contract and leaked photos of a beautiful star's dead body. Though all death sentences must be reviewed by the country's chief religious official, Egyptians are hailing the verdict as evidence that in a legal system often accused of iniquity, nobody is above the law. Moustafa's attorney has vowed to appeal...