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...injuring dozens, including several foreign tourists. The explosions-no one so far has claimed responsibility-capped off a turbulent year for the Southeast Asian nation. In September, the country's democratically elected Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted by a military junta. Then, on Dec. 19, Thailand's stock exchange suffered its worst-ever one-day drop after the nation's monetary czars instituted controversial capital controls. Meanwhile, an insurgent movement in the country's largely Muslim south has ratcheted up its bloody campaign, setting off near daily bombings in Thailand's three southernmost provinces. "[2006] was the year...
...with the right or the wrong of American occupation, nor with the viability of that seed of peace America is meant to be sowing there. Wars are always paid in blood and numbered in lives lost, the value of that sacrifice doesn't rise or fall like penny stock depending on the popularity of a mission. The 3,000th death is as the first - dying being the pitiable but inextricable consequence...
...Saddam has done a lot for Iraq," says Bassam Sheikly, a stock broker.? "He gave us education and security. And I always remember him as the one who defeated the Persians.? I think he is a national hero...
...Breeders are constantly looking to produce the highest-quality, highest-yield animals they can. Just as crop farmers create hybrid strains that can resist drought and disease, animal breeders want to target healthy animals that are good milk or meat producers. Cloning such elite stock is one way to maximize their yield...
...most part, though, companies muddled through. Paul Hsu, a Hong Kong banker, says that while the Internet was running slowly, there was no panic at his office. "Things are pretty chill here," he says. Steve Rowles, an analyst at CFC Seymour stock brokerage in Hong Kong, says his company was unable to use its normal trading system on Wednesday but kept operating by routing buy and sell orders through its main office in Switzerland. But he noted that trading volumes were light because the outage occurred between Christmas and New Year's Day. "If this had happened two weeks from...