BERLIN (AFP) - German engineering giant Siemens unveiled on Tuesday one of its biggest restructuring plans ever, saying 16,750 jobs would be cut worldwide, almost one-third of which would be at home.
Read Siemens unveils huge layoff plan involving 16,750 jobs (Links)
BERLIN (AFP) - The dangerous rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may be troubling scientists and world leaders but it could prove to be a boon for plants, German researchers said Tuesday.
Read Higher CO2 levels may be good for plants: German scientists (Links)
BERLIN (AFP) - German engineering giant Siemens unveiled on Tuesday one of its biggest restructuring plans ever, saying 16,750 jobs would be cut worldwide, almost one-third of which would be at home.
Read Siemens unveils huge layoff plan involving 16,750 jobs (Links)
LONDON (AFP) - Global stocks suffered heavy losses Tuesday, falling further into 'bear market' territory on fresh fears over the health of the banking sector as the credit crunch bites deeper on economic growth.
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LONDON (AFP) - World stock exchanges suffered sharp falls Tuesday on fresh fears for the banking sector, with the French market hitting a three-year low following big losses in Asia and the United States, dealers said.
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TOYAKO (AFP) - Eight of the world's most powerful leaders called Tuesday for efforts to cool sizzling oil prices, warning soaring fuel and food costs were a threat to world economic growth.
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TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran would attack Israel and the US navy in the Gulf as its first response to any American attack over its nuclear programme, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.
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TOYAKO (AFP) - The ailing global economy took centre stage as eight of the world's most powerful leaders met Tuesday to discuss ways to wrestle down skyrocketing oil and food prices.
Read World powers try to rescue economy from oil shock (Links)
TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia's government condemned a recent series of explosions in its breakaway province of Abkhazia and accused Russia of having organised the acts of violence in the pro-Moscow territory.
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UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The United Nations led worldwide condemnation of the bombing of India's embassy in Afghanistan, which left 41 dead in one of the worst attacks in the country since the fall of the Taliban.
Read UN leads global condemnation of Kabul bombing (Links)
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