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Maids -A group of Filipino maids eat lunch and talk on their typical day off in Hong Kong´s central business district Sunday, April 11, 1999. For more than two decades, Hong Kong families have hired foreign maids for housework and cheap child care.
Food   Photos   Prices   School   Tokyo		  Daily Yomiuri 
City schools hiking lunch costs / Municipal governments, Tokyo wards increasing fees as food prices rise
Fourteen major cities, including Sapporo and Niigata, and eight Tokyo wards have raised school lunch fees this fiscal year, largely due to soaring prices for wheat, milk and other food, according to a... (photo: AP Photo)
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Australia   Business   China   Metal   Photos		  The Australian 
Beijing's behemoths want more iron action
THE first ship to load iron ore produced by Fortescue Metals Group will dock on Thursday at Port Hedland in Western Australia. It will leave with 170,000 tonnes of ore, bound for Baosteel in Shanghai.... (photo: AP Photo / Andy Wong)
The G8 Heads of State and Government on the pier at Heiligendam cg1  International Herald Tribune 
G-8 labor officials gather in Japan to seek environment-friendly working style
: Labor ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations met with international trade union and business groups Sunday to discuss the reduction of workplace emissions of "greenhouse" gases... (photo: REGIERUNGonline/Gebhardt )
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Supermarket - Grocery - Vegetables (rhubie)  Stockhouse 
Rising food costs feeding boom in commodities market
An imminent US recession has weighed on financial markets this year, but surging food prices have fed a boom in the commodities market that shows no signs of slowing down. 'There are a number of... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)

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KLdy1 - currency - usd - dollar - us dollar - u.s dollar - united states dollar. (dy1) International Herald Tribune
Inflation worries expected to prop up weak U.S. dollar
: The tide may be turning at last for the U.S. dollar after seven years of decline as policy makers recognize the inflationary threat of an endlessly weakening dollar... (photo: WN)
Economy   Finance   Inflation   Photos   USA
Malaysian election officials prepare transparent ballot boxes and equipments for Saturday's general elections in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, March 7, 2008. Canada Dot Com
Malyasian election turns into ugly money fight
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's recent elections promised a new era of democracy and reform, but instead have ushered in an ugly fight for power and money that has... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)
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Street Children - Poverty - Afghanistan/ntf1 Khaleej Times
Rising prices heap pressure on Afghanistan's destitute
KABUL - Shamsuddin, his wife and their three children sit cross-legged on the floor around the cloth that Afghans traditionally eat off and use bread to pick from a... (photo: Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Food   Photos   Poverty   Prices
Boeing 787 jetliner The Examiner
Some Boeing customers face two-year delay in 787 deliveries
SEATTLE (Map, News) - Delays in getting Boeing Co.'s new 787 jetliner off the ground will push deliveries to some of the plane maker's customers back by as much as 30... (photo: Public Domain )
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Bill Clinton The Miami Herald
Bill Clinton funds at issue
WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton's decision to lend her presidential campaign $6.4 million from assets she holds jointly with her husband is rekindling questions about... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr )
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Fruits and Vvegtables,K L, Malaysia . Malaysia's subsidy bill soars to $15.6 billion Houston Chronicle
China Wet Market - Vegetable Market. (ps1) China vice premier warns of inflation Stockhouse
VEGETABLE MARKET IN KASHMIR INDIA NEW DELHI:India's inflation shoots up to 7.61% Stockhouse
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INDIA-WEATHER-SUMMER-SLEEPING A restaurant on rail tracks caters to Kolkata's poor Gulf News
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (rks2) 'Government does not need ANC permission' Independent online (SA)
VW, Volkswagen, automaker, industry , autos,technology industrial. tp1 VW, Sanyo to develop lithium-ion battery: paper Scientific American
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Building workers in Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11/2007 Nepal Looks to Investors Voa News
8th avenue, New York, USA, March 2008 WORLD: ECONOMY Beware the cleanup after the big U.S Globe and Mail
UPS Airlines - United Parcel Service /aaeh UPS moves an army from China The Business Review
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KLps1 - May 07 - Perth,Australia - Retail Business - Shoppers - Shopping - Consumers. (ps1) Tax cuts to curtail prices Dawn
Bangladesh Cyclone. (mb1) Wrong response aggravates Asia food crisis-ADB report The Manila Times
Rice - crop - agriculture - grains (mj1) wnhires India may ease rice curbs; supply worries linger Khaleej Times
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China´s President Hu Jintao, left, shares a light moment with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkoz China's Hu ends 'satisfactory and successful' Japan visit Examiner
Investors study stock prices as traders work at a brokerage firm in Hong Kong Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. Hong Kong shares surged Wednesday morning, rebounding with a vengeance from the market's recent plunge as investors welcomed a hefty, surprise interest rate cut overnight by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The blue chip Hang Seng index shot up 7.45 percent, to 23,379.5 points within minutes of opening. It was up 1,179.39 points, or 5.42 percent, to 22,937.02 in midmorning. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) hg3 Hong Kong stock index drops 1.5 percent The Boston Globe
E-ticker Stock / wam2 European stock markets lower before rate calls Turkish Press
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