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India world's largest combat aircraft buyer: Report Stockholm, Nov 11 India is the largest buyer of combat aircraft in the world, with the US topping the list of sellers, a leading international think tank has said. According to a report released Wednesday by Stockholm International...

November 3, 2010 Gulf states spending $120 billion on US arms RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 19 — As the U.S. Congress mulls the administration’s plans to sell Saudi Arabia advanced F-15S strike jets and other weapons worth some $60 billion, Riyadh’s Persian Gulf partners are also looking at...

Put it this way. You have 2 trillion savings. But they are held in my money ( USA dollars). Therefore it is logical, that without my money or if my money goes junk due to my economy collapsing, your savings will have no value too. On the other hand, reverse wise, it is not the case...

I read this news article some time back. China has 9 neighbors and with all 9 of them, China has some form of territorial dispute or other. Not good at all for China's image. No one will believe that the 9 neighbors are in the wrong. The US appears a better bet for these 9 countries.

Time to create a regional market in Asia. But the main problem with this solution is that almost all Asian nations indulge in protectionism and are not open as the US economy is to the world. Countries find i easier to export to USA than to their neighboring countries in Asia.

Typical communist way of handling "trouble makers" who expose crimes and injustice. Rule 101 - Fast money is better than anything on this earth. So, down with all these guys who incite social disorder !!! LOL

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u talkin bullshit. china got nothing with defeating the tamil rebels. into anything and everything you bring china as the reason for anything good happen. and the facts get distorted. that is your problem. or is it ur habit ?

iron fist in a velvet glove ?

I notice most Tablet PCs running on Android OS , have system memory either 128 MB or 256 MB. Most of the mfrs do not state if this can be expanded. They are silent on this. Is this limitation due to the Android OS ? Or are they simply saving on costs ?

last time Breznev, the commie chief of USSR was said to be most powerful man. Before that it was Mao. All of them vanish into history dust bin. Communist party men never can be powerful. they are the weakest. can end up under house arrest somehow. or worse still firing squad. L:ike that...

Below, you can see the full results of the survey: The smaller the percentage , the higher the workaholic level 1. France: 89 percent 2. Argentina: 80 percent 3. Hungary: 78 percent 4. Britain: 77 percent 5. Spain: 77 percent 6. Saudi Arabia: 76 percent 7...

His header says SIA 380. Not Qantas. ???

No offense I think..since, Ah Neh means Brother in Tamil language.

Singapore IVF Baby Does Not Have DNA of ‘Father’: Lawyer November 03, 2010 Singapore. A baby conceived through in vitro fertilization at a private hospital in Singapore has different DNA to the supposed father, a lawyer representing the clients said on Wednesday. The couple made the...

Man assaulted for rejecting gay sex A 21-year-old man was beaten up after he refused to have sex with a group of gays in Taiwan. Around pre dawn on Monday, the man - surnamed Liu - was riding his motorcycle back to his home in Kaohsiung after visiting a friend in Tainan. He stopped to...

Hope this new telco will drive down the internet broadband and mobile fone line prices. So dont sign new contract yet ! S'pore may see 4th telco offering mobile services By Julie Quek | Posted: 07 September 2010 2201 hrs SINGAPORE : Singapore may see a fourth telco offering mobile...

The Sell price for this trustee stock is always quoted lower than the screen spot rate shown on Bloomberg and other financial sites. Apparently, it is updated a bit late or there is some other reason. But, the funny thing is - the sell price is always lower than the international spot rate...

If it blows, the dust and smoke can spread all around the region. Not just Indonesia. The haze can become much worse.

Useless' teacher banned for life Nisar Ahmed, 46 is the first teacher to be banned for life for being useless in the UK. Britain's General Teaching Council (GTC) found him guilty of gross professional incompetence and said there was a risk that pupils would be seriously disadvantaged...