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 Australia Dollar Market Money Photos | Dollar drops as worries spread | The Australian dollar opened lower today as worries about US sub-prime mortgages spread to other areas of the credit market. | Demand for high-yielding currencies like the Australian dollar continue... (photo: WN/Patricia file) Sydney Morning Herald | |
Ban Ki-moon vows aid for flooded North Korea | New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday that he had ordered units of the global organisation to evaluate the needs of North Koreans in the wake of serious flooding in... (photo: UN /Evan Schneider ) Independent online Floods Korea Photos Politics UN |
Japan urges Israel to ease restrictions in West Bank | Compiled by Daily Star staff | Wednesday, August 15, 2007 | Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso on Tuesday pledged his country' support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a day after Japan said... (photo: AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara ) Daily Star Lebanon Aid Israel Japan Palestine Photos |
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Aso, Peres to push Jordan Gorge project / Japan-led Mideast peace plan hailed | Foreign Minister Taro Aso and Israeli President Shimon Peres agreed during talks held Monday in Jerusalem to jointly promote a Japan-proposed project to develop the Jor... (photo: AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Daily Yomiuri Japan Jordan Mideast Peace Photos |
Tapu Misa: Building social capital | My children's old primary school used to hold an ethnic food festival every year. One year I'd make chop-suey for the Samoan stall and the next it was kebabs for the To... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) NZ Herald Bonding Festival Food Photos Team |
Teacher calls for lessons on how to be a parent | "The kids are cute when they're little, then they get to 2 years old and they [the parents] are not happy." | As a result children as old as 2 were being put up for ado... (photo: Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung) NZ Herald Kids Parents People Photos Society |
Visitors to Bali see terror as big threat | Steve Kirwan, manager of the Holiday Shoppe in Mt Eden, said Bali was not a popular destination anyway because of the fatal bombings in 2002 and 2005 which had targeted... (photo: Public Domain file) NZ Herald Indonesia Mt.eden Photos Popular Travellers |
Air NZ puts Wellington in the dock | Air New Zealand is taking Wellington International Airport to court over increased landing charges. | The airline is challenging the validity of a consultation process ... (photo: Public Domain Photo) NZ Herald Airport Aviation Court Photos Wellington |
Nowhere to hide in global markets | A REMARKABLY effective way to bring home the reach of modern global financial markets to ordinary Australians is to tell them their mortgage interest rates are going up... (photo: AP /Mark Lennihan) The Australian Business Economy Finance Market Photos |