Widow makes trip to D.C. for tribute to Vietnam vet husband (Marin Independent Journal)
When Novato resident Greg Demeduc died in 1998 at age 50, there was nothing on his death certificate that blamed his passing on exposure to Agent Orange during his Vietnam years.
Marshalls president survives no confidence vote (TODAYonline)
Marshall Islands President Litokwa Tomeing, seen here last year, has narrowly survived a court-ordered vote of no confidence, a day after a cabinet shake-up swung control of the government to the opposition.
New Chief Executive for Textiles New Zealand (Scoop.co.nz)
Ian Barbour, Chair of Textiles New Zealand, today announced that Elizabeth Tennet had been appointed Chief Executive and will take up her new role as from Monday 11 May 2009.
Mixed Opens Expected For New Zealand, Australia Shares (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Mixed opens are expected Friday for the New Zealand and Australia stock markets, following a drifting session on Wall Street overnight. U.S. stocks moved modestly lower after word that Number 3 American car maker Chrysler would file for bankruptcy, and reorganize with Italy’s Fiat.
Vietnam Targets Redemptorists in Land Battle (Zenit News Agency)
HANOI, Vietnam, APRIL 29, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- An ongoing land battle between the Church and the Vietnamese government has escalated such that the state-run press is accusing a Redemptorist priest of plots to overthrow the government, a crime that can bring the death penalty in Vietnam.
DPRK People’s Army delegation visits Vietnam (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge – General Le Van Dung and senior officers of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) attended a solemn ceremony held at the National Defence Ministry Headquarters on April 29 to welcome a high-level delegation from the Korean People’s Army (KPA).
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-30 04:10 CORRECTED-Vietnam says won’t sell bauxite stakes to foreigners (Interactive Investor)
HANOI, April 29 (Reuters) – Vietnam said it would go ahead with a bauxite project in a $460 million contract with a Chinese company, but it will not sell stakes in such ventures to foreigners. Vietnam holds the world’s third-largest bauxite ore reserves of 5.4 billion tonnes in the Central Highlands and it should tap the resource, Le Duong Quang, deputy industry and trade minister, said in a …
Bollard’s Low-Rate Pledge May Lead New Zealand Out of Recession (Bloomberg)
May 1 (Bloomberg) — New Zealand’s economy is more likely to rebound from the worst recession in three decades after the central bank promised to keep interest rates at a record low for 18 months, economists say.
Australian, New Zealand Dollar Coming Off 9-Year High (Daily FX)
Australian Dollar price action has hit highs seen at the start of this past March and in July of 2008 against its New Zealand counterpart (Chart 1). A wider perspective reveals that these exchange rate levels are at highs last seen in late-2000 (Chart 2).
New Zealand Market Opens Marginally Higher, Keeping Up Positive Momentum (INO News)
(RTTNews) – New Zealand share market opened slightly higher on Friday, holding on to the positive momentum attained in the previous session after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand slashed interest rates.
New Zealand premier pledges to end nation’s ‘diet on debt’ (Financial Times)
New Zealand, the first developed economy to enter recession in the current crisis, “cannot afford” to provide fresh fiscal spending for its embattled economy.
