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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 25

July 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Following are security developments in Iraq at 1815 GMT on Sunday.

* Denotes new or updated item

* BAGHDAD – Eight policemen and six civilians were wounded when two roadside bomb struck a police patrol in the Ghazaliya district of western Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD – One policeman was killed and three wounded when two roadside bombs targeting an on foot patrol went off in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

MOSUL – A roadside bomb went off near a police patrol killing one policeman and wounding another and a child in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL – A four-year-old child was killed by a stray bullet in northern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD – A sticky bomb attached to a car carrying an off-duty policeman killed him and wounded three people in Baghdad’s southern Saidiya district, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD – Police said they found the body of a man buried in the garden of an Iraqi company in the Harithiya district of western Baghdad on Saturday.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded two people in the Amil district of southwestern Baghdad on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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Japan rescue helicopter crash kills 5: report

July 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

(Reuters) – Five people died when a rescue helicopter sent to help a party of climbers crashed in mountains near Tokyo Sunday, local media reported.

Two people survived the crash in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, police were quoted as saying.

The helicopter, belonging to the Saitama prefectural government, went down after lowering rescuers to help a 55-year-old woman, Kyodo news agency reported.

A warning had been issued by the local meteorological observatory of heavy rain and lightning in the area, it said.

(Reporting by Michael Watson; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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USG People NV: 2010 Second quarter and half-year results USG People N.V.

July 24, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Return to growth, EBITA rises

Almere, 23 July 2010, 07:00 CET

Key points of second quarter 2010

· Revenue was € 747 million and was 3% higher than the second quarter
last year
· The gross margin of 22.0% remained virtually stable with respect to the
previous quarters (Q1 2010: 22.1%, Q4 2009: 22.1%, Q3 2009: 21.9%);
in the second quarter of last year the gross margin was 22.6%
· The operating expenses amounted to € 139 million and remained stable
at the same level of the 1st quarter (€ 137 million); the costs were 4%
lower than in the second quarter of last year
· The underlying EBITA came to € 19 million compared with € 12 million
for the second quarter of 2009 (underlying EBITA Q1 2010: € 8 million)

Key figures

Underlying results* Q2 Q2 change 1st Half year 1st Half year change
(in € millions) 2010 2009 2010 2009
Revenue 747 722 3% 1,431 1,477 -3%
Gross result 164 163 1% 317 341 -7%
Operating expenses 139 145 -4% 275 304 -10%
EBITDA 25 18 39% 42 37 14%
EBITA 19 12 58% 29 23 26%
Net income 4 2 -1 0

* Underlying results are results excluding the one-off effects specified on page 13.

“Our revenue grew once again in the second quarter,” said Rob Zandbergen, CEO of USG
People. “This after 7 quarters of decline in revenue. The recovery gathered strength and
we saw extremely strong growth in a few countries. The early cyclical general activities
are growing faster than the late cyclical specialist and administrative activities.
Since we once again succeeded in keeping our operational expenses virtually the same,
the operational leverage worked well in the second quarter. Higher revenue translated
into a substantially higher result. The EBITA more than doubled compared to the previous
quarter. In the late cyclical Dutch market, the recovery lagged somewhat behind, as
expected. Revenue in the Netherlands improved slightly compared to the previous quarter
and indications from the field were increasingly positive. We are confident that the
recovery in the Netherlands will also be more visible in the results in the third
quarter.

The merging of labels in the Netherlands, Spain and Germany announced earlier is going
according to plan and will be completed in the third quarter. Assuming further
improvement in our markets, we are now excellently positioned to profit optimally from
the market recovery.”

The full press release can be found in the enclosed PDF.

HUG#1433631

2010 Second quarter and half-year results USG People N.V.

http://hugin.info/130803/R/1433631/379431.pdf

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Thai govt lifts emergency in more provinces

July 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

July 20 (Reuters) – Thailand’s government said on Tuesday it was lifting a state of emergency in three provinces but it would remain in force in others including Bangkok, after being imposed in April to help authorities cope with political unrest.

The government had lifted the emergency in five provinces on July 6 when the initial period came to an end, but extended it for another three months in other areas covering a quarter of the country because it said anti-government elements still posed a threat.

The state of emergency bans political gatherings of more than five people and gives the government powers to censor the media. It also gives broad powers to the security forces, including the right to detain suspects without charge. (Reporting by Pracha Harirasapitak; Editing by Alan Raybould)

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Upto 45 people killed in Pakistan suicide attack

July 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

July 9 (Reuters) – Up to 45 people were killed in a suicide attack outside the office of a senior government official in Pakistan’s northwest on Friday, the official said.

“There were two blasts. The first one was small but the second was a big one. Up to 45 people have been killed,” Rasool Khan, assistant political agent of Mohmand tribal region, told Reuters. (Reporting by Izaz Mohmand; Writing by Zeeshan Haider; Editing by Chris Allbritton and Ron Popeski) (For more Reuters coverage of Afghanistan and Pakistan, see: here)

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Russia’s Medvedev pardons four jailed spies-RIA

July 10, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

July 9 (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has pardoned four people jailed for passing secrets to the West as part of a Cold War-style spy swap with the United States, local news agencies reported on Friday.

Medvedev signed a decree to pardon Alexander Zaporozhsky, Gennady Vasilenko, Igor Sutyagin and Sergei Skripal, who are all serving prison terms for espionage, his spokeswoman Natalya Timakova was quoted by Russia’s state RIA news agency as saying. (Reporting by Alexei Anishchuk, writing by Guy Faulconbridge)

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Blast at Bosnia police headquarters kills one officer

June 29, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 27 (Reuters) – An explosion at the police headquarters of the central Bosnian town of Bugojno killed one officer and injured another early on Sunday, officicals said.

“An unidentified explosive device went off during the morning shift at 0500 CET (0300 GMT) when about 25 policemen were in the building,” a local police officer told Reuters by telephone.

He said that it was unclear whether the device, which also caused serious damage to nearby buildings and vehicles, had been planted or thrown at the police station.

“Such terrorist attacks represent a jeopardy for the whole of society and we have to energetically stem this evil which is threathening the lives of our people,” Bosnia’s Security Minister Sadik Ahmetovic told state television. (Reporting by Maja Zuvela and Miran Jelenek; Editing by Matthew Jones) (maja.zuvela@thomsonreuters.com; +387 33 295 484; Reuters Messaging: maja.zuvela.reuters.com@reuters.net)

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Reliance to pay $1.35 bln for Pioneer field stake-FT

June 23, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 22 (Reuters) – India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.BO) was close to announcing a deal to pay $1.35 billion for a stake in a Texas shale gas field controlled by Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD.N), the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Reliance, India’s largest listed company, will buy a 45 percent stake in the Eagle Ford shale gas field in south Texas, the people said, according to the newspaper.

A Reliance official declined to comment when reached by Reuters. (Reporting by Indulal P.M.)

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Obama, Netanyahu to meet July 6, discuss Gaza blockade

June 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 20 (Reuters) – The White House on Sunday hailed Israel’s easing of its land blockade of Gaza and said President Barack Obama would discuss “additional steps” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Washington visit on July 6.

“We believe that the implementation of the policy announced by the government of Israel today should improve life for the people of Gaza, and we will continue to support that effort going forward,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement.

Israel unveiled new procedures on Sunday to ease its land blockade on Gaza, saying it would start allowing in all goods except for weapons and materials that can be used to make them. Israel has been under pressure to loosen restrictions since a deadly May 31 raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave. (Reporting by Matt Spetalnick)

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Trade Bank of Iraq targeted in Baghdad blastsTrade Bank of Iraq targeted in Baghdad blasts

June 21, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 20 (Reuters) – Twin car bomb blasts in Baghdad on Sunday targeted the headquarters of the Trade Bank of Iraq, one of the public sector’s most active financial institutions, and killed 18 people, a government official said.

Baghdad security spokesman Major General Qassim al-Moussawi said 42 people were injured in the bombings. (Reporting by Muhanad Mohammed; Editing by Matthew Jones)

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Factbox: Security developments in Iraq

June 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb killed two policemen including a lieutenant colonel and wounded another four policemen in Baghdad’s southern district of Doura on Monday, police said.

BAGHDAD – A bomb attached to a car wounded three people in central Baghdad on Monday, police said.

KIRKUK – Iraqi police found an unidentified body with multiple bullet wounds on Monday north of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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12 killed in bomb, gun battle at Iraq central bank

June 14, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 13 (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed and 22 wounded on Sunday after a bomb attack on Iraq’s central bank and a subsequent gun battle between security forces and gunmen, officials said.

The attackers, who might have been attempting to rob the bank’s vaults, had ended up on the rooftops of some of the buildings within the Central Bank of Iraq’s compound, said a bank spokesman. (Reporting by Suadad al-Salhy; Writing by Michael Christie;

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Exiled Kyrgyz leader Bakiyev denies role in riots

June 14, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 13 (Reuters) – Exiled former Kyrgyz president Kurmanbek Bakiyev denied on Sunday any involvement in a wave of ethnic violence in the south of Kyrgyzstan that has killed at least 82 people.

Bakiyev said in a statement that reports of his involvement were “shameless lies” and that the interim government that replaced him after an uprising in April were proving incapable of quelling the unrest.

(Reporting by Andrei Makhovsky; Writing by Conor Humphries;

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Kyrgyzstan says 23 killed, 338 injured in riots

June 12, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 11 (Reuters) – Twenty-three people have been killed and 338 others injured in clashes in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, Health Ministry spokeswoman Svetlana Baitikova said on Friday. (Reporting by Olga Dzyubenko; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Steve Gutterman)

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Kyrgyzstan says 23 killed, 338 injured in riots

June 12, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

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Euro here to stay, ECB independent – ECB’s Draghi

June 12, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 11 (Reuters) – There is no possibility of turning back from the euro currency and the independence of the European Central Bank cannot be doubted, ECB governing council member Mario Draghi said on Friday. “People have to understand that the euro is (here) to stay … there is no turning back,” Draghi told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar in Helsinki, reiterating comments he made in a keynote speech in Rome at the end of May.

Draghi, who is governor of the Bank of Italy, also dismissed suggestions the ECB’s independence had been undermined by its recent decision to buy euro zone government bonds.

“The ECB’s independence has never been in question,” he said.

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Buba sees German GDP +1.9 pct in 2010, +1.4 pct in 2011

June 12, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 11 (Reuters) – Germany’s economic recovery picked up in the spring after a sluggish winter but joblessness is likely to rise, the Bundesbank said on Friday.

In its bi-annual forecasts, the German central bank said it expected exports and inventory cycles to support economic growth in the euro zone’s biggest economy, which it saw expanding by 1.9 percent in 2010 before slowing to 1.4 percent in 2011.

“Since early spring the world economy has increasingly shown positive momentum,” the Bundesbank said. “Initially the main drivers (for Germany) will be exports and momentum from inventory cycles.”

In a staff projection released on Thursday, the European Central Bank raised its forecasts for economic growth in the euro zone for 2010 but lowered them a little for 2011. [ID:nLDE6591UR]

Further job losses in Germany are likely, as industry continues to reduce staff although the number of people employed in the services sector should increase, the Bundesbank said.

The jobless total should rise from 3.3 million this year to 3.4 million in 2011 — equivalent to an unemployment rate of 8.0 percent, from 7.9 percent this year.

Inflation pressures were seen as “restrained”, with harmonised annual inflation rates of 1.2 percent this year and 1.6 percent in 2011. (Reporting by Brian Rohan)

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PlushRugs.com Announces New Line of Wool Area Rugs

June 11, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

EMPORIA, KS, Jun 10 (MARKET WIRE) —
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PlushRugs.com Announces New Line of Wool Area Rugs

June 11, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

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Bomb attack targets Turkish police, two hurt-agency

June 9, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

June 8 (Reuters) – A bomb exploded next to a Turkish police bus in Istanbul on Tuesday in an attack which left two people wounded, the state-run Anatolian news agency reported.

It said the attack on the vehicle occurred in the Kucukcekmece suburb of Turkey’s largest city as the bus passed by a hospital. The two injured were taken to hospital.

No further details were immediately available. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 25

Japan rescue helicopter crash kills 5: report

USG People NV: 2010 Second quarter and half-year results USG People N.V.

Thai govt lifts emergency in more provinces

Upto 45 people killed in Pakistan suicide attack

Russia’s Medvedev pardons four jailed spies-RIA

Blast at Bosnia police headquarters kills one officer

Reliance to pay $1.35 bln for Pioneer field stake-FT

Obama, Netanyahu to meet July 6, discuss Gaza blockade

Trade Bank of Iraq targeted in Baghdad blastsTrade Bank of Iraq targeted in Baghdad blasts

Factbox: Security developments in Iraq

12 killed in bomb, gun battle at Iraq central bank

Exiled Kyrgyz leader Bakiyev denies role in riots

Kyrgyzstan says 23 killed, 338 injured in riots

Kyrgyzstan says 23 killed, 338 injured in riots

Euro here to stay, ECB independent – ECB’s Draghi

Buba sees German GDP +1.9 pct in 2010, +1.4 pct in 2011

PlushRugs.com Announces New Line of Wool Area Rugs

PlushRugs.com Announces New Line of Wool Area Rugs

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