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Nuqul Group’s Perfect Printing Press launches Manroland 706 six color printing machine
On the occasion of its 60th anniversary and driven by the continuous quest towards supporting existing industries, Nuqul Group’s Perfect Printing Press “PPP” has recently inaugurated the latest project which involves the addition of the “Manroland 706″ six color printing machine supported by the development of the physical infrastructure at the total investment of JD2.1m [...]
‘Final push’ on polio
One by one the young children open their mouths to receive the two drops of polio vaccine. Then they hold out their hand to get their "purple pinky" – one finger painted with indelible purple ink to show they've been immunised. But its last case was in January 2011 – a remarkable achievement. But it [...]
Pain and redemption of WWII interned Japanese-Americans
Seventy years ago, in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attacks, the US West Coast was cleared of Japanese-Americans. More than 110,000 people were put into internment camps, in what was the largest official forced relocation in US history. For many who lived through it, the story remains a painful one. Her parents ran a [...]
Thai economy shrinks 9% on floods
Thailand's economy contracted sharply in the last three months of 2011 after some of the worst flooding on record disrupted manufacturing. Gross domestic product declined by 9% in the three months to December compared to a year earlier, the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) said. Compared to the previous three months, the economy [...]
Los líderes griegos llegan a un acuerdo de austeridad
Por STELIOS BOURAS y NEKTARIA STAMOULI ATENAS (Dow Jones)—El primer ministro griego Lucas Papademos dijo el jueves que las conversaciones con los acreedores para asegurar el segundo tramo de ayuda para el país se completaron con éxito esta mañana. El acuerdo se produjo después que las partes resolvieran sus diferencias sobre los recortes a las [...]
Nauru profile
Named Pleasant Island by its first European visitors, the former British colony of Nauru is the world's smallest republic. The tiny Pacific island once generated a per capita income out of proportion to its size. But the source of this wealth – phosphates – is nearing exhaustion, leaving the islanders facing an uncertain future. While [...]
Apple se vuelve tan grande que distorsiona los índices de EE.UU.
Por JONATHAN CHENG y BRENDAN INTINDOLA El éxito de Apple Inc. en la venta de aparatos de consumo masivo ha disparado su acción por encima de los US$500 y la ha coronado como la mayor empresa de Estados Unidos con una capitalización de mercado en torno a los US$475.000 millones. Su tamaño gigantesco, sin embargo, [...]
Brunei profile
A tiny country with a small population, Brunei was the only Malay state in 1963 to choose to remain a British dependency rather than join the Malaysian Federation. It became independent in 1984 and, thanks to its large reserves of oil and gas, now has one of the highest standards of living in the world. [...]
Nepalese a thriving community in the UAE
Abu Dhabi: The number of Nepalese in the UAE has risen by about 20 per cent in the past 20 months, the outgoing Nepali ambassador to the UAE told Gulf News. As per the latest statistics available with the embassy, the number of Nepalese nationals in the UAE is around 150,000, Arjun Bahadur Thapa said [...]