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BusinessGermans Provide Jobs to Local Afghans
By the International Security Assistance Force KABUL, Afghanistan - The German armed forces employ approximately 400 local Afghan nationals everyday on Forward Support Base Camp Marmal, helping to keep the base going and boost the local economy. Global Markets Plunge
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. stocks opened sharply lower, mirroring losses in Europe, Asia, and much of the developing world. In New York, the Dow Jones Industrial average crossed below an important psychological floor, the 10,000 mark, for the first time since October, 2004. The Dow was more than four percent lower in early trading. It has lost about a quarter of its value this year. Asia Stocks Fall in Response to US Bank Rescue BANGKOK, CHINA - Nervous investors fled markets Monday in Asia. Hong Kong's key Hang Seng Index closed down five percent while Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell to its lowest closing level since February 2004 at 10,473 points. Indonesia's stock market plunged 10 percent, the steepest single day decline on record. World Leaders Call for Efforts to Curb Growing Global Financial Crisis
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the meeting warning that the world faces multiple crises and urged the international community to take a united approach in resolving them. Groups Work to Kindle Commerce at New Baghdad MarketBy Elaine Eliah BAGHDAD, IRAQ – To many Americans, convenient shopping means easy, safe parking at clean, wholesome supermarkets. In Iraq, where shoppers often risk their lives buying groceries and vendors watch produce rot for lack of electricity or transport, marketing has different requirements. The New Baghdad Market, also known as 9 Nissan, soon will be able to meet these special needs.  |
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