Japan's tax reform gathers momentum despite setback

Prime Minister Naoto Kan's cabinet today postponed the next step in a long-planned process of...

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Western donors will rescue imperilled Afghan state

Western donors have refused to deliver scheduled aid worth 70 million dollars to the Afghan...

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The scandal comes as President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is expected to announce a...

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Two million Japanese received welfare benefits in fiscal year 2010, the Ministry of Health,...

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At the beginning of June President Dilma Rousseff launched a plan to eradicate extreme poverty in...

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The results of the sixth national population census, released in April, show that China's...

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Prime Minister Naoto Kan today announced his intention to remain in office until at least August,...

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Ollanta Humala's narrow victory yesterday over Keiko Fujimori represents a swing to the Left,...

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Voter turnout in the recent state elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, West Bengal and...

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Brazil is currently enjoying a demographic dividend, as the number of dependents falls with...

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