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General : Schools Need To Be Upgraded To Residential Status - NajibTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:45PM PEKAN, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the normal secondary schools should be upgraded so that they would have similar features like fully residential schools to enable more students to benefit from better quality education at the secondary level.

MSSU endowment announcedTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:45PMRobert Corley celebrated his 88th birthday Tuesday by giving a gift rather than receiving one. The longtime Joplin businessman established an endowment that will fund scholarships for Missouri Southern State University students.

UBS Says FOMC Minutes Revive Inflation Target TalkTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:43PM(RTTNews) - Unsurprisingly, the minutes released on Tuesday by the FOMC showed a sharp downgrade of growth expectations, with members expecting "economic activity to contract sharply in the fourth quarter of 2008 and in early 2009. Most projected the economy would begin to recover slowly in the second half of 2009."

TABLE-Bangladesh key economic indicators - Jan 7Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:37PMNote: All information on this page is subject to change. The use of this website constitutes acceptance of our user agreement . Please read our privacy policy and legal disclaimer .

Nigeria: Real Meaning of the FRSC Helmet Enforcement RegulationTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:07AMLagos — TWO thousand and nine might turn out a good year for motorists and other road users in Nigeria. This is not just a hope, it is also a prayer. It is no news that Nigeria has one of the highest rates of road accidents in the world.

China faces wave of unrest in 2009Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:00AMBEIJING, China -- China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn.

Children vulnerable in economic crisisTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 3:00AMSINGAPORE -- The deepening global economic crisis could raise infant mortality and malnutrition rates by up to 10 percent, a UN official said Tuesday, urging Asian governments to protect millions of vulnerable children.

Raghav Gaiha & Katsushi Imai: The crisis of the sub-primeTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:58AMAs crisis-hit banks cut back on lending to agriculture and raise interest rates for the poor, poverty levels will rise. That the rampaging financial crisis has turned into a crisis of confidence is beyond dispute.

M Govinda Rao: Fiscal stimulus at the state level nowTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:57AMOne area where a fiscal stimulus package still needs to be worked is at the state level. The New Year has begun with yet another instalment of monetary stimulus from the RBI and fiscal stimulus from the Government of India.