Ecuador has ruled out abandoning the U.S. dollar as a means of confronting the global financial crisis.
Economic Policy Minister Pedro Paez says US$6.3 billion in a dollarization fund and another US$2.5 billion deposited in local banks can be used to cushion the impact on Ecuador.
Paez says the …
A MISSING man is being hunted by police across Essex afterwarnings he has been seen in the Epping area.
James Doe, 37, was charged with a high-value burglary inWorcestershire in 2001, but did not appear for his court case andhas been missing ever since.
During his nine years on the run, he has been spotted indifferent areas of Essex, including Epping, Chelmsford, Harlow, andMaldon.
Police are keen to see him in court to face charges, which relateto the theft of Pounds …
DALLAS - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.
U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay had previously issued a temporary restraining order in May, blocking the law a day before it was to take effect. He issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.
"Farmers Branch, rather than deferring to the federal government's determination of immigration status, has created its own classification scheme for determining which noncitizens may rent an apartment," Lindsay wrote.
The law would have required apartment managers to verify …
Swine flu is a "sneaky virus" that is likely to keep spreading to new parts of the world and within countries already affected, the head of the World Health Organization said Friday.
At least 42 countries have confirmed cases of the disease, which has sickened 11,168 people and caused 86 deaths, most of them in North America.
"This is a subtle, sneaky virus," WHO's Director-General Margaret Chan said at the close of the global body's annual assembly. "It does not announce its presence or arrival in a new country with a sudden explosion of patients seeking medical care or requiring hospitalization."
Countries need to …
Citing fundraising challenges, Kanawha County Public Libraryofficials no longer expect to begin work by 2011 on all seven of the$50 million worth of modernization projects they have planned.
Because of the slowed pace of fundraising, getting all the moneytogether at once may no longer be possible. Instead, the focus is onbuilding as soon as possible a new $30 million Main Library indowntown Charleston and replacing the tiny Marmet Library with alarger facility.
Besides those two new libraries, library officials had hoped tobuild a new Elk Valley Library in Big Chimney and add on to thelibraries in Cross Lanes, Dunbar, St. Albans and Sissonville.
After three …
Interview Answers in a Flash, by Pat Criscito and Dee Funkhouser 2006. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Services, Inc. 332 pages, Soft Cover, $12.99
Intended Audience: A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I
How is the book most useful for its intended audience?
It is a great tool for preparing for an interview - offering practice questions and essential tips for preparation.
The top five things you learned from reading this book:
1. A good question to ask interviewers if you do not get the position you interviewed for is, "What was it about the successful candidate that made him or her the ideal choice?"
2. The STAR acronym for Situational/ Behavioral question …
Israel's prime minister is urging Sri Lanka not to give in to terrorism.
Sri Lankan prime minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake is on a rare visit to the Jewish state. The two countries renewed relations in 2000 after a 30-year lull.
The two share a fight against suicide bombers and other extremists. Israel has been battling Palestinian militants for decades. Sri Lanka's fight …
