| Background Note: Nigeria (Scoop.co.nz) |
| Geography Area: 923.8 thousand sq. km. (356,700 sq. mi.) about the size of California, Nevada, and Arizona. Cities: Capital --Abuja (pop. est. 452,000). |
| 12/01/2008 |
| A Mayberry set in mountains (The Record) |
| Up in northeastern New York's lake-rich and timber-draped Adirondack Mountains, hikers, campers and summer folk have returned home, but the little town of Lake Placid, N.Y., (pop. 2,700) is anything but preparing for a long winter's sleep. |
| 11/30/2008 |
| EDITORIAL COMMENT | Boost Demand (The Times of India) |
| Having caught the global financial flu, India is witnessing falling demand for goods and services. One medicine, says finance minister P Chidambaram, is for industry to cut prices instead of production. That way, sectors like auto, housing, aviation and hotels can push consumer spending. |
| 11/20/2008 |
| INDUSTRY & ECONOMY (The Hindu) |
| ECONOMY: Combating the present crisis Since August, two perspectives have influenced the way policymakers viewed the world and India’s place in it. The first view held that India was sufficiently decoupled from the world economy’s stresses, that Indian financial ... |
| 11/10/2008 |
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