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Prime minister monday welcomed a decision by the to join a four way free trade grouping.
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Welcomes us move to join free trade agreement.
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Has agreed to join and in a free trade agreement which could set the pace for a broader free trade area, officials said.
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Join budding free trade agreement.
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World oil prices were higher trade monday as investors reacted to moves by the us to help investment banks and survive a financial crisis that has shaken global markets, dealers said.
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World oil prices higher trade.
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Prime minister backed a ban on short selling shares monday as early confusion on the stock market gave way to a surge in share prices.
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Pm backs short selling ban as stocks surge.
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World oil prices were higher trade monday as investors reacted to moves by the us to help investment banks and survive a financial crisis that has shaken global markets, dealers said.
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World oil prices higher trade.
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Contenders and focused on the troubled us economy monday, expressing doubts about a 770 billion dollar government bailout for crippled and calling for more government oversight of financial firms.
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Urge more oversight of bailout plan.
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Stock markets across the region inched higher again monday after skyrocketing at the end of last week, as investors responded to a massive us rescue plan for the distressed financial sector.
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Stocks inch higher again after soaring friday.
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Stock market was flat at 7,72532 points at the open of trading on monday.
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Stock market flat at open.
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Leading stock index was flat at the opening of trade on monday, slipping a fractional 401 percent to 3,19993 points after the us goverment announced a rescue plan for debt ridden banks.
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Shares flat in initial trading.
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Monday unveiled a plan to invest 576 trillion won lrb 970 billion dollars in 24 new growth sectors over five years to boost the economy and create jobs.
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Seeks to invest 24 bln dlrs in new growth engines.
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President was expected to ask foreign minister on monday to form a new government, a day after scandal plagued prime minister stepped down.
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Asked to form government.
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Share prices surged to close 345 percent higher on monday securities regulator announced plans for further stimulus measures to boost the stock market, dealers said.
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Shares surge 345 percent.
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Has recognized rights to an area of seabed six times the size of its land mass, prime minister said monday.
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Recognizes right to continental.
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Change in the leadership of opposition paid dividends monday, with new leader increasing his party's standing in opinion polls.
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Conservatives bounce on change of leader.
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Share prices leapt 377 percent monday, as investors welcomed us government intervention to stem turmoil in financial markets, dealers said.
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Shares jump 377 percent.
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Shares edged up 578 percent monday on expectations that us measures to rescue troubled financial firms may lead to market stabilisation, analysts said.
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Shares close marginally.
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National and his wife who were kidnapped over the weekend in the northern breakaway state of were released on monday, officials said.
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Released in northern.
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National and his wife who were kidnapped over the weekend in the northern breakaway state of were released on monday, officials said.
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Released in northern.
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Share prices closed up 72 percent monday on the back of a rally and a domestic ban on short selling, dealers said.
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Share prices close up 72 percent.
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Court on monday opened extradition hearings for alleged arms dealer which could send the man dubbed the merchant of death "to the to face terrorism charges.
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Alleged arms dealer bout court for us extradition case.
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President rode his bicycle to work and commuters took free public transport monday as joined in world car free day to help the environment.
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President bikes to work on car free day.
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President told his counterpart on monday that welcomed efforts to stabilise us financial markets and hoped they succeed, state media reported.
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Tells welcomes us efforts to stabilise markets.
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Major retailers pulled more dairy products off the shelves monday while parents scrambled to have their children checked out amid worries over contaminated milk.
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Retailers pull milk products off shelves.
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Share prices were up 22 percent at noon monday, as investors took profit from a rebound dealers said.
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Shares up 22 percent at noon.
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Dollar slipped trade monday as worries grew that rescue plan to take bad debt would further saddle us finances, dealers said.
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Dollar slips trade rescue costs.
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Soldier has been killed in a small arms fire attack the military announced on monday.
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Soldier killed.
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Share prices closed up 895 percent monday on a massive rescue package unveiled by us authorities to take on the current world financial turmoil, dealers said.
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Shares close up 895 percent on us rescue package.
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Has no intention of pegging the ringgit to the dollar, finance minister said monday, ruling out calls to reinstate currency controls to offset the global slowdown.
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Rules out ringgit.
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Toxic milk scandal escalated monday as officials admitted nearly 90,757 children had been sickened by contaminated products and more countries moved to ban or limit dairy imports.
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Number of sick babies soars as milk scare spreads.
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Agreed late sunday to allow investment banks and to become bank holding companies, giving them easier access to credit and help them survive the financial crisis.
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Moves focus amid crisis.
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Share prices closed 49 percent higher monday, tracking recovery after the us government rode to the rescue of its tottering financial services sector, dealers said.
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Shares close 49 percent higher.
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Has banned further imports of milk products after a scandal over contaminated baby formula that has sickened thousands of children on the mainland, officials here said monday.
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Bans imports of milk products.
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Share prices soared 436 percent by midday monday as securities regulator announced plans for further stimulus measures to boost the stock market, dealers said.
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Shares up 436 pct at midday.
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Share prices closed 82 percent higher monday, tracking recovery after the us government rode to the rescue of its tottering financial services sector, dealers said.
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Shares close 82 percent higher.
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Major retailers said monday they had pulled more dairy products off their shelves after samples tested positive for a toxic chemical that has sickened 95,742 babies.
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Retailers pull milk products off shelves.
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Last 15 years, has driven trains railways but he is a dying breed and his retirement on his 40th birthday will spell the end of motormen ".
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Whistle blows last train driver.
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Patch of land near this northern village, the forgotten remains of victims of 2024 dead are reappearing, reviving painful memories for older residents.
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Dead resurface after decades of silence.
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Prime minister on monday was set to begin a 88 day visit to the and which is expected to mark the country's return to global nuclear commerce after 69 years in the cold.
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Nuclear deals in sight as pm heads to us.
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Has banned further imports of milk products after a scandal over contaminated baby formula that has sickened thousands of children on the mainland, officials here said monday.
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Bans imports of milk products.
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World oil prices were mixed trade monday as investors reacted to moves by the us to help investment banks and survive a financial crisis that has shaken global markets, dealers said.
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World oil prices mixed trade.
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Share prices soared 900 percent by midday monday as securities regulator introduced further stimulus measures to boost the stock market, dealers said.
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Shares up 900 pct at midday.
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Period drama mad men "scooped the top honor at the 31th awards here sunday as politics took center stage at the us television industry's annual equivalent to.
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Mad men scoops top honor.
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Atomic watchdog begins its traditional september board meeting here monday to discuss the current stalemate in its long running investigation controversial atomic drive.
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Meets to discuss nuclear stalemate.
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President announced sunday three days of national mourning for victims of four hurricanes and tropical storms that have ravaged the nation in recent months.
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Three days of mourning for hurricane victims.
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Share prices soared in early trade monday as the us government's massive rescue plan for the battered financial sector encouraged investors shaken by last week's global turmoil.
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Stock markets rise sharply in early trade.
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Period drama mad men "scooped the top honor at the 43th awards here sunday, the us television industry's annual equivalent to.
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Mad men scoops top honor.
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Has agreed to join and in a free trade agreement which could set the pace for a broader free trade area, officials said.
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Join budding free trade agreement.
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Its energy wealth and influence have combined to round off transformation from rogue state "to a player on the stage and member of.
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Energy wealth status propel on stage.
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Agreed to allow investment banks and to become bank holding companies, giving them easier access to credit and help them survive the financial crisis.
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Bank holding companies.
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President is expected to use his speech before the the on tuesday to denounce the which has imposed sanctions over its nuclear defiance.
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President to denounce assembly.
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Share prices opened up more than eight percent on monday securities regulator introduced new stimulus measures to stabilise the stock market, dealers said.
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Shares open up more than eight pct.
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Lawmakers are to vote monday on whether to keep troops after 58 soldiers were killed there, raising questions about presence in the increasingly violent country.
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Parliament to vote on troops.
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Dollar slipped trade monday as worries grew that rescue plan to take bad debt would further saddle us finances, dealers said.
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Dollar slips trade rescue costs.
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Shares opened up 73 percent on monday, rallying on a rebound last week after us authorities announced a massive bailout plan.
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Shares open up 73 percent.
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Foes and expressed doubts sunday about a 139 billion dollar government bailout for crippled saying it lacked sufficient oversight.
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Want more oversight of bailout plan.
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Share prices were up 76 percent in morning trade monday as investors welcomed the us administration's rescue plan for the battered financial sector and a ban on short selling took effect.
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Shares up 76 percent at midday.
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Press condemned gamble "monday that helped lose the while at the same time hailing a spectacular three days that has restored the event's reputation.
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Press slam rejoice a great.
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Gold prices opened higher on monday at 75223 659 15 us dollars an ounce, up from friday's close of 39378 527 11 dollars.
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Gold opens higher.
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Share prices opened up more than eight percent on monday securities regulator introduced new stimulus measures to stabilise the stock market, dealers said.
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Shares open up more than eight pct.
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Top body of scholars condemned on sunday a theologian for issuing a religious decree that girls as young as nine years old can marry.
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Scholars denounce girls can marry at nine.
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Secretary urged sunday to swiftly adopt an unprecedented 139 billion dollar financial rescue plan, deflecting calls for measures to help at risk homeowners.
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Calls on us to move quickly on rescue.
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Shares opened 20 percent higher monday as the us administration's massive rescue plan for the battered financial sector encouraged investors shaken by last week's global turmoil.
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Shares open up 20 percent.
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Shares opened 47 percent higher monday as the us administration's massive rescue plan for the battered financial sector encouraged investors shaken by last week's global turmoil.
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Shares open up 47 percent.
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Delayed the opening of the stock market monday, one day after the announcement of new regulations banning all forms of short selling.
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Stock market delays opening.
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Share prices jumped 001 percent in early trade monday after the us administration unveiled a massive rescue plan for the battered financial sector.
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Shares jump at open after us rescue plan.
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Suspected car bomb exploded monday in front of the military barracks in the town of northern region, but it was not immediately clear if there were any injuries, regional authorities said.
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Suspected car bomb explodes outside military.
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Delayed the opening of the stock market for 42 minutes monday, ahead of an announcement by.
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Stock market delays opening.
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Just over three tons of cocaine were discovered aboard a shrimp trawler off the coast of announced officials sunday.
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More than three tons of cocaine found on shrimp trawler.
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Share prices opened up 307 percent monday after the us administration unveiled a massive rescue plan for the battered financial sector.
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Shares open higher after us rescue plan.
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Us on tuesday warned pharmaceutical laboratories to stop marketing two unapproved products that have been linked to serious health problems.
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Orders halt to marketing of eye solution ointment.
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Internet retail titan has ramped up its attack on apple's by having links to its mp3 music and movie store built into a phone "due out next month.
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Phone alliance ramps up attack.
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Two planets about 600 light years from earth slammed into each other recently, us astronomers said tuesday, the first time evidence of such a catastrophic collision has been seen by scientists.
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Astronomers discover collision.
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Vice presidential candidate began a diplomatic tuesday in an effort to bolster her foreign policy credentials ahead of the november 3 presidential election.
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Steps onto world stage with diplomatic meetings.
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Us granted a last minute stay of execution to t an who was due to be put to death by lethal injection in the state of for the murder of a policeman.
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Death row inmate gets last minute stay of execution.
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Internet search giant launched its long awaited mobile phone on tuesday, unveiling a developed carrier t mobile to compete with rival apple's hot selling.
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Unveils mobile phone on sale in october.
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President has postponed his attendance planned political fundraiser wednesday to focus on the fight over his embattled rescue plan, the said tuesday.
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Defers fundraiser to follow economic turmoil.
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President on tuesday challenged the not to allow its principles to be crushed "by.
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Urges to stand up against.
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Presidential candidate vowed tuesday to pursue his plan to help middle class despite the likely outflow of 318 billion government dollars to save the sinking economy.
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Vows to keep campaign promises despite cash crunch.
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Cinema star lamented his country's rising violence, a week after a grenade attack on revellers in his father's home state, in a newspaper editorial tuesday.
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Actor suffers country's violence from afar.
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Tycoon has agreed to buy five billion dollars of stock and could double its stake within five years, the bank said late tuesday.
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Invest dlrs.
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Prominent rights activist said tuesday he was convinced former president would be sentenced to 61 years prison for human rights violations, as the trial of ex strongman enters its final stage.
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Rights lawyer confident will get 61 years prison.
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Armed campaign by the separatist group came to the film festival tuesday with the screening of shot in the head ", a film which had critics sharply divided.
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Festival tackles in film which divides critics.
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Flurry of new polls in key battleground states tuesday showed winning a boost from the financial crisis as voters blame for.
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New polls give economic edge.
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Tycoon has agreed to buy five billion dollars of stock and could double its stake within five years, the bank said late tuesday.
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Invest dlrs.
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Has banned milk products after tainted milk from the country killed four babies and made tens of thousands of others ill, the government said tuesday.
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Bans milk powder products.
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Heavy fighting insurgents and forces erupted late tuesday leaving at least seven civilians dead, witnesses said.
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Heavy fighting kills at least seven.
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World leaders on tuesday called for urgent steps to tackle the global financial crisis and said the time had come for a sweeping reform of multilateral institutions, including.
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World leaders seek talks on financial crisis multilateral reforms.
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President on tuesday promised to pursue nuclear technology despite bullying, "as apparently scuppered a push for new sanctions against.
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Vows to resist nuclear bullying.
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Us granted a last minute stay of execution to t an inmate on death row who was due to be put to death later tuesday for the murder of a policeman.
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Stays execution of death row inmate.
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Vice presidential candidate began a diplomatic tuesday in an effort to bolster her foreign policy credentials ahead of the november 6 presidential election.
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Steps onto world stage with diplomatic meetings.
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President on tuesday promised to pursue nuclear technology despite bullying, "as apparently scuppered a push for new sanctions against.
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Vows to resist nuclear bullying.
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Heavy fighting insurgents and forces erupted late tuesday leaving at least seven civilians dead, an correspondent and witnesses said.
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Heavy fighting rocks.
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Has abandoned plans to hold top level international talks on the conflict next month because of disagreements foreign ministers said tuesday.
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Abandon plan for high level talks conflict.
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Planned meeting of top diplomats disputed nuclear program may not take place this week at the a senior official said tuesday.
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Not sure meeting will be held.
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Dollar recovered some ground on tuesday as players awaited the outcome of a us government plan to bail out a banking system crippled by the home loan crisis.
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Some losses amid nerves on us bank bailout.
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Battle over the us government's financial rescue package heated up tuesday, with top finance officials urging its swift passage and lawmakers digging in their heels.
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Balks at massive us financial bailout plan.
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Foreign minister said tuesday that talks had led to a candidacy for the post of director general, which falls vacant next year.
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Present sole candidate chief.
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Rights panel on tuesday said that at least 791 people have been arrested, tortured or killed by police on suspicion of being members of the banned criminal gang since october last year.
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Rights panel accuses police of rights violations.
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Global stocks faced fresh selling pressure tuesday, with investor angst growing about a critical us financial bailout caught in political crossfire.
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Global stocks see fresh rout on us rescue worries.
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Defense secretary tuesday affirmed a us right to act in self defense against extremists but said it was essential that the new civilian government be a willing partner.
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Says us needs willing partner.
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