Dhaka- Bangladesh's military-backed interim government said Thursday that it would provide the highest security to two former prime ministers and leaders of the country's two biggest political parties during the December general election.
"We have decided in principle to provide them with the highest security coverage as they deserve it," an adviser to the government, Hossain Zillur Rahman, told reporters after electoral talks with the opposition Awami League party.
Oslo - Two employees of Norway's largest banking group as well as the DnB NOR group itself were Thursday suspected of insider- trading, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority said.
The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime raided the bank Thursday over suspicions that the bank had sold government bonds just a few days before the Finance Ministry and central bank October 12 presented a rescue package for the banking sector.
DnB NOR reportedly sold bonds worth 2.3 billion kroner (328 million dollars) on October 9 and 10.
Johannesburg - South Africans are splitting their sides over a video showing a po-faced politician disappearing into thin air with a loud crack when his chair broke during a TV interview.
The chairman of parliament's portfolio committee on finance, Nhlanhla Nene, was giving an interview to SABC public television on the morning of Finance Minister Trevor Manuel's budget policy statement Tuesday when the mishap occurred.
Amman - Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad Bolani said Thursday that the security pact being negotiated with the United States was a "purely national issue" and that Baghdad rejected any external interference in its contents.
"The security agreement with the United States is a purely national issue and thus we cannot accept any meddling that injures Iraq's interests," Bolani told reporters before the opening of a meeting that groups Interior Ministers of Iraq and eight neighbouring countries.
"The security agreement is subject only to the vision of the Iraqi government," he added.
Midland - Dow Chemical Thursday reported profits for the third quarter, but it said rising costs of raw materials and energy had weighed on the company and that it sees a recession on the horizon.
"The global economy is now feeling the full effects of the same economic issues that have plagued the US for the past several quarters," chairman and CEO Andrew N Liveris said in a statement.
"In our view, we will likely see a global recession through most of 2009.
Dhaka- Bangladesh's military-backed interim government said Thursday that it would provide the highest security to two former prime ministers and leaders of the country's two biggest political parties during the December general election.
New York - The world's largest package delivery company UPS has adjusted expectations of annual earnings 
Oslo - Two employees of Norway's largest banking group as well as the DnB NOR group itself were Thursday suspected of insider- trading, the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority said.
Johannesburg - South Africans are splitting their sides over a video showing a po-faced politician disappearing into thin air with a loud crack when his chair broke during a TV interview.
Amman - Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad Bolani said Thursday that the security pact being negotiated with the United States was a "purely national issue" and that Baghdad rejected any external interference in its contents.
