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2008
Vietnam’s central bank widened the band in which it allows the Vietnamese dong to rise or fall against the dollar from .75% to 1%. The bank said it plans to expand the band to 2% in an effort to unshackle its economy from the sliding dollar.
2007
Serbia called on the United Nations to reject a Western-backed proposal for the independence of Kosovo as Serbs and Albanians ended a year of talks in Austria on the fate of the breakaway province.
2007
The South African government took possession of the first farm to be expropriated, in a move designed to silence criticism it is dragging its feet over land reform. Local people had been forced off Pniel Farm near Kimberley and into a shantytown in 1967.
2007
In South Korea riot police used a water cannon to break up a noisy but peaceful street protest in downtown Seoul against a proposed free trade agreement between South Korea and the United States.
2007
The number of refugees in eastern Sri Lanka climbed past 100,000 after heavy fighting in rebel-held parts of the island forced thousands of civilians to flee their homes in recent days.
2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited flood-ravaged Bolivia to show off the fact that his country has pledged 10 times more aid than the Bush administration. But local leaders gave him a cool reception, accusing him of meddling in Bolivian politics.
2007
President Bush in Uruguay said the FBI has addressed the problems that led to illegal prying into personal information on people in the US, but "there's more work to be done." Bush with President Tabare Vazquez who said he wanted to expand trade with the United States and increase scientific, technical and cultural exchanges. Bush also asked Congress for $3.2 billion to pay for 8,200 more U.S. troops needed in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of the 21,500-troop buildup he had announced in January 2007.
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