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MUMBAI - A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday closed 141 points lower as traders continued to be jittery over a bribery scam in leading realty financing companies and banking institutions.
MUMBAI - A benchmark index of Indian equities Thursday gave up its morning gains as selling intensified in realty and banking stocks, a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation arrested senior officials of leading financial institutions for allegedly accepting bribes to extend loans to corporate houses in a housing finance scam.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has written a personal letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as part of an intense effort to draw the reclusive nation back to nuclear disarmament talks, a senior State Department official said Tuesday.
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea raised the amount of old currency that citizens can turn in for new bills after merchants rioted against the rules, a news report said Tuesday.
BANGKOK - A Thai court ordered an extended 12-day detention Monday for the crew of a cargo plane loaded with North Korean weapons, as Thailand said it was trying to determine if the aircraft's destination was in Asia or the Middle East.
