Article: 1st LD, Writethru: Obama, Huckabee emerge as winners of Iowa caucuses, CNN projects

Article: 1st LD: Obama wins Washington caucuses, CNN projects
Xinhua News Agency;  February 10, 2008 ;     96 words ......Obama wins Washington caucuses, CNN projects WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (Xinhua...state, Obama led Clinton 67-32 percent with 37 percent of the precincts reporting, and in Nebraska, he led Clinton 69-31 percent, with 74 percent of precincts...

Article: Bangladesh's inflation surges slightly to 5.39 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 5, 2009 ;     203 words ...Bangladesh's inflation surges slightly to 5.39 percent in May DHAKA, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Bangladesh...slightly from its April level to 5.39 percent as food prices soared in the South Asian...country's inflation went up by 0. 03 percentage points from April's 5.36 percent to 5...

Article: Eurozone retail trade volume falls 0.4 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 3, 2009 ;     189 words ...Eurozone retail trade volume falls 0.4 percent in May BRUSSELS, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The eurozone's retail trade volume fell by 0.4 percent in May 2009 compared to the previous month...27-member EU, retail trade dropped by 0.5 percent in May 2009 compared to the previous month...

Article: Chicago homicides down 13 percent this year
Xinhua News Agency;  July 3, 2009 ;     266 words ...Chicago homicides down 13 percent this year CHICAGO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- homicides in Chicago decreased nearly 13 percent through June and the city saw a greater than 10 percent drop in overall crime, compared to the same time period last year, Chicago...

Article: Brazil's grain crop to fall 8.7 percent in 2009
Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2009 ;     288 words ...Brazil's grain crop to fall 8.7 percent in 2009 RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Xinhua...million metric tons in 2009, down 8.7 percent from the 146 million metric tons registered...cultivated area will increase 2.1 and 1.4 percent respectively, while the area cultivated...

Article: Banc of America Securities-Merrill Lynch Research Hikes 2010 Global GDP Forecast to 3.7 Percent on Brighter Growth Prospects in the U.S. and China
U.S. Newswire;  July 8, 2009 ;     700+ words ......global economic growth forecasts for 2010 to 3.7 percent from 3.2 percent, driven by signs of recovery in the United States...economy, the worlds largest, is expected to grow by 2.6 percent in 2010, compared with a previous estimate of 1.8...

Article: Eurozone industrial producer prices down by 0.2 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     170 words ......industrial producer prices down by 0.2 percent in May BRUSSELS, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Industrial...in the eurozone dropped in May by 0.2 percent, compared with the previous month, the...with May 2008, the index decreased by 5.8 percent. In May, prices in total industry excluding...

Article: Kenya's economy up 3.9 percent in first quarter
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     460 words ...Kenya's economy up 3.9 percent in first quarter NAIROBI, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's economy is estimated to surge 3.9 percent in the first quarter of 2009, compared with a contraction of 0.6 percent for the same period of last year, the government...

Article: Urgent: Obama beats Clinton in Washington DC Democratic Primary, CNN projects
Xinhua News Agency;  February 13, 2008 ;     30 words ...Urgent: Obama beats Clinton in Washington DC Democratic Primary, CNN projects WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Obama beats Clinton in Washington DC Democratic Primary on Tuesday, CNN projects.

Article: Brazil's stock up 37 percent in first half of year
Xinhua News Agency;  June 30, 2009 ;     229 words ...Brazil's stock up 37 percent in first half of year RIO DE JANEIRO...stock exchange (Bovespa) was down 1.59 percent on Tuesday, closing at 51,465 points and leading to an accumulated fall of 3.25 percent in June, the first since February. In...

Article: Indonesian industrial growth to reach 2.5 percent this year
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     179 words ...Indonesian industrial growth to reach 2.5 percent this year JAKARTA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The...industriy in Indonesia will grow by 2.5 percent this year and would continue to increase by 4.9 percent next year, Indonesian Industrial Minister...

Article: Brazil's industrial production up 1.3 percent in May
Xinhua News Agency;  July 2, 2009 ;     233 words ...Brazil's industrial production up 1.3 percent in May RIO DE JANEIRO, July 2 (Xinhua...industrial production registered a 1.3 percent increase in May compared with the figure...industrial production accumulated a 7.8 percent increase, which indicates that the country...

Article: Urgent :Obama wins first-in-the-nation Iowa caucues, CNN projects
Xinhua News Agency;  January 4, 2008 ;     42 words ...Urgent :Obama wins first-in-the-nation Iowa caucues, CNN projects DES MOINES, the United States, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Senator Barack Obama won the first-in-the nation Iowa caucus on the Democratic side in the presidential race kicked off on Thursday night, CNN projects.

Article: Greek annual inflation at 0.5 percent in June
Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2009 ;     212 words ...Greek annual inflation at 0.5 percent in June ATHENS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Greek annual inflation was 0.5 percent in June, compared with the same month...The statistics agency attributed the 0.5 percent increase of the consumer price index to...