Stories for May 8th 2007

Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
On tenth anniversary of crisis Asia pools financial reserves

Asian finance ministers have agreed plans to pool the region's vast financial reserves to protect their currencies from speculative attack. The agreement, reached at a meeting in Japan, comes almost 10 years after speculators triggered an economic crisis across the region in 1997.
Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan opposition questions the Mercosur Parliament

Members from the Uruguayan opposition claim that Uruguay's participation in the Mercosur Parliament, inaugurated this Monday in Montevideo, is unconstitutional and are appealing before the Supreme Court.
Tuesday, May 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cheaper second line AIDS drugs for developing countries

Former United States President Bill Clinton announced on Tuesday agreements with drug companies to lower the price of so-called “second-line” AIDS drugs for 66 countries of the developing world and to make a once-a-day AIDS pill available for less than one dollar a day.

On tenth anniversary of crisis Asia pools financial reserves