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Ten Surprises for 2012: Blackstone

Byron Wien, vice chairman at Blackstone Advisory Partners issued his list of surprises for 2012 on Wednesday. The tradition of giving his views on a series of economic, financial market and political surprises for the coming year started in 1986.

Former Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko Abruptly Moved to Prison Colony

View of the prison where former Ukrainian PM Tymoshenko will be held after being sentenced to seven years for abuse of office in Kharkiv
Woken up without explanation and carried to a police vehicle on a stretcher, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been moved from a Kiev prison to a remote prison colony about 300 miles east of the capital on Friday, her party said.
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Lindsay Lohan's Playboy spread was either hacked or stolen from the magazine and uploaded to a file-sharing and file-storage service on the Web site Worldmags.net, a digital magazine clearinghouse based out of the Ukraine, then leaked, according to FoxNew

Lindsay Lohan Playboy Spread Was Leaked by a Hacker: Report

Lindsay Lohan's Playboy spread was either hacked or stolen from the magazine and uploaded to a file-sharing and file-storage service on the Web site Worldmags.net, a digital magazine clearinghouse based out of the Ukraine, then leaked, according to FoxNews.com.
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Sky Metalwala: Mother's Mental Health and Recent Emails May Have Clues

In the wake of the mystery surrounding Lisa Irwin's disappearance, there is news of another missing baby who, like Lisa, seems to have disappeared under unusual and suspicious circumstances. The baby, Sky Metalwala, 2, disappeared, according to his mother, Julia Biryukova, from the rear seat of her car, in Bellevue.
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U.S. to Name Iran Area of 'Money Laundering Concern'

It was unclear what exact steps the Treasury planned for Iran but it seemed unlikely it would seek to cut off the Iranian financial sector entirely, a move that could disrupt the global energy markets and harm the U.S. economic recovery.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) is third richest country in the world, and has a world's largest shopping mall, The Dubai Mall. The country is made up of seven emirates, governed by a president and has an impressive GDP per capita of $57,744. The country has 8

Dubai Diversifies With Push Into Diamonds

The United Arab Emirates, the world's fourth-largest oil exporter and home to gold trading hub Dubai, is rapidly becoming a force in trade of another highly valuable commodity: diamonds.
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Ukraine parliament rejects Tymoshenko reprieve

Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday rejected a move to downgrade the abuse-of-power offence under which former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been jailed, dealing a blow to prospects of an early release for the charismatic opposition leader.
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World Bank, Intel to boost joint IT investments

The World Bank's private-sector lender plans to work more closely with Intel, the world's top chipmaker, to invest in technology firms in developing countries, a senior World Bank official said on Monday.
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Batumi: A First Glimpse of the New Georgia

The Republic of Georgia's President, Mikheil Saakashvili, vowed to transform the small resort town of Batumi into the nation's economic and cultural powerhouse. Stephen Robert Morse traveled to Batumi to investigate Saakashvili's progress.

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