Financial crisis helps define Rudd in first year as Australian PM
SYDNEY (AFP) — One year into the job, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s popularity is riding higher than ever as he uses the global financial crisis to redefine his leadership, analysts said Sunday. The 51-year-old former diplomat Monday marks the first anniversary of his centre-left Labor Party’s landslide win with a personal approval rating of [...]
Indonesia looks inward for economic help
The Indonesian President says his country will turn to its large domestic market to maintain economic growth in the face of an expected slowdown. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has told the APEC summit in Peru, Jakarta will boost growth with infrastructure projects like power plants, and fight poverty with greater spending on education and health care. [...]
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