India PM says economic growth issue of national security

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Politicians should treat India's economic growth as a national security issue, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday, warning a lack of consensus is holding back Asia's third-largest economy as it tries to drag millions from poverty.

High fuel prices threaten airline sector, IATA warns

GENEVA: The airline industry group IATA cut back its 2012 profit forecast for the airline sector to $3.0 billion (2.3 billion euros) from $3.5 billion on Tuesday, as tensions in the Gulf push fuel prices up.

European industry's dependence grows on the rising wealth of Indians, Brazilians, Russians and Chinese

LONDON: The world's top yoghurt maker Danone now sells half its goods in emerging markets, and from beer to holidays, Europe's consumer industry depends ever more heavily on the rising wealth of Brazilians, Russians, Indians and Chinese.

Algeria-Morocco: Border Closure Hinders Security and Economy

The Maghreb is at the moment a particularly sensitive and fragile region, because of a distinctive combination of various security challenges, including “frozen” border disputes, which have in turn discouraged attempts at meaningful and effective regional integration. However, this situation is currently overshadowed and aggravated by a wave of pro-democracy protests that have hit, to various degrees, all countries of the region.