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  FOXNEWS…   One of three people sought by the FBI was captured in Canada Thursday and two were still on the loose after a federal raid and deadly shooting of a radical Islam leader whose goal authorities say was to take down the U.S. government. Federal authorities in Detroit said the son of 53-year-old Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who was killed in Wednesday night’s shootout with FBI agents, was arrested across the border in Windsor, Ontario.

FOX: One of three people sought by the FBI was captured in Canada Thursday and two were still on the loose after a federal raid and deadly shooting of a radical Islam leader whose goal authorities say was to take down the U.S. government. Federal authorities in Detroit said the son of 53-year-old Luqman Ameen Abdullah, who was killed in Wednesday night’s shootout with FBI agents, was arrested across the border in Windsor, Ontario.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police took 30-year-old Mujahid Carswell, who was considered armed and dangerous, into custody Thursday.

Senior strategist Dirk van Dijk, CFA has issued notes on this morning’s GDP numbers. These notes will be published in two separate blogs — Growth Rates and Contributions to Growth. The recession is over! In the third quarter, GDP grew by 3.5%, comfortably ahead of expectations for 3.0% growth. This is a huge improvement over the 0.7% decline in the second quarter and the 6.4% plunge in the first quarter.

In the New York Times Ellen Barry writes about the outcry among academics St Peterbsurg University (alma mater of Putin and Medvedev) who are concerned about new legislation that may require their work to be submitted to the authorities before it can be published overseas.  Whilst defenders of the order, such as the university’s rector, Putin-Medvedev friendly Nikolai M.

Simon is a Member of The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. He has had experience in all sectors of commercial agency including investment and development consultancy since 1984. Overseas investment, development and industrial agency work in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. He has nine years experience of operating in the Oxford, Midlands and Gloucestershire commercial property market.

According to a report by Tejeesh N S Behlin of Mint, Indian Hotels Co Ltd, owner of the Taj chain of premium hotels is ramping up its business, opening hotels in countries such as Mexico, Morocco and other overseas markets, as it prepares for the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on its flagship Mumbai property. The chain, which went into a cost cutting drive following the slowdown and the closure of Mumbai’s iconic Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, extensively damaged in the November 26, 2008 attack, is reviewing its freeze on recruitment, replacement hiring and salary increments that were to last until March 2010.

According to a report by Tejeesh N S Behlin of Mint, Indian Hotels Co Ltd, owner of the Taj chain of premium hotels is ramping up its business, opening hotels in countries such as Mexico, Morocco and other overseas markets, as it prepares for the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on its flagship Mumbai property. The chain, which went into a cost cutting drive following the slowdown and the closure of Mumbai’s iconic Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, extensively damaged in the November 26, 2008 attack, is reviewing its freeze on recruitment, replacement hiring and salary increments that were to last until March 2010.

By John Grant How often do you buy travel insurance when heading overseas? Research conducted by Southern Cross Travel Insurance shows 1 in 3 people departing New Zealand have no insurance protection for their trip. Of the 40,000 Kiwi’s leaving the country every week, about 13,000 are taking risks that could cost them plenty, and all for a saving of probably less than $40. With earthquakes and tsunamis happening in our neighbouring Islands, taking the risk of being uninsured could have devastating financial and other consequences.

Latest News, Top Story | News Desk | October 28, 2009 at 8:19 pm A money-transfer company has made a piece of banking history in Somalia – introducing the first-ever debit card in the breakaway region of Somaliland.The firm, Dahabshiil, hopes eventually to roll the system out to all Somali-speaking areas from Djibouti to Kenya.They say large shops and hotels in areas with good internet connection and electricity can sign up to the service.The card was launched in Somaliland’s capital Hargeisa