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Indonesia regains investment grade after 14 years   Fitch pointed out that poor infrastructure, such as overloaded roads, remains a problem Indonesia has recovered the investment grade status for its sovereign debt at Fitch Ratings after 14 years, putting the country on the same level as India. The agency said in a statement on Thursday that Indonesia had resilient economic growth, low government debt and prudent policy. The country lost the investment grade rating in December 1997 during the Asian financial crisis. The upgrade is expected to encourage more investment into the economy. Analysts have long expected Indonesia's rating to be raised to investment grade. It brings down borrowing costs and makes the country more attractive to investors at a time when major economies are being downgraded. "Indonesia, in terms of sovereign risk, is better than several Western European countries," said Jerome Booth from Ashmore Investment Management in Lo

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Why This Kolaveri Di Full Song Promo Video in HD Chinna Surprise Check out this exclusive video shot during the recording of the song with the music composer Anirudh,Dhanush,Shruti Hassan, Aishwarya and Sound Engineer Sivakumar

The Facebook Resisters Steve Dykes for The New York Times Tyson Balcomb, a college student in Oregon, stopped using Facebook, saying its effects were maybe “a little unhealthy.” By JENNA WORTHAM Tyson Balcomb quit Facebook after a chance encounter on an elevator. He found himself standing next to a woman he had never met — yet through Facebook he knew what her older brother looked like, that she was from a tiny island off the coast of Washington and that she had recently visited the Space Needle in Seattle. Todd Heisler/The New York Times Erika Gable refuses to use Facebook. She does use social media applications such as Twitter and Spotify. The New York Times “I knew all these things about her, but I’d never even talked to her,” said Mr. Balcomb, a pre-med student in Oregon who had some real-life friends in common with the woman. “At that point I thought, maybe this is a little unhealthy.”

China protest in Guangdong's Wukan 'vanishes from web'   Images supplied by villagers show massive rallies in Wukan China's internet censors have blocked searches relating to an ongoing protest in the village of Wukan, web users say. Users of Sina Weibo, the country's Twitter-like micro-blogging site, say searches for Wukan return no results. Instead, a message appears saying: "According to relevant law, regulations and policies, search results for Wukan cannot be displayed." A land dispute in the Guangdong village intensified this week when a villager died in police custody. Hundreds of villagers are now locked in a stand-off with security forces. Roads into the village have been closed and are being guarded by heavily armed security personnel. 'What's going on?' China's village unrest 14 Dec 11: Stand-off in Wukan after a villager dies in custody 21-23 Sept 11: Three days of rioting in Wukan Nov 0