But he says for this year Yemen's economic prospects are poor, and the country would be lucky to grow at half the rate the Central Bank has projected.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Last week in Sehwan, a town in central Sindh, half a million Sufi pilgrims gave a demonstration of this fact.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan

Foreign central banks own half the supply of U.S. Treasurys.

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After thriving in reruns on Adult Swim, Futurama was relaunched in 2007 with four-direct-to-DVD movies that Comedy Central ran in half-hour increments as a 16-episode fifth season in 2008-09.

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