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Dec. 31 - It's now open season when it comes to publishing the influential texts and concepts of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's nationalist movement against British rule.
Dec 31 - Asian shares ended 2008 trading on the up side but the year was the worst on record for Australia and the worst in over three decades for Hong Kong .
Dec 30 - Asian shares crawled higher Tuesday as resource-linked firms rose with energy prices, while benchmarks like Japan's Nikkei still ended the year with their worst annual performance ever.
Dec. 29 - The fighting between Israel and Hamas led to a brief spike in the price of oil, but the slowing world economy and decreasing demand for oil keeps oil under 40 dollars a barrel.