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Eight candidates for Iranian presidential race
TEHRAN - Iran has approved eight candidates for the presidential election due next month, rejecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide in a major setback to the hawkish leader of the Islamic republic. Ahmadinejad criticised the decision to remove Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the final candidate list and said it was an act of "oppression". He announced plans to take up the case with ...
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Top North Korean official visits China
PYONGYANG, North Korea - In an indication that North Korea may give diplomacy a chance to end regional tension, its leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday sent a special envoy to China to win the confidence of its most important ally. The trip by Vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae, a senior Workers' Party official and the military's top political officer, comes after months of ignoring Chinese warnings to ...
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Vitamin C offers hope of tackling drug resistant TB
WASHINGTON - Adding vitamin C to existing tuberculosis drugs regime could shorten the therapy for drug resistant TB, claims new research findings published in the online scientific journal Nature Communications. The striking discovery, by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant TB bacteria in laboratory ...
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India positioned to become net security provider in immediate region and beyond PM
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India is well positioned to become a net security provider in the South Asian region and beyond. Laying the foundation stone of National Defence University here, Dr. Singh said: "Our defence cooperation has grown, and today, we have unprecedented access to high technology, capital and partnerships. We have also sought to assume our ...
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US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest
SINGAPORE -; The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner's inquest, saying they had lost faith in the process. Their lawyer said they would push for a U.S. congressional ...
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Markets roiled by Nikkeis 7.3 percent slide
A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo ...
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China ASEAN jointly recommend brands
The China-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) held a press conference in Beijing on Thursday to release a list of recommended brand-name products manufactured by China and the ASEAN bloc.Sixty companies and products from China were listed, as well as 45 companies from ASEAN countries.The recommendation list is intended to enhance understanding between both sides and promote economic cooperation, said ...
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‘Asian Century’ raises own tough challenges
Christian Forneck, senior foreign policy adviser at the Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union Parliamentary Group in the German Bundestag Our discussion is about the beginning of a multipolar era in which there are many new power centers around the world. It doesn't matter if you believe in the thesis of "US decline," or "the demise of the West." One thing is ...
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Does Asia Slump Signal US Correction
: "I think I'd be more likely to be buyer than a seller. First of all, markets correct from time to time. That's natural whether it's in Japan or over here." "We want the Fed to taper because that means the economy is getting better," Keon added, saying the underlying economy is "stronger than people think" because the fiscal drag of the tax increases ...
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Asia Fuel Oil-Cash premiums up on supply tightness seen end June
SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Asia fuel oil cash premiums rose on Thursday, as traders turned their attention to tighter Western arbitrage flows in the second half of June, which are expected to keep the market supported, at least in the medium term. Asia cash premiums for the 380-centistoke (cst) benchmark for the marine fuels market was valued at 69 cents a tonne, up 44 cents ...
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Asia Pacific Digital Brands and Retailers in Asia Pacific Struggling to Bring E-Commerce Offerings to Market Quickly
Complexity and service provider fragmentation significant barriers to taking businesses online SINGAPORE, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- eCommerce in Asia Pacific is growing at a fast pace and by the end of 2013 is expected to overtake North America as the region with the world's highest B2C eCommerce revenues (Note 1). Despite this positive backdrop, brands and retailers face a high level ...
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Asia Distillates-Gasoil margins slip on weak Indonesian demand
SINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Asian gasoil margins slipped on Thursday as diesel demand from Indonesia failed to revive even ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, when demand usually peaks, traders said. The June gasoil crack fell 62 cents to $16.26 a barrel above Dubai crude, Reuters data showed. Indonesia's diesel demand is expected to remain weak at least until ...
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Asia tension could lead to conflict—DFA chief
Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario. AP FILE PHOTO TOKYO -- The Philippines on Thursday warned that territorial rows in Asia are ';causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict'; as several countries face off with China over island claims. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, speaking at a Tokyo business conference, said China’s ';nine-dash line claim ...
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IHT Rendezvous Job Hunting in Asia Language Skills Count
HONG KONG — Asia has long exerted a magnetism for mobile Westerners in search of jobs and adventures. Tens of thousands of Europeans and Americans live in cities like Singapore and Hong Kong, which are financial and trading hubs with a long history of ties to the West. The global financial crisis ...
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Pakistan arrested American before he was killed in US drone strike
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him the fourth American citizen killed by unmanned aircraft in ...
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Mobile services shut for second day in Pakistan for Lis visit
Mobile phone services were suspended in the Pakistani capital and nearby Rawalpindi for the second day on Thursday as part of extraordinary security measures put in place to ensure an incident-free visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang here. Officials announced the suspension of cellular services between 1 pm and 5 pm local time in Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Yesterday, mobile services were ...
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Japan gyrations underline economys vulnerability
TOKYO -; Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of ...
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Asian Stocks Tumble On Fed Talk China Growth Concerns
Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday after minutes of the Federal Reserve's April 30-May 1 meeting revealed "a number" of members favor tapering the central bank's $85-billion bond-buying program as early as the June meeting if the labor market continues to improve. Fed chief Ben Bernanke also hinted that an exit could be initiated in the "next few meetings" if the ...
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Ageing Asia to strain worlds long-term economic growth
Vancouver, May 23 : The Asia-Pacific region will continue to power global economic growth in 2013, but the region's increasing ageing population will cast a shadow on the long-term development, according to a Canadian ...
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Asian markets sell off
Singapore - Hawkish comments by US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and weakness in China's factory activity rocked Asian markets on Thursday, took the dollar to three-year highs, sent share markets lower, and hit the Japanese government bond market as yields rose to their highest in a ...
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ASEAN power chiefs to follow up power grid plan
power utilities and authorities gathered on Thursday to follow up the progress of the ambitious ASEAN power grid action plan, which was set to inter-connect power lines in the 10 ASEAN member states by 2020. Speaking to reporters after the opening of the 29th meeting of the Heads of ASEAN Power Utilities and Authorities Council, Keo Rottanak, director general of the Electricity of Cambodia, ...
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Calls mount for Malaysias BN to move away from race-based politics
Two schoolgirls walk across a street as flags of Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition fly above them in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Mark ...
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Speculation over N Korea envoys China trip
Speculation mounted over a top NorthKorean military official's visit to China on Thursday, as few details of his meetings were made ...
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India PM pledges to clean up defence sector
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged on Thursday to crack down on corruption in the defence sector after a string of recent graft scandals left his government facing renewed calls to step ...
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Mother of two tried to talk down London attackers
LONDON: A mother of two is being hailed for her bravery after it emerged she attempted to talk down the two Islamic extremists who killed a British soldier in a gruesome machete attack on the streets of ...
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New Focus on Brunei's Schools
Brunei has an education system to be proud of, which has made the recent discovery of dirty and badly maintained toilet facilities at 180 schools all the more unacceptable for the Ministry of Education.
Brunei has one of the best systems of education in the region. As a country, Brunei spends over 10% of its government budget on education, among children in the country there is a 99% literary rate, and schooling for all citizens is free (while foreign residents pay only a small charge). Read more
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