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At least 12 dead in China factory explosion
BEIJING -; A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media ...
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Malaysia court orders release of 3 terror suspects
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -; A Malaysian court has ordered the release of an al-Qaida-linked former army captain and two other suspects charged with inciting terrorist ...
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Asian Stocks Rise On Growth Optimism
Asian stocks rose on Monday, extending a two-week rally, as an upbeat reading on U.S. consumer confidence bolstered optimism about the economic recovery in the world's ...
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Asian shares extend winning streak
Hong Kong shares jumped to their highest since early February on Monday, led by Chinese cyclical counters, as investors chased a resurgent mainland China market on their return from a Friday holiday, which posted a fourth-straight day of ...
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ASIA CREDIT CLOSE Region tightens on constructive backdrop
Mon May 20, 2013 5:40am EDT SINGAPORE, May 20 (IFR) - Credit markets in Asia had a relatively quiet day in the context of a generally constructive tone, on the back of better-than-expected US consumer sentiment data and, as we come up to the close, stronger openings in European markets. The Itraxx IG index is 1bp tighter versus Friday's close, at 101bp bid. A Singapore-based trader saw that ...
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India China vow to end long-running border dispute
The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border disputethat has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world ...
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Unrest erupts in Bangladeshs troubled garment hub
Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital ...
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Japanese automaker set to combat air pollution with electric vehicles
Recently, global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide broke through the watershed level of 400 parts per million.Japanese automaker Terra Motors, however, believes its electric motorcycles and its three-wheeled vehicles can ...
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23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria Report
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that more than 100 Hezbollah members have been wounded in the fighting around the town of ...
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Cambodian ceremony honors victims of Khmer Rouge - Quincy Herald-Whig | Illinois Missouri News Sports
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith). A Cambodian woman stands with burning incense sticks as she visits a memorial holding skulls of the Khmer Rouge victims at Choeung Ek "Killing Field" in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, May 20, ...
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Report North Korea holding Chinese fishing boat crew
China has asked North Korea to immediately release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew, who have been held since May 5, diplomats said. The Chinese Embassy in Pyongyang asked North Koreans to ensure the safety of the detained fishermen, Chinese diplomat Jiang Yaxian told the official Chinese Xinhua News Agency. China's Global Times reported 16 Chinese fishermen were kidnapped May 5 by ...
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Li Keqiang makes India first stop on his foreign visit
China's official media, in its extensive coverage of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's Indian visit, sought to play down the Asian neighbors' border disputes. Li, who made India the first stop on his first foreign tour since becoming the China's No. 2 leader, arrived in New Delhi Sunday on a three-day trip. The visit comes after last month's tense situation resulting from a ...
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Sri Lanka No Progress 4 Years On
Four years after Sri Lanka's horrific civil war ended, many Sri Lankans await justice for the victims of abuses, news of the 'disappeared,' and respect for their basic rights. Instead, the Rajapaksa government has rejected investigations, clamped down harder on the media, and persisted in wartime abuses such as ...
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Car bombs in Baghdad south Iraq kill at least 34
BAGHDAD -; A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed at least 34 people on Monday, Iraqi officials ...
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China Communists must slash membership academic
BEIJING:China's ruling Communist Party should cut its more than 80 million members by nearly half to avoid the bloat that felled the Soviet Union, a political scientist has written in a party magazine.The Communist Party of China is the world's largest political party, having recruited a wide swathe of citizens in recent years in an effort to broaden support as its original ideological ...
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North Korea fires fifth missile in three days
North Korea fired another short-rangemissileinto the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a series ofmissiledrills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban ...
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Technology apps to help Asia lifestyles
Poor infrastructure, healthy eating, and blood donation are among the topics tackled by a new wave of apps unveiled at the recent Apps for Asia - Redesigning Development programme in Uttar ...
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SKorea NKorea fires 5th projectile into waters
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters - for the fifth time in three ...
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UPDATE 1-Asia Softs-Inventories weigh on rubbersugar premiums firm
Mon May 20, 2013 4:28am EDT * TOCOM rubber seen in range of 270 to 300 yen a kg this week * Thai sugar premiums supported by artificial tightness * Vietnam, Indonesia robusta beans at premiums (Adds technicals, TOCOM closing prices) By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Tokyo rubber futures could trade in a wide range this week, with bulging inventory in top consumer China holding ...
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Aberdeen favours Asia in tough year for investors
Asian companies could offer some of the best opportunities in 2009, in what promises to be another ';extremely tough year'; for investors, says Aberdeen Asset Management. The group expects investment in the key asset classes of equities, fixed income and property to continue to be challenging as evidence of a global economic slowdown accumulates. Aberdeen forecasts that both the ...
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Send money to India
For NRIs, one of the key concerns while living abroad is sending money back to their loved ones in India. Plagued by inordinate delays, huge fees to wire the money or to be paid to the agent etc, sending money was often tougher than earning money!! But that's where the online remittance came into the picture. Doing away with all the inefficiencies of traditional options of sending money, ...
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China seeks shared development pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN FM
China strives for shared development and pragmatic cooperation with ASEAN countries to promote peace, stability and prosperity in East Asia, said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi at the ASEAN Plus China Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Bali, Indonesia Thursday.Yang said this year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-ASEAN dialogue relationship and in the past ...
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Macau lawyer says assault was intimidation attempt
Macau was rocked by gangland killings in the run-up to its handover to China in 1999 but violence abated as its gambling industry boomed and foreigners opened ...
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Suicide bomber kills 8 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan -; Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside a provincial council building in the country's north. A lawmaker says the council chief and at least seven others were ...
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Business Briefs May 20
* May 30 is announced as the ex-dividend date of Pharmedic Pharmaceutical Medicinal JSC (PMC) to receive dividend of the first round 2013 in cash at a rate of 10 percent. The final registration date is June 3. The payment date is June 20. * HCM Stock Exchange has decided to delist share of Ben Tre Forestry and Aquaproduct Import Export (FBT) because as of December 31 2012, its cumulative loss ...
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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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