Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page India's News.net http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/cat/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 03:12:14 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:12:14 -0400 30 NEW DELHI Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606430/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:18 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606430/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A top Pakistani politician has been shot and killed in Karachi. Police say Zahra Shahid Hussain was shot twice in the head Saturday during an attempted street robbery outside her home. She died on the way to the hospital. A spokesman for Hussain's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI, calls her killing an act of terrorism. Hussain was a senior vice president of PTI, which ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606425/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's maiden visit to India symbolises the rising significance of New Delhi as the two Asian giants seek to overcome a chequered past and border tensions to broaden strategic ties and boost bilateral trade. Premier Li arrives in India on Sunday on his first foreign trip since assuming office. He would also visit Pakistan, Germany and Switzerland during the week-long ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598973/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:01 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598973/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The UAE's Gareth Armstrong tries to advance the ball against the Philippines Volcanoes in their Asian Five Nations closer at Manila on Saturday ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610775/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:38:50 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610775/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Mannequins in riot gear, armoured cars anddrones line a police equipment and "anti-terrorism technology" trade fair in Beijing as vendors seek to profit from China's huge internal security ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610762/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 01:28:27 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610762/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Art lovers, collectors and gallerists will gather on Thursday for Hong Kong's inaugural edition of Art Basel, sealing the city's status as an international art hub and Asia's leading art destination. The four-day annual show is the world's premier art fair and has until now only been held in Switzerland and the United States each year. More than 2,000 international artists ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610309/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:31:02 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610309/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In China, the police often act as if by engaging in sex work, women had forfeited their rights. The government must abandon its repressive laws against sex workers, discipline abusive police, and end the suppression of sex workers rights ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610640/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:16:48 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610640/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier is heading to India on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to expedite efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610250/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 19 May 2013 00:12:04 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214610250/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In mid-April, the Chinese government said the increased U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific region causes a lot of tension, and they plan to send more military forces and strengthen their partnerships with neighboring countries. A recent study found that China increasingly threatens to end the military supremacy of the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214609317/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:27:44 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214609317/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit scheduled for May 19 to 20 in Thailand, semi-official Fars news agency reported Saturday.Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi and Vice President Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh will accompany Ahmadinejad during his visit to Thailand, according to the report.The primary themes of the water summit, to be held in ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214608758/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:30 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214608758/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Maulana Wali Rahmani, a senior Muslim cleric and secretary at AIMPLB, said: "This court will function to settle mainly family disputes among Muslim families pertaining to marriage, divorce and inheritance on the basis of Shariah ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214608662/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:07:11 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214608662/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607765/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:48:03 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607765/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Emmelie de Forest of Denmark performs her song "Only Teardrops" during a rehearsal for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmo Arena in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 17, 2013. The contest is run by European television broadcasters with the event being held in Sweden as they won the competition in 2012, the final will be held in Malmo on May 18. (AP Photo/Alastair ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607020/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:25:46 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607020/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bandar Seri Begawan - The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) will hold the Asean Youth Entreprenuers Exhibition' on May 20 to 22, 9am to 5pm at the 4th floor of the Rizqun International Hotel in ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:17:07 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607159/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 curfew on Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremist network as soldiers continued the government's emergency campaign in the region, with authorities saying they killed 10 suspected insurgents. A statement Saturday on behalf of Lt. Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:49 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607071/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bashar al-Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus on Saturday killing at least three people. "To resign would be to flee," Assad said in an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarin when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry. "I don't know if ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607093/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:48 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607093/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Nawaz Sharif and briefed him on the security situation of the country. Kayani, who sought the meeting, called on Sharif at his brother Shahbaz Sharif's residence in Lahore on Saturday. This was the first meeting between Kayani and Sharif since the PML-N emerged victorious in the elections. The meeting lasted over three hours and the leaders had lunch together. The army chief briefed the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:46 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607017/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: China is developing robots with a lot more capabilities for battle, "information acquisition, command and control, and collaborative support," official sources said. But the official Chinese media is saying its effort is different from the manner in which military robots have been developed in the US. "The Chinese military has its own orientation and direction, and is very ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607075/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:14:42 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607075/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 New York City Friday injured 60 passengers, five of them seriously. A spokesman for the Metro North commuter train line said the incident involved a train headed into the city and one traveling in the opposite direction toward New Haven, Connecticut. "Sixty people have been taken to the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607078/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:47 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607078/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Tamil diaspora for the lack of support in his reconciliation and rebuilding efforts in the former conflict zones. "Diaspora and the Tamil parties who foster separation still try to take the Tamil society towards destruction", he said while speaking at the Victory Day celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the military victory over ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607079/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:46 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607079/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Imran Khan has held the chief of Mutthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) directly responsible for the killing of a senior leader of his party in the city. "I ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607081/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:44 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607081/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Afghanistan blocked a law on Saturday that aims to protect women's freedoms, with some arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles or encourage women to have sex outside of marriage. The failure highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line Taliban regime, whose strict interpretation of Islam kept Afghan women virtual prisoners in ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607082/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:42 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607082/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pandit Ravi Shankar . Curators in the UK sifting through thousands of objects belonging Britten and Pears have stumbled upon an ink written page in their private diaries which recalled their experience of having heard Shankar perform live. Britten and Pears had visited India in the early 1950s. Their diary called Shankar "the real thing". The letter will be part of a museum in the Red ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:41 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: A Chinese man kidnapped 23 years ago at the age of five and sold to a family 1,500km from his home, has been reunited with his family again, ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:39 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday. Speaking in Syria with the newspaper Clarin, Assad said he was doubtful that mediation the United States and Russia have proposed could settle a deadly conflict that has convulsed the country for two years. "There is confusion in the world between a political solution and terrorism. They think a political ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607085/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:53:37 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214607085/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Myanmar's President Thein Sein on Saturday began the first visit to Washington by a leader of his country in nearly 50 years as the United States throws its support behind his ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606899/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:23:29 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606899/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news. Francis, who has made straight talk and simplicity a hallmark of his papacy, made his unscripted comments in answers to questions by four people at a huge ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606543/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:20:45 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606543/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 An invasive insect from Asia first spotted in Michigan two years ago could pose a major threat this year to fruit growers, officials say. The brown marmorated stink bug was reported in 12 counties last year, The Detroit News reported Saturday. While it has not yet been seen in Macomb County, just north of Detroit, growers there are apprehensive. Paul Blake grows strawberries, peaches, cherries ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606465/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:43 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606465/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SPOKANE, WASHINGTON: Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment on Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606539/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:59:51 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606539/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Al Ahli's Abdulaziz Sanqour, right, tackles Founeke Sy of Ajman in Dubai on Saturday night. Al Ahli's 3-0 win sealed second place in the league table. Al ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606035/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:38:56 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214606035/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Police officer Sarfaraz Nawaz says Zohra Shahid was gunned down outside her home in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. Shahid was the vice president of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605984/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:36:57 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605984/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Zahra Shahid Hussain , the vice-president of the party's chapter in Sindh, was shot by two unidentified men outside her home in Defence Phase IV on Saturday. She died while being taken to a nearby hospital. Hussain was a member of the party's central executive committee. The motive for the murder could not immediately be ascertained. The killers escaped on a motorcycle. The shooting ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605551/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:29:52 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605551/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 march in Rome on Saturday, protesting against the new coalition government's austerity measures. The metal workers union FIOM said the rally was to demand "the right to jobs, training and health care". "We cannot wait any longer," said FIOM ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605426/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:55 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605426/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 al-Qaida militants in the country's south. The officials say the attack took place around dawn on Saturday in an area called Deyfa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media. Yemeni forces battled al-Qaida in Abyan province last year, routing out militants from major cities that al-Qaida had overrun during the country's 2011 ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605427/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:52 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605427/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 JAKARTA: A British backpacker has died while trekking through the Indonesian jungle after she drank suspected tainted alcohol, police said on Saturday.Cheznye Emmons, 23, was travelling with fellowBritonJoseph Cook, 21, through lush rainforest on Sumatra island, where many tourists go to see endangered orangutans, according to a police report into the incident.The pair, accompanied by a third ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605276/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:34:53 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605276/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605275/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:27:44 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214605275/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 (Fotolia) NEWARK, N.J. - A US Airways flight made an emergency landing on its belly at Newark Liberty International Airport early on Saturday after the plane’s landing gear failed to deploy, but no one was injured, airline and government officials said. Piedmont Airlines flight 4560, operating for US Airways from Philadelphia with 34 passengers and three crew members, landed safely at 1 ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214604207/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 14:31:21 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214604207/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Brazilian army soldiers take part in a military exercise in preparation for the upcoming FIFA Confederations Cup, in a field near the National Stadium in Brasilia. (AP ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214603721/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:11:57 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214603721/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan in front of his house. Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car when the two raced up and opened fire in Farah province. Provincial ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214603056/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:39 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214603056/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The Supreme Court of Canada today upheld the acquittal of a Saskatchewan woman who was charged with abandoning a child after giving birth in a Wal-Mart ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214602586/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:39 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214602586/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SINGAPORE ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214602848/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:09:12 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214602848/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In this photo taken and released by PT Freeport Indonesia Friday, May 17, 2013, the Indonesian unit of Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, rescuers gather inside a tunnel that collapsed on Tuesday morning as they continue their attempt to rescue trapped workers at Big Gossan mining area in Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia. Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601970/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:44:50 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601970/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 India says all issues will be "on the table", including a recent border spat and a festering trade imbalance, during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian giant which starts on ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601891/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:35:48 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601891/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07:58 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601865/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 YANGON, Myanmar -- If you're American and want to do business in Myanmar, there's a list of people and companies you have to steer clear of by law. But it leaves off a former minister's son U.S. officials suspected of brokering arms deals with North Korea, and high-rolling relatives of the man who led the repressive military government for 19 years.The Obama administration ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601417/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:38:51 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601417/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while the rebels are predominantly Sunni Muslims. "Late on Friday night, the rebels took complete control of Tlaissiyeh, Zoghbe, Shaata and Balil, after the withdrawal of the army following several weeks of fighting," the Observatory said. "The residents abandoned the villages at the beginning ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601375/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:58 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601375/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus stops and outdoor markets, with a total of 130 people killed since Wednesday. Scenes of bodies sprawled across a street outside a mosque and mourners killed during a funeral ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601387/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:06:41 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601387/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: China said it will not accept any "unilateral and compulsory market measures" announced by the European Union threatening Chinese carriers with fines for non-compliance with its Emissions Trading System (ETS). Speaking at the 2013 China Civil Aviation Development Forum in Beijing, Yan Mingchi, deputy director-general of the policy, law and regulation department under the CAAC , ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601388/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 09:06:36 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601388/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred.Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict between mostly Sunni rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600874/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:42:32 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600874/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt, who is in jail for arms possession, is being held in a cell built for militants where he cannot see daylight and wants to be transferred, a report said ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601207/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:31:14 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214601207/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sharif, set to become Pakistan's next Prime Minister, has convened a meeting of parliamentarians and legislators of his party here on May 20 to brainstorm a plan of action to deal with Pakistan's pressing problems including terrorism. Besides at the centre, ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600978/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:27:59 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600978/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Tamil party on Saturday defied a military ban and staged a commemoration of their war dead as the government celebrated the fourth anniversary of defeating Tamil Tiger rebels. ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600934/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:27:59 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600934/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Karima el-Mahroug's is escorted outside the Milan's Law court by a Carabinieri police officer after giving her testimony at the trial of three former Berlusconi aides accused with procuring her and other woman for prostitution, in Milan, ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600909/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 08:04:36 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600909/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said Saturday.Eleven flights were affected in total, though the suspect is not alleged to be behind all the threats. The planes were travelling from Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, the Beijing News reported.One flight from Guangzhou on Friday ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600349/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:40:41 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600349/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In this photo taken and released by PT Freeport Indonesia Friday, May 17, 2013, the Indonesian unit of Arizona-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, rescuers gather inside a tunnel that collapsed on Tuesday morning as they continue their attempt to rescue trapped workers at Big Gossan mining area in Mimika, Papua province, Indonesia. Mining activities at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600399/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:38:27 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600399/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 KABUL, Afghanistan -; An Afghan legislator says conservative lawmakers have blocked a law that aims to protect women's freedoms, saying parts of it violate Islamic ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599904/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:36:00 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599904/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Palestinian travellers , witnesses said. The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the abductions. Gunmen demanding the release of jailed Islamist militants had seized seven policemen and soldiers on a road between the Sinai towns of el-Arish and Rafah. Three of those abducted had worked at ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599865/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:54 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599865/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday extended by 14 days former President Pervez Musharraf's judicial remand over the detention of judges during the 2007 emergency. ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599972/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:22:53 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599972/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600007/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:17:09 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214600007/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, UN experts say in a new ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599764/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:27:10 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599764/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599765/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 05:23:36 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599765/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan: A Chinese man working on an energy project in PoK was held on Saturday after hundreds of protesters attacked his company offices over the alleged desecration of a Quran, officials said. Lee Ping, administration manager of a Chinese consortium building the Neelum Jhelum Hydropower project, was accused by co-Pakistani workers of throwing ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599495/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:57:11 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599495/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599150/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:26:19 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599150/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island on Saturday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598995/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:20:58 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598995/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea says North Korea has fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. Pyongyang routinely test-launches such ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598970/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:10:56 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598970/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Burma ’s president to ask tough questions about the slowing pace of human rights reforms and insist on implementation of past commitments, Human Rights Watch said today. President Barack Obama is hosting a visit to Washington, DC, by Burma’s president Thein Sein on May 20-21, 2013. Six months after Obama’s visit to Burma, key pledges by the Burmese government remain ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599333/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:56:59 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214599333/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO (AFP) - An aide to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned home from a trip to North Korea on Saturday but declined to shed any light on the reason for his mysterious visit.Isao Iijima, a senior adviser to Abe, was tightlipped when confronted by reporters in Beijing on his way home. "I won't accept any interview on this issue," he told reporters, according to Japan's ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598364/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:49 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598364/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Tokyo Electric Power Co's two nuclear plants in Fukushima reported no new irregularities after the quake, Kyodo news agency said. Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi prefecture further north also detected no irregularities, ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598371/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 03:13:09 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598371/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 WASHINGTON - The ousted head of the U.S. tax agency apologized to Congress for his agency's tougher treatment of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, including during last year's presidential election, saying it resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias. Lawmakers from both parties harshly criticized the Internal Revenue Service at ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598278/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:59:52 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598278/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 View Photo This file photo shows a Foxconn recruitment point in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province, pictured on February 22, 2013. Three Foxconn workers have committed suicide at a factory in Zhengzhou in the past three weeks, according to state media and a labour rights ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598376/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:56:04 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598376/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 JuD spokesman Yahya Mujahid claimed unidentified men kidnapped Bashir while he was on his way to the group's office at Chauburji. He said the kidnappers had not demanded any ransom. "On Friday, Bashir's body was found in a canal in Sheikhupura with multiple wounds, including gunshot wounds," Mujahid said. JuD chief Hafiz Saeed demanded the arrest of the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598377/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:49:26 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214598377/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 JAKARTA (AFP) - A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said on Saturday.The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms (three pounds, four ounces) of the drug, the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597677/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:24:12 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597677/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The Philippines Saturday rejected Taiwan's allegations that its coastguards had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597655/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 02:11:17 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597655/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Indigo airlines' Rs 100 extra charge for middle seat irks flyers IndiGo is perhaps the only airline in the world that charges a fee for that uncomfortable seat sandwiched between the window and aisle ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597659/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:44:37 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597659/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Canada's Official Opposition, the trade union-backed New Democratic Party (NDP), brought forward a motion last month to scuttle the recently negotiated Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA).Though their motion was doomed to be overwhelmingly defeated and quickly forgotten, the social democrats used the occasion to repeatedly denounce the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597006/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:39 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597006/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Jasper Auto Services workers in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh demonstrated outside the company's premises on May 14 to oppose the sacking of 50 employees and the transfer of four others. Almost all workers had been at the car sales outlet for 25 years. They claimed to have been victimised for demanding a wage rise. The protest was organised by the Stalinist CPI-affiliated All India Trade ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597008/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 01:20:37 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597008/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Myanmar government to continue with its reforms, US has proposed USD 75.4 million for fiscal 2014 in aid to the South East Asian country, a substantial increase of USD 28.8 million from 2012. However, some US lawmakers have expressed concerns over such a decision by the Obama administration arguing that this increase in US aid to Myanmar is premature given the plight of the Rohingya Muslims in ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597012/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 18 May 2013 00:40:22 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214597012/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs website says at least nine provinces have had storms and some flooding and landslides since Tuesday. It says Guangdong province has been hit the hardest, with 36 deaths and 10 missing people, followed by Jiangxi province, where six people are reported dead and four more ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214596256/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 23:32:06 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214596256/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Sperm donation is starting to gain greater acceptance in India, as some young men in India have found that it is a way to earn some easy pocket ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214596056/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:54:22 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214596056/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Resona Holdings Inc., the nation’s fifth-largest bank by market value, is poised to tie up with Malaysia’s Public Bank Bhd. as part of its efforts to expand in Asia. Resona will sign an agreement with Malaysia’s third-biggest lender on Monday to serve Japanese companies looking to enter the country and borrow in the local currency, President Kazuhiro Higashi said in an ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214595607/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:24 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214595607/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594906/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:20 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594906/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The significance of China-India relations is strategic and its impact global because both are large developing countries and emerging markets, Premier Li Keqiang told visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Beijing on May 10. On his return to New Delhi, Khurshid said: "India and China have to collaborate for the Asian century." Giving shape to this vision should be ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214595391/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45:20 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214595391/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Titan arum , the plant that grows at a rate of around 10cm a day during its flowering phase, reached a height of 187cm when it bloomed. It produces a variety of obnoxious odours ranging from rotting meat, dung and rancid cheese to a nauseating gaseous stench. The flower typically grows once every seven and 10 years after which it is in full splendor for only 48 hours before starting to die. Its ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594810/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:42:05 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594810/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 ALEXANDRIA (Reuters) - One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, state newspaper al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the Muslim-majority ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594881/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:30:30 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594881/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Between 2003 and 2012, the total number of women worldwide wanting to avoid pregnancy and in need of contraception increased from 716 million to 867 million, with growth concentrated among women in the 69 poorest countries where modern method use was already very low. A young Chinese boy walks past a neighborhood 'sex shop', full of contraceptive suggestions, in central Beijing. (UPI ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:22:11 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594895/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in the first study of the world's most unique, threatened mammals and amphibians released on Friday said the civet's population status was presently unknown. The species was thought to be nearly extinct by the late 1960s and declared possibly extinct a decade later. But it was rediscovered in 1987. "There were further reports of the species in the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594902/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 21:18:03 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594902/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Srikanth Srinivasan inched closer to scripting history as the first South Asian judge after a key senate committee confirmed his nomination to the DC circuit court, America's second highest. Described as "trailblazer" by US ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594088/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:33:46 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594088/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Li Keqiang will raise the issue of the Dalai Lama's "anti-China activities" during his tour of India from May 19. Beijing had earlier sought assurances from New Delhi that it would check such activities on Indian soil, and India has blocked anti-China demonstrations. A Chinese scholar confirmed to TOI on condition of anonymity that Li will raise the Dalai Lama issue. ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594064/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:33:35 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594064/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Three years ago, the world saw soldiers shooting protesters and parts of Bangkok going up in flames. But instead of investigating and prosecuting those responsible, successive Thai governments and the army have politicized efforts for justice and are now backing an amnesty bill that would let everyone off the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594735/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:13:06 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594735/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Northern Provincial Council elections in neighbouring Sri Lanka, India has explicitly warned the government there not to take any step which undermines its own commitment to the 13th Amendment and the island nation's "expressed intention to build upon it". Alarmed by reports that a key ally of ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594065/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:06 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214594065/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 President Thein Sein pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of a state visit to the United States. A member of the ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593914/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:05:06 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593914/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The panel analyzing capital investment in U.S. real estate, from left, were: John R. Miller, Charles H. Fedalen Jr., Christopher R. Ludeman, J. Michael Stedman and Jon H. ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214592797/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:38:53 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214592797/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Asia’s benchmark stock index is poised for a second weekly advance after Japan’s Topix Index rebounded near a 2008 high as leasing companies rallied on a report prime minister Shinzo Abe will encourage the practice to to revive capital spending. Orix Corp., which provides leasing and loans, jumped 9.5 percent in Tokyo. Mizuno Corp. (8022) surged 19 percent after the Japanese ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593078/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:26 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593078/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council responsible for relations with China Thursday urged Beijing to stay out of the row the island has with the Philippines over the shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in the South China Sea. The council thanked Beijing for condemning Manila’s behavior, which the council described as ';belligerent, irrational and ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593079/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:20 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593079/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Western politicians like to grandstand about North Korea, calling its leaders ';mad';, ';rogue'; or ';tinpot'; (The Economist has been known to do this too.) In fact, North Korea is the world’s most rational despotic regime: a highly successful Communist absolute monarchy. Kim Jong Il, son of the country’s Stalinist founder, Kim Il Sung, failed as a ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593080/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:19 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593080/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 China has signed a $6 billion mining and construction deal with Sierra Leone, which the west African nation said Thursday would boost an economy still recovering from an 11-year civil war. The private China Kingho Group will build a $1.7 billion north-south railway stretching 250 kilometres (155 miles), an industrial park, a deep water port for the transportation of ore to China, and a ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593081/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:15 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593081/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Prime minister Antonis Samaras of economically troubled Greece met Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday, hailing the contributions to global civilisation of their respective cultures. Samaras was greeted at the Great Hall of the People with military honours that included armed guards, a marching band and a 19-gun salute. Inside the hall, he told Li the two countries share ';common ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593082/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:13 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593082/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In mid-April, a platoon of Chinese soldiers trooped some 20 km into territory considered India’s and pitched tents and unfurled banners. When detected by Indian forces, the Chinese refused to leave, triggering a tense three-week standoff between the two Asian giants that ended only after both sides backed down from their wind-swept Himalayan posts and returned to the pre-existing status ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:10 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593084/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Across Asia, young and well educated people entering an increasingly competitive job market. In China alone, the number of college graduates will reach an estimated 6.9 million this year. Youth unemployment in Asia is among the lowest in the world, but according to the International Labour Organisation it is getting tougher for young people to find jobs. In China, there are so many new ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:10 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593083/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Chinese banks bought more foreign currency than they sold for clients in April, with net purchases of $34.3 billion in over-the-counter transactions, figures from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange(SAFE) showed on Friday. The figure marked the eighth straight month of net purchases, reinforcing signs of capital inflows, though they eased from March’s net purchase of $44.6 ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593828/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:09 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593828/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 China’s new leadership seems to have a new slogan – ';control coal'; – and Australia’s coal exporters underestimate their resolve to cap consumption of the fossil fuel at their peril, a Chinese researcher says. China’s leaders under President Xi Jinping say they plan to enforce a target of limiting annual coal use to 4 billion tonnes – about half ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593085/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:08 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593085/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Last week, Yum! Brands (YUM), which owns KFC, reported that sales at stores in China open for at least a year fell 29 percent in April as concerns about the safety of its chicken and the spread of avian flu had customers steering clear of KFC restaurants. The company predicted the publicity fuelling the revenue collapse would be ';relatively short-lived,'; but bird flu fears ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593086/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:05 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593086/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Singapore Power International (SPI) has agreed to sell a 19.9 percent stake in Australia’s SP AusNet to China’s State Grid International Development Ltd for A$824 million ($812 million), SP Ausnet said in a stock market filing on Friday. SP AusNet, listed in Australia and Singapore, owns and operates electricity and gas distribution assets in Victoria state, including the state-wide ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593087/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:04 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593087/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 The United States condemned as ';outrageous and offensive'; comments by the mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka who said this week that Japan’s military brothels during World War Two were ';necessary'; to provide respite for soldiers. The remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto drew strong criticism from China and South Korea, two nations sensitive to what they see as ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593088/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:58 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593088/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 In the first sign that the bold policies of prime minister Shinzo Abe are gaining traction in the real economy, Japan’s gross domestic product grew at a robust annualised pace of 3.5 percent in the first quarter, kindling hopes that recovery would finally take hold for the long-suffering economic power. Japanese growth came to 0.9 percent for the January-to-March period compared with a ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593089/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:58 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593089/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 A US envoy for North Korea sidestepped questions on Thursday on the nature of a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan’s prime minister, but said all sides tackling North Korea’s nuclear ambitions should coordinate closely. Isao Iijima’s trip to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, and his talks with senior officials there have irritated South Korea and analysts said ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593090/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:57 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593090/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Investors are more confident in a Japanese leader than any time since at least September 2010, with optimism about prime minister Shinzo Abe’s policies exceeding that for counterparts in the US, Europe and China. The number of respondents who are more optimistic than pessimistic on the impact of Abe’s plans on Japan’s investment climate rose to 66 percent this month from 54 ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593091/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:57 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593091/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Investment banks are among the first and biggest beneficiaries of Japan’s new economic stimulus policies, known as Abenomics. Since prime minister Shinzo Abe came into office in December with a plan to end more than a decade of deflation, demand for banks that help companies sell equity and debt is white-hot. Companies have more than tripled sales of stock to 1.7 trillion yen ($17 billion) ... http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593092/scat/bf053b50c46383e0 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:32:55 -0400 http://www.indiasnews.net/index.php/sid/214593092/scat/bf053b50c46383e0