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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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Hosts target Asias last eight
FC Seoul and last year's runners-up Al Ahli, meanwhile, enter their home games hoping to build on draws at El Jaish and Beijing Guoan respectively. Despite being stunned 2-1 ...
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Asia Naphtha-Malaysias Titan seeks up to 130000 T
SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Malaysia-based Lotte Chemical Titan, a unit of South Korea's top ethylene maker Lotte Chemical, is seeking up to 130,000 tonnes of naphtha for July 2013 to June 2014 delivery, traders said on Monday. The volumes are lower than the 200,000 tonnes of full-range naphtha it bought last year for October 2012 to September 2013 delivery at about $2 a tonne ...
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Europe stocks extend rally track U.S. Asia gains
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets on Monday tracked another record close for U.S. stocks last week and an overnight rally in Asia, with banks leading most indexes higher. The Stoxx Europe 600 ...
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Malaysia hydropower meeting to open amid controversy
KUCHING, Malaysia (AFP) - The world hydroelectric industry's decision to meet in a Malaysian state where dams have uprooted rainforests and native peoples is drawing bitter fire from environmental and tribal groups. The International Hydropower Association's (IHA) four-day biennial meeting to push "sustainable hydropower" opens on Tuesday in Kuching, the languid capital of ...
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Pakistan Gunmen attack polio team kill policeman
Local government administrator Faramosh Khan says the gunmen attacked the team on Monday in the town of Mamound in the Bajur tribal area, just as it had started a vaccination ...
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Chinese premier Peace requires India-China trust
Chinese Premiere Li Keqiang, right, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wave during Li's ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old ...
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Natural Organic Products Asia Trade Show to Launch in Hong Kong in 2014
Diversified Events Hong Kong LLC , organisers of the highly successful, Restaurant & Bar exhibition, has today announced the launch of a major new trade show, Natural & Organic Products Asia, to take place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on the 27-29 August ...
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Dollar eases in Asian trade
Hong Kong - The dollar eased in Asia on Monday after a Japanese minister said the recent correction against the yen was nearly over, but analysts said the greenback would soon resume its ...
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Chinese premier pledges mutual trust during India trip
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged Monday to build trust with India and declared that ties between the Asian giants were key to world peace as he visited New Delhi only weeks after a border ...
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Britains Cameron faces party rebellion over gay marriage
Labour Party joins forces with Tory rebels in a vote on his bill. While Cameron, several senior party colleagues and his Liberal-Democrat coalition partners ...
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Market Buzz American consumerism drives Euro and Asian floors
Oil Positive US consumer data drove up European stocks, while Asian shares almost reached a five-year high and the yen made a marked comeback. Russian markets slightly eased Friday, after low crude prices took their toll on last week's equities. After dropping nearly 4 percent over the past week, the MICEX slightly recovered and gained 0.16 percent to 1404.04, a four-day high. The RTS ...
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Gupta wedding SA officials used presidents nameOfficials used President Jacob Zumas name to secure landing rights at a military air base to fly in guests for the lavish wedding hosted by well-connected Gupta family.
This picture courtesy of the Gupta family shows Vela Gupta and her husband Indian-born Aaskash Jahajgarhia posing with relatives and guests during ceremonies for their wedding in Sun City, South Africa, on May 1, 2013. (AFP ...
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I should have quit presidency to lead PPP in polls Zardari
Asif Zardari has said that he should have quit his position and led the Pakistan People's Party's campaign in order to ensure a better performance in the just concluded general election. Zardari made the remarks while interacting with a delegation of ...
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China seeks win-win development with Asia
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Residents in Hekou in southwest China can still recall its former days as a quiet, anonymous town that attracted few visitors from neighboring Vietnam for business or sightseeing.But major changes have hit the town in Yunnan province. With two roads and one rail line linking it with Vietnam, Hekou has become a bustling hub for Vietnamese visitors buying bargain ...
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Second Taiwanese fighter crash within a week
TAIPEI (AFP) - A Taiwanese fighter jet ploughed into the sea off the island's north coast on Monday, the air force's second crash in less than a week, military officials said.The crash happened when the French-made Mirage 2000-5 fighter was conducting a regular training mission, the air force said, adding that both crew managed to parachute to safety.The cause of the incident was under ...
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Tensions raised over translocation plans for Asiatic lions
In the tranquil wilderness of the Gir forest sanctuary one would never think a political storm was raging over a proposal to move some of the endangered lions that inhabit the reserve.
As the sun sets over the lush, sprawling forest in Gujarat where India’s only Asiatic lions live, they wander majestically through the wild, unaware of the conflict they are creating between Gujarat, the central government and other states that want to share in some of their success. Read more
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