Saturday 4th September, 2010
Won Paces Asian Currency Gains This Week as Data Beat Forecasts
Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea’s won paced a rally in Asian currencies this week after economic data in Asia beat analysts’ estimates, boosting optimism global funds will increase hold...
Tajikistan suicide bomb wounds 25
A suicide bomber has driven a car packed with explosives into a police office in Khujand, northern Tajikistan. Twenty-five people, most of them police officers, were injured when the vehicle exploded...
Migrant massacre shakes Central America
Mexico , a route traveled by thousands of Salvadorans before her. Two weeks later she was dead. Yedmi was among the 72 Central and South American migrants found slain in northern Mexico's Tamaul...
U.S. talks polarising West Asia
The HinduDUBAI: Direct talks in Washington between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are beginning to polarise West Asia, with Egypt on Friday declaring that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who...
US-ASEAN summit to be held in New York, not Washington, D.C.
The China PostThe Obama administration has proposed holding the next U.S.-ASEAN Summit in New York later this month, dashing hopes for a more symbolic meeting in the American capital.
Asian stocks mostly higher ahead of US jobs data
The China PostTokyo closed up 0.57 percent, adding 51.29 points to 9,114.13 while Sydney gained 0.19 percent, or 8.5 points, to end at 4,541.2. Hong Kong rose 0.49 percent, or 102.58 points, to 20,971.50 and Shangh...
State’s Blake on Central Asia Consultations
America.org[U.S. Department of State] Robert O. Blake, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Press Conference: Review of Annual Bilateral Consultations Dushanbe, Tajikistan Septembe...
Powerful 7.4 quake rocks New Zealand's South Island; 2 seriously injured; looters hit streets
Los Angeles TimesNew Zealand (AP) — A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries....
Kitajima leads Japan contingent for Asian Games
Japan TimesThe Japan Swimming Federation said on Friday that Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima is among a handful of top athletes chosen to take part in the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, this Nove...
NY's Lake George Invaded by Asian Clams
CBS NewsDan Marelli, of Tallahassee, Fla., a biologist and scuba diver specializing in mollusks, holds Asian clams found in Lake George, in Bolton Landing, N.Y. Aug. 30 (AP Photo/Mary Esch)
Mideast talks decide on bimonthly stock-taking
Times of IndiaWASHINGTON: Israeli and Palestinian leaders have cleared the first hurdle in what promises to be difficult negotiations, vowing to try to settle core differences within a year and meet every two weeks...
Fourth suspect in Canadian terror plot free on bail
Times of IndiaOTTAWA: An Ottawa man detained on assault charges while under surveillance by federal police probing an alleged terror plot was released on bail today. Aswo Peshdary, 20, was arrested by the
US-ASEAN summit scheduled in New York on Sep 24
Channel News AsiaWASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama's summit with Southeast Asian leaders has been scheduled for September 24 in New York, a senior US official told AFP on Friday. The summit, which had been pr...
Shipping companies eye fabled Asia route as ice melts
BreitbartShipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes. On Saturday the first non-Russian vessel to make a...
Cargo plane crashes in Dubai, 2 crew members killed
Times of IndiaUnited Arab Emirates WAM news agency said it was not known whether there were any casualties, but the satellite television channels Al-Arabiya and Al-Jazeera reported that members of the crew were kil...
Asia leads world tourism recovery in 2010: UN
Yahoo! NewsMADRID (AFP) – World tourism rebounded strongly this year from the global financial crisis, led by Asia and the Middle East, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said Friday. ...
Gates rallies troops in Kandahar
Financial TimesWith a clatter of helicopter blades and a cloud of dust, the man overseeing the US war in Afghanistan came to the new front line on Friday.Robert Gates, US defence secretary, travelled to Kandahar Cit...
Crude prices below US$75 in Asian trade
eTaiwan NewsOil prices fell below US$75 in Asian trade as investors took profit from gains made the previous day and braced for an expected weak set U.S. employment numbers, analysts said.New York's main contract...
Strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits New Zealand
Channel News AsiaWELLINGTON: A strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand's second largest city on Saturday morning, causing a series of aftershocks and power outages in the city. The quake struck at a de...
Philippine police admit missing chances to shoot hijacker
Channel News AsiaMANILA: The Philippine authorities on Friday admitted missing numerous chances to shoot a sacked policeman who hijacked a busload of Hong Kong tourists in a standoff that ended with eight hostages bei...
Hungry Ghost festivities give way to redevelopment project in HK
Channel News AsiaHungry Ghost festivities give way to redevelopment project in HK By Channel NewsAsia's Hong Kong Correspondent Leslie Tang | Posted: 04 September 2010 0002 hrs
DNR has Asian Carp in its sights
WISH TV8INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - The State Department of Natural Resources is taking some new steps to keep the "flying fish" known as Asian Carp out of Indiana rivers, lakes, and streams. Expect to see signs en...
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