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Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China   Climate Change   India   Photos   UN  
 The New York Times 
China and India Join Climate Accord
| WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countrie... (photo: AP / Heribert Proepper)
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
Economy   Investment   Market   Photos   US  
 The New York Times 
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are ta... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
An evacuated Parliament House complex is seen in New Delhi, India, Thursday Dec. 13, 2001. Gunfire and explosions erupted at Indias Parliament House as half a dozen armed men stormed the complex  The New York Times 
Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
| NEW DELHI — The upper house of India’s Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of the seats in India’s national and state legislatur... (photo: AP / Ajit Kumar)
India   Law   Photos   Politics   Woman  
Kangaroo in Motion taken in South West Rocks in Australia in February 2007, Nina May  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Mystery kangaroo in Japanese mountains
| PEOPLE in a Japanese mountain region reported a number of kangaroo sightings, leading journalists to attempt to stalk the marsupials, AFP reports. | The descriptions given by the apparent eyewitness... (photo: Creative Commons / Nina98097024)
Animal   Environment   Japan   Photos   Wildlife  
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Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009. Asia Times
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
| By Stanley A Weiss | MANDALAY - In September 1952, Russian dictator Joseph Stalin and Chinese foreign minister Chou Enlai convened an extraordinary meeting to discuss t... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
China   Foreign Policy   Myanmar   Photos   US  
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s. Asia Times
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
| By Peter J Brown | The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) last month held a lengthy hearing on China's activities in Southeast Asia and ... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
Asian   China   Economy   Photos   US  
A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Asia Times
South Korea back on track
| By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery p... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Business   Economy   Exports   Photos   S Korea  
An Afghan boy looks back as U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment patrol in Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Thursday Feb. 25, 2010. Asia Times
Marjah, the city that never was
| By Gareth Porter | WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
Afghanistan   Defence   NATO   Photos   US  
Indonesian police officers check a car during a search for militants in Pidie, Aceh province, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The New York Times
Indonesian Forces Kill 3 Terror Suspects
| JAKARTA — Indonesian counterterrorism forces stormed an Internet cafe and a nearby house on the outskirts of Jakarta on Tuesday, killing three suspected terrorist... (photo: AP / Heri Juanda)
Indonesia   Jakarta   Photos   Security   Terrorism  
Sukinda Valley, estimated to contain 97% of India's chromite ore deposits and one of the worlds largest open cast chromite ore mines is seen in the Jajpur district in Orissa, India Zeenews
Indian Railway part of mining scam in Orissa: Opposition
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Railway was on Tuesday dragged into the controversy relating to the multi-crore mining scam in Orissa with opposition Congress and BJP demanding a... (photo: AP / Biswaranjan Rout)
India   Mining   Orissa   Photos   Railway  
Union Renewable and energy Minister Dr, Farooq Abdullah inaugurates the Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute at Pampore in Srinagar on 14, October 2009. DNA India
Farooq Abdullah welcomes passing of women's bill in Rajya Sabha
| New Delhi: Union minister and UPA ally National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today welcomed passing of Women's Reservation Bill in Rajya Sabha, calling it a... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Delhi   India   Photos   Politics   Women  
England's Kevin Pietersen bats in the nets during a training session in St. John's, Antigua, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. The third cricket test between the West Indies and England will start on Sunday at the Recreation Ground after being moved from the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium where play was abandoned after 10 deliveries because of a dangerous outfield. Independent online
 Pietersen flops again in Bangladesh
| Chittagong, Bangladesh - England batsman Kevin Pietersen failed to find form ahead of a two-Test series against Bangladesh, scoring only 20 in a drawn warm-up match on ... (photo: AP / Andres Leighton)
Bangladesh   Cricket   England   Photos   Sport  
Kashmiri women cry during the funeral of Shabir Ahmad Mir, one of the four militants killed in a gun battle with Indian security forces, in a village in Pastuna, 50 km (32 miles) south of Srinagar March 5, 2010. Thousands participated in the funeral processions of four militants belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Kashmir's frontline militant group after they were killed on Thursday by Indian security forces during a two-day-long gun battle in the village of Dadsar in south Kashmir. One Indian army officer was also killed in the gun battle and four residential houses were completely destroyed in the process, police said. Kashmir Observer
At Least 15,000 Conflict Widows In Kashmir: MKM
| Srinagar, Mar 08: (KONS) The International Women's Day brought forth a horrific picture of the fair gender in Kashmir where at least 15,000 women were said to have been... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Gender   India   Kashmir   Photos   Women  
Old age woman-India Kalinga Times
Women’s Reservation Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
| KalingaTimes Correspondent | New Delhi, March 9: The women’s reservation Bill was finally passed in the Rajya Sabha today with 186 members voting for it and only ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Delhi   India   Photos   Politics   Women  
Sony Bravia Televisions - LCD TVs Wall Street Journal
Sony Plans TV, 3-D Push
By DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI | TOKYO—Sony Corp. said on Tuesday that its television business will shift to "attack" mode in the coming fiscal year by ramping up TV shipme... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Electronics   Photos   Sony   Television   Tokyo  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai walk together on the Presidential compound in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 8, 2010. BBC News
Robert Gates warns of 'hard Afghan fight ahead'
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that "hard fighting" lies ahead, in his first visit to Afghanistan since the launch of a major offensive there. |... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   S Asia   US   War  
China India
- RP 4th most corrupt on Asia-Pacific list
- China signs up for Copenhagen climate accord
- Japan's foreign policy tilts towards China
- 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
Shanghai has been a political hub of China since the 20th century. The 1st National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Shanghai. In addition, many of China's top government officials in Beijing are known to have risen in Shanghai in the 1980s on a platform that was critical of the extreme leftism of the Cultural Revolution, giving them the tag "Shanghai Clique" during the 1990s.
US ponders China's Southeast Asian rise
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- Day of shame for Indian Parliament
- Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
- Fed up David Warner wants out of NSW
- 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
An evacuated Parliament House complex is seen in New Delhi, India, Thursday Dec. 13, 2001. Gunfire and explosions erupted at Indias Parliament House as half a dozen armed men stormed the complex
Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
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Turkey Iraq
- Quake exposes poor Turkish building
- Northrop Grumman Expands Composites Manufacturing Training f
- Turkey assesses damage after earthquake kills 51
- Turkey says Syria-Israel talks may restart
Turkish 737-800 TC-JGG in Dsseldorf International Airport.
Turkish Airlines makes $1.6B Boeing order
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- Iraq faces a test of sovereignty
- Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
- The Roving Eye
- 'The Hurt Locker' wins six Oscars, 'Avatar'
An Iraqi family returns to their village in Burah, Diyala Province, after being displaced for months by insurgents
IRAQ: IDPs returning to Diyala Province in increasing numbers
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Saudi Arabia Japan
- To Bash Them Is to Help Them
- Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
- Hit run killer Saudi man Yahya Al-Asmari turns self in after
- Baghdad holds key as Iraq awaits initial vote results
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag
To Bash Them Is to Help Them
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- Japan cadets champ; RP wins bronze
- Japan's foreign policy tilts towards China
- Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
- Mystery kangaroo in Japanese mountains
The aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters Yokosuka, Japan
Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
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Indonesia Pakistan
- In The Know
- RP 4th most corrupt on Asia-Pacific list
- Kevin Rudd and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to stop
- 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
A wooden boat carrying Sri Lankans migrants is seen docked next to an Indonesian Navy ship at a port in Cilegon, banten province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2009.
Kevin Rudd and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's plan to stop people smuggling
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- BSF foils infiltration bid by Pak boats near Harami Nala
- Defend liberty
- India rubbishes Pakistan's charges of involvement in Lah
- Pakistan doubtful for C'wealth C'ship
Indian tourists  buying warm clothes at a road side stall in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar 03 Janurary 2010. Temperatures have dipped sharply in Srinagar and its surroundings after the capital experienced the first snowfall of the season overnight.
Govt ready to revisit new tourist, conference visa guidelines
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