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Asian shares mixed Tokyo ends at 5-year high
A visitor takes a picture of an electronic stock board on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a strong lead from Wall Street as markets awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but Tokyo stocks finished at their highest level in five years. AP PHOTO/ITSUO INOUYE HONG KONG--Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday ...
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Big Asian AFC start by Malditas
The Philippine Malditas, as promised by their coach, are creating a stir in the Asian AFC Women's Qualifying. The Malditas crushed higher-ranked Iran, 6-0, Tuesday at the start of Group B play at the Bangabandu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Beefed up by several United States-based standouts who have NCAA Division 1 experience, the Malditas dominated the match right from the ...
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Indonesias natural riches highlight international biodiversity day - in pictures
International Day for Biological Diversity . The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is touring Indonesia to document the country's rich biodiversity and call for protection for its biodiverse ...
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U.S. Senate leader eases pressure on Myanmar
Thein Sein and said he's seen significant progress in political and economic reforms. However, he also said he had concerns about the security situation in Myanmar. McConnell, R-Ky., who sponsored legislation that placed economic sanctions on Myanmar, said he wasn't going to press the issue further because of political reforms. "I will not be making an effort to renew those ...
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NBC FBI Kills Man Linked to Boston Bombing Suspect
MIAMI -- An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported. NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent. ...
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Syrian Troops Show Strength Ahead of Peace Talks
AMMAN -- The Syrian government says it has made significant progress in recapturing territory from opposition forces, even as it apparently prepares to take part in planned peace talks next month. The government offensive against the former rebel stronghold Qusair comes ahead of a peace conference next month aimed at bringing both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Some ...
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FBI Shooting in Florida May Be Related to Boston Bombings
The incident occurred in the city of Orlando. A local newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev. The friend told local media Todashev was being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were martial-arts fighters. The FBI said only that one of its agents was involved in a ...
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Chinas premier begins two-day Pakistan visit
ISLAMABAD // China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan yesterday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers. Premier Li Keqiang said "the tree of China-Pakistan friendship" was planted decades ago, nurtured by successive leaders and "is now exuberant with abundant fruits". Both sides are typically effusive in describing their alliance, underlying ...
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Jokowi objects to unauthorized biography movie
Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has objected to a movie on his life. "Frankly speaking, I'm not keen [on the idea]," he said on Tuesday as quoted ...
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Fuel subsidy cut in June
Newly installed Finance Minister Chatib Basri says the government has resolved to increase the subsidized fuel price in June. "We have requested the increase in June but the specific date is the President to announce," he said on Wednesday, as quoted by Kompas.com. The government proposes to increase the price of subsidized premium gasoline by Rp 2,000 (20 US cents) to Rp 6,500 ...
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Switch on to Rhesus negative
An activist has urged people in Jambi to be aware of the Rhesus (Rh) negative blood group.Coordinator for Jambi-chapter Rhesus Negative (RNI), Mira Deswita, said recognizing Rh negative was very important because,globally, very few people have the type."Around 15 to 18 percent of Caucasians are Rh negative, but Rh negative is much less common in Asia," said Mira on Wednesday.The 2010 ...
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BDF Commander-in-Chief Receives Singapores Chief of Defence Force
Manama, May 22. (BNA) -- Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa met here today with Singapore's Chief of Defence Force Major-General Ng Chee Meng and his accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to the kingdom. During the meeting, they reviewed bilateral relations, joint coordination and a number of issues of mutual ...
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AirAsia Quarterly Profit Falls on Fuel Finance Expenses
AirAsia Bhd. (AIRA) , the region's biggest budget carrier, reported its first drop in profit in five quarters as higher fuel and finance costs eroded gains from carrying more ...
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UPDATE 2-Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis
Wed May 22, 2013 10:12am EDT (Adds signing of cooperation agreements, paragraphs 8-9) By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD May 22 (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li arrived in the ...
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Asian Gold Premiums Hit New Highs as Europe Urged to Start Agressive QE
London Gold Market ReportBULLION prices rose throughout Asian and early London trade on Wednesday morning, touching $1398 per ounce for the third time this week and recovering 4.4% from Monday's one-month low.Silver rose more steadily, and was capped below $22.80 as energy prices slipped and agricultural commodities held flat.Tuesday's retreat in the gold price today ...
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Mostly Asian expat workers end UAE strike Arabtec
The vote followed the committee's decision to embrace a Republican move to ease restrictions on high-tech US companies that want to hire more skilled workers from countries like India and ...
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British Top Diplomat Stresses Need for Syria Conference
British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks as Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh (R) listens during their joint news conference before a meeting of the Friends of Syria alliance in Amman, May 22, ...
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Afghan President Asks India for Military Aid
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has given a "wish list" of military equipment to India in hopes of securing more aid before international troops leave his country next ...
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Bangladeshi volunteers haunted by rescue trauma
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AFP) - Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's hand."I had never even touched the hand of a woman before but it was the only way to save her and the others," said the 22-year-old in an interview ahead of the ...
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Malaysias Election Commission gazettes election results 21 days to file objections
Malaysia Election Commission Chairman Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof at a press conference at the Election Commission headquarters in Putrajaya on May 3, 2013. Malaysia's Election Commission on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, gazetted the official results of the 13th General Election, the official Bernama news agency reported, citing Mr Abdul Aziz. -- ST FILE PHOTO: CAROLINE ...
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IMF Sees Myanmar Growth At 6.7 This Fiscal
Myanmar's growth is set to accelerate slightly to 6.75 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2014 led by gas production and investment, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. In an Article IV Consultation report, the IMF said ...
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Drone strikes won’t end jehadi threat Pakistan’s govt must extend State’s writ in tribal areas ICG
A new report by International Crisis Group has said US drone strikes won't end jehadi threat in Pakistan's tribal areas and it was must for new government in Pakistan to extend State's writ in all tribal ...
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Sri Lanka to resume refinery on Friday with Oman light crude
Wed May 22, 2013 9:06am EDT * Oman crude shipment of 1 mln barrels expected on Friday * Refinery built to process Iranian oil, yields low from Omani * Sri Lanka decides to import Murban light - minister * Sri Lanka has been buying Iran oil in mid sea - opposition MP By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, May 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's sole refinery, which was closed last week due to a ...
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Sri Lanka to use summit to showcase developments
The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said that it will use a key Commonwealth summit in November to showcase the post-war developments in the ...
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US to push for major factory safety reforms in Bangladesh
A US government delegation will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of factory safety following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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