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Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered... (photo: GFDL)
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
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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 taking... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
A scene of an ordinary day in Las Piñas City, one of the cities of Metro Manila, Philippines  The Daily Tribune 
RP 4th most corrupt on Asia-Pacific list
By Michaela P. del Callar 03/10/2010 It is no surprise that the Philippines under President Arroyo is again still in the bottom list of corrupt economies. The Philippines slid two notches from sixth... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
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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 the implications for US interests... (photo: Creative Commons / Naus)
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Strain on HTC From Apple Suit Is Likely to Be Long-Term
TAIPEI - Apple's patent lawsuit against HTC will not cause major problems for the Taiwan technology company in the short term, analysts said Wednesday. But it could... (photo: creative commons / )
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A pedestrian walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin Wall Street Journal
Asia Posts Modest Gains
By MYRA P. SAEFONG, SHRI NAVARATNAM And PHILIP VAHN Asian markets saw broad but modest gains Wednesday, with strength in commodity plays and upbeat economic data helping... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
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Apple sues HTC over iPhone patents
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo) Wall Street Journal
Commodities Boost Asian Stocks
By SHRI NAVARATNAM SINGAPORE -- Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday on easing concerns over debt-strapped Greece, with commodities plays supporting markets in... (photo: AP)
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EPA touts indoor plants as a way of cleaning air
Appropriate placement of indoor plants can help reduce carbon dioxide levels in the home, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday.... (photo: WN / Jelly Clam)
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China February exports jump 45.7 percent The Associated Press
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet reading the Buddhist scriptures at the main Tibetan temple during long life prayer offering ceremony held in Dharamshala, India Dalai Lama speech to appeal to elite in Tibet to visit communities of exiled Tibetans DNA India
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In this Oct. 27, 2008 file photo Google signs are seen inside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Oct. 27, 2008. Google Inc. on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009 said it is closing three engineering offices and cutting 100 recruiters from its work force as the recession dampens hiring at the Internet search company. China not involved in negotiations with Google China Daily
Internet-job-technology-computers-people-Dharamshala, India Google hack: Microsoft to expand in China The Times of India
Tibetans-students-training-internet-websites-PC-computers-people-Dharamshala, India Beijing says working with Google to resolve dispute The Times of India
Culture
The electric chair used to put 441 Georgia inmates to death over the past 77 years has been replaced Striving to abolish the death penalty Taipei Times
Cigarette - Smoking - Tobacco - Health Taiwan to include tobacco in film rating scheme Breitbart
Chinese New Year 2009 ,Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Fireworks, prayers greet Year of the Tiger Khaleej Times
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Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou answers questions from foreign journalists during a press conference on his one year anniversary in office in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, May 20, 2009. President Ma said Wednesday that rival China is more pragmatic and sophisticated in its approach to the island, attaching greater importance to preventing its formal independence than to uniting it with the mainland. Poll Setback Tests Taiwan's China-Friendly Leader The New York Times
Four Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16 C/D Fighting Falcon aircraft from the 140 Squadron, Wing 1 Military Air Base, taxi down the runway at Korat, Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) Thailand, during Exercise COPE TIGER 2003. Cope Tiger is an ann China Warns U.S. Against Selling F-16s to Taiwan The New York Times
Chinese food Doctors warn Chinese about their New Year eating habits (Feature) m&c
Taiwan
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