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Grocers in fruits and vegetable area Carrefour Dubai UAE
Asia   Business   Market   Photos   Retail  
 The Guardian 
Retailers to submit bids for Carrefour Asia -sources
* Carrefour selling assets in two deals - sources * Robust demand seen for Carrefour's planned exit * Carrefour has 626 Asian stores, two-thirds in China (Adds details, background) By Denny Thomas and... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout looks on while sitting in custody at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.
Photos   Russia   US   Weapons   Wikipedia: Viktor Bout  
 Asia Times 
Why the US really wants Bout
|      Aug 31, 2010 Why the US really wants Bout | By Bertil Lintner | BANGKOK - While Bangkok-based observers weigh the legal merits of extraditing alleged Russian gunrunner Vikto... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
Alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout sits while waiting for his verdict at the detention room at a criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1009.  Star Tribune 
Thai PM petitioned to stop extradition of alleged Russian arms trafficker to US
| BANGKOK - The lawyer for accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout filed a last ditch appeal Monday to Thailand's prime minister in an effort to stop his client's extradition to the United States.... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
Arms   Photos   Russia   Thailand   Wikipedia: Viktor Bout  
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2010, before the House Financial Services Committee hearing on unwinding emergency federal reserve liquidity programs and implications for economic recovery.  Breitbart 
World markets rise as Bernanke promises action
| Pedestrians look at an electric stock price display of a securities company... | A woman pushes a baby carriage past an electric stock price display of a... | BANGKOK (AP) - World markets advanced M... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Economy   Finance   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Ben Bernanke  
Top Stories
Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) members and officers joined the parade during the 72nd Araw ng Dabaw held on March 16, 2009 in Davao City, Philippines. Professor Nur Misuari is the founding chairman of the MNLF in 1970s. Gulf News
Peace pact with MNLF to be fully implemented
| Manila: The Philippine government said it plans to complete the implementation of the provisions of the peace agreement it signed with the Moro National Liberation Fron... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Mindanao   Peace   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Moro National Liberation Front  
 Tata Power India Delhi Mumbai (rks2) The Times Of India
Tata Power-led consortium to set up 240-mw project in Indonesia
MUMBAI: A consortium led by Tata Power, India’s largest private power utility, will develop a 240 mw-geothermal power project in Indonesia. Since the programme would in... (photo: WN / Rajkumar Senapati)
Energy   India   Indonesia   Industry   Photos  
Filipino poor family  -  Poverty Inquirer
1M poor families to get gov't cash aid
| MANILA, Philippines—With the Asian Development Bank (ADB) providing a loan of $400 million, up to 1 million Filipino families among the country's poorest households wil... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Incentives   Philippines   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Asian Development Bank  
Rice - Commodity Deccan Herald
Rising temperature may bring down rice production
Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, Sep 2, DHNS: Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> | Rice production in vast tracts of India may decline in the coming years because of a steady rise in... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Delhi   Photos   Production   Temperature   Wikipedia: Rice  
An investor walks past the electronic billboard display the Shanghai and Shenzhen top counters at a stock market in Beijing, China, Monday, Sept. 3, 2007. China shares were up midday, lifted by gains in air carriers after China Eastern Airlines landmark tie-up with Singapore Airline Fast Company
Singapore Stock Exchange Uses Peer Pressure to Encourage Sustainability Reporting
There is no mandate, and the government says it's simply making suggestions to companies listed on the SGX. So how can Singapore convince companies to adopt sustainabilit... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Market   Photos   Singapore   Stock   Wikipedia: Singapore Exchange  
Badgao - Beggar - Poverty Inquirer
RP may miss goal of reducing poverty by half
| THE COUNTRY is no longer in a position to attain the Millennium Development Goal of reducing poverty by 2015, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said. | T... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Economy   Philippines   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Poverty  
Members of a Hong Kong police forensic team examine the tourist bus used in the hostage-hijacking on Aug. 23 by an ex-policeman at the auditorium at Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig City, suburban Manila, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Breitbart
H.K. legislature calls for justice in Philippines hostage crisis+
HONG KONG, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Legislators in Hong Kong on Thursday mourned the eight tourists from Hong Kong who died in the Philippines bus hostage crisis last ... (photo: AP / Noel Celis, Pool)
Hong Kong   Hostage   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Manila hostage crisis  
Asian Development Bank - ADB  Headquarters, Manila m&c
Asian Development Bank to help keep Philippine kids in school
|    Manila - The Asian Development Bank on Thursday approved a 400-million-dollar loan to expand a Philippine government programme to help keep children o... (photo: Public Domain / Exec8)
Bank   Economy   Philippines   Photos   Poverty  
A Philippine National Police officer places flowers at the site where eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a nearly 12-hour bus hostage standoff on Aug. 23, 2010, involving a dismissed police officer, at Manila's Rizal Park in the Philippines, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Khaleej Times
Coffin mix-up after Philippine hostage crisis
Three coffins used to bring back some of the eight Hong Kong tourists killed last week's Philippine hostage crisis had been mislabelled. | The mix-up was discovered after... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
Hong Kong   Hostage   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Manila hostage crisis  
Politics Terrorism
- Malaysian Muslims Go for Gold, But It's Hard to Make Cha
- A true friend in SBY
- Complaining With And Without Protection
- Budget should promote quality
The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak meeting the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on January 20, 2010.
PM: Malaysia and Indonesia must work to resolve issues
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- Scoop Daily Ratings Top 30 Items For Sept 02 2010
- Indonesian police go on trial on terror charges
- Indonesian police go on trial on terror charges
- Chaplain killed in Afghanistan is 1st Army clergy killed in
A Chinese paramilitary officer gives instructions to recruits on the use of their weapons in Shanghai, China, Monday, Jan, 8, 2007.
US Southeast Asia pose risks China clash
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Business & Economy Energy & Industry
- Malaysian Muslims Go for Gold, But It's Hard to Make Cha
- Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
- Makati Med rises from the ashes
- Eircom must cut its cloth to fit a shrinking market
Makati Medical Center in Makati City Philippines.
Makati Med rises from the ashes
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- Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
- RP emerging as Asia's franchising hub
- Fitch upgrades Metrobank's individual rating
- Suhakam to draft human rights policy specific to business
An investor checks the share index at a investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
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Health Society & Culture
- A true friend in SBY
- Smoking Indonesian toddler Ardi Rizal quits 40-a-day habit
- Call For Moratorium On Death Penalty
- Budget should promote quality
Cigarettes - Tobacco
Smoking Indonesian toddler Ardi Rizal quits 40-a-day habit
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- After Manila bus bungle, families get wrong bodies
- Complaining With And Without Protection
- Call For Moratorium On Death Penalty
- Budget should promote quality
Parents and students at a public elementary school in Cavite, Philippines
What Went Before: Food-for-School Program
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Science & InfoTech Sports
- Incentives to travel to Taiwan
- FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers
- FBI: 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers
- FBI says 6 accused in forced labor of 400 Thai workers is la
Rice - Commodity
Rising temperature may bring down rice production
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- Powerade allows Asi to join Gilas in Asiad
- From China to play cricket
- Pandelela receives RM20,000 for winning two silver medals
- Fear Factor: Floyd Mayweather battered, bruised in Boston
Manny Pacquiao seen waving to his supporters while riding a   motorcade in Taft Avenue after his  victory over boxer Ricky Hatton on a Knock Out ( KO ) decision , Manila City , Philippines , May 11, 2009.
Manny Pacquiao takes politically correct approach
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