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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
