Friday 3rd September, 2010
Many dead after horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan
Another 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month ago.
Suicide blast at Tajik police office injures 25
By OLGA TUTUBALINAASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- A suicide car bomb blast on Friday tore through police offices in Tajikistan's second-largest city, injuring 25 people, local offic...
Fears for villagers as Indonesian volcano erupts again
KABANJAHE, Indonesia : An Indonesian volcano unleashed its most violent eruption in 400 years Friday, sending a tower of ash into the sky but failing to budge a handful of stoic villagers who live on ...
Philippines mulls compensation for bus hostage bloodbath
Channel News AsiaMANILA: The Philippines is considering compensating families of eight Hong Kong tourists who were killed when their bus was hijacked by a sacked policeman, an official said Friday. The Chinese and Hon...
Oil falls below $75 a barrel in Asia ahead of US employment report
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Security High on the Agenda at Cloud Computing World Forum Asia
24 / 7 Press ReleaseCloud computing security will come under the spotlight at the Cloud Computing World Forum Asia - www.cloudcomputinglive.com/asia - taking place on the 17th and 18th November 2010 at the Mira Hotel, Ho...
Asian, European Stocks Rise After U.S. Home Sales; JGBs Fall
Business WeekSept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Asian and European stocks rose as a surprisingly positive increase in pending U.S. home sales lifted confidence in the world’s largest economy. Japanese bonds dropped whil...
Car bomb hits Tajikistan police station
IOLDushanbe - A car packed with explosives rammed into a police station in northern Tajikistan on Friday, triggering a powerful blast that injured at least 16 people, an interior ministry spokesman said....
Taliban take responsibility for bombings
IOLBy Saud Mehsud Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi'a Muslim procession this week, challenging the civilian government further ...
Merrill Lynch's Asia wealth mgmt chief to retire
Times of IndiaSINGAPORE: Antony Hung, Merrill Lynch's head of wealth management in Asia-Pacific, will retire after nearly 18 years with the bank and his successor will be announced soon, according to an internal...
Swimming: Kitajima among select few heading to Asian Games+
BreitbartTOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Japan Swimming Federation said on Friday that Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima is among a handful of top athletes chosen to take part in the Asian...
Asian editorial excerpts -2+
BreitbartHONG KONG, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Selected editorial excerpts from the Asia-Pacific press: CHEMICAL WEAPONS (China Daily, Hong Kong) On Wednesday, the Japanese government said it had starte...
China jam is back: 120km, 10k vehicles
Times of IndiaChina on Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, reports said. State television broadcast images of a long line of mostly cargo trucks inching slowly through Inner
Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader
Times of IndiaTEHRAN: A website supporting Iran's reform movement says assailants have attacked the home of an opposition leader and wounded one of his bodyguards. The report says Mahdi Karroubi's guards had to fir...
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
Tampa Bay OnlineBEIJING (AP) -- Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recove...
Oil lingers near $75 in Asia as stock markets gain
The Seattle TimesOil prices lingered near $75 a barrel Friday in Asia, largely holding onto a big gain the day before as investors put a positive spin on U.S. economic reports and Asian stock markets rose.
Indian wrestlers fail dope tests
BBCFour Indian wrestlers from the Commonwealth Games team face suspension after failing dope tests barely a month before the beginning of the event. Sumit, Masuam Khatri, Rajiv Tomar and Gursharanpreet ...
Japan approves economic sanctions against Iran
Associated PressTOKYO (AP) -- Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment progr...
Asia Markets: Singapore property curbs may bite banks' growth
Market WatchV. Phani Kumar , MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- The biting restrictions that Singapore introduced earlier this week to cool the city's property prices will likely affect credit growth a...
An image of border harmony
Los Angeles TimesMexico . This summer, on a whim, I pulled that picture out of its frame and had a closer look. I quickly realized they weren't in Ciudad Juarez at all. And with just a little detective work, I e...
Microsoft Advertising to Sponsor Digital Category at Spikes Asia 2010
Earth TimesSingapore, Sept 3, 2010 - (ACN Newswire) - Microsoft Advertising has teamed up with Spikes Asia, Asia Pacific's leading creative advertising and communications awards, as a key partner of the fes...
Asian stocks edge up in cautious trade
Times of IndiaHONG KONG: Asian stocks edged higher on Friday as dealers followed a third straight rise on Wall Street, but gains were limited by unease ahead of much-anticipated US jobs data. Optimism over ...
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