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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Asia Bulletin.com http://www.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/10/id/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 30 PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least 10 suspected militants were killed in a pre-dawn US drone aircraft attack in a restive Pakistani tribal town, officials said Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203334822/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:19:23 -0500 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203334822/cs/1/ One of the world's largest mobile phone makers, Nokia, is planning to cut 4000 factory jobs in Europe as it shifts the assembly of smartphones to Asia. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203345943/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:16 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203345943/cs/1/ U.S. mulls humanitarian aid, new coalition for SyriaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes to meet soon with international partners to consider how to halt Syria's violence and provide ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348375/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:25 -0500 West Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348375/ (3) Comments Architect Santiago Calatrava, who designed the Milwaukee Art Museum, has snagged his first major commission in Asia. The project at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan consists of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348378/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:36:45 -0500 Journal Sentinel http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348378/ The world’s greatest snow-capped peaks, which run in a chain from the Himalayas to Tian Shan on the border of China and Kyrgyzstan, have lost no ice over the last decade, new research shows. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348379/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:34 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348379/ Stanley Szeto, CEO of Lever Style and member of the Young Presidents Organization says worries over the slowdown in China have led to a drop in confidence among CEOs in the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203338907/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:04 -0500 CNBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203338907/ MALE: Violence erupted across the Maldives Wednesday as supporters of the ex-president who claims he was forced out by a coup clashed with security forces in Male and stormed police stations on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348371/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:38 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348371/ More On February 8, the United States and Japan jointly announced changes to the existing bilateral accord for realigning U.S. Marines on Okinawa. While both sides affirmed commitment to relocating ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348376/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:55:36 -0500 Heritage Foundation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348376/ Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- With Asia’s elderly population poised to double within four decades, more money is being plowed into preserving wealth than enhancing growth, driving up demand for the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348369/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:35:24 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348369/ Laura Ryan has been named sales manager of the Asia region for ConvergEx's award-winning order management system, the Eze OMS(TM). Based in Singapore, Ms. Ryan will report to Chris ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348370/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:35:20 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348370/ It’ll be a geological showdown for the ages, with North America, South America, Europe and Asia colliding head-on over the North Pole to create a supercontinent called Amasia. Unfortunately, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348374/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:06 -0500 Wired News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348374/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - In a sign that a months-long estrangement between the United States and Pakistan might be easing, NATO, Pakistani and Afghan military officials held talks Wednesday in hopes of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348377/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:26:16 -0500 Washington Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348377/ Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund , said that her organization would not get involved until more data was released.';We would have to look at any case that came to us to make sure ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341881/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:06 -0500 New York Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341881/ NOKIA Corp plans to stop assembling cell phones in Europe by year-end as it shifts production to Asia and will cut another 4000 jobs, its latest attempts to cushion itself from stiff competition in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203347348/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:40 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203347348/ The future supercontinent, "Amasia," described in the journal Nature on Wednesday, will encompass Asia, Africa and the Americas. Driven by continental drift, the assemblies of such ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341120/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:16 -0500 USA Today http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341120/ Crowley Maritime Corporation's solutions group and PB Towage Ltd. have joined forces to expand their project management, marine project cargo and logistics services throughout Southeast Asia ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341857/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:57:19 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341857/ The US and Japan have resurrected a controversial deal to move thousands of US Marines from the island of Okinawa. Japan has been unable to fulfil a condition of the original deal, signed in 2006, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341256/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:23 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341256/ Police in South Korea have arrested a man suspected of building an altar to mourn North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. The man is alleged to have set up the altar in central Seoul to honour Kim ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341255/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:20 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341255/ A court in India has said in a ruling on tenancy that children need parental permission to continue living with them on attaining adulthood. The court in Mumbai (Bombay) was hearing a plea by a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341254/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:16 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341254/ America and Eurasia will crash into each other over the north pole in 50-200 million years time, according to scientists at Yale University. They predict Africa and Australia will join the new ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341760/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:03 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341760/ JAKARTA/SINGAPORE: Indonesia just recorded its strongest annual growth rate in 15 years and shows no sign of a significant 2012 slowdown, yet its central bank is Asia's most ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341884/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:44 -0500 Arab News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341884/ There are three distinct geographic regions of Balochistan. The belt comprising Hub, Lasbella, and Khizdar in the east is heavily influenced by the city of Karachi, Pakistan’s sprawling ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348373/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:02 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203348373/ rule on contraceptives in a way that ensures women have access to birth control while also seeking to allay concerns of opponents of the measure, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341261/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341261/ California law on Tuesday that strips gays and lesbians of the right to marry in the latest round of America's long-running battle over same-sex marriage. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341263/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:18 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341263/ WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's new rule on contraceptives is an attack on religious freedom and Congress will act if necessary to stop it, US House of Representatives ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341264/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:17 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341264/ JEFFERSON CITY (MISSOURI): A US teenager, who described killing a 9-year-old girl a "pretty enjoyable", experience has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341266/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:10 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341266/ the Maldives former president rioted through the streets of the capital and seized some remote police stations on Wednesday to demand his reinstatement, as the country's new leader appealed for ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341265/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:05 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341265/ the Maldives former president rioted through the streets Wednesday demanding he be reinstated as the country's new leader appealed for unity to end the months of political turmoil roiling ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341267/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:00 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341267/ LONDON: In a major swoop, nearly 160 people have been arrested and seized "a significant amount" of drugs during raids across London by the Metropolitan Police's new dedicated unit ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341268/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:49 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341268/ Steve Coogan , the victims' lawyer told Britain's high court on Wednesday. That brings to more than 60 the number of claims that Murdoch's UK newspaper company has dealt with in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341269/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:43 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341269/ Eurozone finance ministers will meet in Brussels on Thursday for talks on Greece, the head of the Eurogroup said Thursday as Athens neared a deal on programme to avert default. "The President ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341271/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:33 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341271/ Lithuania with fighter jets, officials said Wednesday. An official said Wednesday that while the allies have agreed to extend the mission, they also are committed to finding a sustainable solution ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341273/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:18 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341273/ BEIJING: A lot of children in China's Shanghai city wish they have some freedom to lead life their way. This freedom, according to a survey, may mean being allowed to do what they like during ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341274/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341274/ Libya last year and accelerating a global diplomatic showdown whose outcome is far from clear. "I've seen whole families killed this week," an activist called Ahmed told Reuters from ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341275/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341275/ Weather Center said Wednesday. The cold, combined with about 19.6 inches (50 centimeters) of snow, has caused power blackouts and iced over most of the capital's roads. The bad weather has also ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341277/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:54 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341277/ Group of Eight leading industrialized nations, the country's five-year census revealed on Wednesday. Statistics Canada, which conducted the census, said net immigration accounted for two-thirds ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341278/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:25 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203341278/ http://www.abnnewswire.net/rss2/menafn/abn_menafn_en.asp At present, offshore oil accounts for about 33 percent of the world total output, and the number will reach 35 in ten years, in which, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332021/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:56:08 -0500 MENAFN http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332021/ Launch in March to coincide with steep hikes in freight rates on depressed trade lane The newly formed G6 alliance of ocean carriers has sped up the launch of its Asia-Europe service by a month to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331251/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:50:30 -0500 Journal of Commerce http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331251/ The United Arab Emirates' main exporter of crude oil will fulfill all supply contracts to Asia for March, for the first time in almost a year, to help the region's top buyers cut their ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331875/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:47:00 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331875/ In 2002, the Israel Navy stunned the world when it intercepted in the Red Sea the Karine A, a ship carrying arms from Iran to Gaza, and towed it to the Ashdod Port. The state-of-the-art radar ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332019/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:07 -0500 Globes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332019/ IDG News Service - Nokia has decided to move more of its manufacturing to Asia, and will lay off approximately 4,000 workers at three factories in Europe and Mexico by the end of the year, the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329609/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:02 -0500 Computerworld http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329609/ MALE - The ex-president of the Maldives who claims he was forced out of power by a coup called on his successor to step down Wednesday as thousands of protesters clashed with riot police in the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337034/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:31:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337034/ BARABANKI, India: India's most populous state went to the polls Wednesday in a contest pitting the scion of the Gandhi political dynasty against the ruling party of local low-caste leader ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337035/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:31:06 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337035/ MALE - Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, who claims he was forced out in a bloodless coup, called on Wednesday for his successor to step down."I call on Dr Waheed to step down and I ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337036/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:31:03 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337036/ SHANGHAI: Budget or government subsidised housing is becoming an important sector of the Chinese property market. In Shanghai, 70 per cent of new homes that began construction last year were such ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331488/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:31:01 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331488/ SHANGHAI: A cargo ship spilled acid into China's longest river last week, contaminating tap supplies and sparking a run on bottled water in eastern China, the government and state media said.It ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337037/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:30:58 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337037/ BEIJING: A home-filmed video showing a four-year-old Chinese boy being forced by his parents to run almost naked through the snow in bitterly cold New York has gone viral and sparked an online ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337038/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:30:55 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337038/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc.’s board shakeup that led to the departure of Chairman Roy Bostock adds to pressure on the company to sell Asian assets valued at more than $10 billion and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203336019/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:30:23 -0500 Bloomberg BusinessWeek http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203336019/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Investors in Cambodia, tied with Yemen as the world’s 164th-cleanest country for doing business, face risks in a planned stock market because of ineffective financial and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337032/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:59:27 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337032/ SAN FRANCISCO – Like most immigrant parents, Kevin Guan and his wife, Laurie, foresaw a future for their two sons that involved a first-class college and a decent job, the American Dream to a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332006/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:37 -0500 New America Media http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332006/ DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- Chinese repression has lead to the self-immolations of nearly two dozen Tibetans and deadly clashes with Chinese authorities, the head of Tibet's government-in-exile ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332473/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:29 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332473/ More than 110,000 people die each year in India in crashes caused by speeding, bad roads, overcrowding and poor vehicle maintenance, according to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332709/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:26 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203332709/ BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- Prosecutors in Kyrgyzstan say seven people are facing charges over the import of contaminated radioactive coal from neighboring ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337039/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:24 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203337039/ plan too.) The government is budgeting $65 million to help companies scale back their needs by recycling existing element or by developing methods ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329681/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:38:03 -0500 Fast Company http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329681/ Shanghai authorities are on alert after a chemical leak from a cargo ship polluted the Yangtze River, state-run media report. According to an official statement, the leak was caused by a cargo ship ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331463/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:26 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331463/ India cricketer Yuvraj Singh has thanked well-wishers for their show of support and vowed to come back "stronger than ever" after he was diagnosed with cancer. Yuvraj is being treated in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331465/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:20 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331465/ The high court in Delhi has ordered police to investigate after a video appeared to show a senior officer forcing a constable to perform front rolls for failing to salute him. The incident ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331469/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:12 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331469/ At least 21 people have died after consuming toxic alcohol in Orissa, in eastern India, officials say. Residents of villages close to the city of Cuttack fell ill after consuming liquor spiked with ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331468/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:09 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331468/ The full-page colour advertisement depicting a giant locust overlooking Hong Kong's skyline is a striking representation of the recent surge in anti-China feeling here. A group of Hong Kong ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331467/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:05 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331467/ Tehran and New Delhi's insistence on putting safety before commerce in nuclear energy trade surfaced as wrinkles in an otherwise smooth and upbeat assessment ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331476/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:55:15 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331476/ White House into a playground to promote the first lady's "Let's Move!" fitness campaign. Mrs Obama and Fallon did pushups and twirled hula hoops. They competed at dodge ball and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331477/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:55:11 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331477/ Rick Santorum , the former Senator from Pennsylvania, on Wednesday won the Republican caucuses in three states, reshaping the party's primary race and staking out his claim to be the main ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331478/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:55:05 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331478/ Supreme Court seeking suspension of its order summoning him for framing of contempt charges over his failure to reopen graft cases against the president. The 200-page intra-court appeal, filed by ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331479/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:55:00 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331479/ Vladimir Putin on Wednesday condemned outside intervention in the Syrian conflict, warning against "behaving like a bull in a china shop." "Of course we condemn violence from ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331481/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:35 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331481/ Hosni Mubarak has confessed in her memoirs about an attempt to commit suicide when she knew she would be arrested for corruption. "May 13, 2011, was the 'darkest' day of my life. When ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331484/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203331484/ (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Ceylon chicken tikka masala, a rich-tasting, orange-colored, curry made with roasted chicken chunks that have been marinated in spices, yogurt and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323626/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:12:50 -0500 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323626/ BANGALORE, India: Three state ministers from southern India, including one with a portfolio for women and child development, resigned on Wednesday after they were accused of watching porn in the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329000/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:36:40 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329000/ LONDON: Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei is reuniting with the Swiss architects with whom he created Beijing's spectacular Bird's Nest Stadium, to build a pavilion for this ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203328998/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:36:39 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203328998/ MIRANSHAH, Pakistan: A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed 10 insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region on Wednesday, security officials said.Two missiles hit the compound ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329004/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:36:24 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329004/ GUIHULNGAN, Philippines: Thousands of soldiers in the quake-hit Philippines Tuesday scoured villages buried under landslides, but authorities said hopes of finding dozens of missing people alive ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329005/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:36:22 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329005/ Asian stocks rose Wednesday as Japan's powerhouse exporters got a boost from hopes of new moves to weaken the yen while a deal appeared within reach between Greece and its creditors to cut the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324663/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:35:03 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324663/ Singapore, Feb. 8 (BNA) - Oil prices rose to near $99 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after an unexpected drop in U.S. crude supplies suggested demand is improving. Benchmark crude for March delivery ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329007/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:34:54 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329007/ Asia will have to work quickly to offset the effects of a global recession, Standard & Poor's said today. "But they might not be able to do so, given their respective domestic ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329009/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:34:19 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329009/ In its outlook for the Asian economy last month, the International Monetary Fund forecast growth would come close to 6 per cent in 2012 and further recover to 6.5 per cent next ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323408/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:34:00 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323408/ Back home in Asia, the only market he likes is Malaysia, where average prices in its big cities are about one-tenth of those in Hong Kong, while its commodity-backed economy should outperform its ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203328989/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:10:14 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203328989/ Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Piyush Gupta, chief executive officer of DBS Group Holdings Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest bank, picked banking over a passion for bird-watching three decades ago. Now ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203328995/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:09:40 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203328995/ (Credit: Brooke Crothers) Asia-based DigiTimes posted another in a series of articles that call for Intel to lower its chips prices. In this case, for Windows 8 gadgets. This isn't the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323372/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:29 -0500 CNet http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323372/ NEW DELHI (AP) -- Three government ministers in the southern Indian state of Karnataka resigned Wednesday after they were accused of watching a pornographic video during an assembly ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203325453/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:05:59 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203325453/ ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) -- Turkmenistan has named a police unit after the authoritarian president's father, echoing a common practice under his predecessor of naming streets and public ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323726/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:05:57 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323726/ BEIJING (AP) -- A mother in central China has given birth to a 15.52 pound (7.04 kilogram) baby, possibly the largest newborn on record since the country's founding in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324590/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:05:52 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324590/ BEIJING (AP) -- A prominent Chinese official who might have been the country's most famous policeman has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports of a political scandal and a bid for U.S. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323727/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:05:49 -0500 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323727/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares hit their highest level in more than five months on Wednesday and the euro hovered close to an 8-week high as investors kept hopes alive for an agreement on details of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323465/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:02:14 -0500 Reuters http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323465/ REPORTING FROM NEW DELHI -- The Maldives'; first democratically elected president resigned Tuesday after weeks of protest over his decision to sack a judge he had accused of favoring the opposition. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329008/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329008/ It was a fairly quiet day on the FX front, but a slew of earnings announcements kept equity investors on their toes. Before the open, BHP surprised the market by announcing a drop in first-half ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324698/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:58:13 -0500 FXstreet http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324698/ A missile attack by an unmanned US drone aircraft in north-west Pakistan has killed 10 suspected militants, Pakistani security officials say. The missiles struck a camp about 10km (six miles) ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323137/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:28 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323137/ A rock fall that released methane gas may have triggered the deadly Pike River mine blast in New Zealand, experts say. Officials told a commission investigating the incident that water pumps ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324529/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:24 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324529/ Two ministers in the Indian state of Karnataka have resigned after they were accused of watching pornography in the state assembly. Footage showed Laxman Savadi apparently watching a clip on a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324528/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:20 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324528/ DNA tests have been taken on a 22-year-old from Rajasthan to determine whether she is the mother of a battered toddler whose case has gripped India. The woman, called Munni, says she wants custody ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324531/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:47:09 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324531/ renewable energy investors are increasingly looking to Southeast and South Asia, lured by investment incentives rolled out by governments in the region amid a bleak outlook for clean energy ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324030/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:45:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324030/ In 2011, accountability remained a dead issue, the media faced increasing censorship, and the long-standing grievances which led to the conflict were not seriously addressed. Sri Lankans face a lack ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329006/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:22:41 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203329006/ Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Wednesday as Greece appeared close to a deal with creditors to cut its massive debts and avoid a chaotic ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323282/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:20:55 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203323282/ Mohammed Waheed Hassan , vice-president of Maldives, was sworn in as president of the Indian Ocean archipelago on Tuesday afternoon after Mohammed Nasheed was compelled to resign following ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324541/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:45 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324541/ anti-Muslim graffiti , the police and community leaders have said. The vandalism of the Gurdwara, coming up in Sterling Heights city of Michigan, happened on February 5, members of its management ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324540/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:40 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324540/ Ron Paul was in second with 27 percent and Romney a distant third with 17 percent. It marked the first time so far in the 2012 Republican race that Romney did not come in first or second in a state ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324542/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:34 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324542/ Two Pakistani MPs entered the country’s parliament carrying weapons, lawmaker Ejaz Virk has claimed, prompting interior minister Rehman Malik to order a probe into the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324545/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:14:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203324545/