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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 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:06:50 -0400 Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:06:50 -0400 30 A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army convoy in southern Afghanistan Sunday, killing 10 civilians as two other people were killed in an explosion at the New Year's celebration in eastern region, officials said. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/614638/cs/1/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:20:02 -0400 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/614638/cs/1/ Central Asian diplomatic missions, including that of Kazakhstan, headquartered in New Delhi gathered at a venue to celebrate the festival of Nauryz with traditional fervor and gaiety over the weekend. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/614497/cs/1/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:50:08 -0400 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/614497/cs/1/ Projecting a requirement of 100,000 foreign workers, a Malaysian Indian trade body wants a dialogue with Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak over the prevailing shortage of foreign labour in the country. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/614483/cs/1/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:50:02 -0400 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/614483/cs/1/ Singapore : Aviva Investors, the asset management arm of British insurer Aviva, plans to expand in Asia-Pacific by hiring bond and equity fund managers in Singapore and setting up a sales offices in J... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347066/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:41:51 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347066/ Many residents, concerned about the effects of a planned increase in U.S. military assets, hope more federal funds will be allocated for the infrastructure needed to support them. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347980/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:40:40 -0400 Washington Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347980/ JERUSALEM: Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said on Sunday hours before leaving for Washington, despite a clear US demand that building there must st... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347090/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:15:02 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347090/ The US business community can no longer resist political pressure for Washington to take a tougher stand against China on trade issues, according to a senior figure from the US Chamber of Commerce.Myr... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347088/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:11:59 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347088/ In July of 1997, when the Bank of Thailand was forced to devalue the baht, few analysts anticipated that the move would lead to contagion affecting other countries in south-east Asia and that it would... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347372/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:11:59 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347372/ Get ready for a huge shift in the global debate on the Chinese renminbi, says Stephen Green, head of research, greater China, at Standard Chartered. “If China does not make an obvious move away from... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347827/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:11:57 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33347827/ The International Finance Corporation is investing in India’s first commercially viable solar power project, giving a vote of confidence to the country’s ambitions to develop the technology.The IF... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33346937/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:11:55 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33346937/ It was a rich harvest for Kenyan runners across Asia at the weekend as Sylvester Teimet took a surprise and fast victory at the Seoul International Marathon, clocking a course record two hours, six mi... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345812/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:34:26 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345812/ China's state media has attacked Google for having what it said were "intricate ties" with the US government.Google provides US intelligence agencies with a record of its search engine resul... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345511/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:11:57 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345511/ Institutional investors plan to increase their exposure to Asia in 2010 even though many admit that they lack knowledge and expertise in the region, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345807/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:40:09 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345807/ Ashmore , the emerging market fund specialist, reported rises in revenues and earnings of more than 40 per cent in the six months to the end of December. But that was against last year which was hit h... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345806/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:40:08 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33345806/ March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc.’s looming withdrawal from China adds to pressure to expand in South Korea and Japan, where the Web-search company has won a fraction of the popularity it enjo... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33344616/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:41:42 -0400 Business Week http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33344616/ KUALA LUMPUR — Rattled by earthquakes, deluged by typhoons and devastated by a tsunami, Asia in recent years has repeatedly felt its vulnerability to natural disasters. Each time, the internati... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33344617/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:36:27 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33344617/ Pakistan is trying to help its beleaguered economy, undermined by the struggle against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, by securing immediate special access to markets in Europe and the US.Pakistani official... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33344669/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:08:57 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33344669/ KUALA LUMPUR — Rattled by earthquakes, deluged by typhoons and devastated by a tsunami, Asia in recent years has repeatedly felt its vulnerability to natural disasters. Each time, the internati... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343162/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:36:52 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343162/ March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Citigroup Inc. hired Nomura Holdings Inc.’s Colin Banfield as head of mergers and acquisitions for the Asia-Pacific region, according to two people with knowledge of the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343198/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:14:51 -0400 Business Week http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343198/ Thousands of mourners have gathered in Kathmandu to pay respect to Nepal's former Prime Minister Giri Prasad Koirala, who died on Saturday aged 86.Mr Koirala was widely regarded as one of the founding... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343529/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:14:26 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343529/ REYKJAVIK: A volcano erupted in the south of Iceland overnight, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate the area and diverting flights after authorities declared a local state of emergency, official... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343464/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:46:45 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33343464/ Eyes in Asia were on the Bank of Japan last week, after it decided to keep interest rates steady at its lowest record, besides expanding its credit program. This week we will focus on fundamentals tha... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33342275/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:05:37 -0400 MENAFN http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33342275/ TOKYO: A plan by Japan's centre-left leaders to give foreigners the vote in local elections has sparked a conservative backlash, showing ethnic minority issues can touch a raw nerve in the island-nati... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33341461/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:41:55 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33341461/ Another key Nomura executive has quit the Japanese bank, in a move which highlights the challenges it faces to build a toptier global investment bank.Colin Banfield, Nomura’s co-head of investment b... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33341311/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:01:17 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33341311/ Coverage: Ball-by-ball Test Match Special commentary on BBC 5 live sports extra, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave & BBC Sport website (from 0315 GMT); live text commentary on BBC Sport website & mobiles;... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33340477/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:07:02 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33340477/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI -- A newspaper-wrapped package containing explosive material was found Sunday in the cargo hold of a passenger aircraft after it landed in the southern Indian state o... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33340111/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:05:41 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33340111/ cancer with radiotherapy and radiosurgery, will showcase its technology at two medical events in Asia during the month of March: - 13th Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology in Taipei (AOCR), March 20... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33339354/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:59:07 -0400 Medical News Today http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33339354/ Ten people are reported to have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.The victims were said to have been civilians, killed as a suicide bomber targeted an army convoy ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33339580/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:39:06 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33339580/ Thiruvananthapuram, India - Police in India's southern tourist resort state of Kerala said on Sunday they had recovered explosives from an airliner. The explosives, made in India, were discovered a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33340110/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:29:43 -0400 IOL http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33340110/ IC distributors WPG Holdings (WPG) and Yosun Industrial (Yosun) have announced that Yosun will join WPG Holdings through a share swap. The two companies' board of directors have approved a 100% share ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338290/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:23:06 -0400 Digitimes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338290/ Pune and Kochi have been announced as the two new franchises in the Indian Premier League.Pune was bought by Sahara Adventure Sports Group for $370m (£246m) and Kochi went to Rendezvous Sports W... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338529/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:10:51 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338529/ QUETTA, Pakistan: Police say a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded as a police van passed by in the city of Quetta, killing at least 2 people and wounding 12. A senior police official says the bo... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338479/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:42:27 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338479/ Stanley McChrystal, the senior US general in Afghanistan, has told the Financial Times he believes a negotiated settlement would be the right way to end the Afghan conflict. His comments have fuelled ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338575/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:39:42 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338575/ By PRAKASH BHANDARIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JAIPUR, India -- A London-based environmental campaigner traveling the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been has been ordered to pay a fine for illegally... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337451/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:07:45 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337451/ New Delhi, Mar 21 : Catering to the delectable tastes of connoisseurs of Asia-Pacific region, the international wine and spirits exhibition 'Vinexpo Asia-Pacific 2010' once again travels to Hong Kong ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337260/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:03:24 -0400 New Kerala http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337260/ BANGKOK: Two small explosions hit Bangkok and a nearby province a few hours after tens of thousands of anti-government protesters held a peaceful parade through the capital, police said Sunday. A gren... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338213/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:50:11 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33338213/ Asian carp that can weigh up to 50 pounds and jump into the air when disturbed have shown up in the Cumberland River as far upstream as Cheatham Dam in Ashland City, according to the http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337330/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:46:30 -0400 The Tennessean http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337330/ A boat made of 12,000 plastic bottles has set sail on a voyage from San Francisco to Sydney to spread awareness about pollution in the world's oceans.Environmentalist and banking heir David De Rothsch... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337109/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:40:03 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337109/ JAIPUR, India (AP) -- A London-based environmental campaigner traveling the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been has been ordered to pay a fine for illegally using a satellite phone and is now free ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337453/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:37:23 -0400 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337453/ Reporting from San Francisco America's first fascination with Japan flared -- and disappeared -- like fireworks. Before J-Pop, or the American discovery of Zen, or even the reshaping of Impressionism ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337523/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:33:39 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337523/ Islamabad, Pakistan Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the border with Afghanistan ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration calling for the army t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337332/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:33:38 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337332/ LONDON: The father of a five-year-old British boy, who was snatched at gunpoint in Pakistan and held hostage for 12 days, said that the kidnappers had threatened to chop off parts of his son's body... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337256/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:11:43 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33337256/ SYDNEY : A tropical cyclone smashed into Australia's northeast coast on Sunday, with winds of up to 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour damaging buildings, felling trees and cutting power to thousands ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33336838/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:22:00 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33336838/ In this photo made March 1, 2010, Pakistani youths working at a recycling factory look at erotic images they found between the items, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. At least 10 million children are believed... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334632/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:08:16 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334632/ BERLIN : The take-off of a German flight to Tokyo was delayed after two dozen Japanese tourists on board fell ill with violent stomach cramps, German police said. Shortly before take-off Saturday afte... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33335433/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:53:46 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33335433/ "Every day from the car garage, I see children walking to their schools," he says. "I wish I could go to school with them, finish high school and study engineering. After that, I would have a good job... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334633/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:47 -0400 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334633/ Dubai: Five Asian suspects were arrested recently for kidnapping two brothers on separate periods recently. A senior Dubai police official told http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334504/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:42 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334504/ The U.S. military recently opened this new prison at Bagram air base, north of Kabul, but the facility remains controversial in Afghanistan because of cases of detainee abuse at the former prison ther... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334533/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:36:56 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334533/ Beijing Tons of sand turned Beijing's sky orange Saturday as the strongest sandstorm this year hit northern China. A thin dusting of sand covered the capital, causing workers and tourists to muffle... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334582/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:36:55 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334582/ The plan was a standard one in the CIA's war against extremists in Pakistan: The agency was using a Predator drone to monitor a residential compound; a Taliban leader was expected to arrive shortly; a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334253/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:06:00 -0400 Washington Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33334253/ DUBLIN: Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland said on Saturday a pastoral letter from the pope expressing shame and remorse "falls far short" of addressing their concerns. Irish ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33333389/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:40:52 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33333389/ BANGKOK - Thailand was locked in political stalemate Sunday with demonstrators planning a fresh protest with their own blood after refusing talks offered by the government. Buoyed by a huge parade, th... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33333181/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:40:17 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33333181/ MALAYSIA, without the majority of the players from last year's winning squad, will face a tough time defending their mixed team title in the Asian Junior Championships which begin at Juara Stadium in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33330928/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:34:07 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/33330928/