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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/303b19022816233b/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 30 The Human Rights Watch has called on the United States to pressure the Pakistan government to curb crimes in Balochistan province, including extra-judicial killings, torture, illegal detention, disapp http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203347116/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:10:01 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203347116/cs/1/ India defeated Sri Lanka by four wickets in the second match of the ongoing Commonwealth Bank ODI tri-series here on Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203329185/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:30:01 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203329185/cs/1/ The Obama administration is reportedly sending a senior American military commander to Pakistan this month in what is being seen as a first step towards getting a strategic relationship that has been http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203327227/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:00:22 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203327227/cs/1/ The U.S. State Department's Acting deputy spokesman Mark Toner has said that the Pakistan Supreme Court's decision to possibly convict Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on February 13 is their interna http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203327061/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:41:04 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203327061/cs/1/ The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has reserved its verdict in the petition filed against the sacking of Lt-Gen (retd) Khalid Naeem Lodhi from the position of defence secretary of Pakistan. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203326960/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:30:56 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203326960/cs/1/ Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz has submitted an application asking for a local commissioner to record his Memo Gate testimony outside Pakistan. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323115/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:50:01 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323115/cs/1/ NATO, Afghan and Pakistani military officials will hold talks on improving border security and coordination on Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323109/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:40:01 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323109/cs/1/ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said his country is in favour of a peace process in Afghanistan, but stressed that it should not affect his country in any way. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323104/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:18 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323104/cs/1/ Former Pakistan wicket-keeper Rashid Latif has backed Mohsin Khan, saying he does not require a certificate to remain as the Pakistan coach because the team recent victory against England under him, i http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323100/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:10 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323100/cs/1/ The England's team tour to Sri Lanka next month for a two-match series before playing four Tests in India at the end of the year will shape their batting line-up for the 2013 Ashes. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323093/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:10:05 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323093/cs/1/ Pakistan fast bowler Saeed Ajmal has boasted that he believes no one has yet been able to pick his mystery "teesra" ball. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323059/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:20:12 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203323059/cs/1/ Pakistan cricketer Azhar Ali has climbed up to share the 10th position with India's master blaster Sachin Tendulkar in the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203322504/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:40:02 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203322504/cs/1/ Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi has expressed his delight over Pakistan's victory against England, and insisted that the players should make 'winning their habit like Australia and South Africa' http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203321504/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:03 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203321504/cs/1/ DUBAI // In a world of Indomitable Lions and Super Eagles, the sobriquet for the Philippines national football team appears to have been lost in translation. The squad are called The Azkals, a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341879/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:11 -0500 The National http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341879/ Australia on Sunday. Kohli, the only India centurion during the tourists' dismal 4-0 Test series loss to Australia, again upstaged his more celebrated teammates with an impressive knock of 77 ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341333/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:43 -0500 The National http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341333/ Saraswati Saha, left, and Kamla Das, have lived in Cooper's Camp in West Bengal since 1947. They are among an estimated 5.4 million Bangladeshis who live in West ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341878/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:25 -0500 The National http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341878/ Democrat ex-finance minister insists there is room to raise funds and govt had no compulsion to take this route The two financial executive decrees to be reviewed by the Constitution Court have the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341873/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:41 -0500 The Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341873/ About half of first-graders will be handed tablet computers in the next semester and not all of them as has been planned under a government project, according to a senior Education Ministry ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341874/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:36 -0500 The Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341874/ Police to round up under-18s found in public places after 10pm With the festival of love nearly upon us, police are asking for parental cooperation in not letting those under the age of 18 wander ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341875/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:33 -0500 The Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341875/ He added that he was not worried about the competition, because of his company's high potential to produce quality programmes for the upcoming digital ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341876/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:29 -0500 The Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341876/ Chalerm proposes Cabinet resolution vowing not to touch lese majeste law; activist slams 'hilarious' idea The Yingluck government yesterday distanced itself further from the campaign to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341877/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:46:26 -0500 The Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341877/ A country need not have any Jews or diplomatic relations with Jerusalem for Israel to take center stage in its electoral campaign. Just look at Malaysia. A comment on protecting Israel's ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341586/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:35:46 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341586/ FORT WAYNE -- Fort Wayne’s Burmese Advocacy Center has moved to a new location. The center’s new address is 2424 Lake Ave., the phone number is 260-755-2048 and its new general email ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341868/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:35:31 -0500 Journal Gazette http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341868/ The Sun February 8, 2012 PAKISTAN yesterday warned Britain to help stop the American ';Drone Wars'; that are slaughtering hundreds of its innocent civilians. [] Pakistan’s High ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341882/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:51 -0500 Infowars.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341882/ In a case that could have global implications, the UN Human Rights Committee for the first time has found that jailing a writer for libel represents a violation of freedom of expression, report the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341871/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:54 -0500 IFEX http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341871/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203338907/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:16:04 -0500 CNBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203338907/ joint combat exercise later in February after holding their first army-to-army staff talks in last April. Crack troops from the two armies will hold the counter-terror exercise at the Indian ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341870/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:04:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341870/ HONG KONG/MANILA (Reuters) - Global renewable energy investors are increasingly looking to Southeast and South Asia, lured by investment incentives rolled out by governments in the region amid a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341858/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:44 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341858/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203341859/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:33 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341859/ Jay-Z, Beyonce, U2, Lady Gaga Rank on Billboard Power 100 List Most of the executives on the list are behind-the-scenes power players, but there are 11 names that even casual music fans will ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341860/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:34:29 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341860/ Karachi: In what is believed to be one of the biggest catch in the high seas, Pakistani fishermen have caught a giant whale shark - about 36 foot long and weighing over 7,000 kg.The fishermen ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341872/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:32 -0500 NDTV http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341872/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203341881/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:22:06 -0500 New York Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341881/ Prosecutors had requested a 10-year sentence for all three men.The same court last week sentenced 10 men from Cirebon over the attack.The April blast left nails, nuts and bolts lodged in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203339702/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:23 -0500 News.com.au http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203339702/ The Dutch embassy in Bangkok confirmed it was investigating reports of a missing woman in Laos, but would not provide further details.The tragedy follows the tragic death of Melbourne ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341861/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:07 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341861/ Large crowds gather in Karachi harbour, Pakistan, to see a massive whale shark discovered by local fishermen in local waters. The marine animal - which measures 11 metres (36ft) in length and weighs ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203340995/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:33 -0500 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203340995/ Such an accord would help liberalize and improve protection of investment and create an easier environment for Japanese companies to do business in Myanmar, which has undertaken broad democratic ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203339509/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:12:38 -0500 Japan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203339509/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203341857/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:57:19 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341857/ Numbers of the critically endangered Gharial crocodile species have been dwindling due to loss of habitat and hunting. Now a breeding centre in the Chitwan National Park in Nepal is trying to boost ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341867/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:56 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341867/ 'Difficult to afford' One of the main reasons the workers are turning their backs on the sector is the complaint that wages have not kept pace with the rising cost of living. As they ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203338590/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:23 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203338590/ Indonesia has been an incredible growth story in Asia, performing strongly despite a global economic slowdown and concerns over Europe, but as yet the Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341880/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:48:18 -0500 Nasdaq http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341880/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203341884/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:44 -0500 Arab News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341884/ ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani army was meeting with NATO and Afghan forces on Wednesday in an effort to improve coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a sign of thawing relations after ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341883/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:16 -0500 Arab News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341883/ Tourism to the Netherlands will blossom two months from now when a once-in-a-decade event, the Floriade, opens on 5 April. The World Horticultural Expo (00 31 77 399 8130; floriade.nl) is being held ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203339149/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:49 -0500 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203339149/ In this photo taken Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, rescuers and residents search for survivors following a landslide that was triggered by Monday's magnitude- 6.9 earthquake at Guihulngan township, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341865/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:26:22 -0500 Denver Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341865/ Staff of Karachi fisheries lift a 7.7 ton whale shark in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012. The 40-foot fish was found dead in the Arabian ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341863/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:24:39 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341863/ A Hamilton flight school has secured a lucrative slice of the world's commercial pilot training market now it has been approved to issue licences to Singapore pilots. CTC Aviation Training is the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341869/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:11 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203341869/ ISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior rescue official says the death toll from a factory that collapsed in an eastern Pakistani city and trapped dozens has risen to 21.Rizwan Naseer said on Wednesday that ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332023/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:54 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332023/ Pakistan 's the one-day international (ODI) squad. Azhar has played just one ODI - against Ireland last year - but earned the selectors' attention after ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332046/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:20 -0500 The National http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332046/ A | Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to proceed with plans to transfer thousands of US troops out of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, leaving behind the stalled discussion ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332027/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:30 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332027/ Europe's air safety authority ordered checks Wednesday on the entire global fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbo jets for cracks on parts inside the wings - extending a previous order for nearly a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332026/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:28 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332026/ A | Egypt's military-backed prime minister says Cairo will not halt its crackdown on foreign nonprofit groups despite what he calls threats to cut off aid from Western and Arab countries. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332028/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:26 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332028/ A | After more than two decades of drilling in Antctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20 million years - a lake that ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332029/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:22 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332029/ Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain will buy a new Boeing C-17 military aircraft to help move troops around. Cameron's announcement followed a critical report by UK lawmakers warning that ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332030/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:20 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332030/ A | The Constitutional Court has issued a ruling stripping the police and prosecutors of the power to order the immigration office to ban a witness under questioning from going abroad.Beforehand, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332031/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:19 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332031/ A | Tangerang workers announced Wednesday that plans to hold massive rallies and block access to the Jakarta-Merak toll road and Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Thursday have been ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332032/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:18 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332032/ Maldivian policemen chase supporters of Mohamed Nasheed, who resigned Tuesday from his post as Maldivian president, in Male, Maldives, on Wednesday. Supporters of Nasheed rioted through the streets ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332033/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:15 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332033/ In this Jan. 4, 2012 photo, Philip Lawrence (left) Ari Levine (center) and Bruno Mars of the songwriting and production team The Smeezingtons, pose for a portrait at their recording studio in the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332034/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:14 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332034/ A | British man Scott Thompson will run from Bali to Jakarta to raise funds for the Cinta Anak Bangsa Foundation to help underprivileged children and school drop-outs.Thompson, who has lived in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332035/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:14:12 -0500 The Jakarta Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332035/ PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) - A panel of international and local judges on Wednesday called on garment factories in Cambodia to urgently increase employees' salaries and pressed big international ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332036/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:33 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332036/ TANGERANG, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian court has sentenced three Islamic militants to up to nine years in prison for their involvement in last year's suicide bombing at a mosque. The ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332039/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:30 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332039/ MANOKWARI, Indonesia (AFP) - Police in Indonesia's restive Papua region arrested a Czech tourist on Wednesday for taking photos of a pro-independence demonstration, district police said. Petr ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332038/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:27 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332038/ MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines rolled out an advertising campaign on Wednesday to attract millions more tourists, confident that kidnappings in its rebellion-torn south would have little impact. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332037/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:24 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332037/ KUALA SELANGOR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A family went through a harrowing time at the mercy of four armed robbers in the wee hours of the morning at their home in Kampung Berkat in Ijok, near ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332040/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:21 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332040/ (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The F1 Rocks concert franchise is set to add an extra dash of glamour to next month's F1 Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur after industry sources revealed that ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332041/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:17 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332041/ New version on the way: Borhan preparing keropok lekor for his customers at his stall in Kampung Chabang Tok Ku, Kuala Terengganu. -- PHOTO: THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK KUALA TERENGGANU (THE ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332042/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:11:14 -0500 The Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332042/ MIRANSHAH, Pakistan -- A US drone attack targeting a militant compound killed eight insurgents in a troubled Pakistani tribal region Wednesday, security officials said.Two missiles hit the compound ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332011/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:02:48 -0500 New York Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332011/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203332021/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:56:08 -0500 MENAFN http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332021/ MANILA, Philippines - Newly licensed AirAsia Inc. (Philippines) will lease 14-16 Airbus 320 planes to service domestic and international routes within 1.5 to 4 hours flight from its Clark, Pampanga ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332044/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:55:32 -0500 Manila Bulletin http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332044/ MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - Islamabad upholds an idea of resolving the crisis in Syria by the means of a dialogue, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Har ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332009/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:51:23 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332009/ The People's Bank of China (PBC) renewed a currency swap contract with Bank Negara Malaysia Wednesday, increasing the new three-year currency exchange from the original 80 billion yuan ($12.71 ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332061/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:44 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332061/ Last month, when I arrived at the Beijing International Airport from Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, one Nepali sentence was echoing in my mind: "Ya he ho jin da gi", meaning "this is ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332060/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:07 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332060/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203332019/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:45:07 -0500 Globes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332019/ Vietnam block or freeze funds channeling money for terrorist activities, promote international cooperation, and re-considering extradition issues from the Palermo convention, a United Nations ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332047/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:20 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332047/ bridge making process even if it goes above the present estimate, he warned. Besides, payback period of the money and method of repayment should be examined carefully, added Khan. Construction of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332048/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:25:08 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332048/ Etihad Airways and Air Berlin, Europe's sixth biggest carrier, on Wednesday announced a significant increase in services between Abu Dhabi and both Germany and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203331681/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:47 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203331681/ A devotee pulls his procession burden connected by hooks pierced in his back during the Thaipusam procession at Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on February 7, 2012 in Singapore. Thaipusam is a Hindu ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332015/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:24:39 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332015/ The Examination Department of the Ministry of Education has released the results of the Brunei-Cambridge GCE 'A', 'AS' and 'O' Levels as well as IGSCE October/November ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332062/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:31 -0500 RTB News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332062/ A media conference held at the Lawn Bowling Centre of the Hassaanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas, revealed that besides Brunei Darussalam as hosts, other participating countries ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332063/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:18:29 -0500 RTB News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332063/ Russian duo Vera Zvonareva and Maria Kirilenko reached the quarterfinals of the $220,000 Pattaya Open in Thailand on Wednesday. Top seed Zvonareva beat Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332050/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:14 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332050/ The prime minister's lawyer says he has submitted arguments against contempt charge A Supreme Court panel will consider the appeal, the lawyer says The court announced plans last week to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332003/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:12:21 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332003/ A drone strike takes place in North Waziristan, security officials say The attack kills 10 people suspected of being insurgents North Waziristan is widely believed to be a haven for insurgent ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332004/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:12:18 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332004/ State media had cited the Philippine Army as saying the death toll was 48 But Army later reduced the total to 22 after learning that not all the dead had been confirmed The government disaster ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332005/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:12:15 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332005/ A curriculum developed by Duke engineering students to train biomedical engineers and technicians in resource-poor settings on how to repair broken medical equipment, will be expanded to Ghana and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332007/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:59:04 -0500 Yahoo http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332007/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203332006/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:58:37 -0500 New America Media http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332006/ Perth: India's feted openers exited too early, and the inexperienced middle order succumbed to old failings, but their bowling allrounders Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin showed admirable poise to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332016/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:35 -0500 NDTV http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332016/ New Delhi: # India, for the first time, have won three games in succession over Sri Lanka in Australia - by 2 wickets at Adelaide on February 19, 2008; by 7 wickets at Hobart on February 26, 2008 ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332017/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:55:23 -0500 NDTV http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332017/ Manila -- Rescuers dug through debris and mud in the central Philippines Tuesday in search of nearly 100 missing people a day after a 6.9-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides, collapsed houses ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332059/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:51 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332059/ The 22-year-old man is the third Australian to die in the nation in the past month.The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed the death to news.com.au."The Department can confirm ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332010/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:48:12 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332010/ ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332052/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:43:04 -0500 Voice Of America http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203332052/ Follow this company will showcase three of its business jet models this week at the Singapore Air Show, reports the Savannah Morning News. "Singapore is home to about 10 percent of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203330673/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:32:20 -0500 Business Journal http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203330673/ Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has said that he was forced to resign "at gunpoint" by police and army officers in a coup. He said the move was planned with the knowledge of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203329216/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:38 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203329216/ 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/303b19022816233b/id/203331463/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:29:26 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/303b19022816233b/id/203331463/