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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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:09 -0500 30 MELBOURNE - Global mining major BHP Billiton is planning a rethink on its focus areas for investments including the American shale gas venture, with weakening global commodity prices pulling down the http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203333726/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:33:16 -0500 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203333726/cs/1/ China, once a nation of bicycles, is reverting to it as a means of movement once again in a measure to push government vehicles off the roads at least once a week in a nationwide effort to conserve en http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203342532/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203342532/cs/1/ China will stockpile one million tonnes of sugar in an effort to stabilize prices and protect farmers' interests, the government said Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203337304/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203337304/cs/1/ Against the backdrop of recent self-immolations by Buddhist monks, India Wednesday struck a cautious note on the growing Tibetan unrest, telling China that it was "willing to offer any help" to ease t http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203332997/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203332997/cs/1/ Child pornography in Australia has risen exponentially as paedophiles are increasingly exchanging images of themselves molesting a child with other abusers. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203327696/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:30:33 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203327696/cs/1/ A China based online blog, which offers an opportunity for single police officers to find their date as per their convenience, has become a huge hit on the Internet. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203327047/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:40:37 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203327047/cs/1/ China Wednesday put forth a plan to boost employment during the 2011-15 period, which aims to create 45 million jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate within 5 percent. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203323101/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:20:11 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203323101/cs/1/ A knife-wielding man broke into a school in China, stabbed two students and fled, authorities said Wednesday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203323088/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203323088/cs/1/ French Open champion Li Na of China was forced to quit her first-round match at the WTA Paris Indoor Open. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203322905/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:00:03 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203322905/cs/1/ The stupendous success of Cricket Australia's Twenty20 matches may help it win the 100 million dollar TV rights deal and change the way fans watch the Big Bash League. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203322515/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:40:45 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203322515/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203321504/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:03 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203321504/cs/1/ An Indian-origin taxi driver in Australia, who was acquitted of raping a young woman, has said that he has often been offered sexual favours as payment for fares and the practice is becoming very comm http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203320749/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:30:28 -0500 ANI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203320749/cs/1/ That's a scratch that will cost her dear, and she feared much more. But a woman in China is "relieved" she would have to pay only 188,000 yuan ($29,800) for a tiny-winy scratch her car caused to a Rol http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203320214/cs/1/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:10:01 -0500 IANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203320214/cs/1/ CHICAGO (AFP) - A former software engineer for Motorola was found guilty Wednesday of stealing trade secrets from the US technology firm just before she tried to leave the country for China, the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341301/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:03:09 -0500 West Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341301/ 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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341333/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:43 -0500 The National http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341333/ DUBAI // Emirates Airline could be fined more than A$1 million for allegedly breaching a flight curfew at an Australian airport on three occasions. According to local media, Australian government ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341331/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:02:19 -0500 The National http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341331/ EU looks to China on debt crisis Consumer companies tell a tale of rising prices. Yum, the parent group of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is just one struggling to pass through rising costs to Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338772/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:42 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338772/ An Alberta wheat farm: The Canadian Wheat Board's role as sole Canadian exporter of wheat and barley to the world is set to end as of Aug. 1. China is the world's largest importer of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339297/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:01:19 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339297/ February 8, 2012 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday the world faced a growing ';cult of violence'; and Moscow must not let events like those in Libya and Syria be ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341344/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:51:47 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341344/ 8 de febrero de 2012, 13:21 Beijing, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) China and Canada on Wednesday signed accords on cooperation in many sectors to provide new contents to their relations, at the beginning of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341308/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:31 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341308/ Beijing, Feb 8 (Prensa Latina) China will invest more than six billion dollars from 2012 to 2015 in technological projects for water-saving irrigation in its four northern territories, in order to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340239/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:50:27 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340239/ Children play in a traditional residential district in Beijing that is undergoing demolition in April 2011. Despite public protest, historic and new homes are being destroyed all over the city to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341296/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:52 -0500 NPR http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341296/ The Chinese Embassy in Sofia has announced a BGN 15 000 donation to aid the victims of the floods that have hit Southern Bulgaria. The funding from the Embassy of the People's Republic of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341311/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:22 -0500 Novinite http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341311/ Industry analysts warn that the month-long rally in nickel prices could be lost as import demand from top buyer China eases due to a well supplied local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339865/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:43:38 -0500 Mine Web http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339865/ Cathay Pacific currently offers more than 70 flights a week from Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide and Perth) to Hong Kong with good connections onto Shanghai and Beijing, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338857/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:10 -0500 Manufacturers Monthly http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338857/ MOSCOW, February 9 (Itar-Tass) - The international community should not act in Syria like an elephant in a china shop, Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341290/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:36:15 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341290/ British Airways and Japan Airlines have agreed a tie-up on flights between Europe and the world's third-biggest economy in a new cost-cutting initiative, BA parent group IAG said on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338913/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:34:57 -0500 IOL http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338913/ The Okuma childcare centrer is seen in Okuma town, inside the exclusion zone of a 20-km (12-mile) radius around the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture January 28, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341293/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:33:35 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341293/ Chinese automaker BAIC is mulling over buying the remaining assets of Swedish automaker Saab Auto, together with Japan's Matsushita Group, according to a report published on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341330/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:51 -0500 Hispanic Business Magazine http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341330/ (IFJ/IFEX) - 8 February 2012 - The following is an excerpt of IFJ's February 2012 Campaign Bulletin:( . . . )3) Journalist Attacked in TaiwanA Taiwanese journalist was brutally attacked four ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339845/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:32:49 -0500 IFEX http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339845/ The eurozone crisis is likely to continue to drag on China's exports, a key driver of the nation's economic growth, a senior official at Fitch Ratings said yesterday. China has seen an ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338949/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:31:21 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338949/ Some Internet users in Beijing will get their broadband speeds increased up to 20 Mbps (Megabits per second) for free after the Beijing branch of China Telecom finishes upgrading speeds of the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339338/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:25 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339338/ Japan and the US agreed yesterday to disassemble and transfer thousands of US Marines to Guam from the southern Japan island of Okinawa from plans to relocate a base on Okinawa, a step forward in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341342/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:29:37 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341342/ The ex-president of the Maldives, who claims he was forced out of power by a coup, called on his successor to step down yesterday as thousands of protestors clashed with riot police in the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341343/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:29:30 -0500 Global Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341343/ which we reported at Changing Gears , is happening because Toyota is shifting production of the Highlander, a mid-sized SUV, to Princeton from Japan next year. When that happens, Toyota will build ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338909/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:27:31 -0500 Forbes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203338909/ By Karen ParrishAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 – The United States and Japan have agreed to "delink" two aspects of the planned relocation of U.S. forces in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341285/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:18:51 -0500 Defense Link http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341285/ BEIJING -- The annual average growth of China's minimum wages should be at least 13 percent in the five years to 2015, according to a government job market plan for the period published on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341303/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:56 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341303/ BEIJING--Canada and China expanded cooperation Wednesday with agreements to boost bilateral investment and promote energy exports to China as Ottawa seeks to diversify its oil ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339524/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:44 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339524/ BEIJING--China lashed out on Wednesday against British Foreign Secretary William Hague, saying his criticism of Beijing's veto of a U.N. resolution pressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341304/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:15:02 -0500 The China Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341304/ MOSCOW: Russian leaders under fire for a UN veto Wednesday rejected outside interference in the Syrian conflict, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warning against behaving "like a bull in a ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203337354/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:14:49 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203337354/ Russia and China have vetoed the latest UN Security Council resolution on the ongoing violence in Syria because it leaves out sanctions on the opposition alongside those on the Assad government, and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340490/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:06 -0500 RT http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340490/ Here are a few details of the major investment deal coming soon between Canada and China, as well as a list of what CBC chief political correspondent Terry Milewski calls a "small blizzard of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340909/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:25 -0500 CBC News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340909/ Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the end of a signing ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People at the Great Hall of the People on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341281/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:51:37 -0500 Canada.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341281/ South Korea has ordered 1,537 more Viper under-the-hood mobile power systems for its military from Aura Systems Inc. of California. The new order brings the total of Viper systems ordered by Seoul ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341336/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:44:06 -0500 UPI http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341336/ Newly appointed Maldives President Mohamed Waheed Hassan denied being part of any plan to remove President Mohamed Nasheed. "Do I look like someone who will bring about a coup ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341309/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:43:49 -0500 MSNBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341309/ Apple has been caught in a series of suits and countersuits over who owns the 'iPad' trademark in China. We give you a rundown of all the essential developments in this story.1. A Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341307/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:27:52 -0500 NDTV http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341307/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping discussed the agenda for Xi's visit to the United States next week that will include a range of economic, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341258/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:23:43 -0500 Reuters http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341258/ 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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339702/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:21:23 -0500 News.com.au http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339702/ SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal grand jury indicted two Orinda residents among a group accused of stealing trade secrets from U.S. firms to benefit companies controlled by the People's Republic of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341257/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:16:54 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341257/ BEIJING  -- The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341340/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:46 -0500 Fox News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341340/ BEIJING  -- The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339748/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:42 -0500 Fox News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203339748/ Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, right, invites Prime Minister Stephen Harper to review an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Feb. 8, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341253/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:14 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341253/ Japan , but as part of a 2006 deal, 8,000 Marines will move from Okinawa to Guam and other regions in the Pacific. Additionally, the United States agreed to move the Futenma airbase, currently in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341345/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:19 -0500 IBTimes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341345/ Scheduled Tibetan protests and recent self-immolations have led to increased security in China (Photo Courtesy of Free Tibet Now). The most recent occurrence adds to the wave of self-immolation ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341332/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:09:10 -0500 Impunity Watch http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341332/ IB TIMES: Why is China so committed to Syria and keeping Assad in power? Syria has little oil, so what is the attraction for China? Even if the Chinese have some investments in Syria, they have much ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341346/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:07:53 -0500 IBTimes http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341346/ (AP) BEIJING - The former top cop of a major Chinese city has dropped from sight amid unconfirmed reports he is seeking U.S. asylum following a quarrel with one of China's most powerful local ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340922/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:03:34 -0500 CBS News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340922/ Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that an official from Hawaii Pacific Health told senators at a briefing Tuesday that the healt-care company would immediately reopen the emergency room at the Ewa ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340698/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:23 -0500 Pacific Business News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203340698/ 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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341256/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:23 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341255/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:20 -0500 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341255/ KABUL, Afghanistan - The war refugee Sayid Mohammad lost his last son on Wednesday, 3-month-old Khan, who became the 24th child to die of exposure in camps here in the past month. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341288/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:25 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341288/ ExxonMobil Corp. and TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK have entered into an agreement valued at $3.9 billion that will result in the restructuring of ExxonMobil’s holdings in Japan. Namely, TonenGeneral ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341291/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:35:12 -0500 Neftegaz http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341291/ DOHA - Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Wednesday that the Strait of Hormuz should be kept open under all circumstances and Beijing opposes "any extreme acts" at the strategic ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341294/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:22:46 -0500 China Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341294/ 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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341261/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341263/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:18 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341264/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:17 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341266/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:10 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341266/ 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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341267/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:00 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341268/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:49 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341269/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:43 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341271/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:33 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341273/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:18 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341274/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341275/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:20:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341277/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:54 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/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/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341278/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:19:25 -0500 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341278/ "Love," directed by Niu Chen-zer, tells the story of a young Taiwanese businessman who meets a single mother from Beijing while looking to acquire a home in the Chinese ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341297/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:52 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341297/ CHANGSHA, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Police in central Hunan province are hunting for a man who they say used a homemade explosive to blow up a shop in downtown Changsha, the provincial capital, on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341312/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:58 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341312/ Photo taken on Feb. 8, 2012 shows the view of Republic Square, the center of the protests, in Male, capital of Maldives. (Xinhua/Che Hongliang) Peace returned to the restive Maldives capital here ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341313/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:39 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341313/ ISLAMABAD, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen Wednesday shot dead a renowned religious leader in Pakistan's restive southwestern Balochistan province, local media reported. Maulana Abdul ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341314/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:38 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341314/ Major flooding hit parts of Australia's east Friday, stranding thousands of residents, prompting a military airlift and leaving some communities only accessible by helicopter. The deluge, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341315/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:32 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341315/ BANGKOK, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Thailand is calling on some countries including the United States which previously issued terrorism warning for Bangkok to withdraw their advisory against traveling to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341316/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:30 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341316/ BANGKOK, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Poll on Friday revealed that Thais are more satisfied with Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra government than former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva government 's, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341318/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:27 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341318/ SYDNEY, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The town of Moree in northern New South Wales (NSW) of Australia has been cut off by record floodwaters, isolating thousands of residents, the State Emergency Service ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341319/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:26 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341319/ MANILA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Philippine security forces in Western Mindanao have been alerted against probable retaliatory attacks that may be waged by Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah operatives with ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341320/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:24 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341320/ NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- India's Supreme Court Friday deferred the hearing of Indian Army chief General V.K. Singh's petition on his date of birth till Feb. 10, but heavily criticized ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341321/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:23 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341321/ BRISBANE, Australia, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- A state disaster has been declared and State Disaster Coordinator has been appointed in reaction to the natural disaster unfolding in the South West of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341322/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:21 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341322/ JAKARTA, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Trade Minister and Ambassador of Pakistan Sanaullah on Friday signed the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between both countries, a press statement ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341323/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:19 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341323/ SYDNEY, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said on Friday almost 250 survivors had been rescued after a ferry sank off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) on ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341324/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:16 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341324/ NEW DELHI, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least three people are confirmed dead while more others are feared killed and over 50 were injured in a train mishap near the northeastern Indian state of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341325/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:14 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341325/ TOKYO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Snow is expected to continue falling on the coastal prefectures alongside the Sea of Japan in the country on Friday after it peaked on Thursday, according to the Japan ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341326/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:12 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341326/ NAY PYI TAW, Feb.3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's new government has submitted to the ongoing union parliament session some budget bills for the year 2012-13 related to defense, education and health for ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341327/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:09 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341327/ YANGON, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar and France are working to promote tourism industry, outlining some cooperation tasks in the aspect to be implemented by stakeholders of the two countries, official ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341328/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:12:05 -0500 SINA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341328/ NEW DELHI - The Maldives remained gripped by political turmoil on Wednesday, with violent clashes between the police and protesters in the capital of Male, as well as claims by the island nation's ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341286/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:52:10 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203341286/ The trade union movement has hailed as "historic" a decision last week by the Labor government's Fair Work Australia (FWA) tribunal to award community workers pay rises of 19-41 ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203331561/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:22:14 -0500 wsws.org http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203331561/