Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Pacific News. 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 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:49:33 -0400 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:49:33 -0400 30 Washington, Sept 7 : With United States getting the most Olympic medals and China winning the most golds, it might seem difficult to rank the nations. But, according to a leading statistician, both the countries are 'dead even'. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/403540/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:00:49 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/403540/cs/1/ New Delhi, Sept 7 : While the Nuclear Supplies Group waiver at Vienna on Saturday has been a major breakthrough for India, there is concern here that China chose to join the group of six like-minded countries that expressed reservations in granting India-specific waiver at the last minute in the NSG meeting. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/403501/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:00:09 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/403501/cs/1/ Sydney - Australia will not sell uranium to India despite voting with other members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to end a 34-year embargo on nuclear trade with Delhi, officials said Monday. Pr... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561783/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:40:06 -0400 Earth Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561783/ XIAMEN: Trade between China and Pacific island countries is expected to reach $2 billion by the end of this year, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming said Sunday. The two sides aim to increase trade to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561788/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:59:00 -0400 China Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561788/ LONDON: Britain’s princes, William and Harry plan to embark on a 1,600-km motorcycle ride in Africa to raise money for orphans and Aids victims. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561797/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:56:05 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561797/ Japan survived a spirited late fightback to open the final round of Asian qualifying for the 2010 World Cup with a 3-2 win away against familiar foe Bahrain on Saturday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561778/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:04:41 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561778/ WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden says he has debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and next month's vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no except... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561795/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:56:04 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561795/ XIAMEN  -- Trade between China and Pacific island countries could exceed 2 billion US dollars this year and 3 billion US dollars in 2010, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said here on Sunday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561789/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:58:59 -0400 China Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561789/ The Ministry of Finance said on Friday that it would float 25.99 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) worth of book-entry treasury bonds, the 16th batch of its kind this year. This issue will bring such book-... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561790/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:58:58 -0400 China Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561790/ Robbie McEwen has beaten compatriots Mark Renshaw and Allan Davis in an Australian clean sweep of the Vattenfall Cyclassic Pro Tour race in Hamburg. McEwen, 36, used his experience to overtake Rensha... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561785/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:10 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561785/ TORONTO: A Canadian soldier was killed and seven wounded on Sunday when their armoured vehicle struck an explosive device while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Canadian government said. Sg... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561794/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:56:03 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561794/ Teen solo sailor Zac Sunderland’s treasured ‘sat’ phone, on which he talks to his mother, Marianne, in Ventura, California twice a day, ‘drowned’ on Sunday.Last Wednesday... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561782/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:47:14 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561782/ TOKYO—Green polar bears are drawing questions from puzzled visitors at a Japanese zoo. Three normally white polar bears at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens in central Japan changed their co... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561787/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:59:51 -0400 Denver Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561787/ (AP) China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, featuring its first-ever space walk, a state news agency said.The Shenzhou 7 launch is to take place between Sept. 25 and 30, t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561729/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:19:39 -0400 CBS News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561729/ AT least one Papua New Guinean villager is confirmed dead, many are missing and thousands are homeless following flooding in the northwestern Morobe Province. Morobe Disaster Service (MDS) said 500 ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561784/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:22:47 -0400 News.com.au http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561784/ The pro-democracy camp has won enough seats in Hong Kong elections to allow it to retain a power of veto over future major legislation, say reports. The pro-democracy opposition is said to have won a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561786/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:16:16 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561786/ Local authorities in central China's Hunan Province on Sunday started probing into 12 companies involved in illegal fund-raising cases after a dispute led to lenders' demonstration on Wednesday and Th... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561799/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:39 -0400 People's Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561799/ China has further eased travel to self-ruled Taiwan, an island it considers sovereign territory, in a further sign of revitalised trade and transit links between the two sides. Historic regular fli... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561407/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:20:31 -0400 One News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561407/ A cold front would bring widespread precipitation to north and northeast China as well as areas between the Yellow and Huaihe rivers in the coming three days, the National Meteorological Observatory f... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561800/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:38 -0400 People's Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561800/ HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Fears China may block Coca-Cola's proposed $2.4 billion take-over of China Huiyuan Juice Group has taken the fizz off what would potentially be the biggest overseas acquisit... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561347/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:22:16 -0400 Market Watch http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561347/ CAMAGUEY(Cuba): Hurricane Ike roared across low-lying islands and bore down on Cuba, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where it kille... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561796/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:56:06 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561796/ Hong Kong's pro-democracy parties have lost less ground than expected to pro-establishment parties backed by Beijing in Sunday's legislative poll.Reports early Monday indicate that some pro-democracy ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561781/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:53:50 -0400 VOA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561781/ Six miners were pulled out of a flooded coal mine in central China's Henan Province on Sunday, but 18 others remain trapped underground, rescuers said. Rescuers said 62 miners were doing maintenance w... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561801/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:37 -0400 People's Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561801/ China and the Independent State of Samoa signed a tourism memorandum on Sunday, under which Samoa gained Approved Destination Status from China. The two governments will discuss issues such as visas a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561512/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:51:31 -0400 People's Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17561512/ Monday, September 08, 2008 BEIJING: China, still patting itself on the back after a hugely successful Olympics, will launch a three-man space flight this month, with all systems already in final prep... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559281/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:19:46 -0400 The News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559281/ Monday, September 08, 2008 TOKYO: Japanese media and activists on Sunday denounced a decision allowing India to engage in international nuclear trade, warning it could hinder future efforts to comple... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559283/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:19:40 -0400 The News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559283/ John Huot is starting to like high oil prices. Earlier this year, the president of St. Paul-based Huot Manufacturing won back a key U.S. customer who abandoned him three years ago for cheaper tool ki... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558843/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:18:10 -0400 Star Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558843/ Australia hope to build on their opening 10-medal haul at the Beijing Paralympics on Monday, with cycling and swimming once again expected to deliver.Australia won an impressive three gold, three silv... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559288/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:58:18 -0400 SBS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559288/ AUSTRALIA: September 8, 2008 CANBERRA - Australia's top climate adviser on Friday recommended carbon be sold for an initial A$20 (US$16) a tonne from 2010, with only marginal increases for the first... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559294/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:43:34 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559294/ TOKYO — Even after spending several months filming on a tropical island, Jodie Foster isn’t immune to the sweltering Tokyo summer. During her visit here last month, the star explained, “thi... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559022/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:37:26 -0400 Japan Today http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559022/ MEXICO: September 8, 2008 MEXICO CITY - Tropical Storm Lowell has formed off Mexico's Pacific coast and could hit the Baja California peninsular popular with US tourists next weekend, the US Nationa... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559297/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:43:28 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559297/ Australia's track cycling and swimming teams have claimed a total of 10 medals in the opening day of competition at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, while the men's and women's wheelchair basketball t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559292/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:06 -0400 ABC Sports http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559292/ On Saturday, China took flood control to space, with the launch of two natural disaster-monitoring satellites. From June to August, floods in China killed 436 people, damaged almost seven million hect... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559299/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:36:54 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559299/ INTERNATIONAL: September 8, 2008 The following factbox compares national goals for fighting climate change, from the United States to India, after Australia's top climate adviser proposed 2020 green... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559296/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:43:30 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559296/ Posted on: Sunday, 7 September 2008, 15:00 CDT Japanese users of Yahoo Japan Corp.'s auction site say they have been victims of identity theft. About 3,000 cases have been discovered among users of s... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559284/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:16:46 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559284/ TOKYO — Baidu.com Inc’s Japanese arm is aiming to be the second choice of Internet search engines in Japan, its president, Toshikazu Inoue, said. Baidu Inc. will focus on making its servi... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559298/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:38:00 -0400 Japan Today http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559298/ Fiji police are not saying whether they will act on two treason complaints filed against interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama and other senior officials, the http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558979/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:15:54 -0400 Pacific Magazine http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558979/ SHANGHAI -(Dow Jones)- China Eastern Airlines Corp. (CEA) is considering a merger with rival Shanghai Airlines Co. (600591.SH) and is still considering the possibility of selling a strategic stake to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558935/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:44:47 -0400 Smart Money http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558935/ SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - September 7, 2008) - Accela, Inc. announced today that is has opened an office in Melbourne, Australia to provide a springboard for business development and operations t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559286/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:18 -0400 Market Wire http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559286/ AZIZABAD, Afghanistan : To the villagers here, there is no doubt what happened in an American airstrike on Aug. 22: more than 90 civilians, the majority of them women and children, were killed. The Af... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559289/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:57:06 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559289/ Monday, September 08, 2008 CANBERRA: Australia looked set to expand uranium mining on Sunday with conservatives poised to win elections in resource powerhouse Western Australia State and demolish the... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559282/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:19:44 -0400 The News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559282/ Turning the screws on the Chinese to ensure compliance with the Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver on the civil nuclear deal, the External Affairs Ministry had summoned China’s ambassador to India Zhang... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559300/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:36:43 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559300/ It has been on a buying binge in the United States over the last seven years, snapping up roughly $1 trillion worth of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Th... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558888/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:34:40 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17558888/ NEW YORK: Sixth-seeded Briton Andy Murray reached his first grand slam final by upsetting world number one Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4 at the US Open on Sunday. The shrewd Scot outplayed the Sp... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559301/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:28:01 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17559301/ Taiwanese leaders sought to ease mounting complaints about the island's slowing economy on Sunday, the latest in a string of public apologies and promises to prop up consumer demand and investment. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557526/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:14:42 -0400 Gadsden Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557526/ MERCHANDISE EXPORTS TO Japan grew by 5.4 percent to $4.5 billion in the first half while Tokyo and Manila took another step closer to having the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement ratifi... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557523/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:40:28 -0400 Inquirer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557523/ Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed will pay a four-day official visit to China from September 15 at the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.Foreign Secretary Touhid Hossain told UNB yesterday that th... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557521/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:55:44 -0400 Daily Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557521/ In recent years, Pakistan has emerged as one of the largest centres for commerce in renal transplantation but an anonymous 26-year-old "healthy male"deciding to sell his kidney on http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557531/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:16 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557531/ PASADENA (TEXAS): Two teenage girls are accused of stabbing a 75-year-old man to death in a robbery that netted them just $15, and police say the mother of one of the teens helped put them up to i... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557532/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557532/ LONDON: Britain’s princes, William and Harry plan to embark on a 1,600-km motorcycle ride in Africa to raise money for orphans and Aids victims. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557530/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:14 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557530/ Australia yesterday welcomed the democratic resolution of Pakistan's leadership as it urged the country's new president to focus on security issues, particularly in the Afghan border region.Asif Ali Z... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557525/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:23:51 -0400 Daily Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557525/ China National Offshore Oil Corp. is likely to invest $6.6 billion to nearly double the capacity of a major refinery project, state media said Friday. CNOOC plans to boost its oil refinery in Huizh... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557319/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:19:43 -0400 Neftegaz http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557319/ Posted on: Sunday, 7 September 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report by privately-owned owned national daily newspaper Fiji Sun website on 7 September The Ministry of Health has not received any reports of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557522/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:53:53 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557522/ The money will be used to expand and create 18 separate services to support children displaced and emotionally wounded by their parents’ divorce, said attorney-general Robert McClelland. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557534/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:11 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557534/ HAVANA: Barely a week after Hurricane Gustav devastated western Cuba, the island was battening down the hatches again on Sunday for another killer storm, with more than half a million people evacua... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557533/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:10 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557533/ But the players performing passing drills and running sprints on the unmarked field in the city's tough Fitzroy area show all the intensity of footballers half a world away preparing for new seaso... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557164/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:06:24 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557164/ If Chang Yung-fa were in the habit of throwing parties, now would be the time for a big one. For the 80-year-old founder of Evergreen, the Taiwanese transport conglomerate, is about to get what he spe... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557537/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:05:30 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17557537/ NEW DELHI: The Chinese government on Saturday not only nearly toppled India's Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) bid in Vienna, but went a step further by advocating a similar nuclear deal for Pakistan.... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555461/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:22:18 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555461/ A senior lawmaker in Japan's ruling party yesterday suggested that snap polls could be held in November, as the party prepares to choose a new prime minister later this month.The comment from Makoto K... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555465/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:04:27 -0400 Daily Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555465/ The International Committee of the Red Cross says up to half a million people have been affected by fighting and tens of thousands have fled their homes on Mindanao Island in southern Philippines. Lis... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555456/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:39:08 -0400 VOA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555456/ Pakistan will acquire over 100 fighter jets from China and the US as well as airborne warning and air-to-air refuelling aircraft to maintain numerical parity with the Indian Air Force which enjoys a "... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555464/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:04:29 -0400 Daily Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555464/ WASHINGTON: It isn't just in India that the US-India nuclear deal has become a political football. As if to prove that politicking is the life-blood of democracies, the two US presidential candidat... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555469/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:39 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555469/ ISLAMABAD: Two American diplomatic outposts in Pakistan received envelopes containing an unknown white powder last week, sparking a security scare, a US Embassy spokesman said on Sunday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555473/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:34 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555473/ WASHINGTON: A prominent US lawmaker who had voiced his opposition to the US-India nuclear deal has indicated he is open to changing his mind, strengthening the chances of Congress giving its final ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555472/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:36 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555472/ TEHERAN - A joint research satellite of China, Iran and Thailand was launched on a Chinese rocket on Sunday aimed at boosting cooperation on natural disasters such as earthquakes, an Iranian minister ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555467/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:57:22 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555467/ There was no immediate report of any casualties or damage. A small earthquake measuring 5.1 hit northern India close to the border with China on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there w... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555468/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:50:16 -0400 ANS http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555468/ Beijing, Sep 7: Chinese President Hu Jintao Sunday congratulated Pakistan's president-elect Asif Ali Zardari and pledged to maintain an "all weather friendship" with Islamabad. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555457/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:33:14 -0400 New Kerala http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555457/ G7 presses China over renminbi By Chris Giles, Krishna Guha and Eoin Callan in Washington Published: October 19 2007 08:31 | Last updated: October 20 2007 02:46 http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555475/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:45:58 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555475/ Concern grows over slowdown in China car market By Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai Published: September 7 2008 17:10 | Last updated: September 7 2008 17:10 http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555476/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:45:50 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17555476/ The death toll in a devastating suicide blast has reached 35, officials said Sunday, as Pakistan prepared for Benazir Bhutto's widower to take over as president. The suicide attack Saturday unde... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553476/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:52:05 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553476/ Two suicide attackers detonated bombs inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan's second-largest city Sunday and killed six policemen, officials said. The two bombers targeted General Abdul ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553631/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:52:02 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553631/ External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday skirted a query on China's role during the Nuclear Supplies Group (NSG) meeting in Vienna where the 45-nation organisation agreed by consensus to a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553878/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:33:34 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553878/ SEOUL: South Korea is to resume food assistance to North Korea next month, a news report said on Sunday, after it was suspended as part of Seoul's firmer stance with its neighbour and rival. Seoul's Y... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553869/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:17 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553869/ Two landslides triggered by heavy rains buried more than 20 houses in a remote gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and 16 others missing, officials said Su... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553872/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:52:03 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553872/ In the midst of the tense negotiations at Vienna where China created problems in the waiver in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), India had conveyed its unhappiness to Beijing through a demarche. Inf... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553877/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:33:30 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553877/ LONDON [MENL] -- Australia has canceled a contract for Israel to supplyunmanned aerial vehicles to the Western military. The Australian Defence Ministry said a contract signed in 2006 for thedelivery ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553874/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:36:01 -0400 Middle East Newsline http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553874/ government plans to lower the capital adequacy ratio requirement for financial institutions that want to buy back their shares to 105% from 110% to boost the local bourse, the Financial Supervisory ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553882/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:34 -0400 Morning Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553882/ (AFP)--Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso, who is hoping to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, pledged Sunday not to increase the consumption tax rate from the c... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553884/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:31 -0400 Morning Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553884/ (AFP)--A senior lawmaker in Japan's ruling party on Sunday suggested that snap polls could be held in November, as the party prepares to choose a new prime minister later this month. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553885/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:23:29 -0400 Morning Star http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17553885/ Britain took an early lead in the Paralympics medal table on Sunday as Olympian Natalie du Toit starred and Chinese officials played down an embarrassing security breach at the glittering opening cere... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17552337/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:48:01 -0400 Breitbart http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17552337/ COLOMBO: The Maldives is to hold its first multi-party presidential election next month as part of sweeping political reforms in the Sunni Muslim nation, a minister said on Sunday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17552341/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:45:31 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17552341/ She has shared a pen with an orphaned fawn. Sadie even showed the fawn how to forage for greens to eat _ a process much harder for humans to demonstrate, Cooper said. The duo once wandered off afte... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17552342/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:45:29 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/17552342/