Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia 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/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:45:50 -0400 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:45:50 -0400 30 Two suicide attackers blew themselves up at the police headquarters in Kandahar city Sunday, killing and wounding more than 30, while two dozen Taliban were killed in airstrikes and clashes elsewhere in the country, officials have said. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/403579/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:16 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/403579/cs/1/ *Have you created IDs and passwords to enter other SPH online sites such as AsiaOne Careers? If so, then checking this box will mean that your BTO ID and password will override those earlier IDs an... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17558887/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:08:13 -0400 Business Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17558887/ Farmers in eastern India blocking construction work at a Tata Motors plant have suspended their protests. The move came after the government of West Bengal state promised to return some of the land n... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559402/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:59:40 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559402/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559454/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:56:31 -0400 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559454/ Bangkok (Reuters) Qatar and surprise package North Korea clinched early wins to move to the top of the two Asian groups in World Cup qualifying on Saturday. Qatar got off to a flying start in Group On... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559262/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:50 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559262/ US: September 8, 2008 WASHINGTON - Asian pollution from Asian power plants, cooking and heating could create summer hot spots in the central United States and southern Europe by mid-century, US clim... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559334/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:43:20 -0400 Planet Ark http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559334/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559301/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:28:01 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17559301/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557532/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557532/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557531/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:16 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557531/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557530/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:14 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557530/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557534/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:11 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557533/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:08:10 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557533/ Direct market access, which allows fund managers and other institutions to buy and sell shares using brokers’ computers as if they were traders, looks set for rapid growth in Asia after establishing... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17558745/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:05:24 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17558745/ US races to approve nuclear deal with India By Daniel Dombey in Washington and Joe Leahy in MumbaiPublished: September 7 2008 19:08 | Last updated: September 7 2008 19:08 http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557783/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:05:21 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557783/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555469/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:39 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555469/ China will launch its third manned space mission in late September, state-run news agency Xinhua reports. The Shenzhou VII flight will feature China's first ever space walk, which will be broadcast... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555463/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:17:23 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555463/ Watch ) China made the case for Pakistan in a veiled statement, saying it hoped the NSG would ‘equally address the aspirations of all parties.’ A number of analysts have taken the phrase ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555471/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:37 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555471/ Staff deliver the various party's promotional leaflet of the Legislative Council election to passersby in Hong Kong Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Hong Kong residents voted Sunday in legislative elections tha... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555741/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:20:31 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555741/ HONG KONG: Election fever has hit Hong Kong as voters flocked to the polls to choose the city's lawmakers for the next four years. It is one of the most competitive elections ever, and members of the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557004/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:26:01 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557004/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555472/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:36 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555472/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555473/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:48:34 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555473/ Zadari warned he must create ‘new future’ By Farhan Bokhari in IslamabadPublished: September 7 2008 17:43 | Last updated: September 7 2008 17:43 http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557007/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:45:48 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557007/ Asif Ali Zardari may have defied the odds but how secure is his future? That was the question posed by a western diplomat on Sunday as he pondered what lies beyond the political rise of Pakistan’s n... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557008/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:45:45 -0400 Financial Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17557008/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17553869/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:17 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17553869/ SEOUL : South Korean police on Sunday arrested four people over the theft of data on 11 million customers of a local oil refiner in what is being called the country's largest-ever data leak. The four,... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555012/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:03:15 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17555012/ KANDAHAR, Afghanistan : Two suicide bombers struck inside the police headquarters in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar Sunday, leaving dozens of people dead and wounded, officials said. Authorit... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17553430/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:24:16 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17553430/ At least 11 people have been killed and 14 others are missing after landslides triggered by heavy rains buried several houses in the southern Philippines. Dozens of rescue workers have been trying to... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17552157/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:14:28 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17552157/ 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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17552341/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:45:31 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/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/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17552342/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:45:29 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17552342/ Australia sealed a 3-0 series whitewash over Bangladesh with a 73-run win in the final one-dayer in Darwin. The hosts were restricted to 198-5 with Mike Hussey unbeaten on 57 and opener Shaun Marsh... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550557/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:23:50 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550557/ The opening line of Ivan Wilson's last letter home to his mother had a poignant resonance at his memorial service."I guess you might say we've reached our final destination." http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550714/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:19:16 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550714/ NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar : Myanmar's police chief on Sunday denied detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on hunger strike after her party said she has been refusing food for three weeks. Khin Yee t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17551979/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:34:51 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17551979/ Two explosions have rocked a police station in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar, killing at least six people, officials say. They say two suicide bombers detonated their bombs in quick succe... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550657/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:23:53 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550657/ Archaeologists have unearthed artifacts at the first train station to connect Los Angeles to the rest of the nation at the site of a state park under development near Chinatown, officials said Saturda... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17551980/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:19:14 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17551980/ BEIJING -- The international Paralympic Games opened Saturday in Beijing in spectacular fashion, launching an event China's leaders hope will show their country in a compassionate light. The crowd ro... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550751/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:19:13 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550751/ Peshawar - The death toll from a suicide blast at a security checkpoint in northwest Pakistan has risen to 33, after more bodies were found and several people died in hospital, police said on Sunday. ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550660/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:18:44 -0400 IOL http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550660/ SEOUL: South Korean state prosecutors have indicted more than a quarter of Seoul's city councillors for corruption in the biggest crackdown on local legislatures, officials said Sunday. Twenty-eight m... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550092/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:20 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550092/ SEOUL: South Korea's spy agency Sunday denied a media report that the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il might be worsening. Speculation has recently grown again since Kim, 66, has not been see... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550094/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:09:14 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550094/ Thailand's embattled prime minister has said he is confident there will be no military coup against his government, despite weeks of street protests. "The military believes no coup is the best way to... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17548164/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:59:26 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17548164/ In 1988, Eddey was one of the 35 people injured by a bomb planted by Umkhonto weSizwe operatives outside Ellis Park after a rugby match. Two people - Clive Clucas, 48, and Linus Marais, 34 - were kill... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550095/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:54:41 -0400 IOL http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17550095/ CAIRO: Thirty-one people were killed and 23 injured when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, sending rocks and boulders crashing down on dozens of houses, security and ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17548176/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:28:09 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17548176/ She has set up a new housing initiative called Thoroughcare Housing and Support to provide help for victims of domestic violence and forced marriages. It will also provide education and support to ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17548177/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:28:08 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17548177/ BANGKOK: Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told the nation Sunday he was confident there would be no military coup, despite weeks of street protests calling for his resignation. Som... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547666/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:31 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547666/ PATNA, India: India was racing at the weekend to rescue hold-outs reluctant to leave their marooned villages in the flood-hit north while also grappling with the huge task of feeding and housing close... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547667/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:28 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547667/ BEIJING: China's third manned space flight, which will feature China's first attempted space walk, will blast off in late September, state media reported. The launch of the Shenzhou VII will take plac... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546210/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:22 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546210/ MANILA: Philippine villagers joined troops Sunday in the search for survivors after a landslide buried more than a dozen homes in a town in the south of the country, officials said. Six people were ki... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547664/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:36 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547664/ KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged his countrymen to stop discussing race and religious issues after a dispute over comments by a ruling party member, according to reports Sun... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547665/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:33 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547665/ ISLAMABAD: Asif Ali Zardari is expected to be sworn in as Pakistan's president Monday, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago, an o... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547668/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:42:26 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17547668/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's president-elect Asif Ali Zardari is unlikely to have the country's powerful military breathing down his neck as did his slain wife during two stormy stints in power, analysts ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546225/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:01:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546225/ BEIJING: Nuclear negotiators are trying to agree on a set of rules to verify North Korea's nuclear programs and once that is accomplished the US will move quickly to take the regime off its list of... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546227/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:01:11 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546227/ A total of 171 investment contracts worth 106 billion yuan (about 15.5 billion U.S. dollars) were signed during the 4th Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, which ended on Saturday. Chen Weigen, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546022/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:56:59 -0400 People's Daily http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17546022/ BEIJING: The Chinese leadership has signalled its belief that India is a responsible nuclear power, which will never use its nuclear capability against China while supporting India's case at the Nu... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544471/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:35:18 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544471/ VIENNA: With the NSG crossed, the scene will shift to the US for the final ratification of the Indo-US nuclear civil cooperation agreement by an up-down vote of the US Congress which meets on Monda... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544472/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:35:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544472/ CARACAS: In a military first certain to raise eyebrows in the United States, Russia will carry out joint naval manoeuvres in the Americas with Venezuela, the Venezuelan navy said. Four Russian s... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544473/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:35:14 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544473/ Kolkata, Sept 6 (PTI) Creating medical history of sorts, an embryological twin was born after a gap of three years at a fertility clinic here. A baby boy was born in the clinic three years after... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544474/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:35:13 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544474/ MANAMA: Japan beat Bahrain 3-2 in a pulsating opening match of the fourth and final Asian qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup here on Saturday. Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura, Yasuhito Endo and Ken... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542710/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:48:14 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542710/ North Korea´s Pak Chol Jin (R) fights for the ball with Mohammed al-Shehi of the United Arab Emirates during their group two Asian qualifying match for the 2010 World Cup at the Bin Zayed Stadium in ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542261/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:23:47 -0400 soccerway http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542261/ MANAMA, Sept. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Summary of a 2010 World Cup qualifier in Asian zone Group A at National Stadium on Saturday: Bahrain 2 - Salman Isa 87, Marcus Tulio Tanaka (own goal) 88 Japan 3 - ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542264/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:10:09 -0400 Breitbart http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542264/ DESPITE not competing in several Asian tournaments, Malaysian bowlers Zulmazran Zulkifli and Shalin Zulkifli are ranked men's second and women's fifth respectively in the latest Asian Bowling Federati... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544184/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:56:48 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17544184/ KEY WEST(Florida): Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength on Saturday as it traced an uncertain path that forced millions along an arc of coastline from the Caribbean to Florida, and Loui... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542715/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:07:31 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542715/ LONDON: British officials have seized nearly 3000 fake DVDs of latest Bollywood films, including those that have not yet been released, from a shop in Leicester as part of a swoop on counterfeit In... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542716/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:07:30 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542716/ AVIGNON (France): European Union foreign ministers appealed to Moscow today to follow through on commitments to withdraw its forces from Georgia under a cease-fire plan. French President Nicolas... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542717/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:07:29 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542717/ KATHMANDU: It was a long trail — from Mumbai to Dubai and from there to Pakistan, and finally Nepal. But the long arm of law stretched across thousands of miles to finally swoop down on Riyaz Kha... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542718/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:07:28 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542718/ http://www.toefl.org PRINCETON, NJ--(Marketwire - September 6, 2008) - A significant number of students in countries across Asia were unable to take their TOEFL iBT tests Saturday morning because o... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540767/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:20:18 -0400 Market Wire http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540767/ The North Koreans kicked things off by causing an early sensation, seizing pole position in Group 2 with a shock 2-1 win away to United Arab Emirates. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17541997/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:17:25 -0400 FIFA http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17541997/ PARIS - Leaders in countries around the world and neighbours Iran and Afghanistan congratulated Pakistan's new president Asif Ali Zardari on his election Saturday. In Washington, White House spokesman... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542121/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:14:55 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17542121/ LONDON: The escalation in Britain's growing surveillance state has created outrage over the way councils are using powers originally designed to combat terrorism and organised crime to spy on resid... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540633/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:36:13 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540633/ WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to visit Washington DC for just a day on September 26-27 to celebrate the conclusion of the US-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement which he engineer... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540636/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:36:10 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540636/ WASHINGTON: As Islam makes inroads in the United States, American Muslims are setting up mega-mosques that combine religious tradition with typical American convenience. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540634/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:36:12 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540634/ PESHAWAR: Pakistan blocked a major fuel supply route for western forces in Afghanistan on Saturday in response to a raid by US forces into northwest Pakistan this week, the defence minister said. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540631/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:36:15 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540631/ TRIPOLI: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi - once reviled as a "mad dog" by a US president on Friday on a historic visit which she said proved that Washington... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540632/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:36:14 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540632/ VIENNA: The deal is done. And it's a big deal for India. It has gained unique status as the only nuclear weapons power to be allowed global nuclear commerce without signing either the Nuclear Non-p... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540642/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:36:02 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540642/ BEIJING : The United States will take North Korea off its terror list "immediately" if it can agree a way to verify its nuclear facilities, top envoy Christopher Hill said Saturday. The renewed pledge... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540164/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:43:48 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17540164/ The faithful gather in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, to demand the return of the Catholic church's land that they say was taken by Vietnam's communist government in the early 1960s. (AP Pho... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17535010/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:49:41 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17535010/ SEOUL -- Back in the days of Red scares, blacklists, suspicion and smear, Kim Soo-im was singled out as a one-woman axis of evil, a villainess without peer. "The Korean Seductress Who Betrayed Ame... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17538024/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:40:06 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17538024/ of August 31 about elephant poaching perpetuates a false view that the CITES-approved ivory sales from southern Africa stimulate ivory demand and elephant killing. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17535032/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:04:52 -0400 Daily Nation http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17535032/ ISLAMABAD: Ruling Pakistan People's Party chief Asif Ali Zardari was on Saturday elected Pakistan's new President, securing a landslide victory in the elections. ( http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534748/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:11:22 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534748/ His wife and two children snacked on slabs of fried fermented soy, known as tempeh, and tossed the cake-like staple into bland bowls of noodles and soup. The soy provided protein, and it was cheap. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17538025/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:42:10 -0400 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17538025/ ZURICH: The death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Hanna has exceeded 500 and is growing by the hour, the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Saturday. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534750/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:11:24 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534750/ PESHAWAR : An explosives-laden car rammed into a security checkpoint in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday, setting off a massive blast that killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more, p... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534746/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:11:17 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534746/ The group of nations which regulates the global nuclear trade has approved a US proposal to lift restrictions on selling nuclear technology to India. The controversial deal now needs to be ratified b... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17535005/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:45:54 -0400 BBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17535005/ BEIJING : US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill met with his Chinese counterpart and the Russian ambassador on Saturday as concerns mounted over North Korea's resumption of work at its main atomic reac... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534744/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:11:16 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534744/ VIENNA: The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) on Saturday granted India a crucial waiver that will enable it to carry out nuclear commerce, ending 34 years of isolation enforced in the wake of the 1974... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534741/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:11:08 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17534741/ BANGKOK : Thailand's embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej holed up at his heavily-guarded home on Saturday as protesters vowed to continue defying emergency rule and hold marches demanding he ste... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533612/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:46:06 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533612/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines -- A Red Cross official appealed Saturday to government troops and Muslim separatist rebels not to harm civilians as they battle each other in the worst fig... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17531748/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:39:47 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17531748/ ISLAMABAD: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted northern and central Pakistan on Saturday, forcing residents to leave their homes, as Pakistani lawmakers began voting in a presidential election that slai... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533615/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:45:54 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533615/ - Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba.com, flagship of Hangzhou's Alibaba Group, runs a business-to-business service for small-to-midsize importers and exporters. Since a November IPO, the shares have ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533617/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:34:14 -0400 Business Week http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533617/ COTABATO, Philippines: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Saturday called on the Philippines military and Muslim rebels not to stop aid reaching civilians displaced by fighting in the... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533614/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:45:56 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533614/ "A lot of people think Western-style democracy is a joke -- it's more like a pop idol contest or a beauty pageant," said Pan Xiaoli, an anchorwoman for International Channel Shanghai, an English-langu... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17531619/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:29:07 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17531619/ Patna, India - Rescue workers in flood-hit northern India have brought over 800 000 people to safety, but tens of thousands more are still believed to be trapped, officials said on Friday. Large sw... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533616/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:28:40 -0400 IOL http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17533616/ NEW DELHI: Even as two days of marathon talks over NSG waiver remained inconclusive in Vienna, India is still optimistic of the verdict. ( http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17531604/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:03:32 -0400 Times of India http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/17531604/