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  • Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets Salman Khurshid

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid here on Monday, as he sought to strengthen mutual trust and deepen cooperation between the two nations after a recent military standoff in Ladakh threatened to derail ties between the two Asian giants. The Chinese premier also visited Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi and paid homage to the father of the Indian ...

  • India China ties essential for Asia world Manmohan Singh

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday that India and China's relationship is essential for stability and prosperity in Asia and the world, while stressing the need "for an early resolution of the boundary dispute. "There are many areas of convergence between us. We agreed that the relationship is of growing significance and essential for peaceful development and stability and prosperity in ...

  • Asias Ascott inks deal for first Saudi property

    Singapore-based Ascott Limited, the world's largest international serviced residence owner-operator, has entered Saudi Arabia by securing a management contract for its first residence in ...

  • Asia Fuel Oil-Surplus fuel weighs on prices amid lacklustre demand

    SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Asian fuel oil refining margins and cash premiums were under pressure on Monday, thanks to oversupply because of heavy arbitrage flows from the West, while demand showed no signs of expanding despite a drop in outright prices. Asia cash premiums for the 380-centistoke (cst) benchmark for the marine fuels market were at 9 cents a tonne, down 27 cents ...

  • Vietnam Drop Charges for Leafleting

    Vietnam should drop charges and free two activists arrested in October 2012 for "conducting propaganda against the state. Nguyen Phuong Uyen and Dinh Nguyen Kha are scheduled to be tried in the People’s Court of Long An province on Thursday, May 16, 2013. According to state media, Nguyen Phuong Uyen and Dinh Nguyen Kha were arrested for handing out leaflets that "distort the ...

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Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

In Real Women Have Curves, 18-year-old newcomer America Ferrera does a lot of exasperated sighing and angry eye-rolling as Ana, a bright and ambitious young woman who has just graduated from high school and has her whole life ahead of her. Theres one major obstacle in her path, though: her conservative-minded and utterly unbending mother, Carmen (Lupe Ontiveros), who thinks that, because s ... ...

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  • Pakistans Musharraf granted bail in Bhutto case

    ISLAMABAD -; A lawyer for Pakistan's former military ruler says a judge has granted Pervez Musharraf bail in a case related to the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir ...

  • Chinese Indian leaders call for cooperation

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, right, as he leaves the Indian Presidential Palace after his ceremonial reception in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 20, 2013. Just weeks after a tense border standoff, Li visited India on his first foreign three-day trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost ...

  • Markets solid despite Fed policy speculation

    A man under an umbrella walks past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, May 20, 2013. Japan's Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 15,352.84 as evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Koji ...

  • SE Asia Stocks-Indonesia jumps after new finmin Thailand at new high

    BANGKOK, May 20 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets gained on Monday as optimism about global growth lifted sentiment in overseas markets while Indonesia's main index rose to a new all-time closing high, after the appointment of a new finance minister. Jakarta's Composite Index ended up 1.4 percent at 5,214.97, pushing up its year-to-date gain to 21 percent, Southeast Asia's ...

  • Mobiles offer financial lifeline to Asian migrants

    Asia'smobilerevolution is set to transform the region's financial services industry, offering a cheap way for millions of migrant workers to send money home to their families, a report said on ...

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