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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 ...

  • Rights group criticizes Sri Lankas rights record

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -; An international human rights group said Monday that respect for basic rights and liberties has declined in Sri Lanka in the four years since the government defeated separatist Tamil rebels to end a civil ...

  • Pakistans former military ruler granted bail

    Pakistanis chant slogans during a protest to condemn the killing of Zohra Shahid, a senior member of former Pakistani cricket star Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party in Sindh, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 19, 2013. Police said gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed Shahid outside her home on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the city of Karachi in southern Sindh province. (AP ...

  • Preparing for Asias golden age

    Rajiv Biswas , the Asia-Pacific chief economist for IHS Global Insight. In his book 'Future Asia', published by Palgrave Macmillan, Biswas says the key challenge in ensuring the Asian century is Asia's golden age will be the building of platforms for political and economic cooperation. Biswas spoke to Reuters in Singapore about Asian consumer spending and his insights from ...

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A Prairie Home Companion [DVD]

A Prairie Home Companion [DVD]

With his hangdog mug and mellifluous voice, Garrison Keillor has been a mainstay of public radio since the mid-1970s when he came up with the idea of producing a musical-comedy variety show with fictional commercials that would recall the 1930s heyday of radio, when ... ...

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  • Asia Distillates-Gasoil margins climb on Saudi demand

    SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - Asian gasoil margins climbed on Monday as spot demand emerged from Saudi Arabia while maintenance was being carried out at several refineries, industry sources said. The June gasoil crack rose 16 cents to $16.94 a barrel above Dubai crude, Reuters data showed. Saudi Aramco's trading arm is seeking up to 1.3 million barrels of gasoil in the spot ...

  • Asia NaphthaGasoline-Naphtha rises boosted by Lotte tender

    SINGAPORE, May 20 (Reuters) - The Asian naphtha price rose on Monday to reach $875.75 a tonne, the highest since May 10, while its margin hit a four-session high of $93.50 a tonne on spot and term demand. South Korea's top ethylene maker Lotte Chemical issued a tender to buy an additional 25,000 tonnes of naphtha for second-half June arrival at Daesan, surprising some traders ...

  • IMDEX Asia 2013 Ends on a Record-breaking High

    Singapore, May 20, 2013 - (ACN Newswire) - The ninth edition of the International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX Asia), Asia-Pacific's foremost maritime defence show, ended on a high last Thursday, 16 May, with a record number of participating companies and VIP delegations. 9,072 trade visitors from 59 countries/regions, a 16% increase from the last show, attended the three-day event at ...

  • Gold Silver Prices Bounce from Fresh Plunge Bearish Investors Continue Outweighing Asias Household Demand

    Gold and silver prices rallied from a fresh plunge in early London dealing on Monday, rising to stand unchanged and 2.3% lower respectively from the end of last week's trade.Asian stock markets rose sharply, even as the Japanese Yen reversed Friday's drop to new 4-year lows against the US Dollar.Commodities ticked lower as did major government bonds. Silver prices today touched the ...

  • Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf granted bail in Benazir assassination case

    Pervez Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have ...

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