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ASIA News, Dec 23, 2011

Water Polo: Dreaming to be among Asia's elite
Channel News Asia
By Tan Yo-Hinn, TODAY | Posted: 23 December 2011 0641 hrs SINGAPORE: Fresh off their latest SEA Games success, Singapore's national men's waterpolo team are now targeting a top-five finish at next year's Asian Championships. ...
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Update on the latest business
NECN
SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets rose today in thin holiday trading on signs the US economy is improving. Investors have been cheered in recent weeks by evidence of a rebound in the US — the world's biggest economy and a crucial export market for ...
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Sensex snaps two-day rally…Nifty holds 4714
India Infoline.com
Improving prospects for the US economy boosted the sentiment across Asia today. Data released on Thursday showed that new US claims for unemployment benefit dropped to their lowest in three-and-a-half years and consumer confidence rose. ...
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Taste for Maine Lobster Growing Halfway Around the World
MPBN News
"We're looking to buy and sell a million pounds of live lobsters a year to be shipped out to overseas Asian markets." Smith says the newcompany, CY Lobster, has already started looking for local lobstermen willing to sell to them. ...
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MPBN News
Hindustan Unilever scales record high
India Infoline.com
FMCG major Hindustan Unilever scaled a record high today, 23 December 2011. Capital goods and metal stocks rose on bargain hunting after recent steep slide. The market slipped into the red after a firm opening triggered by higher Asianstocks. ...
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Which investments will do best in the long run?
MoneyWeek
The riskier Southeast Asian economies outperformed last year as well, as investors continued to reassess their prospects. Much of that was deserved – but I still thought the trend had got carried away and that they would underperform safer markets such ...
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The shifting global church
ChristianToday
Today, Christianity is declining across its former heartland as the church rises in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The latest report from the US-based Pew Forum puts the number of Christians in the world today at 2.18 billion – nearly a third of the ...
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Burma's Nobel laureate meets UEC chairman for party registration
Asian Correspondent
According to the latest news, U Khin Aung Myint, the Upper House Speaker, met Suu Kyi 1:15 pm today at the parliament. Lower House Speaker Shwe Mann, third-ranking general in the previous junta, also met the Nobel laureate from 1:35 to 2:35 pm ...
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Thailand's King and Indonesia's Queen of Song on "ASEAN Today"
The Online Zamboanga Times
JAKARTA — Southeast Asia's royalty is featured in the January 2012 edition of "ASEAN Today," the monthly program focused on the world's most dynamic region. The program is co-anchored from Jakarta and Bangkok this month, with Dalton Tanonaka of ...
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Insight: More solar firms set to burn up as prices sink
Reuters
The new, promising solar markets most often cited by manufacturers include India, Southeast Asia and South Africa. Such markets not only enjoy abundant sunlight, which makes the economics of solar more attractive, they also have strong appetites for ...
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Survey reveals optimism over Irish economy
Irish Times
Irish investors are more positive about the Irish economy than their outlook for the global economy, but confidence is still low, a new survey showed today. According to the RaboDirect Investor Barometer, only 9 per cent of investors are upbeat about ...
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Singapore Subway Snags Sidetracked by Race
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Nonetheless critics are questioning the government's hand in the latest disruptions, and probing fundamental assumptions underpinning Singapore's public-transport framework. Given the government's role in corporatizing public transport and stretching ...
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Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
Human Rights Watch
“The Cambodian government is pressing forward with a draft law that grants it broad authority to make arbitrary decisions about which groups can operate and which cannot,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. ...
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Samsung unveils two Android-powered dual-sim smartphones
BGR
SEOUL, Korea – December 22, 2011 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced thelatest additions to the GALAXY smartphone series, Samsung GALAXY Y DUOS and Samsung GALAXY Y Pro ...
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PlayStation Vita imports simplified with Hong Kong launch
The Verge
Fortunately, the system was launched in Hong Kong today, bringing with it a host of "Asia version" games that have a higher chance of being in English - on systems like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Asia versions are usually in English and either...
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Ogilvy Expands into China's Yangtze River Delta with Nanjing Yindu Acquisition
PR-CANADA.net (press release)
Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific was named Campaign Asia Pacific's Network of the Year on December 13, 2011. Ogilvy & Mather (ogilvy.com) is one of the largest marketing communications companies in the world. Through its specialty units, ...
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Latin America goes its way
Daily Pioneer
However, in recent times Latin America has moved away from its dependence on American markets by strengthening trade ties with China and other countries While the world has been focusing on the Western crisis, the West Asia chaos and the Chinese ...
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Babies Left In Cars, Shots Fired, Doors Broken Down: Just Another Air Jordan ...
Deadspin
Here's a roundup of today's Nike-related crime. • In Richmond, Calif.: "At the Hilltop Mall in the city of Richmond, shots rang out at around 6 am An estimated three thousand were in line waiting for the new Nike's new Air Jordan 11 Retro Concords. ...
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Judge puts Mariners franchise value at $641 million in Chris Larson divorce ...
The Seattle Times (blog)
Today's figure, based off the ruling, would put the M's fifth highest on the Forbes list of the 30 big-league teams. But it's worth remembering that this latest court estimate is coming in after the 2011 season has been played and not prior to it like...
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Kinetic Social Hires Agency Veteran and Social Media Expert Carree Syrek
Bradenton Herald
Ms Syrek was employed with the GroupM family for nearly four years, and previously served as the engagement director of social media and digital creative production overseeing the regions of Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role she managed interactive ...
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United States the Ununited Empire
The Market Oracle
These Cold War relics are all insufficiently flexible to deal with the diversity of today's world, which redefined itself in 1991, making the old institutions obsolete. Some may have continuing value, but only in the context of new institutions that ...
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The Market Oracle
Do away with these myths about Gold!
Equitymaster.com
Taking cues from its peers in Asia, the indices in Indian stock markets started off on a positive note today. However, selling pressure in power, infrastructure and steel stocks pushed the indices into the negative territory. At the time of writing, ...
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Russian markets -- Factors to Watch on Dec 23
Reuters
Russia is ready to increase purchases of natural gas from Turkmenistan in order to retain its monopoly on gas exports to Europe from Central Asia, Kommersant daily says prior to Friday's meeting between presidents of Russia and Turkmenistan. ...
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Want To Connect With Your Inner Neanderthal?
Care2.com (blog)
by Judy Molland Genome analysts at 23andMe have devised a new way to reveal the secrets inside your DNA. Their latest test will reveal how many of your genes come from Neanderthals. And they warn that some people have a lot of Neanderthal in them! ...
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US: Stocks open higher ahead of holiday
Business Times (subscription)
'Overseas markets have seen an upward bias today as traders remain cheerful ahead of the holiday weekend. Solid gains across most of Asia spilled over into European trade,' said analysts at Briefing.com. -- AFP.
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Komorowski's Korner – Ezra Levant and the Ethics & Politics of Oil – December ...
Cornwall Free News
Terry Teegee, a vice-chief for the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council in the Fort St. James, BC, area, has his own views on “ethical oil” and the pipeline: “Asia Pacific countries should know they are contributing to the destruction of our land and culture ...
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Pre Market Briefing, including 'US GDP growth revised down in 3Q FY2011'
Proactive Investors UK
At 0432GMT today, the EUR strengthened against the USD, gaining 0.15%, to trade at $1.3074. Yesterday, the EUR gained 0.13% versus the USD, to close at $1.3054, after the European Central Bank announced that its new, longer-term lending operation had ...
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Somali pirates still hold 200 hostages: EU mission
Coastweek
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) credits reduction in hijackings to policing and interventions by international naval forces, correct application of the industry's latest Best Management Practice – including the careful consideration of the ...
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Coastweek
Sensex closes down on profit-selling
Expressindia.com
The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) benchmark Sensex today fell 75 points as investors encashed two days of gains amid concerns over slowing economic growth, although overseas markets showed a firm trend. Sensex, which gained over 638 points in the last ...
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China sentences rights activist Chen Wei to nine years in jail
The Independent
With many new, talented writers being taken on board, ... News that train fares are to soar by an average of 5.9% in January 2012 has been met with outrage. T... A Chinese court sentenced a veteran activist today to nine years in prison for inciting...
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Where's Fido from? New research says Southeast Asia
Part of the Bay Area News Group ... New research says Southeast Asia ... Newgenetic evidence suggests that the ancestors of today's modern American dog ...
www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_19581436
Latest News | Asian Stocks Hammered | Finance ... - Indonesia Today
Theindonesiatoday. com - Asian stocks are hammered down this morning on fears that Europe's debt crisis will engulf world economies....
www.theindonesiatoday.com/Finance-Photo/Finance.../News
Zaka confident Pakistan will host Asia Cup | Pakistan Today | Latest ...
New Update(s) ... 2Fzaka-confident-pakistan-will-host-asia-cup%2FZaka+ confident+Pakistan+will+host+Asia+Cup2011-12-19+19%3A09%3A29anjumhttp %3A ...
www.pakistantoday.com.pk/.../zaka-confident-pakistan-will-h...
Speak Asia Latest News of 12 Dec - Home Based Computer Jobs ...
Speak Asia Latest News. Today as on 12 Dec 2011 was the hearing of AISPA president Melvin Crasto bail which has been rejected.and now the application ...
home-based-jobs-mall.blogspot.com/.../speak-asia-latest-news-...
S. Korea Calls for Calm Following Kim Jong Il Death | Asia ... - News
Live Streams: Latest Newscast | Africa Live | Global Live ... Asia RSS Feeds ... Yu Mi Hyun, 25, who first heard about the news today at the office, says she didn't ...
www.voanews.com/.../S-Korea-Calls-for-Calm-Following-Kim...
Angry Bird maker plans Hong Kong IPO - ZDNet Asia News
Company exec says Asian market where "people and money" are, but has not made concrete plans of when ... Besides Hong Kong, Rovio was reportedly looking to go public in the New York stock exchange. .... Newsletters Subscribe today ...
www.zdnetasia.com/angry-bird-maker-plans-hong-kong-ipo-6...
Earthquake terror as dozens injured in New Zealand - Asia-Pacific ...
GrabOne daily deals. New website offers you big savings | See Service | ...Today's Paper; Newspapers ... You are here: Home > World News > Asia-Pacific...
www.independent.ie/.../earthquake-terror-as-dozens-injured-in...
Eurozone crisis live: UK refuses to contribute to €200bn IMF ...
9.47pm: Some late news out of Paris -- the French prime minister has ..... KRW underperformed Asian currencies today on the back of the news and could be hit...
www.guardian.co.uk/global/2011/dec/19/eurozone-crisis-live
BIO Asia 2012 ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion
Stay in touch with the latest and widest range of Japan News with JapanToday's ...Login to update your settings to subscribe to News Alert. ... BIO Asia 2012 ...
www.japantoday.com/category/events/view/bio-asia-2012
Live: Kim Jong-il, North Korean leader, dies aged 69 - Telegraph
New North Korean ruler Kim Jong-un (front) pays his respects to his ... http://www. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8964926/Kim-Jong-il-North ...newspaper, reports that the situation inside North Korea was calm today and that...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Kim-Jong-il-North-Korean-leader-die...
Europe woes force shift by Asian exporters ... - USA Today
Asian manufacturers looking closer to home for new business ... slowing demand from Europe and the U.S., according to Xinhua, the state-run news agency. ...
www.usatoday.com/money/world/story/2011-12-12/.../1
iTWire - Former AXA Asia Pacific CEO, Andrew Penn to be Telstra ...
Former AXA Asia Pacific CEO, Andrew Penn to be Telstra CFO. ... Today on iTWire · Latest News · Your IT · Entertainment · Home IT · Mobility · Business IT...
www.itwire.com/.../51773-former-axa-asia-pacific-ceo-andrew...
Education for a digital generation: 10 New Media schools | Asian ...
Essentially, most New Media or Digital Media courses are built around digital methods of audio and visual production ... Asian Correspondent Asia News ...
asiancorrespondent.com/.../education-for-a-digital-generation-...
President, PM should resign, says Hashmi | latest | South Asian ...
sana news deliver latest and breaking news from Pakistan, World, Sports, Business ... Politics today is no different from the political conditions back in 1971,...
www.sananews.net/.../president-pm-should-resign-says-hashmi...
LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4000 sources, including ...
New genetic evidence suggests that the ancestors of today's modern American dog likely lived in Southeast Asia, and then accompanied ancient traders as they...
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