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Obama's Trip Focuses On The Pacific
NPR
ZSOLT NYIRI: We saw a big shift this year when the majority of Americans say that their country's national interest is with the countries of Asia. SHAPIRO: This is Zsolt Nyiri, who runs the Transatlantic Trends Report for the Marshall Fund. ...
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Asian stocks rise on easing Euro fears
Sydney Morning Herald
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index gained 0.8 per cent to 116.91, as of 8:10 pm in Tokyo, with about five shares rising for every four that fell. The measure fell 3.3 per cent yesterday, the most since Sept. 22, after reports showed Japan's machinery orders ...
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Asia's economy shaken, not stirred
Malaysia Star
Recent reports indicate that another downgrade of the US credit rating before the end of 2011 is highly possible. Many Asian economies hold huge sums of US dollar debt in their reserves. China is the world's largest holder of US debt, owning US$1.14 ...
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Malaysia Star
The Weekend Word: Engaging
New York Times (blog)
By JADA F. SMITH President Obama began an eight-day trip around the Pacific Rim to inaugurate what he hopes will be a new era of American foreign policy — engagement with the fast-growing economies of Asia and the Pacific, Jackie Calmes reports. Gov. ...
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Addu Declaration fails to address India's concerns on terror
Rediff
Prasanna D Zore reports The 17th SAARC Summit concluded on Friday in Addu City, Maldives [ Images ] with the eight-member body declaring to promote the region globally as destination 'South Asia'. The focus of Addu Declaration, however, was on speedy ...
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Activists hold alternative meeting in Hawaii
Al Jazeera
Leaders from the Asia-Pacific region are to meet on in the US state of Hawaii. The AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation group [APEC] will discuss trade ties, against a backdrop of global economic gloom. However, indigenous activists are staging an ...
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Insider Hot Stocks: EMC, Juniper, CVS, Intel, Chesapeake Energy & Delta Air Lines
Bradenton Herald
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Insiderslab.com has issued insider trading reports and Equity Research for the following companies: EMC (NYSE:EMC), Juniper (NYSE:JNPR), CVS (NYSE:CVS), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) & Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) ...
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HAF reacts to report on hatred against Hindus in Pak madrasas
Rediff
HAF has made specific mention of the hatred and intolerance preached to Pakistani schoolchildren through the education system for nearly a decade in our annual reports -- "Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights" -- not only to ...
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Rediff
China Recycling Energy Corp. Announces Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results ...
Sacramento Bee
The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors, including those discussed in the Company's periodic reports that are filed with the Securities and ...
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AGY Holding Corp. Announces 2011 Third Quarter Consolidated Results and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Net sales in the third quarter of 2011 were $46.6 million, which consists of $39.6 million of sales reported by AGY US and $7.0 million of sales reported by the AGY Asiabusiness segment. AGY US - Revenues in the third quarter of 2011 increased $0.7 ...
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US Urges Iran to Promptly Respond to Nuclear Report
Voice of America (blog)
She made the comments at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu. Also Friday, the IAEA revealed more information about its findings on Iran during a technical presentation to member states. News reports say the UN nuclear watchdog ...
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Research Reports
Barron's
However, we see lingering significant international issues in Europe and in Asia, and believe that risk/reward considerations warrant a less positive outlook on the company's shares. We still believe that PCLN is very well-positioned and well-managed. ...
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Clinton sees real Myanmar changes, but wants more
Reuters India
"It appears that there are real changes taking place on the ground and we support these early efforts at reform," Clinton told a news conference at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Hawaii. Clinton noted reports of "substantive ...
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Nortel Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
Nortel's consolidated results include the results of operations and financial position of Nortel Networks Corporation, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited, and their subsidiaries in the Asia, CALA, and EMEA regions other than ...
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US' military base in Australia to counter China
Zee News
The plan, which indicates growing American influence in Asia, has however evoked fears that the base would be likely become a terror target. The new plan would intensify the 60-year-old military alliance between the US and Australia. ...
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Zee News
Tri-Tech Holding to Report Q3 2011 Financial Results November 15
Sacramento Bee
11, 2011 -- /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), a premier Chinese company that provides leading turn-key solutions in China for water resources, water and wastewater treatment, industrial safety and the pollution ...
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Occupy Wall Street gets surprising rebuke
Globe and Mail
Asia-Pacific business leaders laid out a plan Thursday to try to restore global economic growth focused specifically on boosting finance to small and medium-sized businesses, The China Post writes. The APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) revealed ...
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Globe and Mail
Hundreds of Gay Travelers to Converge on Hawaii On New Years Eve; Japan Seeks ...
Hawaii Reporter
Gayapolis.com, which reports on stories related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender news, says Hawaii will be the site for a hundreds of weddings for LGBT couples on New Years Eve, the night before Hawaii's new civil union law goes into effect. ...
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Hawaii Reporter
'Splendor in the grass'
Inquirer.net
Scorch-earth razing of Asia and Pacific trees in the 1990s pattern, for example, has been curbed, reports “Forest Beneath the Grass.” This new United Nations study says forests are slowly recovering, despite threats from fire, illegal loggers and ...
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Asia in retreat on global finance fears
Financial Times
This left HSBC nursing losses of 8.6 per cent to HK$1.85 over the week after lacklustre quarterly figures while Industrial & Commercial Bank of China dropped 3 per cent to HK$4.84 on reports that Goldman Sachs was paring its stake in the lender. ...
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Asia's Week Ahead: Japan's Megabanks, Rates, GDP
MarketWatch
Focus shifts to Japan as three of its large banks are set to report earnings, and fourth-quarter figures for economic growth are due as well. Japan's central bank has a policy decision due too. Rex Crum reports.
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US Stocks, Oil, Euro Gain Ground
Bloomberg
10 (Bloomberg) -- Kelvin Tay, the Singapore-based chief investment strategist at UBS Wealth Management, talks about Asian stocks. Tay also discusses Europe's sovereign debt crisis. He speaks with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "Asia Edge. ...
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Bloomberg
Breakthrough on Transgender Rights in...Kyrgyzstan
Care2.com (blog)
by Paul Canning Global Fund for Women reports that an LGBT group in Kyrgyzstan have achieved a breakthrough on transgender rights which still eludes many Western nations. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked and mountainous formerly Soviet state in CentralAsia. ...
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'Waive Visa Fee' Call; Phuket's Russian Flood; Bangkok's Crucial Days; World's ...
Phuketwan
Whatever the reason, sweetness filled Hong Kong as a record number of couples tied the knot on the date with six ones property-report.com The judging process has now been completed for the inaugural South East Asia Property Awards 2011, ...
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What are the Implications of Early La Liga Kickoffs?
A Football Report
If numbers after the Real Madrid game are any indication, then the early kickoff proved to be a huge success in the Asian countries. China's CCTV5 reports 120 million viewers watched the game live on Television in China, while a further 100 million saw ...
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Stockhouse Short Report: A coal deal that doesn't bind
Stockhouse
Colonial currently has working capital of $13.2 million, including cash and cash equivalents of $12.2 million, according to its recent financial reports. That's enough to finance exploration work at its flagship Huguenot Coal project in northeastern BC ...
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The New Russian Paradigm does make a lot of sense
Daily News & Analysis
The Soviet Union was at once part of Europe and Asia. Indeed, that was why the US deployed all its diplomatic and military might to contain it. The Eurasian Union wants to avoid the pitfalls of the European Union. Indeed, it wants to emerge as the ...
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ANALYSIS: China clouds US plan for "trans-Pacific system"
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday promoted the US vision of a "trans-Pacific system," she highlighted such abuses as an obstacle to Asia-Pacific economic integration. Clinton said US officials would "continue to call on China to ...
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Jubilation over Puerto Princesa's inclusion in New Seven Wonders' list
gulfnews.com
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, who is accompanying President Benigno Aquino III on a trip to the Hawaii to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, said the inclusion of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) is a boon, ...
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Marblehead police-log excerpts: Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011
Wicked Local
3:14 pm Caller reported traffic lights on flash on Pleasant Street and Ocean Avenue. Wire inspector notified. Problem recurred and was fixed for a second time. 6:50 pm Caller on Shepard Street reported receiving a scam call originating from Asia ...
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World News Educates People about Different Countries | Online ...
These international stations like Africa news are uniquely different from the local TV stations people are used like Asian news. They are larger and have the sole aim of closing the gap in the world. They are trying to bring the world closer to ...
Online Education Blog
Pacific Asia Travel Assosiation calls for live reports on flood
The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) on Tuesday urged Thai officials to use livereports on the flood situation to feed accurate information to agents ...
www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=23391&sec=2
TURKEY Istanbul ferry hijacker killed - Asia News
5 terrorists originally reported in board. Istanbul (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Turkish security forces have freed 20 hostages and killed the hijacker who seized a ferry ...
www.asianews.it/.../Istanbul-ferry-hijacker-killed-23156.html
IAEA report: World stares at Iran-Israel conflict
War clouds are gathering in West Asia between Iran and Israel over a report of the ...According to the Guardian , the new report "will also identify a suspect site ...
indiatoday.intoday.in/story/iran-israei-war.../159248.html
Iran Asia News - World News Report
The most comprehensive geo-political news service available on the Internet, covering over 263 countries and regions, all U.S. States and Industries.
world.einnews.com/news/iran-asia
Thais panic at reports of escaped deadly snakes - Asia News
Thais panic at reports of escaped deadly snakes Residents in Thailand's lower central plain have been panicing at rumors that deadly snakes have escaped ...
www.siamdailynews.com/.../thais-panic-at-reports-of-escaped-...
China Reports First Successful Space Docking | Asia | English - News
China says it has successfully carried out its first-ever rendezvous of two orbiting spacecraft.
www.voanews.com/.../China-Reports-First-Successful-Space-D...
Germany's Siemens boosted by Asian sales
Siemens reports quarterly profits of €1.23 billion ... it made a net profit of €1.23 billion in its most recent quarter as sales increased in Asia. ... Search RTÉ News ...
www.rte.ie/news/2011/1110/siemens-business.html
Australia Network News:Stories:Asia dominates world's new seven ...
South Korea's Jeju Island, Indonesia's Komodo National Park, the Philippines' Puerto Princesa Underground River and Vietnam's Halong Bay were named ...
australianetworknews.com/stories/201111/3363427.htm?...
One Finance Asia News: Parkway Life REIT reports 6.8% rise in ...
SINGAPORE: Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (PLife REIT) has reporteddistributable income of S$14.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, ...
www.onefinanceasia.com/.../25918-Parkway-Life-REIT-report...
IAEA report: World stares at Iran-Israel conflict : Asia News - India ...
War clouds are gathering in West Asia between Iran and Israel over a report of the International Atomic Energy Agency on nuclear capability of Teheran Iran and ...
indiatoday.intoday.in/story/iran-israei-war.../159248.html
ABC Asia Pacific News:Stories:Aircraft found in Solomon Islands ...
Wreckage of an American aeroplane has been discovered near Santa Ana village in the Solomon Islands after being reportedly missing for 22 years.
abcasiapacificnews.com/stories/201111/3359402.htm
Reports: 7 killed in Kazakhstan terror attack | Asian Headlines ...
Media in Kazakhstan cite authorities as saying that seven people, including five police officers, have been killed in an attack by radical Islamists on a police ...
xfinity.comcast.net/articles/.../AS.Kazakhstan.Terror.Attack/
Datawatch Australia Launches Report ... - Asia Press Release News
SYDNEY, Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ –. Program Designed to Help Increase Efficiency and Innovation by Leveraging Existing Reports. Datawatch ...
asiaprnews.com/2011/11/01/47074
Shortwave Central: Radio Free Asia releases new QSL card for ...
RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are ...
mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/.../radio-free-asia-releases-new-qsl...
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