ASIA News, Sep 18, 2011

TGS 2011: Persona 4: Ultimate in Mayokana Arena Hands-On Preview GameSpot By Jonathan Leo Toyad, GameSpot Asia We step into the "TV World" of the RPG and clash against old friends in Arc System Works' latest fighter. Keeping an existing brand fresh without reverting to its standard genre is no small feat: you need to make ... See all stories on this topic »

Visteon Shifts Into a Higher Gear Barron's By CHRISTOPHER C. WILLIAMS | MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR The car-parts maker is an undervalued play on Asia's booming automotive market. Why its diverse collection of assets could be worth more than 80 a share. Bankruptcy court was a smart pit stop for ... See all stories on this topic »

Humanity's beginnings Malaysia Star From Central Asia, my ancestors began moving across Siberia towards the east, and they spread this haplogroup to different areas in East Asia such as Japan, Korea, as well as China, where my most recent ancestors came from. During the last Ice Age, ... See all stories on this topic » Malaysia Star

Vir Sanghvi: Nothing like a Sunday Brunch! Hindustan Times In my experience, people who love brunch are much better off in Asia than they are in Europe or America. In France, they don't believe in brunch. French people demand a full-fledged Sunday lunch. In Britain, restaurants couldn't be bothered to turn out ... See all stories on this topic » Hindustan Times

Sexist! boorish! misogynist! and this must change now Hindustan Times Smart and well dressed, with experience of working on a team that has handled clients in Geneva and Milan, she could easily be, as a recent Nielsen survey has called the Indian woman, a "Woman of Tomorrow" — urban, assertive and well-travelled. ... See all stories on this topic »

2 Stocks For Rising Silver Prices Seeking Alpha Of this quadrant, demand from Asian economies (particularly Chindia) is a main driver, with estimates varying from 40%-60% of total industrial demand. If Asian economies don't fall into a recession and maintain their growth (as is expected), ... See all stories on this topic »

Never again!!! Manila Bulletin The core component of “Bojinka” was the hijacking of 12 airliners plying the Asia-Pacific-US route with the planes themselves used as “Weapons of Mass Destruction” (instead of Ramzi Yousef's truck bombs) against targets from which great propaganda ... See all stories on this topic »

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CHINESE Sports News, Sep 18, 2011

Ninth Chinese National Ethnic Games closed in Guiyang Xinhua 18 (Xinhua) -- As the flame of the ninth Chinese National Ethnic Games went out at the Guiyang Olympic Sports Center, the nine-day ethnic sports meet combined with culture and folk-custom shows, lowered the curtain here on Sunday night. ... See all stories on this topic »

Hockey legend immortalized in film BCLocalNews By Kristin Froneman - Vernon Morning Star As a young Chinese-Canadian, Chad Soon had few sports heroes from the same ethnic background as himself to look up to until he heard about Larry Kwong. One of the subjects of a new film that will be screened at ... See all stories on this topic »

Bank condoned rogue staff in sports lottery scam: SAC China Post The China Post news staff--The Executive Yuan's Sport Affairs Council (SAC) yesterday demanded an explanation from a bank franchised to run the sports lottery after news media had alleged that the bank condoned a rogue employee suspected of defrauding ... See all stories on this topic »

Iran demolish Uzbekistan in FIBA Asia Championship Iran Sports Press While Uzbekistan are considered minnows in the sport, they had fallen by just 10 points to Chinese Taipei the previous day in an impressive display. Taipei had come within 12 points of Iran on Day 1, making this outburst most unexpected. ... See all stories on this topic »

Health Qigong gala showcases global competitors Xinhua Calling it "one of the best Chinese traditional sports," Xiao added, "we still have a long way to go in promoting Health Qigong. However, we will try our best to promote it so as to bring health benefits to more people in the world. ... See all stories on this topic »

Talking about the 'Lost Years' BCLocalNews Vernon teacher Chad Soon, who is on the board of the Okanagan Sports Hall of Fame, recently spoke to the first Chinese-Canadian to play in the NHL, Vernon's Larry Kwong, who now lives in Calgary, as well as to the filmmakers of Lost Years,... See all stories on this topic »

Swedish student gets her kicks in Pyongyang China Daily Although she is not a Chinese citizen, Ahlskog-Hou is able to represent Chinabecause of technicalities related to how taekwondo governing bodies run competitions. Ahlskog-Hou is the archetypal sports addict. Her home is filled with snowboards, ... See all stories on this topic »

NFL in chinese?! : Sports in Shanghai You'll also sometimes get sports in Chinese and an assortment of old ICS travel shows in English on OCN channel 103. yeah, i've identified these channels as ... www.shanghaiexpat.com/.../nfl-in-chinese-t131669.html

China to pass on ethnic sports treasure|Game News|chinadaily.com.cn The country's first Ethnic Games was inaugurated in 1953 in Tianjin, North China'simportant port city. And it was also the first ever multi-sports event of the ... www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/...09/.../content_13726857.htm

J.R. Smith signs to play in Chinese league - NBA - Yahoo! Sports Wilson Chandler will have some company in China this season. Fellow Denver Nuggets free agent J.R. Smith is following him overseas. Another teammate, Ty ... sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-jrsmith-china

Baby Learns Chinese - Baby Learns Sports (Song) - YouTube Enjoy a song teaching kids Chinese words about sports. For more free full episodes of Baby Learns Chinese check out KidMango.com ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1FPwmwTFd4

J.R. Smith signs to play in Chinese league - NBA- NBC Sports Wilson Chandler will have some company in China this season. Fellow Denver Nuggets free agent J.R. Smith is following him overseas. nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/44518345/ns/sports-nba/

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SYRIA News, Sep 18, 2011

Syrian opposition meets to boost nationwide uprising against autocratic leader Washington Post The Syrian uprising began in mid-March, amid a wave of protests in the Arab world that toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Syrian President Bashar Assad has reacted with deadly force that the UN estimates has left some 2600 people dead. ... See all stories on this topic »

US Underwhelmed With Emerging Powers At UN NPR "Over 2000 protesters, peaceful protesters, have been killed — and yet these countries are reluctant to apply any significant pressure on the Assad regime." UN ambassadors from those three nations went to Syria to meet with officials in President ... See all stories on this topic »

Russia gives the cold shoulder to Arab revolutions Sunday's Zaman The possibility of losing its Syria card has not prevented Moscow from evincing support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which according to United Nations reports is now responsible for the deaths of around 2600 of its own citizens. ... See all stories on this topic »

Syrian dissidents seek unified opposition euronews Last week in Istanbul, Syrian dissidents chose 140 people to form a “national council” against Assad. The attempt to present a united front came one day after 44 people died during anti-government protests on Friday. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ... See all stories on this topic » euronews

Syria - Sep 17, 2011 - 13:12 Aljazeera.net (blog) Four shabiha pro-Assad thugs were killed by Syrian civilians in Homs in an ambush. The total figure of 5360 people killed is roughly double the current figure of 2600 given earlier this week by the UN'shuman rights agency, UNHR, and is more triple the ... See all stories on this topic »

Turkey plays balancing act in projecting power in east Med Sunday's Zaman It was the worst timing for Turkey to have soured ties with Syria, another Mediterranean country in the eastern rim and a former ally. When Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad defied Turkish demands to end a bloody crackdown on protesters, Ankara crossed him ... See all stories on this topic »

Life, liberty ... and the pursuit of lemonade Daily Inter Lake Of course, the Leninists in Russia and Tiananmen Marxists in China will not even discuss US and European sanctions for Syria, even as Assad machine guns, shells and bombards his own people. Why? Because when faced with the same kind of protests in ... See all stories on this topic »

Syria: National Dialogue Sessions are on; and to Refute Misleading Media ... Day Press News A popular uprising began in Syria in mid-March, amid a wave of anti-government protests in the Arab world that have already toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. President Bashar al-Assadhas reacted with force, according to the UN reports, ... See all stories on this topic »

US Backing Muslim Brotherhood In Syria: Envoy Bernama Asked whether international observers will be allowed during polls which President Assad has announced, he evaded a direct reply but said Syria never believes in interfering in the affairs of other countries. According to the UN, at least 2600 people ... See all stories on this topic »

MP Fayyad says Hezbollah will not be dragged into sectarian tension Ya Libnan He said The pro-democracy protest against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has entered the seventh month . Over 2600 protesters have been killed according to the UN Human Rights Committee.The protesters are calling for democracy and ... See all stories on this topic »

NTC forces driven back from Bani AngolaPress We will come back later," Assad al-Hamuri, a fighter, told Reuters as forces began their withdrawal. Correspondents said that not for the first time, anti-Gaddafi forces appeared to be in some disarray, as they were forced to retreat from Bani Walid ... See all stories on this topic »

Good Morning, News! The Portland Mercury (blog) In Syria, pro-democratic demonstrations have remained largely peaceful for months, despite a brutal and bloody military crackdown. That appears to be changing—and it could wind up playing into the cruel hands of dictator Bashir Assad. Brilliant idea! ... See all stories on this topic »

Armored Syrian forces storm towns near Turkey border - TODAY News The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is based in Britain, said at least ... Assad faces Western outrage and tougher rhetoric from Turkey but no U.N. ... today.msnbc.msn.com/.../armored-syrian-forces-storm-towns-...

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FINANCIAL TIMES News, Sep 18, 2011 (2)

Tech Today: Report: Facebook Pushes IPO to Late 2012 Wall Street Journal (blog) By Tom Loftus Report: Facebook Pushes IPO to Late 2012: The Financial Times reports that Facebook is holding back on its initial public offering at least until September 2012, a later date then expected. Sources tell the FT that the reason for the ... See all stories on this topic »