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Breaking News Sat, 31 Jul 2010
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Taliban fighters ride their multiple rocket launcher near the front line, north of Kabul, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998.
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban insurgency  
 The Hindu 
The politics of Taliban reconciliation
| M.K. Bhadrakumar | The onus is on the generals in Rawalpindi to effect the hardcore Taliban leadership's reconciliation and, as a quid pro quo, Washington recognises Pakistan's "legitimate interests... (photo: AP / Zaheeruddin Abdullah)
A woman walks by the graffiti reading "Kosovo is Serbia", Thursday, May 21,2009, in Belgrade. U.S Vice President Joe Biden offered Serbia "a strong, new relationship" with the U.S. on Wednesday, along with help in its European Union membership bid, despite deep differences over independence for Kosovo. Biden, the first senior U.S. official to visit Kosovo since it declared independence from Serbia last year has arrived in Kosovo to boost the new country's statehood in the face of strong opposition from Serbia.
Kosovo   Photos   Serbia   UN   Wikipedia: 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence  
 Irish Times 
Serbia in UN bid to ward off Kosovo's secession
| DANIEL McLAUGHLIN | SERBIA AND Kosovo are engaged in a diplomatic battle over the status of the fledgling latter country, which is seeking wider recognition of its independence even as Belgrade urge... (photo: AP / Srdjan Ilic)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, listens as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks during a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, July 16, 2010.  Asia Times 
China finds a friend in Germany
|      Jul 31, 2010 China finds a friend in Germany | By Jian Junbo | SHANGHAI - China and Germany are moving toward a closer and friendlier partnership, a process that seemed high... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Business   China   Germany   Photos   Politics  
With a poster of soldiers in the background, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, center, U.N. Resident Coordinator Douglas Broderick, left, and Tea Banh, right, Cambodian defense minister, pose during a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, 65 kilometers (42 miles) west of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 17, 2010.  Asia Times 
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
|      Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep | By Clifford McCoy | BANGKOK - Cambodia's first-ever multinational military exercise is part and parcel of intensifyi... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Asia   Cambodia   Defence   Photos   US  
Top Stories
Visitors play the online game 'World of Warcraft' at the Games Convention, the fair for interactive entertainment in Leipzig, eastern Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Asia Times
Gaming gamble for Google
|      Jul 31, 2010 <IT WORLD> | Gaming gamble for Google | By Martin J Young | HUA HIN, Thailand - Google is cooking up new recipes in its digi... (photo: AP / Eckehard Schulz)
Google   Industry   Internet   Photos   Wikipedia: Online game  
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74 Asia Times
Asia nudges ahead
|      Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko, FILE)
Asia   Economy   Finance   Markets   Photos  
Airport Police at the Davao International Airport, Davao City, Philippines Fresno Bee
Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/30/2024801/out-of-pilots-philippine-airline.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Airlines   Flights   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Philippine Airlines  
Apple - Green Apple - Fruits LA Daily News
Green Apple offers feast for the senses
By Natalie Haughton, Food EditorPosted: 07/30/2010 10:09:09 AM PDTUpdated: 07/30/2010 10:19:13 AM PDT | Owner Thomas Jin holds a plate of sweet and pungent shri... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
China   Food   Green   Photos   Wikipedia: Green_Apple  
In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, students walk out of an exam venue after Thursday morning's national college entrance exam in Anxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Thursday, July 3, 2008. More than 120,000 students whose university entrance exams were delayed by the massive Chinese earthquake in May finally sat down Thursday to take the tests that will dictate their future. China Daily
Backgrounder: China's 10-year national education plan
| BEIJING - China published in full the country's national education plan for the next decade Thursday, pledging to shape a learning society and turn China into a countr... (photo: AP / Xinhua,Yin Dongxun)
Beijing   China   Education   Photos   Society  
HDFC Bank The Times Of India
Sensex ends 123 points down, global cues negative
MUMBAI: Late selling pressured a benchmark index for Indian equities on Friday to close 123 points lower on a lacklustre day of trade. Global markets too exhibited a nega... (photo: Creative Commons / Mukesh Dak)
India   Markets   Mumbai   Photos   Wikipedia: BSE Sensex  
IPhone 4.jpg The Times Of India
'Nightmare' start for iPhone 4's latest launch
WELLINGTON: Hundreds of customers in New Zealand and Hong Kong were turned away empty-handed on Friday as the second phase of the Apple iPhone 4's global launch got off t... (photo: Creative Commons / aido2002talkuserpage)
Electronic   Iphone   Photos   Technology   Wikipedia:IPhone 4  
Cigarette - Tobacco - Smoking redOrbit
Secondhand Smoke Could Affect Child’s School Performance
| A study of Hong Kong students suggests that children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes. | S... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Health   Kids   Photos   Smoking   Wikipedia: Passive smoking  
Business & Economy Politics
- Explosion at coal mine kills at least 17 in China
- Apple invades BlackBerry territory with iPhone 4 launch in C
- CCB's rights issue plan nodded
- Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
Asia nudges ahead
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- Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
- Hong Kong Privacy Chief Pushes for Regulation
- Chinese Activists Speak Out For Jailed Uighur
- Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
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Entertainment Sport
- Shanghai constant source of new mysteries for writer
- Will the new book by Diana author Andrew Morton be the bombs
- A broad brush
- Video: HK firms make $9.1 bln EDF grid buy
Adam Lambert, the runner-up finalist on "American Idol," poses backstage following the show's finale in Los Angeles, Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
'American Idol': Adam Lambert battles on American, Canadian Hot 100
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- Basketball on the wire
- Out of Frying Pan, Into August
- Hong Kong wants Lions match in 2013
- Kurnool defeats Anantapur
Retired tennis champion Pete Sampras returns the ball to Andre Agassi during an exhibition game as part of Agassi's Farewell Tour in San Juan
Sampras to make first visit to China
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Society & Culture Computers & Internet
- Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
- Chinese Activists Speak Out For Jailed Uighur
- Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
- Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
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- Google agrees to delete WiFi data collected in Hong Kong
- False alarm: Google search still working in China
- South Korea gets the fastest Internet in the world
- South Korea gets the fastest Internet in the world
This April 30, 2008 file photo shows an exterior view of Yahoo headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Thursday, May 15, 2008 officially launched a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo Inc.'s board, writing in a letter to Chairman Roy Bostock "the board of directors of Yahoo has acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders" and Microsoft Co
Yahoo Japan Teams With Google on Search
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Education Health
- Secondhand Smoke Could Affect Child’s School Performance
- 4,700 students hit space bar
- ISB Hyderabad ties up with top Asian biz schools
- Verbal battle among students
Cigarette - Tobacco - Smoking
Secondhand Smoke Could Affect Child’s School Performance
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- Toxic cancer-causing dyes found in China garments
- FTA with Malaysia enters into force
- Māori Language Attitudes report released
- A Rainbow coloured political meltdown?
Cigarette - Tobacco - Smoking
Secondhand Smoke Could Affect Child’s School Performance
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