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Breaking News Fri, 30 Jul 2010
Pakistani villagers wade through water after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Aid   Emergency   Floods   Pakistan   Photos  
 The New York Times 
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
| PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this northwestern region, provincial ... (photo: AP / B.K.Bangash)
Chinese paramilitary police patrol near a mosque closed to Friday prayers in Urumqi, western China's Xinjiang province, Friday, July 10, 2009.
China   Law   Photos   Uighurs   Wikipedia: Uyghur people  
 The New York Times 
China Sentences 3 Webmasters of Uighur Sites
| BEIJING — Three men accused of “endangering state security” for their role in maintaining popular Uighur-language Web sites have been sentenced to prison terms of 3 to 10 years, ac... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
An Afghan man holding his son, both injured slightly in a suicide car bomb attack on an Italian military convoy, walks away from the site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009.  Gulf News 
For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better
| Seven children killed by rockets in a mosque, a 16-year-old girl abused by a district police chief, more than 80 civilians killed in bomb attacks written off as insurgents. This dismal glimpse into ... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
Afghanistan   Photos   Security   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, speaks during the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, whose statue is seen in the background, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007.  Gulf News 
India's communists should think again
| One interpretation of the Cultural Revolution in China, some four decades ago, is that Mao Zedong wanted party members and bureaucrats to experience life in the villages. His purpose was that they s... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
Communist   India   Photos   Policy   Wikipedia: Communist Party of India  
Top Stories
In a Monday, July 26, 2010 photo provided by the Navy Visual News Service, U.S. Navy and Republic of Korea ships transit the East Sea Monday, July 26, 2010 in a 13-ship formation led by the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Tuscon (SSN 770). Asia Times
The (war) games go on
|      Jul 31, 2010 The (war) games go on | By Donald Kirk | SEOUL - The drama over United States and South Korean war games in the seas off the coast... (photo: AP / Navy Visual News Service, PO 3rd Class Adam K. Thomas)
Defence   Korea   Photos   US   Wikipedia: ROKS Cheonan sinking  
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  
President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington. Asia Times
A Persian message for Obama
|      Jul 31, 2010 A Persian message for Obama | By M K Bhadrakumar | The season of diplomacy on the Iran nuclear issue is once again approaching. An... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
Columbia  Supercomputer - NASA Advanced Supercomputing Facility Deccan Herald
DAE unveils supercomputer
Chennai, July 30, DHNS: | The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on Friday added yet another feather to its cap with the inauguration of its latest supercomputer cluster, ... (photo: NASA / Epolk)
Atomic   Energy   Photos   Sciences   Supercomputer  
Protesters shot dead in Kashmir Irish Times
Protesters shot dead in Kashmir
| Indian police today fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in the latest flare-up of violenc... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Indian   Kashmir   Photos   Police   Protesters  
 Hitachi-technology-industry (sl1) LA Daily News
Hitachi returns to profit as demand in Asia fuels turnaround
| Associated PressPosted: 07/30/2010 08:41:47 AM PDTUpdated: 07/30/2010 08:41:48 AM PDT | TOKYO — Hitachi, a maker of everything from home appliances to n... (photo: creative commons)
Asia   Consumer   Electronics   Photos   Wikipedia: Hitachi  
Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed Newsvine
Soldiers fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed
| SRINAGAR — Paramilitary soldiers fired on thousands of demonstrators in Indian Kashmir on Friday, killing three men and wounding at least 80 others as protests ag... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Kashmir   Photos   Police   Protesters   Srinagar  
Protesters killed in Kashmir clash Al Jazeera
Protesters killed in Kashmir clash
| Two protesters have been shot dead after security forces fired on hundreds of demonstrators in Indian-administered Kashmir. | The clash, which also left 12 people wound... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Demonstrators   Kashmir   Photos   Protesters   Security  
The Times Of India
2 killed, 50 injured in fresh Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR: Security forces opened fire to quell stone-pelting protesters as fresh violence on Friday erupted in the Kashmir Valley after days of relative calm, leaving two... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
India   Injured   Kashmir   Photos   Security  
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  
China India
- Whistleblower site's greatest hits
- China oil spill could be as high as 60,000 tonnes: Greenpeac
- Floods kill at least 267 as rains trigger landslides
- A broad brush
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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- Chidambaram hopes for change of heart among Maoists
- Move Sohrabuddin case outside Gujarat: CBI
- Study links calcium pills to heart risk
- Money power no use in T: Yendala
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, speaks during the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, whose statue is seen in the background, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007.
India's communists should think again
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Turkey Iraq
- Groth enjoys Turkish delight
- A Persian message for Obama
- Groth beats defending champ Dushevina in Istanbul
- Domestic abuse still a taboo in Turkey
President Barack Obama listens while conducting the daily press briefing, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in the White House press briefing room in Washington.
A Persian message for Obama
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- Cimatu off to Iraq to check on OFWs
- Al Qaeda flies flag after attack
- Britain's ex-deputy PM doubted Iraq weapons intelligence
- Iraq raises the pitch for fight against domestic violence
British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott leaves 10 Downing Street after a meeting with the Prime Minister Tony Blair, London, Wednesday, May 9, 2007.
UK former deputy PM doubted Iraq WMD intelligence
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Saudi Arabia Japan
- Saudi and Syria in public show of cooperation
- Iraq raises the pitch for fight against domestic violence
- Endoscopic surgery performed
successfully on cancer pa
- Defusing tension in Lebanon
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010.
Syrian and Saudi Leaders in Lebanon for Talks
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- Foreign Exchange intervention may be a losing game
- Japan's budget to focus on jobs and growth
- China No. 2 eco, topples Japan
- Toyota to recall 480,000 vehicles
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.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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Indonesia Pakistan
- Expensive tastes help boost airfreight volumes to China
- Transtasman Punts by IRG: SkyCity looks good gamble
- US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
- Gritty Renjith strikes gold in triple jump
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.
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
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- Floods kill at least 267 as rains trigger landslides
- Militants step up attacks in Punjab
- Zardari's London visit on schedule
- In Pak, Lashkar low on list of concerns
Pakistani villagers wade through water after heavy rain fall caused flooding in Nowshera near Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010.
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say
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