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SINGAPORE, Sept 28, 2006 (AFP) - They curled their fingers, raised their arms, and tapped their heads while their throats went dry from hours of shouting. …
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MUMBAI, Sept 27, 2006 (AFP) - Indian first quarter gross domestic product data this week is expected to confirm widespread forecasts for Asia's third largest …
Sept 27, 2006 (LBO) - Sri Lankan agri-business company CIC on Tuesday launched an advisory company for plantation firms and smallholders, in efforts to up …
NEW DELHI, Sept 27, 2006 (AFP) - India's outsourcing industry will be able to process up to 30 per cent of US bank transactions by 2010, more than triple the …
Sept 27, 2006 (AFP) - Two Sri Lankan boxers taking part in the world military championships in Germany have fled their hotel after eluding security, officials …
COLOMBO, Sept 25, 2006 (AFP) - A Sri Lankan woman sprinter denied Monday taking performance enhancing drugs during the South Asian Games in Colombo last month, …
COLOMBO, Sept 22 (AFP) - The Maldivian government freed a top political dissident from house arrest Friday, opening the door for talks with the opposition on …
JAKARTA, Sept 22, 2006 (AFP) - Asia must dramatically boost investment in infrastructure in the next decade or risk losing its global competitive edge, the …
BEIJING, Sept 21 (AFP) - Chinese police have busted a "cult-like" pyramid sales scam involving up to 500,000 people that amassed two billion yuan (250 million …
BANGKOK, Sept 22 (AFP) - Thailand may seize the assets of ousted billionaire prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, the new military junta said on Friday. "It's …
SINGAPORE, Sept 21, (LBO) – The Singapore government is trying to come up with a single brand identity for the city state, but authorities may find the …
COLOMBO, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Athletes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal tested positive for banned substances at last month's South Asian Games here, …
SHANGHAI, Sept 21, 2006 (AFP) - Financial regulators in China are mulling loosening regulations for foreign banks after criticism that proposed lending rules …
SINGAPORE, Sept 20, 2006 (AFP) - The overthrow of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra marked the culmination of a crisis partly triggered by the …
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19, 2006 (AFP) - Asia remains a vast area of untapped commercial possibility for cricketing authorities but all the elements are in place …
Sept 18 (LBO) - High commodity prices could up the bargaining power of plantation worker unions, as talks with plantation companies to raise wages, begin next …
SYDNEY, Sept 15 (AFP) - Migrants to Australia would have to pass an English language test to prove they were "fair dinkum" (genuine) about fitting into society …
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SINGAPORE, Sept 14, 2006 (AFP) - The strong US and Chinese economies as well as an array of supply issues look set to keep oil prices high next year, with …
SINGAPORE, Sept 13, 2006 (AFP) - Asia deserves a bigger role in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to reflect its growing contribution to the global …