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Japan’s first 3D TV drama to air next year (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – Japan’s first 3-D television series — an airport drama called “Tokyo Control” — will air from January on a satellite television...
India to pay extra $15.8 million to Bhopal gas victims (Reuters)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
Reuters – India will pay an extra 713 million rupees ($15.8 million) in compensation to the victims of the world’s worst industrial accident that killed...
China Telecom denies US web hijack allegations (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – State-owned China Telecom on Thursday rejected US claims that its servers “hijacked” highly sensitive Internet traffic on American government and...
Indian microfinance giant fears for future after crackdown (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – India’s biggest lender to the poor, SKS Microfinance, on Thursday warned that new state legislation on micro-lending would hit earnings, triggering a...
Sri Lanka president opens Chinese-funded port (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – Sri Lanka’s president Mahinda Rajapakse on Thursday opened a Chinese-funded port seen as a flagship project for the island’s economic recovery...
Sun denies Park as Taiwan president wades into ASIAD row (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – China’s Sun Yang denied South Korea’s Park Tae-Hwan a fourth Asian Games gold on Thursday in a sensational swim as the Taiwanese president waded...
Clashes in Kashmir as Eid prayers erupt into protests (AFP)
november 17, 2010by latadmin
AFP – Indian police fired shots in the air and used teargas to disperse hundreds of protesters in Kashmir on Wednesday as prayers marking the Muslim festival of...
Fuel oil consumption reaches 31.66 million kiloliters
november 17, 2010by latadmin
Down Stream Oil and Gas Regulating Agency (BPH Migas) said consumption of subsidized fuel oils in the January – October 2010 period reached 31.662 million...
US wants tribesmen to fight Taliban in Afghanistan (AP)
november 17, 2010by latadmin
AP – When members of the Alikozai tribe rose up against the Taliban in this critical insurgent stronghold, neither coalition forces nor the government in Kabul...