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Wallabies make five changes for Italy rugby Test
november 18, 2010by latadmin
FLORENCE, Italy (AFP) – Australia coach Robbie Deans made five changes to the side that lost to England at Twickenham ahead of Saturday's test match here...
India bask in glow of Asian Games’ unsung heroes (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – India are celebrating the unexpected success of their lesser known athletes at the Asian Games even as renowned names are shooting blanks.
Azerbaijan releases blogger in key rights case: lawyer (AFP)
november 18, 2010by latadmin
AFP – A court in Azerbaijan has freed an opposition blogger whose jailing sparked an international outcry and ruled he can serve the remainder of his sentence as a...
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...
