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Breaking News Mon, 26 Oct 2009
China's culture offensive hits a wall
Asia   Beijing   China   Photos   Tibet   		 Asia Times 
China's culture offensive hits a wall
Tue 27 Oct 2009
| By Antoaneta Bezlova | BEIJING - This year's Frankfurt Book Fair may have been more of an embarrassment than prestige for its guest of honor - China - but the country's cultural mandarins still beli... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
A worker rows past trash collecting beside a boom in a polluted canal in Beijing Friday July 2, 2004. Untreated sewage discharge and industrial effluent have left rivers, lakes and groundwater throughout China heavily polluted.
China   Energy   Photos   Pollution   Technology   		 The New York Times 
China's Water Needs Create Opportunities
Tue 27 Oct 2009
| MONTREAL - The staggering economic growth in China has come at a heavy cost, paid in severe contamination of the country's air, soil and water. But now the Chinese government is aggressively pursuin... (photo: AP / str)
Gold Jewellery - India  DNA India  Mon 26 Oct 2009
India gold futures steady near record
| Mumbai: India gold futures were almost steady near their lifetime high on Monday as support from a weak dollar was offset by a downward push from weak crude oil, analysts said. | The most-traded Dec... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Gold   India   Inflation   Investment   Photos  
The electronic trading board shows a decline of 2.71% shortly after the close of trading at the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 in New York. Bleak outlooks from Intel, Alcoa and Time Warner and unnerving signs about unemployment have sent stocks sharply lower. The Dow Jones industrials finished down 245.50 points, or 2.7 percent, at 8,769  ABC News  Mon 26 Oct 2009
Stock Futures Point to Higher Open for Wall Street

October 26, 2009 | (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Monday for Wall Street, which fell on Friday.At 5:46 a.m. EDT, futures for the Dow Jones, S&P; 500 and Nasdaq were up betw... (photo: AP / Henny Ray Abrams)
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In this April 24, 2008 file photo, the Pioneer oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun in El Dorado, Kan. as the facility transforms crude oil into gasoline and other petroleum products. Oil prices shot up more than $10 to a new record above $139 Friday after a major investment bank predicted a spike to $150 in the coming weeks and rising tensions in the Middle East left investors uneasy about The Guardian Mon 26 Oct 2009
Sinopec, Kuwait in MOU for China Zhanjiang refinery

*MOU follows relocation to Zhanjiang in Aug *Sinopec, Kuwait to officially start feasibility, EIA *Expects Beijing's approval in Apr/May; yet to finalise foreign partners... (photo: AP / Charlie Riede, filel)
China   Industry   Investment   Kuwait   Photos  
Exiled Tibetans offer prayers to express solidarity with their martyrs Newstrack India Mon 26 Oct 2009
Exiled Tibetans offer prayers to express solidarity with their martyrs
| Dharamsala, Oct 26 (ANI): Scores of Buddhist monks in Dharamsala offer prayers as homage to martyrs of the Tibetan freedom struggle on Sunday.   | Monks gathered a... (photo: Creative Commons / Maros)
Buddhist   Fighting   Freedom   Photos   Tibet  
US Dollar - Currency The Guardian Mon 26 Oct 2009
Dollar falls to 14-mth low vs euro on China report

* China should increase holdings of EUR, JPY - Chinese report * Yen gets boost from the report, off 1-mth low vs dlr * Pound sell-off intensifies on economic gloom By Sat... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Business   Currency   Dollar   Market   Photos  
platinum diamond bracelet China Daily Mon 26 Oct 2009
Platinum jewelry demand is rising
| Demand for platinum jewelry has been remarkably strong this year following a prosperous 2008. | Higher sales are being fueled by holiday-related jewelry sales and for b... (photo: AP / Mike Derer)
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   Platinum  
Marine Corps helicopters and transport planes are seen on a tarmac of Futenma Marine Corps Air Station next to Okinawa residential quarters in Okinawa, Japan, Monday, Feb. 12, 2007. The United States and Japan agreed to move the operations at Futenma to the runways to be built off the Heneko beach at the U.S. Marine base Camp Schwab in Okinawa. The Star Mon 26 Oct 2009
Q+A - Japan-U.S. base feud hits nerve ahead of Obama visit

| TOKYO (Reuters) - A feud over plans to relocate a military base on Japan's Okinawa island as part of a broad reorganisation of U.S. troops is straining Washington's tie... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Japan   Military   Obama   Photos   USA  
Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, center left, and his first lady Chow Mei-ching, left, wave to a cheering audience with Vice President Vincent Siew and his wife Susan Chu during inauguration ceremonies, Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. Voa News Mon 26 Oct 2009
Taiwan President Vows to Seek Eternal Peace With China

| Taiwan's president has marked the 60th anniversary of a key battle against Chinese Communist forces by vowing to seek eternal peace across the Taiwan Strait. | Ma Ying-... (photo: AP / Wally Santana)
China   Peace   Photos   President   Taiwan  


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A currency trader smiles in front of screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Korean won at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. The KOSPI on Wednesday jumped 64.58 points, or 5.90 percent, to close 1,15 Markets rise on SKorea growth; oil earns awaited The Boston Globe
In this April 24, 2008 file photo, the Pioneer oil refinery is silhouetted against the setting sun in El Dorado, Kan. as the facility transforms crude oil into gasoline and other petroleum products. Oil prices shot up more than $10 to a new record above $139 Friday after a major investment bank predicted a spike to $150 in the coming weeks and rising tensions in the Middle East left investors uneasy about Sinopec, Kuwait in MOU for China Zhanjiang refinery The Guardian
Shenzhen
An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private security company Tuesday May 13, 2008, in Shanghai, China. China shares fall ahead of 3Q growth figures The Boston Globe
An investor looks at the stock prices monitor at a private securities company Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have dropped on profit-taking despite a decline in inflation and a government pledge to keep economic growth stable in 2009. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 2.28 percent, or 47.44 points, to close at 2031.68. (AP Photo) China shares at 2-month high on strong liquidity The Boston Globe
Taiwan
Erratic 'Ramil' weakens, heads for Taiwan Erratic 'Ramil' weakens, heads for Taiwan Inquirer
whiskered_terns Terns return amid fears of noise from bird watchers Taipei Times
Mongolia
Two soldiers stand guard beside windmills in sunset lights at the border of north Inner Mongolia Monday, July 28, 1997. Rich in Resources but Powerless All the Same The New York Times
The Space Shuttle Discovery's Cargo Bay and Crew Module, and the Earth's horizon are reflected in the helmet visor of one of the space walking astronauts on STS-103. Astronauts Steven L. Smith, John M. Grunsfeld, C. Michael Foale and Claude Nicollier participated in three days of extravehicular activity on the NASA's third servicing visit to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). One giant step for China The Times
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