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Breaking News Thu, 11 Aug 2011
Afghan and NATO forces secure the entrance of the police headquarters after a Taliban suicide attack killed the police chief of southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Khan Mohammad Mujahid and his two bodyguards, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday April 15, 2011.
Afghanistan   Nato   Photos   Troops   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
 Al Jazeera 
NATO troops killed in southern Afghanistan
| A roadside bomb has killed five foreign troops in volatile southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. | Thursday's casualties come days after the coalition suffered its worst single loss in the... (photo: AP / Allauddin Khan)
Child - Computer - Internet
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 Herald Tribune 
Reports: Uzbeks block Internet sites
| ALMATY, Kazakhstan - Authorities in Uzbekistan have blocked dozens of Internet sites in an apparent attempt to further stem the flow of information into the authoritarian Central Asian nation, onlin... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Logo of Honda Motor on their car-Automaker-India.  The Miami Herald 
Asian stocks fall after US tumble; Europe gains
| BANGKOK -- Asian stock markets continued their slump Thursday but European shares clawed back ground as traders awaited data that they hoped would show a brighter employment picture in the U.S. | Oi... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)

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Salt in a container.  Jakarta Post 
Minister wants to halt salt imports
| Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad says he is "mad" and wants to rollback an increase in salt imports approved by Trade Minister Mari Pangetsu. | “Mari Pangestu has opened [Ind... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)

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A broker speaks on the phone in a trading room in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. Jakarta Globe
Asian stocks mostly lower as early losses trimmed
Asian stock markets mostly fell on Thursday but closed off their earlier lows as traders went bargain-hunting despite huge falls in Europe and on Wall Street. | Gold also... (photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Assets   Bailout   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Stock market  
 KLdy1 - july06 - Indonesian Rupiah - currency - Foreign Exchange (FOREX) - money changer - Indonesia. (dy1) Bisnis Indonesia
Indonesian stocks rise 5.79 points at closing session
| JAKARTA: Indonesian shares slightly increased 0.15% at the closing session, reversing its losses all the day long as investors tend to hold their shares. | The Jakarta ... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Jakarta   Market   Photos   Stocks   Wikipedia: Jakarta Stock Exchange  
women carry rice bags  Wall Street Journal
India Food Inflation Accelerates
By ANANT VIJAY KALA | NEW DELHI – Food inflation in India accelerated significantly in the week ended July 30 due to simmering price pressures in several commoditie... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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Petron - Gasoline Station Herald Tribune
Oil above $84 amid signs of improving US demand
| SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose above $84 a barrel Thursday in Asia amid signs global crude demand may be stronger in the second half than previously expected. | Benchmark ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Asia   Crude   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia :Oil  
Women are particularly vulnerable to TB Newstrack India
Blood tests for active TB widely used in India 'not accurate or cost-effective'
| Washington, Aug 11 (ANI): A new study has revealed that commercial blood serum antibody tests-widely used in India and other developing countries to diagnose active tub... (photo: IRIN News / Manoocher Deghat)
Cost   India   Photos   Tests   Wikipedia :Tuberculosis  
The Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, the boy chosen by China as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama, attends a ceremony marking the newly created "Serf Liberation Day" in Beijing, China, Friday, March 27, 2009. China's communist government applauded itself Friday for overturning Tibet's feudal hierarchy 50 years ago and bringing economic development to the remote Himalayan region, marking a newly created anniversary that has added to tensions in Chinese-controlled Tibetan area Khaleej Times
China ups security for Panchen Lama's visit
BEIJING - Armed police stood guard on Thursday outside a Buddhist monastery in northwestern China ahead of an expected visit by the government-appointed Panchen Lama, wit... (photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel)
Buddhism   Buddhism   China   Photos   Tibet  
Grocery Store - Filipino Consumers - Shoppers - Fruits - Foods - Commodities m&c;
Survey: Filipinos enjoy food shopping the most in South-East Asia
| Manila - Filipino consumers enjoy grocery shopping the most among their counterparts in South-East Asia, according to an annual survey released on Thursday. | Eighty pe... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Consumers   Grocery   Manila   Photos   Wikipedia: Grocery store  
Measles, Immunization, Vaccine NZ Herald
Immunisation rush after measles outbreak
| A measles outbreak in the upper half of the North Island has led to a spike in the number of children being vaccinated against the highly contagious virus. | Ministry o... (photo: Creative Commons / Julien Harneis)
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Salt in a container. Minister wants to halt salt importsJakarta Post
Petron - Gasoline Station Oil above $84 amid signs of improving US demandHerald Tribune
Grocery Store - Filipino Consumers - Shoppers - Fruits - Foods - Commodities Survey: Filipinos enjoy food shopping the most in South-East Asiam&c;
Measles, Immunization, Vaccine Immunisation rush after measles outbreakNZ Herald
North & Central Asia
Child - Computer - Internet Reports: Uzbeks block Internet sites Herald Tribune
File - Soldiers prepare to load into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan. The results of a recently-released mental health study found Soldier stress on the rise in Afghanistan. Navy SEALs, bin Laden and Violent Modernism and Mysticism WorldNews.com
Nato accused of killing four Afghan policemen Nato accused of killing four Afghan policemen BBC News
Obama Fallen Soldiers Afghanistan Analysis: Somber Obama goes to Delaware to salute the fallen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Far East
The Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, Gyaltsen Norbu, the boy chosen by China as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama, attends a ceremony marking the newly created "Serf Liberation Day" in Beijing, China, Friday, March 27, 2009. China's communist government applauded itself Friday for overturning Tibet's feudal hierarchy 50 years ago and bringing economic development to the remote Himalayan region, marking a newly created anniversary that has added to tensions in Chinese-controlled Tibetan area China ups security for Panchen Lama's visit Khaleej Times
asia stocks - nikkei stocks Nikkei resumes fall on European debt woes The Guardian
Titangiganteus - Titan beetle 'Titan beetle' (Titanus giganteus): The world's longest beetle The Examiner
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne arrives at 11 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. George Will: The British state's diet Herald Tribune
Middle East
In this Monday, April 26, 2010 file photo, an Ultra-orthodox Jewish boy walks past a construction site in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. Israel approves 1,600 settler homes in East Jerusalem BBC News
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Netanyahu said Monday his country's primary concern is that the current crisis in Egypt could create a void in which Islamic militants step in and put the two countries' three-decade-long peace agreement in jeopardy. Merkel also expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in Egypt, while hoping that Israeli-Palestinian peace talks could get back on track No defence cuts to finance reforms: Israel PM Khaleej Times
An anti-government protestor, center, shouts slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Dozens of chiefs from Yemen's two largest and most powerful tribes called on the president to immediately step down and strip his son of control over security forces, as rival crowds of protesters took to the streets Friday. Saleh to look at restarting Yemeni peace plan The Star
File - Jazz player Gilad Atzmon in concert The Wandering Who? is out soon WorldNews.com
South Asia
Delhi Metro train track at metro station-India. JICA to provide Rs 14,000 cr for Delhi Metro's Phase-III The Hindu
women carry rice bags  India Food Inflation Accelerates Wall Street Journal
Women are particularly vulnerable to TB Blood tests for active TB widely used in India 'not accurate or cost-effective' Newstrack India
Business & Industry Economy & Finance
- Chinese-Appointed Religious Leader Sent to Important Tibetan
- Pay win by Queensland police a massive blow to State Budget
- Investors hold their nerve as local stocks defy global share
- BlueScope to halve output and halt exports as it takes a $90
- Jobs threat as BlueScope steel buckles
- Rise in Chinese Currency Draws Attention
Delhi Metro train track at metro station-India.
JICA to provide Rs 14,000 cr for Delhi Metro's Phase-III
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- Renewed crisis raises doubts on delivering budget surplus
- The Sydney Swans are making sure their players are equipped
- European shares rebounded after volatile trading day
- Job figures offer economy glimmer of hope as Wall Street sha
- They threatened to stab me, says student mugged by 'good
- Effects of the Beijing Downgrade of the U.S.
A broker speaks on the phone in a trading room in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
Asian stocks mostly lower as early losses trimmed
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Politics Poverty
- Pentagon Releases Names of Personnel Killed in Attack on Afg
- ALP powerbroker in danger as party begins to lose hope
- Chinese-Appointed Religious Leader Sent to Important Tibetan
- More cash splurged on Gillard Government's asylum seeker
- McKibbin urges ALP to release all Treasury modelling on carb
- Entire government departments on line as Abbott seeks $70bn
Child - Computer - Internet
Reports: Uzbeks block Internet sites
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- Ban exhorts academia to find solutions to global hunger, pov
- India's parliament stalls as major issues await
- The black hole of North Korea
- Five million still live in poverty in C. Java
- TNB rewiring 300 lower-income houses in Terengganu
- Hike4hunger 2011 Ready for World Hunger Day
 Mother and child in Rabdure, Central Somalia. UNICEF provides supplementary food to malnourished women and children through a mother and child health (MCH) centre.
Australia minister pleads for food aid for Somalia
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Technology Terrorism
- South Korea's LG, Japan's Sony end patent fight
- South Korea's LG, Japan's Sony end patent fight
- South Korea's LG, Japan's Sony end patent fight
- South Korea's LG, Japan's Sony end patent fight
- South Korea's LG, Japan's Sony end patent fight
- HTC buying stake in Dr. Dre headphone maker
Women are particularly vulnerable to TB
Blood tests for active TB widely used in India 'not accurate or cost-effective'
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- Pentagon Releases Names of Personnel Killed in Attack on Afg
- Umar Patek admits role in 2002 Bali blast
- Bali Bombings Suspect, Extradited From Pakistan, Arrives in
- Video: Cloud falls out of sky onto ground in UAE – Wha
- 'Pakistan sheltered, kept bin Laden under house arrest i
- Poetry Soothes The Pains Over Pakistan Shooting Of Sarfraz S
File - Soldiers prepare to load into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan. The results of a recently-released mental health study found Soldier stress on the rise in Afghanistan.
Navy SEALs, bin Laden and Violent Modernism and Mysticism
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Entertainment Sport
- Newspaper reading on the rise
- Murdoch firmly 'in control' as News Corporation lift
- Papua New Guinea the asylum solution as boats keep coming
- Coordinated blasts kill 7 in Peshawar, Pakistan
- Bali Bombings Suspect, Extradited From Pakistan, Arrives in
- Rise in Chinese Currency Draws Attention
Child - Computer - Internet
Reports: Uzbeks block Internet sites
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- St George Illawarra centre Mark Gasnier wary of Sydney Roost
- A club deal remains elusive for Australia captain Lucas Neil
- Persevere with wayward Todd Carney, players union urges Sydn
- India posts modest total of 224 in first innings against Eng
- The Sydney Swans are making sure their players are equipped
- Taufik Hidayat Out of World Cup Championships
England's Andrew Strauss, right, is bowled out by India's Amit Mishra, not pictured, on the second day of the third Test match at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
Strauss, Cook make India toil
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