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Breaking News Mon, 12 Mar 2012
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 US News 
Gunmen shoot Philippine reporter who covers Aquino
| MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen have shot and seriously wounded a journalist who is assigned to cover the Philippine president. Police are hunting down the suspected attackers. | President B... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012. Carter was in Afghanistan to meet with NATO leadership and Afghan leaders.
Afghan   Karzai   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Hamid Karzai  
 Orange News 
No forgiveness for massacre: Karzai
| Moving from house to house, a US Army sergeant opened fire on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people - mostly women and children - in an attack that reignited fury at the US presence foll... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Pedestrians walk past the International Monetary Fund headquarters' complex in Washington Sunday, May 2, 2010.  TravelDailyNews 
World tourism in 2011 and 2012
REPORT - ITB BERLIN 2012 - BERLIN: The world economy is growing, and tourism continues to be one of the strongest elements in that growth, as it has usually been for about half a century. The Internat... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen)

Berlin   Economy   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: International Monetary Fund  
 Hokkaido,Japan - Volcano - Volcanoes - Mountains - Nature - Ecology - Tourists - Tourism. (ps1)   TravelDailyNews 
Japan’s tourism economy to stage full recovery in 2012
REPORT - ITB BERLIN 2012 - BERLIN: Japan’s Travel & Tourism industry is forecast to stage a complete recovery following last year’s earthquake and tsunami during the first half of 2012... (photo: WN / patricia)

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MMDA willing to adjust billboard size requirements
| MANILA -- The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said it is willing to amend the size requirements mandated for billboards under the new guidelines govern... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Billboard   Industry   Manila   Photos   Wikipedia: Metropolitan Manila Development Authority  
The International Monetary Fund headquarters is seen in Washington, Sunday, May 2, 2010. A senior International Monetary Fund  official says the IMF's executive board is meeting in Washington to consider how much aid to grant Athens under a massive rescue loan package. Al Jazeera
At 65, the IMF is changing - for the better
| The International Monetary Fund (IMF) started operations 65 years ago this month. The global financial crisis has triggered some constructive new thinking and policy at... (photo: AP / Cliff Owen)
Aid   Debt   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: International Monetary Fund  
A man walks by a billboard of Samsung Electronics Co.,'s Galaxy at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. The Times Of India
Why Samsung is No. 1 and Apple No. 5 in China
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetSucceeding in China is important for Apple as shipments of smartphones in the country are projected to jump 52% this year to 137 million units B... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
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Passengers in economy class of Jet Airways, India The Times Of India
Kingfisher Airlines, Air India, Jet Airways send SoS to government as Banks refuse to give loans
Tweet NEW DELHI: The big boys of Indian aviation - Air India, Jet and Kingfisher - have sought government intervention in getting banks to lend working capital to them. A... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Airlines   Banks   India   Photos   Wikipedia: List of airlines of India  
Anar Gul gestures to the body of her grandchild, who was allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 11, 2012. Zeenews
US fears reprisals after Afghan shooting rampage
Kandahar: US officials warned on Monday of possible reprisal attacks after 16 Afghan villagers, mostly children and women, were killed in a likely "rogue" shooting by a U... (photo: AP / Allauddin Khan)
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Italian delegation discusses Tibet-China issue with Dalai Lama The Times Of India
Italian delegation discusses Tibet-China issue with Dalai Lama
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet | DHARAMSHALA: A delegation of Italian parliamentarians, who have come to attend the 53rd national uprising day function of the Tibetans, met t... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Dalai Lama   Photos   Tibet   Wikipedia: 14th Dalai Lama  
People unload injured victims of a suicide bombing from a vehicle at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. The Times Of India
Blast strikes funeral in Pakistan, 15 dead
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber attacked a funeral attended by an anti-Taliban politician in northwest Pakistan on Sunday , killing at least 15 mour... (photo: AP / Mohammad Zubair)
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A Filipino laborer pushes his cart of water gallons at Koronadal Public Market in Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Philippines as seen on this May 19, 2009 file photo. Malaya
PH needs to reverse declining employment in manufacturing
By JIMMY C. CALAPATI | In order to at least be at par with the growth level of other emerging markets, the Philippines needs to reverse its declining employment in the ma... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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Billboards - Advertisements - Philippines MMDA willing to adjust billboard size requirementsSun Star
The International Monetary Fund headquarters is seen in Washington, Sunday, May 2, 2010. A senior International Monetary Fund  official says the IMF's executive board is meeting in Washington to consider how much aid to grant Athens under a massive rescue loan package. At 65, the IMF is changing - for the betterAl Jazeera
A Filipino laborer pushes his cart of water gallons at Koronadal Public Market in Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Philippines as seen on this May 19, 2009 file photo. PH needs to reverse declining employment in manufacturingMalaya
Filipino employers interview some applicants during Department of Labor and Employment's Jobapalooza Job Fair on May 1, 2009 in time for the Labor day at SM City Davao, Philippines. Stiff competition, labor lack challenge BPOMalaya
North & Central Asia
President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations, Tuesday, July 5, 2011, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Afghan killings: Obama’s Afghanistan problem gets worse The Siasat Daily
Anar Gul gestures to the body of her grandchild, who was allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 11, 2012. US fears reprisals after Afghan shooting rampage Zeenews
A man sits in the back of a truck with the bodies of several men and a child allegedly killed by a U.S. service member in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012 Afghan slaughter 'unforgivable', says Hamid Karzai The Daily Telegraph Australia
Taliban militia in Afghanistan Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by US troop Dayton Daily News
Far East
Alitalia, Lufthansa and Air France airplanes European airlines rally against EU carbon tax: Report The Times Of India
People stand in line outside the Apple Store to buy the new iPhone in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, on Thursday, June 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Apple delays delivery of new iPad The Times Of India
A man walks by a billboard of Samsung Electronics Co.,'s Galaxy at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. Why Samsung is No. 1 and Apple No. 5 in China The Times Of India
Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and newly-appointed Joint UN-Arab League Special Envoy on Syria, speaks to reporters in a press encounter, 29 February, 2012. Annan ends Syria visit with no clear progress Khaleej Times
Middle East
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta returns the salute of U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Stephen P. Mueller, Vice Commander, U.S. Air Forces, Europe after arriving to Ramstein Air Base Germany, Feb. 3, 2012. Leon Panetta: Clueless or Brazen? American Spectator
An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the Black Aces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 41 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), in the Arabian Gulf, 15 December, 2011. Ahmadinejad: Iran doesn’t fear bombs and warships The Siasat Daily
Workers of Airbus accompany the first Airbus A380 plane for the Emirates airline during the delivery ceremony at the German Airbus plant in Hamburg Finkenwerder, northern Germany, on Monday, June 28, 2008. Emirates Airline ordered a total of 58 aircrafts of the A380 type. (AP Photo/Fabian Bimmer) Middle East airlines 'unstoppable' -Emirates executive The Guardian
Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General and newly-appointed Joint UN-Arab League Special Envoy on Syria, speaks to reporters in a press encounter, 29 February, 2012. Annan ends Syria visit with no clear progress Khaleej Times
South Asia
People unload injured victims of a suicide bombing from a vehicle at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, March 11, 2012. Blast strikes funeral in Pakistan, 15 dead The Times Of India
Kirti Nagar shantytown, Delhi, India, September 2007 092007 48% of girls married off before adulthood ANANYA SENGUPTA New Delhi, March 11: Almost half ... The Telegraph India
Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi looks up at a branch office of her National League for Democracy party during its opening ceremony Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi's broadcast is censored in Burma poll runup The Guardian
Business & Industry Economy & Finance
- CoAL confirms hard coking coal at Makhado, eyes Indian marke
- Japan's Asahi Kasei to buy Zoll Medical
- Japan's Asahi Kasei to buy Zoll Medical
- Youku to buy Tudou, creating China online video giant
- Chivas Regal looses trade mark case in China
- Japan's Asahi Kasei buying Zoll Medical
Billboards - Advertisements - Philippines
MMDA willing to adjust billboard size requirements
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- Thousands join anti-government rally in Bangladesh
- Oil: Price down to near $106 on weak China trade growth
- Big Win For Suu Kyi’s Party in Burma Election? Maybe Not
- US stock futures mixed as Europe meets to finalize Greek bai
- Cash no longer king as savvy consumers look to technology
- Banks, miners weigh on FTSE after China data
Pedestrians walk past the International Monetary Fund headquarters' complex in Washington Sunday, May 2, 2010.
World tourism in 2011 and 2012
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Politics Poverty
- Anti gay marriage TV ads leave Bob's gay brother as mad
- Thousands join anti-government rally in Bangladesh
- Japan marks 1 year since quake, tsunami disaster
- Thousands join anti-government rally in Bangladesh
- Thousands join anti-government rally in Bangladesh
- Thousands join anti-government rally in Bangladesh
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Gunmen shoot Philippine reporter who covers Aquino
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- Afghan kids meet their U.S. �parents’
- Sri Lanka: A child is summarily executed
- U.S.-N.Korean Food Aid Talks Make Progress, No Deal
- U.S. Sees Progress in N.Korea Food Aid Talks
- Stop feeding North Korea’s nuclear ambition
- Is North Korea the next Myanmar? Hold your judgment.
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- New Karzai Twitter account fake: Afghan presidency
- Cash no longer king as savvy consumers look to technology
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- Weibo, China's Twitter, Estimates 60 Percent Of Users Ve
- China central bank sees room to ease lending curbs
IAEA Fact-Finding Mission Assesses Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Assessing Fukushima, one year later
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- Taleban vow revenge for Afghans killed by Americans
- Taliban vows revenge for Afghan civilians’ deaths
- Taliban vows revenge for Afghans killed by American soldier
- Afghan village massacre will compound US problem
- Taliban vow revenge for Afghans killed by American
- Taliban vow revenge for US soldier's attack on Afghans
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, left, meets with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan, Feb. 22, 2012. Carter was in Afghanistan to meet with NATO leadership and Afghan leaders.
No forgiveness for massacre: Karzai
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Entertainment Sport
- Diplomat's murder raises
- Japan's lost libido and America's
- Anti gay marriage TV ads leave Bob's gay brother as mad
- Thousands join anti-government rally in Bangladesh
- CoAL confirms hard coking coal at Makhado, eyes Indian marke
- New Karzai Twitter account fake: Afghan presidency
Pedestrians walk past the International Monetary Fund headquarters' complex in Washington Sunday, May 2, 2010.
World tourism in 2011 and 2012
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- Ousted India take on DPR Korea in AFC Challenge Cup
- Foley keeps faith with luckless Tahs
- Stars have earned assistance: Nugent
- McCabe to put shoulder to the wheel against SBW
- On the white track: Tri Nations could use citing scheme
- AFL's war with sports scientists
Pakistan's Umar Gul celebrates clean bowling England's Luke Wright during the Group B Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between England and Pakistan at The Oval cricket ground in London, Sunday June 7, 2009.
Pakistan post 262/8 in Asia Cup opener against Bangladesh
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