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Xi Jinping, the 54-year-old party boss of Shanghai and the son of a revolutionary veteran speaks during a news conference after the Shanghai Delegation meeting at the 17th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct.
China   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Xi Jinping   Xi Jinping		  Orange News 
China President Calls For 'Great Renaissance'
Sun 17 Mar 2013
17 March 2013, 4:34 China President Calls For 'Great Renaissance' Tweet China's new president Xi Jinping has said he will fight for a "great renaissance of the Chinese nation" in his first speech as... (photo: AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Federal Minister for Interior, Senator A. Rehman Malik called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at PM House, Islamabad on January 30, 2013.
Election   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Pakistani general election, 2013		  Zeenews 
In a first, Pakistan govt pulls off five-year term
Sun 17 Mar 2013
Zeenews Bureau Islamabad: The government of Pakistan has accomplished an unprecedented fete by pulling off the first complete 5 year-term in its political history. It is for the first time ever since... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan)
Beach bums  Mumbai Mirror  Sat 16 Mar 2013
Beach bums
Mitali Parekh Tweet Rate me.... " class="fb_share_button" onclick="return fbs_click()" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none;"> Share Share Share Share Posted On Sunday, March 17, 2013 at... (photo: WN / Agnieszka D.)
Cambodia   Photos   Thailand   Tourism   Wikipedia: Cambodia
Scott Strange of Australia during the Scandinavian Masters golf tournament at ArlandaStad golf court outside Stockholm, Sweden, Friday Aug. 17, 2007.  The Times of India  Fri 15 Mar 2013
Scott Strange grabs lead at Thailand Open
BANGKOK: Australian Scott Strange shot a seven-under par 65 Friday to grab the clubhouse lead after a rain-interrupted second-round of the $1 million Thailand Open at Thana City Golf & Sports Club... (photo: AP / Leif R. Jansson)
Champion   Golfing   Photos   Star   Wikipedia: Scott Strange
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Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest bourse by dollar volume.In 2009, the private sector was estimated to constitute 86.4% of the economy, with federal government activity accounting for 4.3% and state and local government activity (including federal transfers) the remaining 9.3%. Philadelphia Daily News Fri 15 Mar 2013
World stocks flat ahead of US production data
PAMELA SAMPSON , The Associated Press Posted: Friday, March 15, 2013, 3:59 AM BANGKOK - World stock markets mostly refrained from big moves Friday as traders waited for a... (photo: Creative Commons / Poco a poco)
Photos   Production   Stocks   US   Wikipedia: United States
Taking A Look At Laos National Public Radio Thu 14 Mar 2013
Taking A Look At Laos
12:23 PM The existing rail track in Laos is an extension of the Thailand railway at the city of Nongkhai. This track crosses the Mekong River in Thailand and ends at the... (photo: WN / Agnieszka D.)
Laos   Photos   Rail   Thailand   Wikipedia: Mekong
Longimanus Okt - Oceanic whitetip shark The New York Times Thu 14 Mar 2013
Dozens of Species Given New Trade Protections
A major international meeting on wildlife trade signed off on several landmark decisions on Thursday aimed at protecting dozens of animal and plant species —... (photo: GFDL)
Animal   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Wildlife trade   Wildlife
Hammerhead sharks - stingray - manta ray - Ocean Park Manila - Philippines BBC News Thu 14 Mar 2013
Landmark shark ban upheld at conservation meeting
Pro-shark fishing nations have narrowly failed to overturn a landmark protection deal struck at the Cites conservation conference in Bangkok. Japan and China tried to... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Bangkok   Conservation   Fishing   Photos   Wikipedia: Shark
farmer spray insecticide Jakarta Post Thu 14 Mar 2013
Issues of the day: All countries protect their farmers: SBY
Paper Edition | Page: 8 March 8, Online/Antara President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono said that every country in the world protected their farmers despite anti-protectionist... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Farmer   Online   Photos   Vietnam   Wikipedia: Farmer
A truck load with timber Austin American Statesman Wed 13 Mar 2013
Conservation body votes to protect timber species
A global wildlife conference has agreed to regulate international trade of several timber species threatened by illegal logging.... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
Conservation   Photos   Tree   Wikipedia: Lumber   Wildlife


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Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan smiles during a news conference in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. The only major economy still growing at a fast clip, China is being unusually forthright in challenging the U.S.-led global order ahead of an April 2 summit on the financial crisis. In his second rebuke of U.S. leadership this past week, Zhou said China's rapid response to the downturn _ including a 4 trillion yuan ($586 billion) stimulus package - proved the superiority of its authoritarian, one-party political system. China keeps central bank chief in reform push Canberra Times
File U.S. Army Pacific Contingency Command Post personnel board a C-17 Globemaster III March 29 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, enroute to exercise Balikatan 2011 in the Republic of the Philippines. 6 other nations to join Philippine-U.S. joint exercise CNTV
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FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2012 file photo, South Korean rapper PSY, who sings the popular "Gangnam Style," greets Thai fans after a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand. As "Gangnam Style" gallops toward 1 billion views on YouTube, the first Asian pop artist to capture a massive global audience has gotten richer click by click. So too has his agent and his grandmother. But the money from music sales isn't flowing in from the rapper's homeland South Korea or elsewhere in Asia. With one song, 34-year-old Park Jae-sang — better known as PSY — is set to become a millionaire from YouTube ads and iTunes downloads, underlining a shift in how money is being made in the music business. Cashing in on Gangnam Style's YouTube fame Denver Post
Miss Angola Leila Lopes is crowned Miss Universe 2011 by Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarrete, of Mexico, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday Sept. 12, 2011. Leila Lopes Miss Universe 2011 became the title holder with the longest reign The Examiner
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