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Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.
Asian markets   Mizuho Securities   Nikkei 225   Photos   Wikipedia: Mizuho Securities  
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Nikkei ends up 0.50 pct. on bargain hunting, Asian markets add support
TOKYO, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index closed up 0.50 percent Friday at a fresh two-week high as early losses were erased following sentiment improved from upswings on other Asian bour... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking before he signs an executive order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the East Room of the White House in Washington Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
Barack Obama   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
 CounterPunch 
The Obama Paradox
Barack Obama ran for office promising change; he delivered continuity.  But then, continuity brought change – for the worse. | In 2008, “change” meant whatever voters wanted it to mean.  Like ... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Sultan Qaboos, second right, receives Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, left, at Al Alalam Palace in Muscat, Oman, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Rouhani is in Oman for a two day visit.  WorldNews.com 
Iran's Visit to Oman: An Omen of Things to Come?
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Situated on opposite sides of the ever shifting Arabian Plate, and sometimes treacherous and volatile Strait of Hormuz, it appears Iran's recent visit ... (photo: AP / Abo Zayed)

Arab Spring   Hassan Rouhani   Mideast Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Hassan Rouhani  
From left to right: The Peace Hotel, Bank of China building, and former Yokohama Specie Bank.  Business Insider 
UBS: China's Shadow Banking Sector Is Actually Pretty Small
A businessman looks at his mobile phone as he walks in the financial area of Pudong in Shanghai May 30, 2013. | Investors are worried that defaults in China's shadow banking system could trigger a fin... (photo: Creative Commons / Shizhao)

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In this July 14, 2010 file photo, Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing. The news agency of China's ruling Communist Party launched an Internet search site Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, giving its own sanitized view of the Web following Google's closure of its China-based search engine last year over censorship. Voa News
China to Strengthen Internet Security After US Spying Report
Reuters | BEIJING — China will beef up its Internet security after recent reports that the U.S. government spied on a major telecommunications firm, the nation's De... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Cyberwarfare in China   Internet   NSA Leaks - China   Photos   Wikipedia: Cyberwarfare in China  
Two men look at a signs indicating the US dollar and euro rates near a currency exchange office in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Russia's Central Bank allowed the ruble to drop sharply against the dollar Sunday, resuming a controlled devaluation of the currency that began Nov. 11 as the country's economy continued to weaken Novosti
Russia Will Create National Payment System – Putin
NOVO-OGARYOVO (Moscow Region), March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will create a national payment system similar to either in Japan or China, President Vladimir Putin announc... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
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All Nippon Airways' Chief Executive Officier and President Shinichiro Ito speaks during a press conference at the company's office in Tokyo Friday, March 1, 2013. Business Journal
ANA to order 40 Boeing jets worth $13B
Ben Miller Contributing Editor- Puget Sound Business Journal Email | All Nippon Airways said it plans to order 40 Boeing Co. widebody airplanes worth $13 billion at list ... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
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Kim Kardashian Tribeca portrait 2009 Entertainment Wise
KUWTK Special? Kim Kardashian Flashes Cleavage In Nude Dress As Family Head To South Korea
The Kardashians are always up to something and the family were spotted making their way through LAX airport yesterday as Kim also arrived separately, wowing crowds in a t... (photo: Creative Commons / David Shankbone)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, is welcomed by French President Francois Hollande, right, at the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles, west of Paris, for a concert and dinner, Thursday March 27, 2014. Deal-making and commemorations of a half-century of French diplomatic ties with Communist China were the order of business during Xi's three-day visit, part of his European tour. The Daily Telegraph
Xi Jinping's Paris visit results in deals worth €18bn
French President Francois Hollande and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to deals between the two countries worth about €18bn | 10:00AM GMT 27 Mar 2014 | Comm... (photo: AP / Michel Euler)
China   France   Photos   Wikipedia: Xi Jinping   Xi Jinping  
Flight Lt. Jayson Nichols shields his face from the sun as he looks out the cockpit of a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C Orion aircraft during a search operation of the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean, Thursday, March 27, 2014. Planes and ships searching for debris suspected of being from the downed Malaysia Airlines jetliner failed to find any Thursday before bad weather cut their hunt short in a setback that came as Thailand said its satellite had spotted even more suspect objects. The Irish Times
Thai satellite spots 300 objects in search for missing Malaysia jet
A Thai satellite has detected 300 floating objects in the southern Indian Ocean where an international search is under way for a missing Malaysian jet liner, Thailand’s... (photo: AP / Michael Martina, Pool)
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A dead pig floats on the river Monday, March 11, 2013 on the outskirts of Shanghai, China. Inhabitat
Hundreds of Dead Pigs Pulled From Chinese Waterways Every Month
If you thought China’s flood of pig carcasses was a one-time thing, you are in for a nasty surprise. According to Chinese state media, hundreds of dead pigs are appeari... (photo: AP)
China   Dead pigs in China   Huangpu river   Photos   Wikipedia: 2013 Huangpu River dead pigs incident  
People walk past an electronic stock indicator in central Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. Xinhua
Nikkei gains 1.01 pct to 2-week closing high on yen's retreat
TOKYO, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index gained 1. 01 percent Thursday to a two-week closing high as the yen's late retreat against the U.S. dollar spurred ... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
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McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car in the pit lane during the qualifying session for the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race, at the Circuit of the Americas race track, in Austin, Texas Hamilton fastest in first practice at Malaysian GPThe Times Of India
Mount Eden as seen through the city buildings, from North cote. Mount Eden (Maungawhau, the 'Mountain of the Whau tree' in Mori) is the name of a cinder cone and surrounding suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand, situated five kilometers south of the city center. Impact of Tourism Marketing QuantifiedScoop
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates on the podium after becoming 2010 Formula One World champion and winning the Emirates Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina racetrack, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov.14, 2010 Vettel: F1 making wrong noisesSporting Life
British actor Andrew Garfield poses for the photographer, in London, Friday, July 11, 2008. The 24-year-old actor is attracting major notice for his first starring role, as a young man trying to put a murderous past behind him. Emma Stone ‘Approved’ Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man ‘Package’Entertainment Wise
North & Central Asia
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is interviewed at his office in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Rumsfeld 'trained ape' comment stirs controversy CNN
Russia wants to keep contact with G8 nations Russia wants to keep contact with G8 nations Canoe
Afghanistan's first spaceman returns home Afghanistan's first spaceman returns home BBC News
Crimea raises old question of statehood Crimea raises old question of statehood Independent online
Far East
President Barack Obama walks with first lady Michelle Obama before speaking to supporters at his final campaign stop on the evening before the 2012 election, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. White House belongs to the people, not the Obamas STL Today
From left to right: The Peace Hotel, Bank of China building, and former Yokohama Specie Bank. UBS: China's Shadow Banking Sector Is Actually Pretty Small Business Insider
In this July 14, 2010 file photo, Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing. The news agency of China's ruling Communist Party launched an Internet search site Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, giving its own sanitized view of the Web following Google's closure of its China-based search engine last year over censorship. China to Strengthen Internet Security After US Spying Report Voa News
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, is welcomed by French President Francois Hollande, right, at the Chateau de Versailles, in Versailles, west of Paris, for a concert and dinner, Thursday March 27, 2014. Deal-making and commemorations of a half-century of French diplomatic ties with Communist China were the order of business during Xi's three-day visit, part of his European tour. Xi Jinping's Paris visit results in deals worth €18bn The Daily Telegraph
Middle East
President Barack Obama meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, Tuesday, June 29, 2010, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Obama to try mending ties during Saudi trip Al Jazeera
President Barack Obama speaks to Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. President Barack Obama speaks to Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas, Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. Can Obama Saudi visit stem deteriorating ties? BBC News
Sultan Qaboos, second right, receives Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, left, at Al Alalam Palace in Muscat, Oman, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Rouhani is in Oman for a two day visit. Iran's Visit to Oman: An Omen of Things to Come? WorldNews.com
In this Thursday, March 27, 2008 photo, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, left, speaks with his brother King Abdullah as they attend to welcome Arab leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi king decrees half brother Moqren to be a future monarch The Siasat Daily
South Asia
'Apologetic' Musharraf seeking govt permission to leave Pakistan 'Apologetic' Musharraf seeking govt permission to leave Pakistan, says defence minister Newstrack India
Pill, Medicine, Drug India generic drugmakers' woes put new focus on quality over price Daily Press
Toyota India lifts lockout, workers refuse to budge Toyota India lifts lockout, workers refuse to budge Newstrack India
Business & Industry Economy & Finance
- Russia, North Korea Agree to Settle Payments in Rubles in Tr
- Volvo V40s recalled over tail light faults
- New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
- Philippines signs contract to buy 12 fighter jets
- 46 market stalls up for application
- New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
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- RPT-At edge of Malaysia Airlines search, questions of securi
- BJP, Congress flouted foreign funding norms: Delhi HC
- Deutsche Boerse, Bank of China agree closer cooperation-sour
- China prepared for economic volatility
- Spanish inflation shock flags euro deflation risks
Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock indicator of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Nov. 21, 2011.
Nikkei ends up 0.50 pct. on bargain hunting, Asian markets add support
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- Objects found in new Malaysian plane search area
- The many British connections to massacres of Sikhs
- Pagpadayag lang sa pulso sa katawhan: Masanguid
- India's opposition weighs Gujarat farm model if it wins
- India's opposition weighs Gujarat farm model if it wins
- India's next government may adopt Gujarat farm model
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking before he signs an executive order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the East Room of the White House in Washington Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
The Obama Paradox
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- The life of children in Myanmar
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Poor conditions hamper searc
- Walking tour app reveals the secrets of Old Irish Sydney
- Walking tour app reveals the secrets of Old Irish Sydney
- News Analysis: Housing price mania estimated to cool down
- Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government
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Technology Terrorism
- Futures edge higher on hopes for China stimulus
- Deutsche Boerse, Bank of China agree closer cooperation-sour
- Deutsche Boerse, Bank of China agree closer cooperation-sour
- Technology hindered, helped search for Flight 370
- China says hacking attacks soar in 2013, U.S. partly to blam
- China says hacking attacks soar in 2013, U.S. partly to blam
Mount Eden as seen through the city buildings, from North cote. Mount Eden (Maungawhau, the 'Mountain of the Whau tree' in Mori) is the name of a cinder cone and surrounding suburb in Auckland City, New Zealand, situated five kilometers south of the city center.
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- Freida Pinto proud of India becoming 'polio free'
- Taliban refuses to free former Pakistan PM's son
- Half of Americans Think New Cold War Is Coming, Four 'Li
- The Obama Paradox
- IM top man Akhtar was planning terror strike in Delhi: Polic
- Pro-Taliban narrative threatens Pakistan
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking before he signs an executive order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the East Room of the White House in Washington Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
The Obama Paradox
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- New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
- Objects found in new Malaysian plane search area
- New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
- Military finds objects in Indian Ocean in search for Malaysi
- New Malaysia plane search area turns up objects
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Plane spots objects in new s
President Barack Obama pauses while speaking before he signs an executive order for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the East Room of the White House in Washington Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
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- Olympic fever grips rugby sevens
- Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: F1 to pay respects with mess
- Timeline: The search for Flight MH370
- Maxwell, Hodge take Australia to 178
- Canberra cricketer Ryan Carters named NSW's Sheffield Sh
- India's first rooftop mini-football field!
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain steers his car in the pit lane during the qualifying session for the Formula One U.S. Grand Prix auto race, at the Circuit of the Americas race track, in Austin, Texas
Hamilton fastest in first practice at Malaysian GP
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