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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Herald Globe.com http://www.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/10/id/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:11:19 -0400 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:11:19 -0400 30 Stocks fell sharply in Asia Monday while the U.S. dollar surged against all currencies except the yen. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415020/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:01:47 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415020/cs/1/ Bishkek, Oct 6 (RIA Novosti) The toll in the 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit southern Kyrgyzstan Sunday night has risen to 72, with authorities saying Monday the number of casualties could grow as many were feared trapped under the rubble. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415254/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:01:16 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415254/cs/1/ Beijing, Oct 6 (Xinhua) A powerful earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck Tibetan capital Lhasa Monday afternoon, but there were no immediate reports of casualties, officials said. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415243/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:00:40 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415243/cs/1/ Japan's key Nikkei 225 Stock Average fell to a four-year low Monday on worries about the financial crisis, despite US Congressional approval of a Wall Street bail-out. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415070/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:22 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415070/cs/1/ Beijing, Oct 6 (Xinhua) Chinese shares fell by over three percent in the morning session Monday on worries about the financial crisis and after big losses on Wall Street. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415054/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:00:02 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415054/cs/1/ Fiona Zuzartee, who thinks beauty contests are for empowering women, is the new Miss MalaysiaIndian Global. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415050/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:01:09 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415050/cs/1/ The Canada-India Business Council (C-IBC) has urged Canada to resume sale of nuclear reactors to India after the recent lifting of nuclear embargo on it. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415048/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:01:05 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415048/cs/1/ The wife of a wealthy American investment banker Monday lost her appeal against her life sentence in Hong Kong for killing her husband in the so-called 'milkshake murder' case. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415016/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:00:08 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415016/cs/1/ Beijing, Oct 6 (Xinhua) Eric Wang walks into a restaurant near his office in Beijing's central business district. Wearing an immaculately pressed dark blue suit with a gold-coloured tie, he picks up a cup of cappuccino and sips. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415007/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:23 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415007/cs/1/ Eight Taliban militants and six policemen were killed in south Afghanistan, while a suicide bomber died in an attack on an Afghan army convoy in the west, officials said Sunday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415002/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:00:11 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415002/cs/1/ New Delhi, Oct 6 : The second day of the Bridal Asia event in New Delhi saw Pakistani models setting the ramp afire with their moves and attires on Sunday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415154/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:00:59 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415154/cs/1/ New Delhi, Oct 5 : India and Palestine are likely to discuss the latest situation in West Asia and the peace process during Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' four-day visit to New Delhi beginning on Monday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/414966/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:00:22 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/414966/cs/1/ Asian stocks nosedived throughout the region Monday as investors feared the US bail-out would fall far short of resolving the financial crisis that has also spread to Europe. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415172/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:12 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415172/cs/1/ Wellington, Oct 6 : An extraordinary collection of ancient rock art have suggested that the people of northern Australia have been interacting with seafaring visitors from Asia and Europe for hundreds, possibly thousands, of years. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415112/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:45 -0400 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/415112/cs/1/ Asian markets continue to plunge. Despite Washington's US$ 700 billion bank rescue plan investors fear an overall slowdown of the economy. Meanwhile the financial crisis reaches Europe. Hong Kong&rsq... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388723/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:30:13 -0400 Spero News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388723/ Asia's contemporary art market suffered a blow at the weekend as bidders failed to buy several paintings at a major Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong. Nineteen of the 47 prominent works under the hammer... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390533/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:03:57 -0400 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390533/ Seoul, Oct 6 : Gaganjeet Bhullar, the lone Indian golfer to make the cut at the Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open has shot a final round of one-over 72 to finish tied 43rd. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390748/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:26:39 -0400 New Kerala http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390748/ A group of Muslim protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir has defied a curfew to denounce Pakistani President Asif Zardari and burn his effigy. Mr Zardari has provoked outrage after being reported ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390759/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:03:59 -0400 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390759/ SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA and TAIPEI, TAIWAN--(Marketwire - Oct. 6, 2008) - Splunk, the IT Search company, and Systex (TSE:6214), a Taiwan-based leading regional IT service provider, today announced a... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18389339/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:24:04 -0400 Market Wire http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18389339/ Dubai: Asian stocks, US and European index futures fell on Monday as deteriorating credit markets forced new bailouts of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG and Fortis. The euro slumped to a 13-month low, whi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18391732/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:51:59 -0400 Gulf News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18391732/ GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Clashes between ethnic groups in India's remote northeast killed 10 more people Monday, bringing the death toll from four days of violence to 40, including 15 people shot by pol... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18391015/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:59:42 -0400 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18391015/ Tokyo - News about the latest emergency package to save Germany's real estate financier Hypo Real Estate Holding AG could not clear the gloomy atmosphere in far-away Asia. It was the same with the bai... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18389112/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:19:31 -0400 Earth Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18389112/ KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia will test fruit and vegetables imported from China following reports that they may contain the industrial chemical melamine, a senior minister said Monday. "It is a precautiona... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18393362/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:17:19 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18393362/ BISHKEK (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake killed at least 70 people in Kyrgyzstan and leveled a village in the remote mountains of the Central Asian state, the emergencies ministry said on Monday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390602/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:59:14 -0400 Reuters http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390602/ Observers agree generally that a financial crisis like the one in the late 1990s is not on Asia's horizon, though the region will undoubtedly be hurt by the global credit crisis. But analysts are keep... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390528/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:20:31 -0400 Forbes http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390528/ LONDON (AP) _ Asian and European stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears that the global financial crisis would depress world economic... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388686/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:56:06 -0400 Newsday http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388686/ Asian stock markets plunged Monday as government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe failed to alleviate fears of a global financial crisis that would depress world economic growth. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390765/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:55:03 -0400 ABC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390765/ At least 10 people were killed and many more injured when a bus taking people to a casino overturned in the US state of California. Police say the vehicle veered off the road and rolled over near the... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390534/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:03:59 -0400 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390534/ Asian and European markets plunged today starting off an expected rocky week for the stock markets around the world. Markets in Asia tumbled with the knock-on from last week in the US, the worst week ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390402/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:52:04 -0400 MSN Money http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18390402/ Asian markets dived Monday, with most indexes falling 4% or more, amid concerns about a raging global financial crisis and the effectiveness of the U.S. financial bailout. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18392746/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:22:06 -0400 Morning Star http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18392746/ KUALA LUMPUR - A popular Malaysian blogger Monday pleaded not guilty to sedition over an article he wrote that linked the deputy prime minister and his wife to the murder of a Mongolian woman. Raja Pe... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388477/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:42 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388477/ South Korea, China and Japan will discuss speeding up the creation of an $80 billion fund to help protect Asia from the global financial turmoil, officials in Seoul said today. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385543/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:07:32 -0400 Business Standard http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385543/ MANILA: The European Union (EU) said Monday it will extend seven million euros in emergency aid for people displaced by the Muslim insurgency in the southern Philippines. The announcement by the EU, o... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388480/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:34 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388480/ KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The editor of Malaysia's best-known anti-government news Web site went on trial Monday on sedition charges for allegedly implying the deputy prime minister was involved ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386883/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:11:19 -0400 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386883/ BANGKOK : Thailand's deputy prime minister insisted Monday that the arrest of two anti-government leaders would not derail negotiations with protesters besieging state buildings. The detention of Cham... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388483/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:26 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388483/ TOKYO: A magazine on Monday accused Bulgarian sumo star Kotooshu of fixing bouts as a scandal tainting the image of Japan's ancient sport intensified. Kotooshu, who in May became the first European to... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386270/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:39 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386270/ Markets across Asia dropped Monday amid fears that government bank bailouts in the U.S. and Europe will not be enough to stop the U.S. economic crisis from spreading around the world. Asian investors... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385686/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:17:13 -0400 CBC News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385686/ KATHMANDU: Nepal's Maoist president has endorsed the choice of a three-year-old girl to be worshipped as a goddess, officials said on Monday, upholding an age-old tradition despite his government's... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386298/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:39:00 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386298/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Law Minister Farooq Naek on Monday met Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh at the Lahore's Kot Lakhpath Jail to review his case following the Indian government's appeal fo... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386300/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:38:56 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386300/ WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday with arguments over limits on lawsuits against tobacco companies. The court will consider whether federal regulation of cigarettes prev... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386299/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:38:56 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386299/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MUMBAI, India -- Clashes between Hindus and Muslims in a western Indian town left at least four people dead and 80 injured, forcing police to impose a curfew, an official said ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386761/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:19:14 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386761/ DUBAI: Even before formal inauguration of the world's tallest building 'Burj Dubai, the city called the jewel of the Emirates is all set to break its own record, by building a tower with a dizzying ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386301/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:38:55 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386301/ BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese authorities launched an investigation Monday into an industrial landslide that buried a village in northern China, amid claims that officials initially downplayed the scale of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386280/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:11:17 -0400 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386280/ HANOI : Vietnam plans to build urban rail systems worth nearly 15 billion dollars in its two largest and most traffic-choked cities by 2020, the government said in a statement Monday. The capital Hano... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388481/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:30 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388481/ (AIG)'s non-life insurance operations in Southeast Asia have suffered "minimal impact" from the financial problems faced by parent AIG, a senior company official said Monday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385809/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:36:23 -0400 Morning Star http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385809/ LONDON: British department store Selfridge's on Sunday launched a new up-scale chocolate treat -- the "Credit Crunch" -- for shoppers looking for comfort food amid the international financial crisi... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386305/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:38:53 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386305/ SEOUL : North Korea has purchased weapons worth about 65 million dollars over the past five years despite its severe food shortages, a South Korean lawmaker said Monday. The communist state spent an a... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388484/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:18 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388484/ The turnaround in the fortunes of the recession-hit New Zealand economy were underscored on Monday when the country’s treasury cut its economic growth forecasts and warned of increased public borrow... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386905/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:35:46 -0400 Financial Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386905/ ISLAMABAD : Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said in an interview that arch-enemy India had never been a threat to his country and that Islamic militant groups in Indian-controlled Kashmir were "t... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388482/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:28 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388482/ By Biswajyoti Das Guwahati, India - Tribal people armed with guns and bows and arrows raided a village in India's troubled northeast Assam state, killing three Muslim villagers in the latest clashe... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388485/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:08:52 -0400 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388485/ ELK GROVE, Calif.: That's a lot of pumpkin seeds. A Canadian farmer has won a contest in California with a pumpkin that weighs more than 1,500 pounds. Jake van Kooten of British Columbia collect... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386303/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:38:51 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386303/ The death toll in several days of violence in India's north-eastern Assam state has risen to 35, officials say. More than 100 people have been injured in the riots that have now spread to five distri... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386501/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:14:47 -0400 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18386501/ SRINAGAR, India: Thousands of Indian security forces enforced a strict curfew in Kashmir on Monday to prevent separatists from holding a pro-independence rally. Organisers behind recent anti-India pro... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388479/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:37 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388479/ KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is under intense pressure to quit, said he will announce by Wednesday whether he will step down in March. Abdullah had earlier sugges... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388478/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:24:41 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18388478/ ASTANA (Agencies): The United States is not trying to poach Russia’s allies in Central Asia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday during a visit to oil-rich Kazakhstan. Moscow is sens... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383098/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:04:48 -0400 The Frontier Post http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383098/ COLOMBO: A Tamil Tiger suicide bomber triggered a blast inside offices of the main opposition party in northern Sri Lanka on Monday, killing at least 27 people, including a senior retired general, off... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385294/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:50:41 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385294/ TOKYO: Japan's new Prime Minister Taro Aso on Monday brushed aside talk of an immediate election, vowing to concentrate on revitalising the ailing economy as he struggles to win over voters. "Our prio... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383045/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:50:37 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383045/ NEW DELHI (AP) -- The Dalai Lama will undergo a second medical checkup in as many months while he recovers from exhaustion, a spokesman for the Tibetan spiritual leader said Monday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382668/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:36:33 -0400 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382668/ Bhubaneshwar, India - Maoist rebels have said they murdered a hardline Hindu leader whose death triggered violence between Hindus and Christians that left dozens dead. Right-wing Hindu groups had b... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18384950/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:33:53 -0400 IOL http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18384950/ BANGKOK: The governor of Thailand's capital Bangkok has been re-elected, officials said Monday, after a colourful election race marred by fisticuffs and tragedy. Apirak Kosayodhin, deputy head of the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385295/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:50:38 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385295/ NADARBAZEVI, GEORGIA -- Russian troops on Sunday began dismantling positions in the so-called security zones in Georgia that they have occupied since the war in August, Georgian and EU officials said... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383661/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:34:20 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383661/ Asian stocks dropped across the board Monday, with Friday's dismal U.S. employment report fueling worries that the world is tipping over into recession. Miners, exporters, financials and IT firms a... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382319/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:53:23 -0400 Forbes http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382319/ Asian stock markets suffered a fresh mauling Monday with Tokyo plunging to a four-year low on growing doubts about whether a Wall Street bailout package can stem the global http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382332/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:28:51 -0400 Yahoo!7 News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382332/ BEIJING: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck a remote northwestern Chinese region early Monday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake struck just after midnight in the Xinjiang region near Chin... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383064/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:59:49 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383064/ A major earthquake has hit Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 58 people, officials in the Central Asian nation have said. The 6.6-magnitude quake struck at 2152 local time (1552 GMT) on Sunday, destroying ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383052/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:40:01 -0400 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383052/ HONG KONG -- The cost of protection against a default in Asian debt surged on Monday, especially on South Korea, as global growth concerns deepened after weak US jobs data and as the financial crisis ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385296/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:47 -0400 Inquirer http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385296/ COPENHAGEN: Denmark on Monday said it would guarantee all bank deposits amid turbulent markets. In a statement posted on its Web site, the Economy Ministry said that commercial lenders agreed to... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383067/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:59:45 -0400 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383067/ SOUTH KOREA seeks to speed up an US$80 billion ($115 billion) currency swap scheme to prevent the US financial sector turmoil from creating financial crises in Asia, South Korea's Deputy Finance Minis... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383707/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:03:13 -0400 Brunei Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383707/ Alex Kennedy October 6, 2008 - 00:31 a.m. SINGAPORE (AP) - Asian stock markets plunged Monday as investors took scant comfort from Washington's passage of a $700 billion bank bailout and focus... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382371/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:50:24 -0400 Canadian Business http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382371/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan began registering voters Monday for next year's presidential polls, an election likely to be the most dangerous and challenging since the Taliban were ousted fro... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385298/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:36:34 -0400 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18385298/ SINGAPORE -- The South Korean won and Indonesian rupiah led a sharp decline in Asian currencies on Monday, driven by tumbling stock markets, an acute shortage of dollars and broader growth concerns. M... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383243/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:46:55 -0400 Inquirer http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18383243/ SEOUL, Oct 6 – South Korea said on Monday its banks were having trouble raising foreign currency funds and tried to reassure markets spooked by the financial crisis sweeping the United States and Eu... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382652/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:56:41 -0400 Financial Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18382652/ Asian markets tumbled Monday amid concerns about a raging global financial crisis. Japanese shares were down sharply -- with banks falling hard, and http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18380576/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:13:20 -0400 Morning Star http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18380576/ , Samsung Electronics (SSNLF) lost 2.3%, and Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (HXSCF) gave up 4%. Banking and brokerage stocks were also weighed down, with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18380511/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:13:19 -0400 Morning Star http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18380511/ The feeling in the construction industry is that the economy is worse than during the Asian crisis 10 years ago. Several indicators are reminiscent of the economic crisis, chiefly plummeting property ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18379937/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:10:42 -0400 Chosun http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/18379937/