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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 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:54 -0500 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:18:54 -0500 30 MALE - A special United Nations envoy and a senior Indian diplomat have landed in the Maldives amid political crisis in the archipelago following a dramatic regime change in the Indian Ocean nation. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392318/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:22:26 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392318/cs/1/ YANGON - Less than a month after his release from jail, a Burmese activist monk was taken away by the authorities for questioning early Friday, according to reports. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203391414/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:35 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203391414/cs/1/ ISLAMABAD - In a major setback to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan Supreme Court Friday dismissed his appeal against a contempt of court charge, which means that the premier will have to ap http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392314/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:09:48 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392314/cs/1/ KABUL - Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai has strongly criticized NATO for the air strikes resulting in the death of at least seven children, further aggravating the strained relations between Kabu http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392308/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:33:35 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392308/cs/1/ BEIJING - China's exports and imports in January have recorded more-than-expected decline, triggering fears about the global financial crisis which may have contributed to the drop in its economy. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392316/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:15:35 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392316/cs/1/ Roman Catholic leaders meeting at the Vatican are being advised to expect further disclosure of incidents of child abuse by priests in Asia. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203370479/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:15:59 -0500 VoA - Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203370479/cs/1/ A meeting of high-level group of eminent experts from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to strengthen the anti-terror mechanism got underway here on Thursday. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203356855/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:40:15 -0500 ANI http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203356855/cs/1/ LONDON - Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, is due to return to the frontline in Afghanistan after he qualified to fly the crack Apache helicopter-gunships. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203359242/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:36 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203359242/cs/1/ BEIJING - Speculation was rife, especially in the Chinese social media, that a well-known crime-fighting former police chief may have tried to and failed in getting political asylum in the United Stat http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203359241/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:11 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203359241/cs/1/ BEIJING - Another Tibetan, said to be a monk, has set himself on fire in the troubled southwest Chinese province of Sichuan as thousands defied a security crackdown protesting against Beijing rule, ac http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203359232/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:09:05 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203359232/cs/1/ ISLAMABAD - A US drone targeting a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghanistan border Thursday killed four suspected militants including a key commander of the terrorist group al- http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203358567/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:23 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203358567/cs/1/ BEIJING - China's inflation rose to 4.5 per cent in January with soaring food prices contributing significantly to the reversal of a five month trend of easing prices. http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203358523/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:19:39 -0500 Herald Globe.com http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203358523/cs/1/ Taipei, Feb. 10, 2012 (CENS)--Taiwan's leading garment makers, including Makalot Industrial Co., Eclat Textile Co., and Tainan Enterprises Co., are ambitious to expand the markets in Asia and ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387711/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:26:19 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387711/ Investors are once again flocking to emerging market funds, but Craig Swanger, Global Business Director, Macquarie warns that GDP growth does not always mean strong equity ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387026/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:25:50 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387026/ 2/10/2012 4:43 AM ET (RTTNews) - Asian shares ended mostly lower on Friday, as investors remained skeptical on whether Athens can deliver the reforms after political leaders on Thursday clinched a ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388565/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:18:22 -0500 RTT News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388565/ February 10, 2012 In April, the first company of U.S. Marines will deploy to northern Australia. The training facility there replaces U.S. bases in the Philippines that closed in the early 1990s. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388355/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:12:17 -0500 NPR http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388355/ This winter has been a serious test of strength, not only for electric power systems in Central Asia, but also for their good relations with neighbours. Unprecedented cold in February affected not ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387804/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:58 -0500 New Europe http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387804/ Yahoo ‘s restructuring of its Asian holdings has been a long time coming. Finally there is light at the end of the tunnel.Alibaba, its Chinese partner, has long wanted to buy back ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203391296/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:55:55 -0500 Forbes http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203391296/ MANILA: The death toll from a strong quake this week in the central Philippines rose to 39 on Friday, with dozens of missing feared dead, a disaster official said.Rescuers recovered five bodies in ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392106/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:09 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392106/ KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said they had detained a young Saudi journalist who fled his country after Twitter comments he made about the Prophet Mohammed triggered calls for his execution.Hamza ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392107/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:06 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392107/ INDONESIA: Umar Patek, an Indonesian accused of the 2002 Bali bombings, goes on trial in Jakarta on Monday.Umar is an alleged member of Southeast Asia's Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, and the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392108/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:03 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392108/ MANILA : The Philippine military said on Friday that Malaysia will send forensics experts to try to prove whether Filipino forces have killed three of Southeast Asia's most-wanted terror ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392109/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:43:01 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392109/ TOKYO - The euro softened against major currencies in Asian trade Friday after eurozone finance ministers put off a decision on a new bailout to save Greece from bankruptcy.The single unit stood at ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387183/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:21:22 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387183/ NEW DELHI (AP) -- India's prime minister resisted pressure from the United States and the European Union to curtail its trade with Iran over the country's suspected nuclear weapons ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388613/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:21 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388613/ BHUBANESHWAR, India (AP) -- Police say Maoist rebels are suspected of triggering a blast that destroyed a police jeep and killed four officers in eastern ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387496/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:18 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203387496/ MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The U.S. Congress has approved the transfer of a second Coast Guard ship to the Philippines, an official said Friday as Washington shifts its military ties with the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388761/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:17 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388761/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Pakistan has arrested two people in connection with last year's assassination of a former Afghan president who was trying to broker peace with the Taliban, two Afghan ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388893/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:14 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388893/ HONG KONG (AP) -- The argument began over the seemingly minor offense of eating on the subway, which is banned in Hong Kong. A local commuter was outraged that a girl in a tour group from mainland ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203389055/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:10 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203389055/ BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203389056/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:09:06 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203389056/ SINGAPORE (AP) -- A Singapore court has ruled four people can be extradited to the U.S. to face conspiracy charges related to the smuggling of radio control devices to Iran, including 16 items found ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388614/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:08:59 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388614/ AUD/USD weaken during the Asia morning on not much more than a slowing of the bullish momentum and market review of the Greek crisis. However, as the pair approached solid buying at 1.0735 the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392113/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:57:49 -0500 FXstreet http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392113/ An abattoir in the Australian city of Sydney, has been closed down after a video showing animal cruelty surfaces, local media report. The video comes less than a year after Australia suspended live ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388317/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:19 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388317/ Defiant former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has led a street rally in Male, three days after what he says was a coup that forced him to resign. A crowd of several hundred people chanted ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388318/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:16 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388318/ India's Supreme Court has said that the head of the army has dropped his case against the government over his retirement age. Gen VK Singh had gone to the Supreme Court seeking a ruling to ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388320/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:09 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388320/ Authorities in China have launched a big security operation to try to end a wave of unrest caused by Tibetan campaigners. In the past year, at least 19 people have publicly set themselves on fire, ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388321/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:48:05 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388321/ At least 20 people were killed when their bus plunged into a river in Indian-administered Kashmir early on Friday, police say. The bus was rounding a curve on a road in Doda, some 300km (186 miles) ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388324/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:55 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388324/ Advanced Composites Group (ACG), Umeco Composites Structural Materials' member that produces mould tooling and structural prepreg materials, has announced that it will be exhibiting its ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392111/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:18:46 -0500 AZoM http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203392111/ Bashar al-Assad have killed at least 400 people in a six-day onslaught on Homs, opposition activists say. "The shells are raining down on us and regime forces are using heavy artillery," ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388330/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:39 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388330/ European market . "We appreciate the strong start that he has embarked on and the very effective measures that he is promoting inside of Italy," Obama said in a joint media availability ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388331/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:33 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388331/ MALE (MALDIVES): A top U.N. official was meeting on Friday with the current and former presidents of the Maldives, trying to end the political stalemate that has gripped this Indian Ocean nation. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388333/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:20 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388333/ Maldives as legitimate, calling for a peaceful settlement to the ongoing political unrest in the Indian Ocean island nation. "We do," State Department ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388335/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:17:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203388335/ REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- An apparent US drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381563/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381563/ New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin reacts after hitting a basket during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the New Jersey Nets, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, at Madison Square Garden in ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381547/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:33:53 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381547/ 2/9/2012 10:35 PM ET (RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are exhibiting a mixed trend on Friday with investors treading cautiously amid doubts about the Greek bailout package. Weak earnings reports ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381603/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:25:47 -0500 RTT News http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381603/ In partnership with Optiontown, Air Asia X has launched a new service ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385605/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:02:09 -0500 Travel Blackboard http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385605/ Americans by and large believe that they are the world's indispensable power. That is largely true. But the time of the United States as the sole indispensable global power is passing, in Asia ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385606/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:42 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385606/ The single unit stood at US$1.3277 and 102.46 yen, from US$1.3260 and 102.14 yen. The dollar was at 77.17 yen, edging up from 77.03 yen in New York. "It's another quiet Asian session ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379994/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:21 -0500 The China Post http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379994/ MALE: A UN special envoy arrived Friday for talks with the new administration in the Maldives, as former president Mohamed Nasheed demanded fresh elections after being ousted in what he called a ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385598/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:07 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385598/ BEIJING: Security forces shot dead two Tibetan brothers who were on the run after protesting against Chinese rule, US-based broadcaster Radio Free Asia said, a day after a monk reportedly set ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385597/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:04 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385597/ TOKYO: Northern Japan was bracing for more heavy snow Friday as severe winter weather continues to cause misery across a large part of the country, claiming at least 83 lives so far.Forecasters were ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381242/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:02 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381242/ SYDNEY: An Indian-born doctor jailed in Australia over fatally bungled surgeries was Friday granted special leave to appeal his conviction in the nation's highest court.Dubbed "Doctor ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381241/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:59 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381241/ WASHINGTON: A mayor who has fought to close a flashpoint US base on Japan's Okinawa island voiced opposition Thursday to a deal that could see thousands of US troops leaving, saying his core ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381243/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:54 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381243/ SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Friday did not deny a report that she has ordered cabinet ministers not to talk to major newspaper editors in a bid to stamp out leadership ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381244/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:53 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381244/ Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Container shipping lines will seek to raise rates by at least $500 per 40-foot box for Asia-U.S. West Coast cargos in upcoming annual contracts after price wars and higher fuel ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379780/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379780/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell the most in eight weeks and South Korea’s won weakened as earnings in the region disappointed investors and European leaders held back a rescue package ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379785/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:55:13 -0500 Business Week http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379785/ About 10 pilots have worked for China Southern Airlines since January, and JAL is holding negotiations for the same arrangement with South Korea's Korean ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203380117/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:52:55 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203380117/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Templeton Global Bond Fund rejoined the top-performing fixed-income funds following last year’s underperformance by scooping up distressed Irish bonds and keeping bets ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203382081/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:31:43 -0500 Business Week http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203382081/ finance ministers demanded more spending cuts from Greece before clearing a euro130 billion ($170 billion) bailout to stave off the country's bankruptcy.Benchmark oil hovered below $99 per ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385595/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:26:54 -0500 Yahoo http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385595/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell the most in eight weeks and South Korea’s won weakened as earnings in the region disappointed and European leaders held back a rescue package for ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385596/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:26:36 -0500 Yahoo http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385596/ KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian police say they have detained a Saudi journalist who apparently fled his country after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad on ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381562/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:22:45 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381562/ PAJU, South Korea (AP) -- Eight South Korean lawmakers made a high-profile visit Friday to a modern factory park that sits just across the world's most heavily armed border and represents the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385604/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:22:42 -0500 Associated Press http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385604/ Chinese security forces shot and killed two Tibetans on Thursday who had been involved in antigovernment protests, the American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported. Yeshe Rigsal, a 40-year-old ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379922/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:55 -0500 New York Times http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379922/ Canada and China have reached government deals in uranium exports and other sectors, as the two countries deepen trade ties. Canada said on Thursday it would allow the sale of uranium to China for ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381222/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:51 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381222/ A court in the Indian city of Mumbai has directed Bollywood director Subhas Ghai to return to the government a plot of land allotted for a film school. The high court also criticised federal ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381224/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:44 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381224/ When Afghan soldier Abdul Saboor killed four French colleagues last month, he ended up hastening - by a year - France's exit from the war-torn nation. The BBC's Bilal Sarwary went to ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381223/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:59:36 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381223/ With the Chinese government's widening attacks on freedom of expression, human rights defenders, civil society activists, and government critics, the EU needs to speak out not just to protest ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385601/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:03 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385601/ Mr. Herman Van Rompuy President of the European Council Rue de la Loi 175 B-1048 Brussels Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1049 Brussels ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385602/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:36:58 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385602/ The Human Rights Council is uniquely positioned to ensure that the deaths and injuries of tens of thousands of civilians in the last months of Sri Lanka's conflict are properly investigated. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385603/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:36:57 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203385603/ atomic reactors in the country, making them the first to be built in America in more than three decades despite objections from the nation's top nuclear regulator. Commissioners of ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381230/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:29:00 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381230/ Barack Obama was also charged on Thursday with providing material aid to terrorism. Ulugbek Kodirov acquired weapons and explosives meant to be used in an attempt to kill Obama, federal prosecutors ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381231/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:53 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381231/ Ivanka Trump by barraging her and her husband with bizarre tweets, emails and online videos. Justin Massler, who for months had been deemed psychologically unfit for trial, pleaded guilty Thursday ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381232/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:40 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381232/ Ahmet Davutoglu said Thursday during a visit to Washington. Davutoglu is urging an international conference to resolve violence that erupted when demonstrators began demanding last spring Syrian ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381236/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:16 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381236/ WASHINGTON: A TV anchor in US state of Colorado had to be rushed to the hospital and undergo surgery after a dog on her show bit her in the face during a live segment. Max, an 85-pound Argentine ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381237/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:28:07 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203381237/ Leading West Australian dairy, fruit juices and wine manufacturer, Harvey Fresh, has acquired juice processor Nugan Quality Foods, which will help make the most of the increased export demand. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379156/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:44:09 -0500 Manufacturers Monthly http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379156/ The new G6 alliance that includes members of the Grand Alliance and the New World Alliance recently pushed up the start date of its Asia-Europe joint operations to March 1, coinciding with the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372777/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:39:04 -0500 Journal of Commerce http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372777/ The ousted leader of the Maldives called on the international community to support democracy in his country as it emerged yesterday that a court had issued a warrant for his arrest. Mohamed Nasheed, ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379154/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:37:01 -0500 The Independent http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379154/ Image via Wikipedia To say that Northeast and East Asia--Japan, China, the Koreas, and Russia, with the U.S. as the non-regional but fully engaged player--is in strategic military and political ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203371205/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:32:14 -0500 Forbes http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203371205/ NEW DELHI: The European Union looks set to push India at a summit Friday to use its commercial and diplomatic influence to try to bring Iran back to the negotiating table over its disputed nuclear ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379151/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:57 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379151/ WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden called for China to address a "deterioration" of its human rights record as he met activists ahead of a key visit by his Chinese counterpart, the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379150/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:54 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379150/ BEIJING: A former Chinese police chief rumoured to have tried to defect visited a US consulate, it was confirmed Thursday, fuelling a political intrigue analysts say may signal a power struggle in ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373005/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:47 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373005/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- China’s surging defense budget, the world’s second-biggest, is helping spur military spending across Asia, offering U.S. and European suppliers a chance to offset ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203370832/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:18:07 -0500 Business Week http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203370832/ 's management is unaware of any material change in East Asia's operations that would account for the recent increase in market activity.About East Asia Minerals CorporationEast Asia ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379149/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:46:49 -0500 Yahoo http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379149/ BEIJING - China’s Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday that Wang Lijun, vice mayor of the sprawling southwestern city of Chongqing, spent one day at the U.S. Consulate in nearby Chengdu and ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379155/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:38:57 -0500 Washington Post http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203379155/ A schoolboy in the southern Indian city of Chennai (Madras) has stabbed a female teacher to death, officials say. Uma Maheshwari, who taught Hindi at the city's St Mary Anglo Indian Higher ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372989/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:16 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372989/ A Nepali feature film is to be shown for the first time at a top film festival. Highway - featuring BBC Nepali editor Rabindra Mishra in a starring role - has its world premier in Berlin on Friday. ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372990/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:12 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372990/ record 62% turnout in the first phase of the seven-phase vote on Wednesday is the highest since 1947, up from a dismal average of 46% in the 2007 polls. "It rains votes in Uttar Pradesh," ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372991/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:11:07 -0500 BBC http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372991/ Geologists at Yale University predict that the Americas and Asia will eventually collide at the Arctic circle, creating a new supercontinent dubbed ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373483/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:41:37 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373483/ Nuclear Regulatory Commission is expected to approve Southern Co.'s request to build two nuclear reactors in the southern state of Georgia. If approved, the $14 billion reactors could begin ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372995/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:37:26 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372995/ drone attack in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan tribal region on Thursday. Badar Mansoor, a former commander of the banned Harkat-ul-Mujahideen militant group that was active in Kashmir, ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372996/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:37:20 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372996/ Pakistan's SC on Thursday insisted that PM Yousuf Raza Gilani should write to Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372999/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:37:10 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203372999/ Bank of England will inject another 50 billion pounds into Britain's weak economy and keep interest rates at a record-low 0.50 per cent, it announced today. After a two-day gathering, the ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373000/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:54 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373000/ Mikhail Gorbachev declared Thursday, saying Putin's inability to change the Kremlin's political system might prompt more massive anti-government protests. Putin, who became prime minister ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373001/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:47 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373001/ ADEN, YEMEN: Yemeni troops killed two people on Thursday when they opened fire on a rally in the southern province of Dalea calling for a boycott of an election to replace outgoing ... http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373003/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:36:36 -0500 Times of India http://story.heraldglobe.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203373003/