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Spike in food prices fans riot fears
| JOHANNESBURG - A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry - and erupting in anger - in the world's poorest countries. | A spi... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
The Columbus Dispatch
An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo)
Asia   Beijing   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Asian market  
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
| JOE McDONALD | The Associated Press | BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the ... (photo: AP)
Philadelphia Daily News
Gasoline - Oil Prices Oil lingers near $75 in Asia as stock markets gain
BANGKOK (AP) - Oil prices lingered near $75 a barrel Friday in Asia, largely holding onto a big gain the day before as investors put a positive spin on U.S. economic reports and Asian stock markets ro... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Breitbart
Asia   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Price of petroleum  
Sacks of Rice - Commodity - Food Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike
| DONNA BRYSON | Associated Press Writer= JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry — and erupting in ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Guardian
Food   Markets   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Inflation  
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Laborers work outside the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, one of the venues renovated for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Delhi loses patience with Commonwealth Games
It was meant to be Delhi's moment of glory. | By staging the Commonwealth Games successfully in its capital, India wanted to announce to the world that it was an emerging... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) BBC News
Commonwealth Games   Corruption   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Commonwealth Games Village 2010  
An investor checks the share index at a investment bank in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Analysts see new high for Malaysia's main market index
| PETALING JAYA: With four months to go before 2010 ends, a number of brokerages have unveiled their 2011 year-end targets for FTSE Bursa Malaysia KL Composite Index (FBM... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) The Star
Business   Malaysia   Market   Photos   Stock  
Poverty people at malaysia. Poor family gets RM10,000 Hari Raya gift from kind well-wishers
| THINGS are looking better for Tajenisha Beevi Sirajidin, 34, and her seven children, whose plight has received attention from generous Malaysians throughout the country... (photo: WN / Periasamy) The Star
Economy   Malaysia   People   Photos   Poverty  
A filipino worker seen unloading   San Miguel brand  alcohol liquors from the delivery truck , Pasay City , Philippines ,  March 23 , 2009. Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
BY ALBERT CASTRO--> | SINGAPORE/TOKYO - Global drinks firms, thirsty for acquisitions to expand their offerings and reach, are eyeing assets in Southeast Asia, as tough r... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Malaya
Asia   Beverage   Drinks   Photos   Wikipedia: Drink  
Palm Oil - CPO - Sime Darby Plantations In Johor. Time to fire a second salvo to defend palm oil
| I WAS baffled to read The Star report on Sept 1 about an anti-palm oil activist group tainting Malaysia's name at the Australian zoos. | It is sad that the freedom of s... (photo: WN / patricia) The Star
Australia   Malaysia   Nature   Oil   Photos  
A stock broker watches the Bombay Stock Exchange index on his trading terminal as the Sensex fell by more than 600 points, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 Sheen wearing off Indian growth
|      Sep 3, 2010 Sheen wearing off Indian growth | By Kunal Kumar Kundu | BANGALORE - India's 8.8% economic growth in the three months through June ... (photo: AP / Rajesh Nirgude) Asia Times
Economy   India   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of India  
An Afghan refugee whose house was demolished by heavy flooding, looks for his belongings amid rubble in Azakhel near Peshawar, Pakistan  Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
|      Sep 3, 2010 Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes' | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI - The government in Islamabad may impose a 2% tax on all imports to ... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) Asia Times
Finance   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
|      Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the ... (photo: AP / Azamat Imanaliev) Asia Times
Democracy   Kyrgyzstan   Photos   Politics   US  
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections. The degree zero of culture
|      Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | ... (photo: AP Photo / Shah Khalid) Asia Times
Afghanistan   Culture   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban  
jeera - Indian spice Turmeric hits contract low on output view; jeera down
MUMBAI: Turmeric futures hit a fresh contract low on Thursday depressed by poor demand and prospects of higher crop due to an increase in acreage, analysts said. Farmers ... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Times Of India
Commoditiy   Mumbai   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: Cumin  
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Gates Sees Progress In Tour Of Afghan War Zone
Why are South China Sea tensions rising?
Bihar should free Maoists: Agnivesh
Left parties to contest 200 seats
A chinese structures stands inside the Mischief Reef Thursday, Dec. 10, 1998 off South China Sea
Why are South China Sea tensions rising?
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Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
Oil lingers near $75 in Asia as stock markets gain
Why are South China Sea tensions rising?
An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo)
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
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1st Australian Female PM Leads Party To Low Point
BANGLADESH: Taking toxins out of ship-breaking
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo)
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
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Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
Rio Tinto to grow Indian diamond presence
Wall Street Surges After Upbeat Economic Reports
A filipino worker seen unloading   San Miguel brand  alcohol liquors from the delivery truck , Pasay City , Philippines ,  March 23 , 2009.
Southeast Asia drinks sector sparkles
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Trade Farming
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data
Asia stocks gain on brighter US manufacturing data
An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo)
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data
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Labour recruiters 'trafficked Thai workers' to Hawai
Indonesian Volcano Spews New Burst of Ash
 Villagers flee as volcano erupts again
Third farmer suicide
West Bengal in the shadow of drought.- India
Third farmer suicide
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