Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Kazakhstan News.Net http://www.kazakhstannews.net/ en-us Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:06:00 -0400 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:06:00 -0400 30 Expressing confidence that the upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held successfully, Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill on Tuesday announced doubling of cash awards for the CWG and Asian Games. http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/681995 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:10:06 -0400 ANI http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/681995 Balwaristan National Front chairman, Abdul Hamid Khan has praised and endorsed views aired by noted American expert on South Asian affairs Selig Harrison vis-'-vis China's gradual attempt to establish a presence in Pakistan's northern borderlands. http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/681980 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:40:11 -0400 ANI http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/681980 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly ordered Pakistan captain Salman Butt and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to hand over their mobile telephone records for investigation into possible spot-fixing during the Asia Cup in June. http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/681793 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:00:28 -0400 ANI http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/681793 WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are heading to Asia to discuss the impasse over North Korea's nuclear program. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said Tuesday that Obama administration's e... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450661&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:08:26 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450661&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The image of migrant workers freezing, locking up their bosses and marching for better pay and conditions is not typically Swedish. Yet these are among the catalog of incidents that have occurred amo... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449506&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:04:06 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449506&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The image of migrant workers freezing, locking up their bosses and marching for better pay and conditions is not typically Swedish. Yet these are among the catalog of incidents that have occurred amo... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450578&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:12:27 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450578&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Nine others are injured as they come under fire from a man wearing an Iraqi army uniform. The troops were part of a security detail for a U.S. commander meeting with Iraqi officers in Salahuddin provi... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450403&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:03:59 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450403&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Police also want to interview a former tabloid reporter who has said that the aide and former editor, Andy Coulson, knew of alleged efforts to hack cellphones belonging to celebs, politicians and aide... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450749&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:03:54 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450749&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China is seeking to expand its influence in South Asia at India's expense, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned in rare public criticism of his country's main rival for regional resources and g... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450517&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:43:51 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450517&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The quest for justice for the victims of the Maguindanao massacre begins now. But the dozens of suspects still at large and the threat to witnesses shows that there is a long road ahead. http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38452975&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:35:03 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38452975&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey showed 46% of respondents saying Republicans were better poised to handle the number one US domestic issue, compared to 43% who said Democrats were a far cry fr... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450500&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:16 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450500&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Wisconsin . "They talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true," he told the union crowd straying from his prepared remarks to take a more aggressive tone in campaign mod... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450501&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:13 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450501&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world, we are engaged with the Islamic community," Petraeus said in a statement adding the actions could endange... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450502&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:10 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450502&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 PARIS: French strikers disrupted trains and planes, hospitals and mail delivery on Tuesday amid massive street protests over plans to raise the retirement age. Across the English Channel, http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450503&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:26:07 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38450503&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Zenit.org ).- Participants in a congress on evangelization in Asia affirmed that they want to actively participate as leaven in society, unafraid to be the minority amid religious persecution.The six-... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38447094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:04:10 -0400 Zenit http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38447094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING : China on Tuesday hailed Myanmar as a "friendly neighbour" and warned the world not to meddle in its upcoming election, as the head of the country's military junta arrived for a state vi... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446858&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:55 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446858&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TAIPEI: Taiwan's High Court on Tuesday upheld an earlier ruling to acquit a tycoon who had been accused of buying one of the island's biggest department store chains illegally. The court sai... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446859&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:52 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446859&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO: A tense maritime incident on Tuesday in which two Japanese patrol vessels and a Chinese fishing boat collided near a disputed island chain triggered a diplomatic spat between the Asian giants. ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446860&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:48 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446860&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 PESHAWAR, Pakistan : Sixteen people including women and children were killed and more than 50 wounded in a car bomb attack targeting a police headquarters in Pakistan's northwestern city of Kohat... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449416&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:44 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449416&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mystery man hits US$30m jackpot in Taiwan lottery By Channel NewsAsia's Taiwan Correspondent Christina Lo | Posted: 08 September 2010 0002 hrs http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446861&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:28:41 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446861&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Triple Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Stephanie Rice has lost a sponsorship deal with Jaguar after making a homophobic remark on Twitter.The Australian, who claimed three titles in Beijing, posted... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446852&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:04:54 -0400 BBC http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38446852&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China , the Dalai Lama is officially a dangerous separatist and a "criminal," and his supporters are prohibited from discussing him or even displaying his picture. But here in the ethnic Tib... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449418&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:55:06 -0400 Washington Post http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449418&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Reporting from Islamabad and Peshawar, Pakistan — A powerful suicide-bomb blast tore through a police compound in the northwestern Pakistani town of Kohat on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38447102&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:48:55 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38447102&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 has agreed to buy the portions of two holding companies it does not already own in a deal that will give it control of facilities in Asia, where it is expanding its presence. Crown, a Philadelphia pa... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38448187&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:36:20 -0400 Philadelphia Business Journal http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38448187&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 (7/13/2010) Experts are testifying Tuesday in a federal lawsuit by five states, which are asking a judge to close the Chicago area shipping locks to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lak... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38447087&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:31:06 -0400 CBS 2 Chicago http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38447087&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Edition 1 JULIUS Baer Group, the 120-year-old Swiss private bank, expected to double the portion of staff in Asia as it tapped an "increasingly important" market for expansion, chief executive ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449417&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:11:59 -0400 Business Report http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449417&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 to the U.S. and Asia through a joint venture that sets up a three-way battle among exchanges to expand a once-promising market whose fortunes have waned in recent months. The exchange operator is f... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449007&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:04:05 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449007&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 to the U.S. and Asia through a joint venture that sets up a three-way battle among exchanges to expand a once-promising market whose fortunes have waned in recent months. The exchange operator is f... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449006&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:03:53 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38449006&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 (09-07) 04:00 PDT Sacramento - -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leading a trade mission to Asia this week to promote California products and to help secure what he said could amount to billions of do... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38444621&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:34:57 -0400 San Francisco Chronicle http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38444621&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 A volunteer holds a poster to replace old ones which had the words "No Outside Food" printed on them during the launch of the "Speak Good English" movement, the government has launched 10 years ago to... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443465&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:34:19 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443465&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SAN RAMON, CA and HONG KONG--(Marketwire - September 7, 2010) - eQuest announced today that through a special arrangement with JobsDB, it will open up a free job delivery gateway to one of the leading... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443240&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:27:09 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443240&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Asian markets were mostly lower yesterday as traders took profits from a recent rally while a holiday in the United States meant Wall Street provided no strong pointers.The euro came under pressure af... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443457&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:16:58 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443457&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Asia should invest more in developing its own vaccines and other medicines to combat pandemics and rising health costs, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Tuesday.WHO Director General Margaret ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443042&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:14:13 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443042&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 One of Britain's most prestigious think tanks has called for fundamental change to Western policy in Afghanistan. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) is urging a total rethi... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443454&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:46:31 -0400 BBC http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443454&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Seven-times MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has led the tributes to rider Shoya Tomizawa, who died in Sunday's Moto2 race in San Marino."When something so sad like this happens everything e... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443231&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:46:27 -0400 BBC http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443231&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 But as Singapore cements its position as a financial services hub and top regional tourist destination, the government is redoubling efforts to persuade locals to speak standard English. The governmen... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443472&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:38:02 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443472&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 China on Tuesday again emphasised the need for good relations with the United States during a visit by two top White House envoys, but warned Washington not to apply further pressure over the yuan. ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443244&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:29:09 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443244&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Nepal's parliament failed to elect a new prime minister for the seventh time on Tuesday, prolonging a stalemate that has held up vital public spending and threatened the fragile peace process. The ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443459&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:29:04 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443459&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Kathmandu - Nepal's prime minister has agreed to resign, his spokesman said on Saturday, as the country's three main parties prepared to form a power-sharing government following a deal to avert a pol... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443460&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:28:59 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443460&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Rich countries are spending more and more on education but largely failing to improve students' performance, the OECD economic grouping warned on Tuesday in a key report. "It is worrying that the s... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38445661&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:28:53 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38445661&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BEIJING: China on Tuesday underlined its role in South Asia, saying that as an "important member" of Asia it is willing to work with India for peace and stability in the sub-continent. http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443252&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:18:52 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443252&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 We've seen time and again that the Maoists step up violence, and particularly their attacks on schools, during national and local election periods. Whatever the impact of Maoist school attacks on the ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38445662&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:01:47 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38445662&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Australia’s 17-day political deadlock has ended with Julia Gillard’s centre-left Labor government securing a second term after winning support from two independent parliamentarians.An election las... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38442914&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:48:16 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38442914&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 (RTTNews) - Asian markets open for trading on Tuesday ended mixed with the markets in Australia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan ending in negative territory, while the markets in China, Hong Kong, In... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443481&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:46:39 -0400 Quote.com http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443481&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda addresses during the opening ceremony of the 21st Century Forum in Beijing, capital of China, on Sept. 7, 2010. (Xinhua/Ding Lin) Former Japanese Prime Mini... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443777&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:46:06 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38443777&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 JERSEY CITY, N.J. and SHANGHAI, Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of indispensable trading communications solutions to the world's top financial services firms and global e... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440121&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:20:22 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440121&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 INCR-L ) has signed a debt settlement with Japan's Bridge Capital Fund LP and South Korea's Hermes Holdings Co. Ltd. (KSX: 12400) for the takeover of the company. InterCure developed and markets the R... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38439502&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:04:51 -0400 Globes http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38439502&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 In order not to crimp his voracious reading habit, the library boosted his limit to 12 and John went on his merry way, gobbling up books the way most children do candy.It's little wonder that today th... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440037&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:59:59 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440037&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 In order not to crimp his voracious reading habit, the library boosted his limit to 12 and John went on his merry way, gobbling up books the way most children do candy.It's little wonder that today th... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440038&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:59:45 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440038&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 JAKARTA - The new chief of Indonesia's anti-terror agency complained Tuesday that courts were being too lenient towards convicted terrorists and called for tougher laws to fight jihadist extremis... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38442075&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:57:24 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38442075&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 #masthead_frame{ height:70px; background:url(http://inquirer.cdnetworks.us/inquirer/images/index/images/masthead_blue_bg.gif) repeat-x; background-position:top; padding:0; margin:0; } #masthead_design... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440119&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:49:34 -0400 Inquirer http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440119&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Hundreds of people gathered in Kabul on Monday to denounce a U.S. church's plan to burn the Islamic holy book on the anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks. http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38442076&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:24:12 -0400 Washington Post http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38442076&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stock markets ended mixed Tuesday as declining exporters weighed on Japanese shares, which snapped their four-day rally on renewed worries about the yen's strength, an... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:18:59 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440604&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 By Ben Blanchard China called on Iran on Tuesday to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency which said the Islamic Republic was hampering its work in the country by barring some of it... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440106&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:17:49 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440106&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 University of New South Wales in Sydney , as a symbol of Australia's close relations with the Indian community. The bronze sculpture and a collection of books are a gift from India to the people of Ne... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440095&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:43:52 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440095&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda still met his Waterloo on Tuesday, losing the prime ministerial election for a record seventh time, and dragging his mentor, China, into dispute. While the... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:43:49 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440094&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: Peter Carey could scoop the Booker Prize for a record third time after the Australian author was named on the shortlist Tuesday for one of the world's most prestigious literary awards. His nov... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440096&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:43:46 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38440096&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Domestic, Global Economic Shifts Force US Organized Labor to Change Fears are emerging that the rise in Asia's currencies against the U.S. dollar will undermine the region's exports. Economists say co... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436468&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:23:32 -0400 VOA http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436468&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 file photo, Pakistan's army soldiers unload the relief supplies from a U.S. helicopter in Kalam, in Pakistan's Swat Valley. The U.S. had committed at least $87 mi... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437337&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:12:24 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437337&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 plans to seek Hong Kong listing committee approval on Sept. 21, to list its Asian life insurance unit, aiming to raise about $15 billion, two sources with direct knowledge of the deal said on Tuesday. http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436481&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:49:28 -0400 CNBC http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436481&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TOKYO : Greenpeace urged Japan on Tuesday to probe graft claims in its state-funded whaling programme, a day after two of its activists received suspended jail terms for committing theft during an inv... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437123&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:48:27 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437123&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 North Korea has responded to an offer by South Korea of emergency food and medical aid, saying it would prefer to receive rice and building materials. The South Korean offer, worth more than $8m (£5... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437106&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:24:52 -0400 BBC http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437106&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist char... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437345&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:17:22 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437345&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Afghanistan warned Tuesday that an American church's threat to burn copies of the Koran could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide. "Images of the burning of a [Koran] would ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38438712&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:10:08 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38438712&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 .brabys a { font-size: 8pt; } /* sport newsletter box */ #sports_nl { background: url(/images/sports_nl_bg.png) no-repeat; height: 82px; margin: 10px 0 10px 5px; overflow: hidden; width: 250p... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437129&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:09:24 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437129&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 US television network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year. Westin has presided over anc... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437118&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:37:05 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437118&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's electronic media watchdog has sought the people's cooperation to black out Indian television channels on domestic cable networks, conceding that some of them had resurfaced after... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437120&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:36:56 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437120&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LAHORE: All 28 people detained as suspects in connection with the lynching of two young brothers in the Pakistani city of Sialkot have been arrested following the detention of three policemen, includi... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437119&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:36:53 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437119&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Labor Party on Tuesday, ending two weeks of uncertainty left by national elections that ended on a knife-edge. Australia's first female prime minister promised her government will be stable over the n... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437121&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:36:49 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38437121&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 BANGKOK — Asian stock markets mostly fell Tuesday but losses were limited amid easing worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. Investors in the region were also waiting to see... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38433765&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:18:41 -0400 Sign on San Diego http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38433765&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Crude prices slid below $74 in Asian trade, with the end of the US summer driving season seen pushing down petrol demand. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in October, shed 85 ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434465&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:04:05 -0400 RTE http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434465&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KABANJAHE, Indonesia : An Indonesian volcano that returned to life after four centuries of inactivity threw an ash cloud thousands of metres into the air Tuesday in its most violent eruption yet. Witn... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436237&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:46 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436237&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 WANGARATTA, Australia : Rising flood waters threatened hundreds of Australian homes Tuesday, after scores were inundated by weekend storms which caused millions of dollars of damage, officials said. W... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436238&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:43 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436238&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL - North Korea Tuesday released a South Korean boat and seven crew seized last month for alleged illegal fishing, the South's coastguard said. The 41-tonne squid fishing boat and its crew of... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436239&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:40 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436239&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MANILA: A British businessman has been shot dead in a highway robbery in the Philippines, police said Tuesday. Gunmen ambushed 64-year-old Anthony Nicholas as he and his Filipina wife drove home late ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436240&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:37 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436240&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 KUALA LUMPUR: More than 1.2 million Malaysians were without piped water Tuesday, authorities said, as contamination from a landfill forced a treatment plant to close. National water distribution compa... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436241&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:34 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436241&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MANILA: The driver of a Philippine tourist bus hijacked by a sacked policeman told a public inquiry Tuesday how he witnessed the gunman shoot more than a dozen Hong Kong visitors one by one as talks b... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436243&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:40:26 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436243&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell for the first time in five days, led by Japanese automakers on concern a stronger yen will hurt the value of overseas sales. Steel producers rose after U.S. Pr... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38433677&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:20:28 -0400 Business Week http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38433677&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 * Asia stocks ease on concerns over U.S. economy * Indonesian stocks buck weakness, hit new record high * Euro dips after WSJ report revives European bank fears * Yen near 15-year high against doll... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436236&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:16:50 -0400 Yahoo http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436236&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Islamabad - The United Nations says actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Pakistan to meet victims of the floods and highlight the need for international help. Jolie was in the country on Tuesday in h... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434460&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:04:41 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434460&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Beijing - Two Tibetan journalists have been arrested in northwestern China after writing about a government crackdown on 2008 ethnic unrest in Tibet, a press freedom group said on Tuesday. The writ... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436245&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:04:37 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38436245&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 blackout Indian television channels on domestic cable networks, conceding that some of them had resurfaced after recently being taken off the airwaves. Acting on an order of the http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434269&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:37:11 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434269&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 HANOI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on Climate Change opened on Monday in Vietnam's northern province of Quang Ninh, Vietnam News Agency reported. The two-day meeting, hosted by... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434205&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:31:21 -0400 SINA http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434205&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Four domestic divers set a new Asian record of exposure to high pressure, which equals pressure of 493-meter-deep underwater, in a simulation test on Sept. 6. And that experiment also made China the n... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434259&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:30:44 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38434259&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Five people have been killed and four wounded in Muslim region Yala and Pattani in south of Thailand, police said on Tuesday. The attacks, which included drive-by shootings and a roadside bombing, too... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38432081&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:40 -0400 World Bulletin http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38432081&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 TAIPEI: Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said more Asian nations will be inclined to forge trade pacts with Taiwan if it secures such a deal with his city-state first, Taiwanese media s... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431969&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:32:36 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431969&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CHONGQING, China: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is in Chongqing at the start of his working visit to China. This is Mr Lee's first visit to Chongqing as Prime Minister. Mr Lee met Chon... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431970&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:32:34 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431970&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CANBERRA: Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs following inconclusive polls. The country&#03... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38433529&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:32:32 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38433529&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 IPS Securex Pte Ltd, one of the South East Asia's leading security systems integrators, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Tay Hun Kiat as Vice President Asia Pacific. http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431995&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:10:12 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431995&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 The Australian central bank has left interest rates on hold at 4.5%. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said the rate was appropriate as the world economic outlook remained uncertain and inflation w... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431457&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:09:15 -0400 BBC http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431457&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 MEXICO CITY: About 400 same-sex couples have wed in Mexico, six months after the law permitting gay marriage came into effect, authorities said on Monday. A total of 398 marriages have been registered... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431965&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:22:24 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431965&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 XIAMEN, China, September 7 – Xi Jinping, the vice-president, reassured overseas companies on Tuesday that China will treat them fairly and is committed to becoming the world’s most attractive dest... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431458&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:18:07 -0400 Financial Times http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431458&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CANBERRA: Australian independent MP Bob Katter Tuesday backed conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott to form the next government, leaving the future administration's make-up hanging in the ba... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431279&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:29:55 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431279&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 V. Phani Kumar , MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Chinese steel makers soared to extend their rally Tuesday after Mysteel.com and other local media reports said authorities have asked sev... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429390&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:53:11 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429390&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 .brabys a { font-size: 8pt; } /* sport newsletter box */ #sports_nl { background: url(/images/sports_nl_bg.png) no-repeat; height: 82px; margin: 10px 0 10px 5px; overflow: hidden; width: 250p... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431064&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:52:04 -0400 IOL http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38431064&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 region and will strengthen the product, services and capabilities available to clients, the bank said. Asia is one of the top markets for private banking globally. The wealth of http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429290&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:12:20 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429290&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 region and will strengthen the product, services and capabilities available to clients, the bank said. Asia is one of the top markets for private banking globally. The wealth of http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429291&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:12:17 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429291&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 SEOUL: North Korea has asked for rice and cement aid from South Korea before announcing the release of a South Korean boat seized last month for illegal fishing, a report said Tuesday. Yonhap news age... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429055&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:21:15 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38429055&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) -- Criminals who plead guilty within six weeks of their arrest could get a 40 percent reduction in their prison sentence under a proposal aimed at reducing the backlog at cour... http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38427559&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:52:35 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38427559&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Although people of Asian descent typically have the lowest unemployment rate of any ethnic group, those who are jobless tend to remain that way longer than Latinos and whites. http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38427651&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:42:51 -0400 Associated Press http://feeds.kazakhstannews.net/?rid=38427651&cat=bf053b50c46383e0