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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Japan Herald.com http://www.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:14:33 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:14:33 -0500 30 Australia's biggest banks are gouging its customers, the Reserve Bank of Australia says. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611135/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:30:50 -0500 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611135/cs/1/ A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611342/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:20:07 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611342/cs/1/ Google will have to 'bear the consequence' if it insists on violating China's laws and regulations, a senior official warned Friday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611268/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:20:03 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611268/cs/1/ Search engine Google on Thursday denied it was planning to shut down its business in China by the end of the month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611238/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:20:01 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611238/cs/1/ While praising the Indian Government for cracking down on anti-Chinese activities on its soil, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has called on Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to stop indulging in separatist activities and create conducive conditions for talks with Beijing. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611223/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:50:13 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611223/cs/1/ The Chinese Army brass has urged the Pentagon to take the initiative to fix stagnant Sino-US military relations. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611215/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:50:07 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611215/cs/1/ Member and former Speaker of Tibetan parliament in-exile, Karma Choephel confirmed that their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said that after reaching a peaceful settlement with China, the government in-exile will be dissolved. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611165/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:50:05 -0500 ANI http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611165/cs/1/ There has been a 26 percent increase in Indians holidaying in Australia's Victoria state in the year ending December 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008, reveals a survey that comes in the backdrop of a string of attacks on Indian students in this country. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611147/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:02 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611147/cs/1/ Eleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611093/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/611093/cs/1/ Netball Australia has signed a major sponsorship deal with Australia's leading online department store, DealDirect.com.au. The new, two-year sponsorship positions DealsDirect.com.au as one of t... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061893/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:39:40 -0500 PR Web http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061893/ announced today that it intends to provide Land Breeze II, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Investment Corporation ("CIC"), a notice of intention to convert US$250 million of the US$500m convertible... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061276/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:34:54 -0500 Market Wire http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061276/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's coastguard on Friday arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand who boarded a whaling vessel in the Antarctic following clashes between hunters and environmentalists,... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061578/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:20:33 -0500 The Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061578/ (Reuters) - China warned Google, the world's largest search engine, against flouting the country's laws on Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-se... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061894/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:09:09 -0500 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061894/ LAHORE, Pakistan — Dozens of people, including Pakistani soldiers, died on Friday and many were seriously injured in two suicide bomb attacks directed at army personnel patrolling a busy market ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061897/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:08:43 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061897/ The Taiwan fund arm of UBS will launch a T$10 billion ($312 million) emerging markets equities fund this year targeting China and Russia, on expectations of stronger growth and cheaper valuations, an ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061895/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:04:12 -0500 Business Standard http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061895/ HONG KONG, CHINA -- 03/12/10 -- SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. (TSX: SGQ)(SEHK: 1878) announced today that it intends to provide Land Breeze II, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Investment Corpora... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061305/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:27 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061305/ /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China TransInfo Technology Corp., (Nasdaq: CTFO), ("China TransInfo" or "the Company"), a leading provider of public transportation information sys... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061908/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:12 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061908/ /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Recycling Energy Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: CREG; "CREG" or "the Company"), a leading industrial waste-to-energy solution provider in http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061622/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:10 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061622/ /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Gerui Advanced Materials Group Limited (Nasdaq: CHOP) ("China Gerui," or the "Company"), a leading niche and high value-added steel processin... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061909/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:03:08 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061909/ BEIJING: Google will have to "bear the consequence" if it insists on violating China's laws and regulations, a senior official warned Friday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061901/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:59:14 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061901/ TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday made a rare call for "firm steps" to stem the strength of the yen as the currency's recent advances have hit exporters' earnings... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061899/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:58:04 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061899/ Newcastle striker Mark Viduka vies with Tottenham Hotspur defender Jonathan Woodgate (right) during their Premier League match at White Hart Lane, London in 2009. Woodgate has had surgery in Australia... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061898/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:56:11 -0500 soccerway http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061898/ China accused the United States of destabilizing the world economy and meddling in other countries' affairs Friday - its standard response to Washington's annual review of Beijing's human rights recor... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061896/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:48:46 -0500 Gadsden Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061896/ reversion: Kan+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS, KAN'S COMMENTS) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes the Japanese government paid more than a total of $320... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061903/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:45:37 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061903/ reversion: Kan+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo)—(EDS: FIXING SLUG LINE) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes the Japanese government paid more than a total of $320 million for c... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061904/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:45:24 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061904/ BEIJING, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Chinese government said Friday it would welcome a decision by Google to stay in China, but its departure would have no major impact on the fast expansion of... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061905/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:45:21 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33061905/ The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened higher Wednesday than its previous close, moving up 27.11 points at 7,797.7 on a turnover of NT$2.06 billion (US$64.38 million). The weighted price index ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059597/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:06:54 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059597/ Sydney, March 12 : A top media rights watchdog has listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report on countries that pose a threat of internet censorship. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059592/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:53 -0500 New Kerala http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059592/ Affymax, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFFY) today announced that it has received a $5 million development milestone payment from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company as part of the companies' exclusive global agreement to ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059468/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:58:22 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059468/ BEIJING, Mar 12, 2010 (IPS) - After Chen Lusheng, a police sergeant from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, died in December after an off-duty night of heavy drinking with local officials, his sup... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059593/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:55:56 -0500 IPS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059593/ Singapore - Bayer Schering Pharma Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer AG, on Friday said it would continue to invest heavily in the Asia-Pacific region as it aimed to incr... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059594/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:51:22 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059594/ TOKYO — Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanes... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059331/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:51:21 -0500 CTV http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059331/ TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Goldman Sachs, the global investment banking and securities firm, is scheduled to hold a cross-Taiwan Strait technology summit March 22 in Taipei that will bring together CEOs and he... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059051/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:49:02 -0500 The China Post http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059051/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- China may be forced to bail out banks that made loans for local-government projects under the unprecedented stimulus program unleashed in 2008, according to Citigroup Inc. and ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059590/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:37 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059590/ The US says Burma's newly-enacted elections laws are a "setback" for political dialogue and the junta's engagement with Washington.The comments from Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbel... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059581/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:11 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059581/ A rescue mission has been mounted in the Pacific Ocean after the skipper of a Hull-based yacht broke his leg when the vessel was hit by a huge wave.The Hull & Humber Clipper was 400 miles east of ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059586/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:09 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059586/ Film director Peter Jackson may face legal action over his plans to install a version of the famous Hollywood sign in New Zealand, according to reports.The proposed Wellywood sign would sit above the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059582/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:08 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059582/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan faces a rocky path to launching an emissions trading system after the government approved legislation on Friday that was vague on how the scheme would set limits on emissions. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059585/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:32:47 -0500 Reuters http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059585/ THE world famous Harlem Gospel Choir will return to Australia for a concert tour commemorating the life and music of Michael Jackson. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059587/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:32:08 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059587/ sentences+ (AP) - TAIPEI, March 12 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING DETAILS, QUOTES, CORRECTS SPELLING OF LO CHIH- CHIANG) Taiwan's Cabinet entered a new phase of instability Friday with the resignatio... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059600/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:09:53 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059600/ reversion+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo)—(EDS: ADDING BACKGROUND) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes "a secret pact in a broad sense" existed between Japan and the United St... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059602/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:09:45 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059602/ LAHORE: Two powerful blasts went off near a crowded mosque within the heavily-guarded cantonment in Lahore on Friday, killing at least 39 people and injuring almost 100 others in the latest in a sl... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059589/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:06:59 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059589/ The European Union (EU) has extended all its development assistance sanctions on Fiji by another six months until October 2010, local media reported Friday.This is the second time this has been done b... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059596/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:02:28 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059596/ South Korea reluctant to take command By Donald Kirk SEOUL - North Korea's rhetoric is such a familiar noise during United States-South Korean war games that most people don't pay attention. No... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059580/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:01:56 -0500 Asia Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33059580/ SHANGHAI — Chinese appliance maker Haier says it has joined with General Electric in selling GE appliances to rural areas, the focus of subsidies intended to boost spending by hundreds of millio... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057661/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:49 -0500 Sign on San Diego http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057661/ del.icio.us Pakistani police say 39 people have been killed and nearly 100 others wounded in two suicide bomb blasts in the eastern city of Lahore.Authorities say the explosions occurred 15 seconds ap... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057632/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:44:01 -0500 VOA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057632/ Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Establishes Distribution Network in South Korea For Company’s Award Winning Energy Saving Protective Coatings Naples, Fla. ( http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057466/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:32:31 -0500 PR Web http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057466/ PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 12, 2010) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- The late 1990s and early 2000s were very quiet times in the Australian resources indust... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057634/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:29:09 -0500 Market Wire http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057634/ (MENAFN) The Obama administration criticized China over what it called abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of US jobs, AP reported. The accusation comes a... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057660/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:28:14 -0500 MENAFN http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057660/ Taiwan-based Clevo's channel retail subsidiary Buynow and Foxconn Electronics' (Hon Hai Precision Industry's) Cybermart are competing for a government's IT mall project in Taipei and Cybermart has alr... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057636/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:21:24 -0500 Digitimes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057636/ Taiwan premier Wu Den-yih, at a meeting with Acer chairman JT Wang last week, turned down Wang's suggestion of keeping proposals to offer tax incentives to global top-500 enterprises that locate their... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057637/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:21:18 -0500 Digitimes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057637/ Sydney - Sailors aboard the Australian Navy's HMAS Success engaged in sex romps and competed with each other to see who could chalk up the most conquests and who could bed a new female crew member fir... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057633/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:21:12 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057633/ Gigabyte Technology is adjusting its notebook marketing strategy in order to improve its notebook shipments and has shifted its distributing rights in Taiwan to Genuine C&C from Xander Internation... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057638/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:21:01 -0500 Digitimes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057638/ A legislator in Taiwan has questioned the government move to give LCD panel makers the green light to set up 5G and lower-generation plants in China, warning it may result in massive job losses in the... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057639/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:20:59 -0500 Digitimes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057639/ Yahoo! Kimo (Yahoo! Taiwan) expects its B2C online shopping platform and C2C online auction platform to attain a total sales value of NT$36 billion (US$1.13 billion) in 2010, increasing 20% from 2009,... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057640/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:20:51 -0500 Digitimes http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057640/ SYDNEY : More than 90 authors, including Nobel winner JM Coetzee, have condemned China for refusing an HIV-positive Australian writer entry to the country for a government-sponsored tour. Robert Dessa... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057635/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:00 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057635/ North Korea has demanded a hike in rental fees for embassies and international organizations in Pyongyang, diplomats said Friday, in what could be a move to raise foreign currency amid tightened inter... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057630/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:17:50 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057630/ Taiwan's justice minister has resigned after failing to win support for her opposition to the death penalty. Wang Ching-feng had said she would not give the go-ahead for any executions. She added she ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057655/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:15 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057655/ Taiwan's justice minister has resigned after failing to win support for her opposition to the death penalty. Wang Ching-feng had said she would not give the go-ahead for any executions. She added she ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057621/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:13 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057621/ Police in the Indonesian province of Aceh say they have shot and killed two suspected militants.The clash happened when a minibus was stopped at a checkpoint. A gunfight broke out in which two men whe... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057622/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:12 -0500 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057622/ /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Clean Energy Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CCGY) ("China Clean Energy" or the "Company") today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fujian... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057473/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:58:09 -0500 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057473/ TOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—(EDS: TO BE LED) Finance Minister Naoto Kan said Friday he believes "a secret pact in a broad sense" existed between Japan and the United States in connection ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057654/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:41:11 -0500 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057654/ LAHORE: Two powerful blasts went off near a crowded mosque within the heavily-guarded cantonment in Lahore on Friday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 40 others in the latest in a slew of te... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057631/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:38:29 -0500 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057631/ -(Dow Jones)- Japan's government Friday nominated a former utility company executive to become a Bank of Japan policy board member, picking a candidate that isn't known for his economic expertise an... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057624/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:35:49 -0500 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057624/ BEIJING, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Google will have to answer for the consequence if it insists in doing what violates China's laws and regulations, a senior Chinese official warned Friday. "It is irrespo... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057656/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:24 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057656/ Sarah Jessica Parker is back as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City 2 as the four friends take a break from New York in the equally bustling souks of Marrakech http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057657/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:14 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057657/ In Pictures: How To Tip All Around The World Assuming you haven't lost all your money (or your marbles), and you still have a day to spend in Sin City, there's plenty to do--there are shows and museum... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057658/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:13 -0500 SINA http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057658/ The design of large China-made aircraft will be completed by the end of 2010, and the aircraft's maiden flight is scheduled for 2014, and will be delivered to carriers in 2016, Wu Guanghui, CPPCC memb... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057617/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:06 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057617/ Soybean prices fell Thursday on concerns of US government export sales data showing that China canceled orders due to monetary tightening measures and potentially record soybean crops in South America... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057314/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:34:04 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057314/ The bodies of four miners killed in a coal mine collapse in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been recovered, said local authorities Friday.The miners were found by rescuers at 5... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057619/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:33:56 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057619/ China Friday retorted U.S. criticism by publishing its own report on the U.S. human rights record."As in previous years, the (U.S.) reports are full of accusations of the human rights situation i... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057620/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:33:54 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057620/ The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) on Friday revised up industrial output for January by 0.2 percentage points, meaning production rose by 2.7 percent compared to December.The revision... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057651/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:33:54 -0500 People's Daily http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33057651/ The United States should not make a political issue out of the yuan, a Chinese central banker said on Friday, as the two countries lurched toward a potential bust-up over Beijing's currency regime... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055539/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:18:46 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055539/ (Thursday, March 11th) Final Score: UCLA 75, Arizona 69 Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Reeves Nelson scored 19 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as UCLA downed Arizona, 75-69, in the quarterfinal... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055528/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:10:15 -0500 Sports Network http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055528/ SHANGHAI: Chinese authorities have sentenced an outspoken Shanghai activist to 18 months of re-education through labour for her protest at the trial of leading dissident Liu Xiaobo, her husband said F... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055530/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:06:22 -0500 New Straits Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055530/ TAIPEI: Taiwan’s cabinet has approved a proposal to let Chinese financial institutions invest in their Taiwanese peers and set up branches on the island, an official said Friday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055130/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:06:15 -0500 New Straits Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055130/ SHANGHAI: Shares in Air China tumbled Friday after the nation’s flag carrier said it plans to raise more than 950 million dollars through a private share placement to boost capital and lower fin... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055113/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:06:04 -0500 New Straits Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055113/ Google''s spokeswoman Marsha Wang told China Daily on Thursday that the company had not ordered its domestic advertising agents to stop doing business. "That''s not possible. Our China operations are ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055519/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:04:36 -0500 New Kerala http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055519/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Air China Ltd., the world’s biggest carrier by market value, surged the most in 10 months in Hong Kong trading after announcing plans to raise about $954 million in a sha... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33054981/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:50:46 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33054981/ TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his cabinet slid to just over 30 percent in a poll published by Jiji news agency on Friday, boding ill for the ruling party in ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055514/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:14 -0500 The Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055514/ Wild Models, Inc. Talent Agency provided talents and former Playmates, Irina Voronina and Barbara Moore, for the Japanese metal supergroup 'X Japan', during a music video shot in downtown Hollywood. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055245/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:41:34 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055245/ March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Komatsu Ltd., the world’s second- biggest maker of large dump trucks and excavators, expects sales in China to rise by half as the country’s 10-percent growth rate ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055009/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:20 -0500 Business Week http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055009/ CHICAGO, IL, March 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Her words swept away enthralled readers to the lush and rough Australian landscape, where her heart still remains after a life-changing journey of adv... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055536/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:40:18 -0500 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/33055536/