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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/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:14:55 -0400 30 Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Two 25-year-olds are leading Russia's pursuit for a third straight win in synchronised swimming competitions at the Beijing Olympics. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384215/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:11 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384215/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Chinese swimmer twins Jiang Wenwen and Jiang Tingting from the southwest Sichuan province want to assuage the grief of their earthquake-hit hometown by winning a medal in the Olympics Games next month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384214/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:01:08 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384214/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Veteran Chinese table tennis player Wang Nan is excited about her Olympic appearance at home and hopes to cap it with a gold medal. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384201/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:00:24 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384201/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Georgina and Caroline Swindell are twin sisters known to almost everybody in their home country New Zealand for their excellent performances in rowing in the past decade. They will come to the Olympics with high expectations of adding to their kitty. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384154/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:02:00 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384154/cs/1/ Kabul, July 19 (Xinhua) Two French humanitarian aid workers working with a Paris-based international relief organisation have been abducted in central Afghanistan, the aid group said in its website. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384132/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:01:04 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384132/cs/1/ Flags, banners, leaflets or any material promoting political or commercial causes will be banned from venues holding the Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong, a media report said Saturday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384080/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:43 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384080/cs/1/ A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit northern and central Japan Saturday morning , the Japan Meteorological Agency said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384074/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:00:36 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384074/cs/1/ Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Beijing health chiefs are insisting they will create public awareness and use persuasion to discourage smoking in public places, rather than use spot fines to enforce a ban to refurbish the city's image during the Olympic Games next month. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/383970/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:00:40 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/383970/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 19 : The Pakistan Senate's Standing Committee on Human Rights on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution that called on the United States to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison permanently and release all Pakistani prisoners from there. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384189/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:00:09 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384189/cs/1/ Karachi, July 19 : The PCB has reportedly called a meeting on July 24 to figure out the reasons behind the team's dismal performance in the just concluded Asia Cup in which it could reach the finals. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384046/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:00:02 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/384046/cs/1/ Melbourne, July 19 : News of the arrest of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) much respected South Asian correspondent Peter Lloyd has left his colleagues and the company management quite stunned and shocked. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/383985/cs/1/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:40 -0400 Japan Herald.com http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/383985/cs/1/ SAMUT SONGKRAM, Thailand (AP) - Rushing across a temple parking lot, British angler Rick Humphreys yells, "We've got a fish." He jumps into a small motorboat on the Maeklong River in time to see Wirat... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292336/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:23:53 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292336/ ISLAMABAD: At least 15 people, including a militant leader, have been killed by the local Taliban in clashes with another rebel group in Pakistan's restive Mohmand tribal region. Shah Khalid, th... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292947/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:09:40 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292947/ KATHMANDU: In an anti-climax, Nepal's Constituent Assembly on Saturday failed to elect the country's first president despite a last-minute political manoeuvring which saw the country's three main g... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292948/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:09:39 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292948/ Posted on: Saturday, 19 July 2008, 09:00 CDT Yahoo Inc.'s chief executive says he's considering selling the Internet search engine's stake in its Japan-based subsidiary. In a letter sent to sharehold... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292337/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:07:14 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292337/ ANGKOR, CAMBODIA -- The ancient sandstone temples of Angkor have stood up to endless assaults down the centuries, from medieval raiders armed with clubs and spears to genocidal looters laying land mi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16293195/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:05:56 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16293195/ WASHINGTON: John McCain on Saturday asked if his Democratic rival Barack Obama would be wrong about Afghanistan as, in the Republican presidential hopeful's view, he had been about Iraq. "Senato... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292949/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:09:38 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292949/ KABUL: France's defence minister told President Hamid Karzai in talks in Kabul on Saturday that his country would stand by Afghanistan, which is battling an extremist insurgency, the president's of... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292950/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:09:33 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292950/ An Australian woman has been saved by a pet dog which leapt to her aid after she was attacked by a large kangaroo, her son has said. The marsupial assaulted Rosemary Neal, 65, at her farm near Mudgee... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292321/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:59:50 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292321/ SINGAPORE, Singapore -- A panel that will draft terms of reference for a Southeast Asian human rights body aims to complete its work within a year, a regional official said Saturday. Each member of th... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16290444/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:44:21 -0400 Inquirer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16290444/ ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani parliamentary panel has demanded immediate closure of the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay as it was in "complete violation of the norms of the civilised world". In a... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291078/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:53 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291078/ Security was also tight around the headquarters of Suu Kyi's political party, the National League for Democracy, which said it would hold a separate ceremony. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292004/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:28:38 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16292004/ KATHMANDU: At least 14 people were killed when a passenger bus skidded off a mountain highway into a river in southern central Nepal, police said on Saturday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291077/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:47 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291077/ SYDNEY: Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to justice. ( http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291079/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:55 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291079/ In this photo taken with a mobile phone, South Korean fire fighters examine the wreckage of a crashed helicopter carrying the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, in Gapyeong, S... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291808/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:17:02 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291808/ KATHMANDU: Lawmakers in Nepal are expected to vote on Saturday for the country's first president following the abolition of the Hindu monarchy, paving the way for the dominant Maoists to form a gov... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291081/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:48 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291081/ GENEVA: Iranian, European and US officials began talks Saturday in a bid to resolve the dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme. The EU's diplomatic chief Javier Solana posed for the cameras wi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291083/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:44 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291083/ "To end this distraction and get on with the real debate, I hereby step down as co-chair of the McCain campaign and join the growing number of rank-and-file McCain supporters," Gramm said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291080/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:54 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291080/ The highest bid so far on Friday was 3,500 dollars from a woman in Ontario to free the lobster, he added. "Liberating him is probably the right thing to do, but we'll see." http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291082/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:32:43 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291082/ At least nine soldiers have been killed in an explosion triggered by suspected separatist militants, police in Indian-administered Kashmir said. More than 20 others were hurt when a bus carrying the ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291044/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:23:48 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291044/ US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has arrived in Afghanistan, at the start of a high-profile international tour. Mr Obama, who flew to Kabul as part of a US congressional team, is exp... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291043/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:23:47 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16291043/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani rescuers in a helicopter spotted two Italian mountaineers on one of the world's deadliest peaks, where a third Italian climber is believed to have died this week,... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16289924/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:36:36 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16289924/ MILITARY-RULED Myanmar has ratified a charter by Southeast Asian nations that aims to create an economic bloc of half a billion people, Singapore's foreign minister said yesterday. "Myanmar has r... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288052/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:34:51 -0400 Brunei Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288052/ Dubai: Dubai will host the 2009 Asia Cup hockey tournament.The UAE beat strong contenders like India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Bangladesh to host the event. The Asian Hockey Federation executive council... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288050/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:29:43 -0400 Gulf News http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288050/ JAKARTA - Amid international calls for Indonesia to halt executions of death-row convicts, authorities have executed three condemned murderers, government officials said on Saturday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16289409/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:23:55 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16289409/ SINGAPORE - South-East Asian foreign ministers plan to tackle the devastating hardships triggered by spiraling food and oil prices which threaten to derail efforts to create a European Union- style ec... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288048/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:48:22 -0400 Business Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288048/ Close this MANILA, Philippines -- Sarah Jane Cua, a second year student at the Pangasinan Universal Institute bested math wizards from the Asia- Pacific region to win the top prize at the Sudoku Chall... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288049/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:46:07 -0400 Inquirer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16288049/ Lang Lang , played Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto and drew an audience of nearly 14,000, which is likely to be the largest for a weekday Los Angeles Philharmonic concert this summer. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16286462/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:13 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16286462/ BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins Sunday, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16287446/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:09:53 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16287446/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- At least 10 Taliban have died in fierce fighting between two rival militant groups in northwestern Pakistan, a government official and Taliban spokesman said Saturday. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16287447/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:09:52 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16287447/ GENEVA -- The World Trade Organization made public its first official condemnation of Chinese commercial practices Friday, releasing a February ruling that sided with the United States, the European ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16286463/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:10:11 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16286463/ Singapore - Ministers from the Association of of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to tackle soaring fuel and food prices and a barrage of other problems and their meeting Monday, but Myan... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285295/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:11:42 -0400 Earth Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285295/ Japan is reconsidering whether to send ground troops to Afghanistan, with lawmakers expressing concern about dispatching personnel to a country suffering an upsurge in violence.Washington is looking f... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285254/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:00:23 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285254/ Cambodians seek stability after decades of misery By Raphael Minder in Phnom Penh Published: July 19 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 19 2008 03:00 http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285458/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:00:20 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285458/ A powerful earthquake has struck off the eastern coast of Japan, with officials warning that some regions could be hit by a small tsunami. Japan's Meteorological Agency measured the 6.6-magnitude q... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285299/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:59:39 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16285299/ BEIJING: More than 100 people in a southern Chinese city attacked police in a dispute over the death of a motorcyclist, state media said on Friday, in the latest unrest to hit the country just week... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282974/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:42 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282974/ KATHMANDU: Hundreds of protesters calling for independence for Tibet protested in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu on Friday, and police said they took 118 demonstrators into custody for organising ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282973/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:43 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282973/ SYAWAL Ismail shocked boys' singles top seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand to advance to the quarter-finals of the Asian Junior Badminton Championships at Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara yesterday... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282030/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:41:45 -0400 New Straits Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282030/ JERUSALEM: Israel accused six Arabs on Friday of trying to set up an al-Qaida cell in Israel and said one of them had proposed attacking helicopters used during a visit by President George Bush. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282976/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:38 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282976/ WASHINGTON: The United States fired a long-range target missile over the Pacific to test an array of radars and other sensors in its missile defence system, the Pentagon has said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282963/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:34 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282963/ PARIS: French nuclear safety authorities said Friday that a broken pipe at a nuclear fuel plant in southeast France had caused a radioactive leak but no damage to the environment. The latest ura... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282967/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:28 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282967/ Taiwan's government on Thursday announced a clutch of reforms to liberalise financial links with China in hopes of generating a economic boost that would counter a rapid drop in public support.Since t... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282048/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:26 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282048/ WASHINGTON: US President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "general time horizon" for bringing more US troops home from the war, a dramatic shift from the administration's once-ir... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282962/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:33 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282962/ ISLAMABAD: Indian and Pakistani officials made "significant progress" in talks here on Friday on Kashmir-related confidence-building measures and details will be made public when the foreign secret... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282968/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:30:00 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282968/ LONDON: Controversial India-born author Salman Rushdie claims to have set a new record by signing 1,000 books in 57 minutes during a recent promotion tour, setting off a spat with the writer whom h... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282969/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:30:27 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282969/ "There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty," Mandela said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282970/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:50 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282970/ MADRID: A Saudi-organised conference of the world's great religions called today for an international agreement to combat terrorism, a universal phenomenon that requires unified international effor... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282966/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:26 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282966/ WASHINGTON: Former president Bill Clinton has said he was willing to campaign for White House hopeful Barack Obama, who defeated his wife Hillary in a sometimes bitter Democratic nomination race. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282959/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:29 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282959/ Taiwan's government has struck a deal with leading retailers to offer staples at reduced prices in an effort to tame inflation.Liu Chao-shiuan, the island's new premier, told the Financial Times on Th... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282049/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:15 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282049/ MOSCOW: Reiterating the need for a diplomatic solution of the vexed Iranian nuclear problem, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday urged Tehran to fully cooperate with the International Atomi... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282975/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:39 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282975/ Nepal's lawmakers will elect its first president on Saturday, with Ram Raja Prasad Singh, the Maoist-backed candidate, likely to be the first head of state of the world's newest republic. Nepal abolis... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282593/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:01 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282593/ Taiwan took the unprecedented step on Monday of sending coast guard vessels into waters claimed by Japan, highlighting the much tougher stance the island's new government is taking on the neighbour it... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282050/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:19:18 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282050/ NEW YORK: Some US motorists sick of getting clobbered at the pump seem willing to do just about anything for free fuel, from giving up the right to name their children to stealing from day-care cen... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282958/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:25 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282958/ Posted on: Friday, 18 July 2008, 18:00 CDT Los Angeles, July 17 (Jiji Press)--U.S. Internet giant Yahoo Inc. said Thursday that it will consider a sale of its assets in Asia to increase shareholder r... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282031/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:38:46 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282031/ CHICAGO: Four people were killed and at least six others were injured when a massive crane collapsed at a chemical plant in Houston, local media reported. All of the people injured were contrac... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282961/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:29:31 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282961/ Energy producers attack Australian carbon trading scheme By Elizabeth Fry in Sydney Published: July 19 2008 03:00 | Last updated: July 19 2008 03:00 http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282072/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:18:42 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16282072/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan journalist who contributes to The Associated Press was freed Friday after his pictures and video footage of two women brazenly executed by the Taliban led intellig... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16281182/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:52:53 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16281182/ FOREIGN ministers of the Association of Southeaast Asian Nations (Asean) started meeting in Singapore yesterday with the aim of early ratification of a landmark charter giving the organisation a legal... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16277133/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:50:49 -0400 Brunei Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16277133/ United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has warned against investing too heavily in growing crops for biofuels at the expense of food production. Mr Ban was speaking at a meeting of the UN's General Assem... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16278313/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:35:11 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16278313/ They've been scarfing bats down in Baan Toom for as long as anyone can remember, roasting the little, flying beasts on spits over charcoal fires or mincing them up into a traditional Thai dish. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16276043/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:44:36 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16276043/ BANGKOK, Jul 18 (IPS) - Amornchai Sirisai has been a regular visitor to the Thai-Cambodian border close to where a 10th century Hindu temple sits atop a steep cliff. But it is not tourism that takes t... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271637/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:29:27 -0400 IPS http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271637/ SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Suspected Muslim rebels threw a grenade at a crowded bus terminal in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Friday, wounding 35 people, including seven children, police said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16276044/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:44:35 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16276044/ Sovan, a cadre from the ruling Cambodian People's party, has been driving around Phnom Penh to rally voters for next Sunday's legislative election.'We will certainly win,' he says, his voice turned ho... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271983/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:10:02 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271983/ Pakistan's main share index closed slightly higher on Friday, breaking a run of 15 consecutive days of falls. It followed Thursday's emergency late session at which brokers bought 4.5bn rupees ($64m;... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16273161/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:14 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16273161/ He is tied to seven chairs each containing a jar of blood to represent the victims of war crimes and human rights abuses. In the play, an adaptation of a Northern Ireland story on reconciliation, the... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271516/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:12 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271516/ Angry farmers in the Indian state of West Bengal have been dumping their potato crop on roads in protest against poor prices. Farmers say they are selling at a loss because a bumper crop and lack of ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16273162/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:19 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16273162/ Most Asian markets declined Friday, erasing their early gains, as investors turned cautious following disappointing U.S. quarterly reports by Merrill Lynch & Co., http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271633/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:22:41 -0400 CNN Money http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271633/ Teachers say the programme is a hit with students (Photos: Prashant Ravi) There is pin drop silence in a crammed classroom at a government primary school in the northern Indian state of Bihar. The s... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271958/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:10 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16271958/ Malaysia's opposition leader has told the BBC that he has an alibi for "every minute" of the day when he is accused of sodomy with a former male aide. Anwar Ibrahim was released on bail on Thursday... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16272514/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:08:57 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16272514/ Three Chinese reporters attending a police briefing on the success of an anti-gun campaign were accidentally shot, media reports say. An officer picked up one of the weapons on show - a confiscated h... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16272046/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:08:55 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16272046/ Hong Kong, 10 July, 2008 – Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce the election of 33 new Partners across 11 of its 14 offices in the Asia Pacific region. Twenty-four lawyers were elected as partner... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266551/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:45:43 -0400 Baker & McKenzie http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266551/ Hyderabad-based Satyam Computer Services Limited, the country's fourth largest IT exporter, witnessed a 44.8 per cent year-on-year growth and a sequential growth of 17.3 per cent in its net profit for... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266548/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:45:36 -0400 Business Standard http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266548/ MADRID: Police in the southern Spanish city of Seville have been left red-faced after more than 100 kilos of drugs were stolen from police headquarters and replaced with talcum powder, a spokesman ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268258/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:38:53 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268258/ HONG KONG — Asian stock markets were mixed today as investors weighed lower crude oil prices against worse-than-expected earnings results from some American blue-chip companies. In Japan, the... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266546/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:02:38 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266546/ Hong Kong, December 3, 2007 – Baker & McKenzie won the Asia Pacific IP Firm of 2007 award at the fourth annual Asialaw Intellectual Property (IP) Awards, held in Hong Kong on November 27, 2007. The ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266552/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:43:10 -0400 Baker & McKenzie http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266552/ SINGAPORE -- Asia's main security forum will pledge to further develop preventive diplomacy when it meets in Singapore next Thursday, according to a draft statement. The 27-member ASEAN Regional Forum... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266550/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:58:26 -0400 Inquirer http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266550/ TOKYO, July 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura will meet bilaterally with his Chinese and U.S. counterparts on the sidelines of a series of meetings related to the Associ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266556/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:23:58 -0400 Breitbart http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266556/ DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- A border clash Friday triggered by a smuggling attempt left two Bangladeshi troops dead and one Indian soldier seriously wounded, officials said. http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16270654/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:02:27 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16270654/ THIMPHU, BHUTAN -- Bhutan's parliament endorsed the country's first constitution today, formally turning the former absolute monarchy into a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy. ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268820/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:02:41 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268820/ Men claiming to be behind a separatist insurgency in southern Thailand announced on Thursday that their group had called an immediate ceasefire, but doubts immediately surfaced over whether four years... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266648/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:26:18 -0400 Financial Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266648/ However, Japanese stocks erased early gains as investors turned cautious before a long weekend and in the aftermath of disappointing U.S. financial results reported late Thursday by Merrill Lynch &a... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266544/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:29:20 -0400 Morning Star http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266544/ SINGAPORE (AP) -- An Australian television journalist was charged Friday with drug trafficking and possession in Singapore and faces up to 20 years in jail and 15 strokes of the cane, court documents ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266611/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:02:26 -0400 Associated Press http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16266611/ HONOLULU: The US Army is moving forward with plans to shoot live pigs and treat their gunshot wounds in a medical trauma exercise for soldiers headed to Iraq. The Army says it's critical to sav... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268260/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:39:01 -0400 Times of India http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268260/ At least six people were killed as Typhoon Kalmaegi hit Taiwan, bringing flooding and landslides. A baby girl and her brother were killed, but their mother survived, after a landslide hit their home ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268109/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:25:27 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268109/ Workmen have torn down the home of a Beijing family that was refusing to move to make way for redevelopment. A demolition crew pulled down the house early on Friday, according to people gathered ou... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268108/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:25:26 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16268108/ A report by Amnesty International claims that South Korea's police used excessive force against peaceful demonstrators during recent protests. The human rights group says some detainees were subjec... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16267429/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:25:24 -0400 BBC http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16267429/ SOUTHEAST Asian anti-narcotics agencies yesterday warned of growing abuse of amphetamine-type stimulants using readily-available chemicals, including fertilisers.Keo Chhea, anti-narcotics coordinator ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16261964/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:40:21 -0400 Brunei Times http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16261964/ Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia announced it would begin operations against undocumented immigrants next month in Sabah state on Borneo island, where up to 150,000 people were expected to be deported, officia... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16264592/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:27:35 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16264592/ Seoul - The foreign ministers of the nations participating the six-party talks to end North Korea's nuclear programme are to meet for the first time next week in Singapore, officials in Seoul said Fri... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16264591/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:27:36 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16264591/ Oil rebounded to near $131 a barrel Friday in Asia as news of an output cut in Nigeria helped to halt the sharp decline in prices that began three days ago.Eni SpA said Thursday that it had shut down ... http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16261963/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:35:35 -0400 Examiner http://story.japanherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16261963/