Bollywood raises awareness on 'honour killings' (AFP)

Bollywood raises awareness on 'honour killings' (AFP)

Bollywood raises awareness on 'honour killings' (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:18 PM PDT

Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu takes part in a fashion show in Mumbai in August, 2010. Bollywood is looking to raise awareness about so-called AFP - Bollywood is looking to raise awareness about so-called "honour killings", as the Indian government comes under pressure from its own judiciary and human rights groups to tackle the problem.

Malaysia's Richest Boosts Hong Kong Property

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Billionaire Robert Kuok's property firm wins land auction for luxury site.


Construction Equipment Will Boom Beyond China

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Managing The Dragon's article on China's construction equipment industry (go here for Forbes China T


Obama's Mideast push clouded by West Bank attack

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:16 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was poised on Wednesday to launch a new U.S. push for Middle East peace even as a flare-up of Hamas violence and a deadlock over Israeli settlements loomed as potential deal-breakers.

A hungry start to life for new Pakistan flood victim (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:53 PM PDT

Pakistani flood survivors take shelter in Makli graveyard, one of the largest necropolises in the world, on August 28. Pakistani health officials said they fear that thousands of babies will be born in the country's flood-affected areas over the next six months, and are at severe risk of malnourishment because of the scarce food supply.(AFP/File/Asif Hassan)AFP - Jannan Soorjo summoned the energy to give birth in the filthy Pakistan graveyard that has become her refuge from the floods -- but she cannot produce the milk to feed her sickly newborn.

China imposes anti-subsidy duties on US chicken (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:17 PM PDT

AP - China has imposed anti-subsidy duties for five years on imports of U.S. chicken products after concluding producers received improper support, the Commerce Ministry said Wednesday amid a string of trade spats with Washington.


Australia clocks fastest growth in three years (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:28 PM PDT

Australia's economy surged 1.2 percent in the June quarter and 3.3 percent over the year, smashing analyst forecasts, figures showed Wednesday, sending share prices and the local dollar higher.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Australia's economy surged 1.2 percent in the three months to June, the biggest jump in three years, official figures showed on Wednesday, sending share prices and the local dollar sharply higher.

Pakistan raid kills 45 militants and their families

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:06 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani government air raids have killed up to 45 militants and their family members in hideouts in the northwestern Khyber region on the Afghan border, security officials said on Wednesday.

Asia shares rise on China, Australia economic news (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:43 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 30, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP - Asian stock markets gained Wednesday after Australia's economy expanded at its fastest pace in three years and Chinese manufacturing growth picked up for the first time in four months.

Trio leave Pakistan cricket squad to face authorities (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:48 PM PDT

Pakistani cricket team captain Salman Butt, watched by a policeman, background left, boards a bus at the Pakistan team's London hotel, on August 30. The three Pakistan players embroiled in betting scam allegations (Butt among them) were to leave the squad Wednesday to face cricket and government authorities, de facto sidelining them from the team.(AFP/File/Max Nash)AFP - The three Pakistan players embroiled in betting scam allegations were to leave the squad Wednesday to face cricket and government authorities, de facto sidelining them from the team.

Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

AP - Hector Ortega stumbled across the body of a fellow migrant as he walked across Arizona's harsh desert in the searing summer heat. He tried not to look too closely.


Surveys show Chinese manufacturing gained in Aug. (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:10 PM PDT

AP - Chinese manufacturing activity recovered slightly in August, the first gain in four months, as surveys released Wednesday showed production, new orders and purchasing prices all edging higher.


Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Middle Eastern leaders gathered in Washington to inaugurate a new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks, Hamas gunmen killed four Israeli settlers in their car outside the West Bank city of Hebron.


North Korea seeks stronger military ties with China

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:04 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China on Wednesday, days after the North's leader Kim Jong-il finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's sole major supporter.

China beefs up school security as classes resume (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:28 PM PDT

Chinese police and security guards show how to apprehend an attacker at a school in Beijing in June 2010. Chinese schools opened nationwide for a new term Wednesday with thousands of police and safety officers deployed to ensure security following a string of deadly attacks on young students.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese schools opened nationwide for a new term Wednesday with thousands of police and safety officers deployed to ensure security following a string of deadly attacks on young students.

Critics put on mute as China tightens mobile phone rules

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:18 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese mobile telephone users must register their personal details to buy phone numbers under a rule that comes into force from Wednesday, in what the government calls an attack on spam but some see as a blow to privacy.

Yanlord Sells $104 Mln of Apartments in Two Days in Nanjing

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:15 PM PDT

China-based Yanlord?Group, the property developer controlled by?billionaire Zhong Sheng Jian of Sing


England, S.Africa win in women's F.Hockey W.Cup upsets (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:47 PM PDT

Spain's Silvia Munoz falls on top of South Africa's Lisa-Marie Deetlefs during the field hockey Group B match in the women's World Cup 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. S.Africa won 2-1.(AFP/Daniel Garcia)AFP - England upset China 1-0 and South Africa pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over Spain in the women's field hockey World Cup while host Argentina edged South Korea 1-0.

Skeptical US lays ground for N.Korea talks: analysts (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:11 PM PDT

File photo shows a North Korean passing a portrait of late North Korea leader Kim Il-Sung. After months of rising tension, the United States is gingerly exploring how to launch talks with North Korea without loosening the screws on the isolated state, experts say.(AFP/Pool/File/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - After months of rising tension, the United States is gingerly exploring how to launch talks with North Korea without loosening the screws on the isolated state, experts say.

Greens party supports Australian Labor Party gov't (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 08:07 PM PDT

AP - A Greens lawmaker on Wednesday agreed to help the center-left Labor Party form a minority Australian government while other kingmaker legislators said they are close to deciding whether to back Labor or a conservative coalition.


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