Asia Pacific

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• Geithner Says U.S. Is Committed to a Strong Dollar

  
  NYT > Global Home — Authority: 143
  The Treasury secretary Timothy F. Geithner at a news conference during the APEC summit meeting in Singapore on Thursday.
  4 hours ago

• National Foreign Trade Council Urges President Obama To Pursue Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations

  
  Export Industry News — Authority: 143
  The National Foreign Trade Council ( NFTC ) has publicly urged President Barack Obama to use the occasion of his visit to Asia next week to move forward with negotiations to join the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP). In a letter ( PDF ) sent to the President, U.S. Trade Representative Ron ...
  7 hours ago

• Chowrasia lying tied seventh in Hong Kong

  
  India eNews — Authority: 172
  A last-hole bogey left a blot on an otherwise unblemished five-under 65 from S.S.P. Chowrasia in the first round of the UBS Hong Kong Open Thursday.
  8 hours ago

• Probe queries shooting of ex-Taiwan president

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 725
  TAIPEI : Taiwan investigators probing the 2004 shooting of ex-president Chen Shui-bian said on Thursday they found no blood or bullet hole in his trousers, adding mystery to an event that may have won him a second term.
  8 hours ago

• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Clinton vows Philippines support

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 467
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledges continued US support for the Philippines fight against Islamist militants.
  8 hours ago

• Obama heads to Asia, breaks foreign travel record

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Washington, Nov. 12 (ANI): US President Barack has travelled to more countries in his first year in office than any of his predecessors and now, will undertake a nine-day tour of Asia. Since taking office, he has made seven foreign trips and visited 16 countries, three of them twice. The Asia trip will take him [...]
  8 hours ago

• Apec seen through the eyes of China

  
  Looking for Words — Authority: 130
  Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to Singapore is being reported as a triumphal progress by the Chinese media. While the video here from CCTV.com highlights the growing ties between the two countries — see Singapore President SR Nathan nodding his head with a smile — some of the reporting by the mainstream ...
  9 hours ago

• Apec seen through the eyes of China

  
  Blowin' In The Wind — Authority: 472
  Chinese President Hu Jintaos visit to Singapore is being reported as a triumphal progress by the Chinese media. While the video here from CCTV.com highlights the growing ties between the two countries --- see Singapore President SR Nathan nodding his head with a smile --- some of the reporting by the mainstream media ...
  9 hours ago

• APPT Cebu: High rollers gathering no moss

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 571
  The 2007 Macau High Roller event was the first of its kind on the PokerStars.net APPT, and is proving a handy formguide for todays play in the PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event. The sun may have sunk below the horizon for another evening at Shangri-Las Mactan Resort and Spa, but things are on the rise for 2008 APPT ...
  9 hours ago

• China ‘running illegal prisons’

  
  Blog :: rhinestonetshirts.com — Authority: 163
  China is running unlawful detention centres in which its citizens can be kept for months, Human Rights Watch says.
  10 hours ago

• APPT Cebu: Hanes rains on the Hachem parade

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 571
  By Landon Blackhall Day 1B in the PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event is starting to take shape, with more big names hitting the rail and an outright chip leader emerging. PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro Tony Hachem has enjoyed phenomenal success this year, having secured the PokerStars.net ANZPT Player of the ...
  10 hours ago

• APPT Cebu: From card sharks to big, scary, real sharks

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 571
  Who is Toto, the famed Malapascua dive guide, kidding? "The shark is more scared of you," he laughs as members of the dive party start to slip below the waves. "But Toto, who told the shark?" Thats one of the questions to pops into the minds of divers as they drift below schools of three-metre long thresher sharks ...
  11 hours ago

• Typhoon grounds Philippine ferries ahead of holiday

  
  Talk Vietnam — Authority: 503
  Thousands were stranded on the main Philippine island of Luzonon Friday as a typhoon approached, grounding ferries and stoppingpeople from returning to their home provinces for the All SaintsDay weekend. Two typhoons in the last two months have killed more than 900people, with parts of the capital, Manila, still ...
  11 hours ago

• APPT Cebu: Aussies under fire in early skirmishes

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 571
  With a loaded field and scores of locals determined to claim one of the big scalps, its hardly surprising that the rate of eliminations has been higher than yesterday after the opening three levels in the 2009 PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event. PokerStars.net Team Australia Pro Eric Assadourian was one of the first ...
  12 hours ago

• APPT Cebu: New record for Philippines poker

  
  PokerStars Poker Blog — Authority: 571
  By Landon Blackhall and Sean Callander The records are tumbling in The Marquee at Shangri-Las Mactan Resort and Spa where more than 200 players have taken their seats for day 1B of the PokerStars.net APPT Cebu Main Event. That means the Main Event field has been confirmed at 319 after entries of 255 in 2007 and 285 ...
  15 hours ago

• BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: China ‘running illegal prisons’

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 467
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . China is running unlawful detention centres in which its citizens can be kept for months, Human Rights Watch says.
  15 hours ago

• China ‘running illegal prisons’

  
  Recording — Authority: 514
  China is running unlawful detention centres in which its citizens can be kept for months, Human Rights Watch says.
  15 hours ago

• Malaysias mysterious ship city causes concern

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 725
  KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of ships mysteriously left idle off the Malaysian coast during the economic downturn are posing environmental and safety hazards, port authorities and fishermen say.
  15 hours ago

• Kidnapped Irish priest released in Philippines

  
  India eNews — Authority: 172
  An abducted Irish Catholic priest was freed unharmed Thursday after one month in captivity in the southern Philippines, officials said.
  16 hours ago

• China extends Rio Tinto probe by two months

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 725
  SYDNEY: China has extended a probe into detained Rio Tinto mining executive Stern Hu by two months, Australian officials said on Thursday.
  16 hours ago

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