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Asia stories: 57 news summaries

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2007: Asia's Banner Year

Bloomberg praises those who fuel the region's return to economic power

Dec 24, 07 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Asia's economies are soaring so mightily that Bloomberg columnist William Pesek is passing out awards for Asia's big players in 2007. They range from a “Money Talks” prize, for Arab and Asian leaders who bailed out Wall Street banks, to the “Howard's End” trophy, for Australian PM Kevin... More »

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Australia • India • Thailand • Asia • subprime mortgages • US economy • Chinese economy • Kevin Rudd

Murdoch Grooms Son to Succeed Him

James to be promoted to head News Corp.
in Europe and Asia

Dec 7, 07 5:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's son James will be put in charge of News Corp. in Europe and Asia, making him heir apparent to his father's throne, sources tell Bloomberg. James has been in charge of pay-TV provider British Sky Broadcasting Group since 2003; during his tenure the company has more than doubled... More »

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media • Rupert Murdoch • Europe • Asia • James Murdoch • News Corp

Bush Pulls About-Face on North Korea 

Offers normal ties to former 'axis of evil'
player for nuke secrets

Dec 7, 07 4:31 AM CST
(Newser) - In a sharp reversal from the days when he labeled North Korea part of the "axis of evil," President Bush has sent a letter to Kim Jong Il saying that if the dictator reveals the details of his nuclear program by the end of the year, the US... More »

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North Korea • Asia • United States • letters • George HW Bush • Kim Jong Il • six party talks • nuclear disarmament

So Many Men, So Much Frustration

Asian gender gap will see millions without mates, stall economies

Nov 2, 07 8:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A growing gender gap spells trouble for Asian markets, where scholars predict that a glut of men without partners—Chinese and Indian men will outnumber women by more than 20 million each in 2030—will have a cascade of unintended consequences, economic as well as social.  Sexual violence and... More »

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China • United Nations • India • Asia • human trafficking • gender gap • sexual violence

Death Toll at 88 in Thai Air Crash

Survivor says plane tried to land too fast in torrential rain

Sep 16, 07 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The death toll has risen to 88 in the crash of a budget airliner on a Thai island resort today, Reuters reports. Officials said the plane broke up and burst into flames as it tried to land in torrential rain.The 42 survivors are being treated for a variety of... More »

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Thailand • Asia • plane crash • rain • airline safety • Phuket • One Two Go • budget airlines

Japanese Prime Minister Resigns

Scandals shatter public support for controversial leader

Sep 12, 07 1:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced he'll resign today in the wake of several cabinet-level scandals and the suicide of  a top official that has destroyed public confidence in his administration. After taking power just last year, Abe's nationalist Liberal Democratic Party lost the upper house of parliament to... More »

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Japan • Asia • Shinzo Abe • Liberal Democratic Party • resignation • Iraq war

Monks Hold Burmese Officials Hostage

Incident ends in release as protests of fuel price hikes rage

Sep 7, 07 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of angry monks have released Burmese government officials they held hostage for over 5 hours yesterday, the Guardian reports, in protest of the military regime’s fuel price hikes. Reading Buddhist scriptures, nearly 500 monks burned the officials’ cars, locked them inside a monastery, and surrendered the prisoners... More »

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Asia • Burma • Buddhist monks • Buddhism • monks • hostage

Aussie Comics Penetrate Tight Sydney Security

Fake Osama, other pranksters mock Bush, embarrass police

Sep 6, 07 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Only one was dressed as Osama bin Laden, but all 11 eleven members of an Australian comedy troupe were arrested in Sydney today after they posed as a Canadian delegation and drove through two security checkpoints near President Bush’s hotel. The stunt was an embarrassment to Sydney police, who... More »

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Australia • satire • Canada • Asia • Osama bin Laden • Sydney • comics • George W. Bush

'Blood Hits Streets' as Asian Markets Plunge

Continuing credit woes trigger steepest dive
in six years

Aug 16, 07 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian stock markets continued to slide today, pounded by fears of a global credit squeeze, recording their most precipitous drop in five years, Reuters reports. South Korea's Kospi index skidded 6.9 percent as major corporations and financial institutions took horrific beatings. Australia's Rams Home Loans Group revealed it can't... More »

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stock market • Toyota • Asia • Asian markets • global credit • Kospi index • Samsung • Bank Mizuho

Angkor What?: Cambodian Dig Unearths Megacity

Ancient city was once world's largest

Aug 14, 07 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cambodia's famed Angkor—usually penciled into guidebooks thanks to its eponymous 12th-century temple—was once the world's biggest city, new research by University of Sydney archaeologists shows. From the 10th century on, Angkor grew to nearly one million inhabitants and sprawled out to the size of modern-day Los Angeles. More »

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archaeology • water • Asia • Cambodia • Angkor • canals • University of Sydney • metropolis • Angkor Wat

Credit Fears Rock Asian Markets

Subprime mortgage crisis ripples across Pacific

Aug 10, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian stocks nosedived today as market fears triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis rippled across the globe. The steepest drop in 5 months echoed upheaval spreading outward from Wall Street, with Toyota and Samsung leading a retreat by large exporters hurt by fears that the lending catastrophe and resultant... More »

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Asia • subprime mortgages • stocks • market • Nikkei • BNP Paribas • Asian markets

Smog Cloud Menaces Asia

Asian Brown Cloud is melting Himalayan glaciers

Aug 3, 07 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An enormous cloud of smog over southern Asia threatens 2 billion people with flooding and drought, a new study shows. The "Asian Brown Cloud" is melting Himalayan glaciers, the Times of London reports, and the resulting floods will menace heavily populated downstream areas. And the cloud's driving up temperatures... More »

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pollution • drought • global warming • Asia • flood • glacier • Asian Brown Cloud • smog • Himalayas • air pollution

(Newser) - Wall Street is dizzy after mixed signals threw traders into buy mode despite an abundance of bearish indicators today, making for one of the most volatile days in weeks. The Dow finished up 150.38 points at 13362.37, even after Asian markets plummeted across the board last night, a... More »

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Wall Street • Asia • subprime mortgages • Bausch and Lomb • Bear Stearns • hedge fund • trading • markets • Nikkei • Hang Seng • Beazer

Asian Stocks Take a Dive

Prices plunge in response to US subprime mortgage crisis

Jul 27, 07 7:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Share prices plummeted throughout Asia  today in response to the yesterday's sell-off on Wall Street and the escalating crisis in the US housing market. After the 300-point plunge in the U.S., the Tokyo Market closed at a three-month-low, and markets in Seoul, Hong Kong, and Sydney also took serious... More »

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stock market • Seoul • Asia • housing market • Hong Kong • stocks • Merrill Lynch • Tokyo • Mumbai

Thousands March for Democracy
in Hong Kong

Residents demand universal suffrage

Jul 1, 07 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hong Kong observed the 10th anniversary of the handover to China today as tens of thousands took to the streets for the now-traditional annual pro-democracy rally. Beijing appears no more amenable to universal suffrage, however—Hu Jintao was in town to swear in the territory's new chief executive and his... More »

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China • democracy • Asia • Hong Kong • suffrage • Hu Jintao

EU Universities Could Lose Ground to Asia

Old-world schools hear footsteps from China, India in college rankings

May 21, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Top-tier European universities like Oxford, Cambridge and the Sorbonne will fall behind competitors in China and India within 10 years, the EU's education commissioner warns. The Times of London reports underfunding and outmoded curricula could cost the mossier Western schools their international reputations, and international enrollments with them. More »

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China • education • India • European Union • Europe • Asia • higher education • school • university

US Lets China Dominate Asia

Zakaria: America distracted and damaged in Iraq helps Beijing court allies

Apr 25, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The U.S. is so wrapped up in the Middle East that it's sacrificing chances to improve relations with Asia, leaving China to dominate the region, Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria contends. "Beijing has become remarkably adept at using its political and economic muscle in a patient, low-key and highly effective... More »

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China • Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Asia • US foreign policy • Muslims

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