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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Hong Kong Herald.com http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/bf053b50c46383e0/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:15:32 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:15:32 -0500 30 China's Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun has said that the rise of Asia represents greater balance in the international power structure. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247406/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:07 -0500 ANI http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247406/cs/1/ Over 500 million Indians will need new homes in almost a decade, close to the needs of China, North America and Western Europe put together, as the government and urban local bodies focus more on cons http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243197/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243197/cs/1/ New Delhi, Feb 5 : India today called for deepening cooperation among the countries of South Asia to address the common health problems facing the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251671/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:33:42 -0500 New Kerala http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251671/ Israel's government yesterday gave the green light to build the first rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new Asia-Europe trade route to compete with the Suez ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251609/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:28:19 -0500 Global Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251609/ Perhaps it's our natural eurocentricity, but we've been hearing a lot more about recession and the risk of worse in Europe than about the resilience of our own region. Fortunately, the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203252910/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:07:26 -0500 Yahoo http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203252910/ BANGALORE/HONG KONG - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia. The iconic ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203252911/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:07:17 -0500 Yahoo http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203252911/ YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A U.N. human rights envoy says Myanmar is considering letting international observers monitor April elections, which are viewed as crucial for gauging the country's ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203252022/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:04:58 -0500 Associated Press http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203252022/ KANDAHAR (Afghanistan): Seven people were killed on Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a bastion ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251834/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:37 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251834/ KIEV: The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by Sunday, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa. ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251835/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:23 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251835/ US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251839/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:04 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251839/ Muammar Gaddafi on trial today, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict. The accused, mostly civilians, appeared in a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251836/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:28:59 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251836/ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will support every effort to promote reconciliation in Afghanistan, a senior government official said ahead of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's visit to Qatar Monday to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251177/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:35 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251177/ PERHAPS it's our natural eurocentricity, but we've been hearing a lot more about recession and the risk of worse in Europe than about the resilience of our own region. Fortunately, the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251176/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:33:41 -0500 Yahoo http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203251176/ Three Tibetans have set fire to themselves in south-west China, reports say, in the latest apparent protest against rule from Beijing. US-based Radio Free Asia said they had called for the return ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203250521/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:20:57 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203250521/ resolution condemning the Damascus regime, as Tunisia urged the world to cut diplomatic ties with Syria. Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said Moscow and Beijing's actions showed the veto ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203250522/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:56:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203250522/ PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea authorities scaled back their search Sunday for survivors from the sinking of a passenger ferry, saying none of the more than 100 people still missing were likely to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203248433/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:35 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203248433/ TAIPEI: Taiwan authorities have arrested three people and seized nearly half a tonne of narcotics in their biggest drugs bust in 10 years, local media reported Sunday.Investigation Bureau agents and ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247763/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:32 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247763/ Twelve-year-old Sabrina Kaur does not understand the lyrics of her favourite South Korean boy band Big Bang's songs and, until recently, had never met Koreans in real life. But that did not ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203248432/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:02:34 -0500 Yahoo http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203248432/ Chinese language at school level across the country and this programme would soon be initiated. She added that steps were being taken to promote Chinese language among the people, reported ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247758/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:42 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247758/ Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247760/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:32 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247760/ memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, official media said Saturday. The leader of the Cuban ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247759/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:25 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247759/ Phnom Penh by using the micro-blogging site to draw attention to the court's much-criticised handling of two possible new Khmer Rouge crimes against humanity cases. Cambodia, which opposes ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247761/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247761/ KATHMANDU: Health workers in Nepal are to cull thousands of chickens following the discovery of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in the southeastern part of the Himalayan country, officials said ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247322/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:09 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203247322/ TEHRAN: Grappling with US and EU sanctions that have become progressively tougher over the past 18 months, Iran is increasingly turning to Asia - in particular to China, now its top trading partner. ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203246260/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:57:53 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203246260/ heavy snowfall and severe weather warnings, London's Heathrow Airport cancelled 30 per cent of flights that were scheduled to take off on Sunday. The world's busiest international ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203246225/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:35:04 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203246225/ Mitt Romney cruised to victory in the Nevada caucuses Saturday night, notching a second straight triumph over a field of rivals suddenly struggling to keep pace. The caucuses drew little attention ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203246226/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:34:58 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203246226/ WELLINGTON: A group of mostly Maori protesters forced New Zealand Prime Minister John Key to retreat from a national day ceremony amid rising objections to the planned sale of state assets.Key was ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203245870/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203245870/ TOKYO: Tokyo and Washington have agreed to move 4,700 Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa to Guam in a bid to revive a stalled plan for the realignment of US forces in Japan, reports said ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244894/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:10 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244894/ HONG KONG: A bitter family feud between Hong Kongers and their northern neighbours sparked by mainland China's increasing financial and political clout has led to an awkward debate about the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244895/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:08 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244895/ GEBENG, Malaysia: China's chokehold on the rare earths vital for everything from iPods to missiles is widely expected to end soon, thanks in large part to a contentious new plant in ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244896/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:06 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244896/ Composite sketches have been completed of the suspects. The suspect descriptions are as follows: Driver – South Asian man, late 20’s, thin build, 5’10';, clean shaven, short ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244752/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:24:46 -0500 The Province http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244752/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a seventh week, with the regional benchmark matching its longest winning streak since 2005, as improved manufacturing reports in the U.S., China, India ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203245869/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:19:46 -0500 Yahoo http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203245869/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan officials say an American soldier has shot and killed an Afghan guard at a base in the country's north, apparently because the American thought his Afghan ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244971/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:17:29 -0500 Associated Press http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244971/ DAMASCUS: Protestors stormed Syria's Australian embassy and trashed its lower level, as the Syrian opposition said troops had killed more than 260 people in shelling the city of Homs, police ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244893/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:44:14 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244893/ BEIJING: A massive project to divert water from China's south to its drought-prone north -- which has seen hundreds of thousands of people relocated -- will become partly operational next year, ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243722/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:48 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243722/ SYDNEY: Mass evacuations were under way in northern Australia as record flooding that has cut off thousands of people threatened to engulf areas devastated by wild weather last year.Authorities ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244544/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:45 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203244544/ INDIA: Much of the talk today about the media being used for social change focuses on new, Internet-driven platforms like Twitter or Facebook. But in India, more conventional forms of media are not ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243077/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:39 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243077/ KABUL - In a country where the recent past has unfolded like a war epic, officials think they have found a way to teach Afghan history without widening the fractures between long-quarreling ethnic ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243079/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:57 -0500 Washington Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243079/ Kandahar, in the heart of the Taliban's spiritual homeland, is Afghanistan's bustling southern metropolis. The city has witnessed brutality and bloodshed over the years, but a recent lull ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203242198/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:57 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203242198/ These horrific images of torture on video show what rights groups have long documented: that India's Border Security Force is out of control. The Indian government is well aware of killings and ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243078/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:10 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203243078/ oil companies in the country operate oil and gas fields at full output, state news agency Telam said on Saturday, a day after the government cut $461 million in annual tax breaks for big fuel firms ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203242201/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:03:45 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203242201/ Siquijor is one of more than 7,000 islands in the Philippines - it has tropical sun, white sand and an azure sea, but it is also famous for witchcraft. How do you go about looking for a witch? It ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203239905/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:33:23 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203239905/ Afghanistan . The unusual message kicked off a debate within the administration about whether it was truly authored by Omar - and its meaning for US efforts to forge a negotiated end to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240328/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:40 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240328/ Geophysical Research Letters journal reported. The three-year-long research found that the surface of Mars had been dry for such a long time that ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240329/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240329/ Barack Obama , did not stop at that. Backed by applause, he went on to sharply criticize Chinese Navy's "aggressive behaviour" in international waters, especially in the South China ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240330/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:17 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240330/ Persian Gulf have been in the works for weeks. State media said that ground forces began maneuvers in southern Iran, but it was not immediately clear whether it was part of the planned naval ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240331/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:08 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203240331/ Vitaly Churkin justified the veto by saying the proposed resolution "sent an unbalanced signal to the Syrian parties". His Chinese counterpart Li Baodong said pushing through such "a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238857/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:23:03 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238857/ Syria crisis , saying it encouraged the Syrian regime crackdown. "The Syrian tragedy must stop," said Sarkozy in a statement issued through his office. Sarkozy "strongly deplores the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238858/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:22:57 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238858/ tsunami warning was issued. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) with the epicenter located 204 kilometers south of the town of Port Hardy on the island, and about 350 ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238859/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:22:38 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238859/ MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - The United States sought Saturday to reassure old European allies of its continued support despite a strategic shift to Asia, amid warnings the EU could be sidelined by its ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203237154/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:33 -0500 West Australian http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203237154/ WASHINGTON: Three more Tibetans have set themselves on fire, with one dying, in the latest protests against Chinese rule amid a clampdown on protests, an exile group and US-based broadcaster said ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203237221/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:24 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203237221/ KABUL - Last year was the deadliest for civilians in the decade-long U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, according to a United Nations report released ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238410/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:59:53 -0500 Washington Post http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203238410/ Occupy DC in McPherson Square, three blocks from the White House, shouted words of anger, but otherwise put up no resistance as the National Park Service swooped down at dawn on the scruffy ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203237217/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:23:27 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203237217/ Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes. It is the second year running that summer rains have caused serious problems ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203235473/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:58 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203235473/ Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on protests for the second ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203235478/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:06:49 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203235478/ Sarajevo was paralyzed by snow, and hundreds of people remained trapped in their homes and vehicles throughout the country. After a weeklong cold snap that has killed scores of people ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203235481/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:06:15 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203235481/ At least 40 workers were injured and several hospitalised after being attacked by security guards on January 30 during a protest against layoffs and the non-payment of an annual holiday bonus at the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203233725/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:55 -0500 wsws.org http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203233725/ By Sarah Turner, MarketWatch SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Asian investors will be waiting for Chinese consumer price data in the week ahead to gauge the likelihood of more monetary policy easing from ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203233084/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:52:40 -0500 Yahoo http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203233084/ SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian police say they have arrested an airline pilot on suspicion of using illegal drugs three hours before ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203232117/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:50:16 -0500 Associated Press http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203232117/ The commission's failure to get to the bottom of the Shahzad killing illustrates the ability of the ISI to remain beyond the reach of Pakistan's criminal justice system. The government ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203233086/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:17:50 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203233086/ Hundreds of people were plucked to safety on Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm ran aground off Italy, as a vicious cold snap that has claimed over 250 lives across Europe refused to ease ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231747/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:30 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231747/ NAIROBI: At least 25 people died in western Kenya when a speeding lorry rammed into a passenger van, Xinhua reported Saturday. The accident occurred at 9.00 p.m. Friday on the Kisumu-Kakamega ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231749/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:11:01 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231749/ Revolutionary Guard began naval manoeuvres today in the latest show of force near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the critical Gulf oil tanker route that Tehran has threatened to close in ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231752/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:10:55 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231752/ BEIRUT: More than 200 people were killed in shelling by Syrian forces in the city of Homs, activists said on Saturday, ahead of a UN Security Council vote on a draft resolution backing an Arab call ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231751/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:10:50 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231751/ BEIJING: The death toll from a gas explosion in a southwest China coal mine rose to 13, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday, in the latest accident to hit the nation's dangerous mining ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228682/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:43:07 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228682/ MANILA: A senior aide to Philippine President Benigno Aquino was reprimanded but allowed to keep his job after being photographed buying counterfeit movie discs, a government spokeswoman said ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231063/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:43:04 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203231063/ Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Asian currencies rose for a fifth week, led by Taiwan’s dollar, as foreign investors poured money into the region amid optimism the global economy is ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228045/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:25:43 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228045/ Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an interest in talks key to ending the war in Afghanistan were "baseless ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228854/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:18:50 -0500 Associated Press http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228854/ SITAPUR, India (AP) -- One of India's most powerful and controversial politicians rises from a throne-like armchair, a clutch of candidates standing deferentially behind her and two large ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203229147/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:18:42 -0500 Associated Press http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203229147/ Vital assembly elections get under way on Wednesday in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, which has traditionally seen very low voter turnouts. This time the election authorities are ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228678/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:03:30 -0500 BBC http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228678/ Cairo smashing furniture and equipment and setting fire to parts of the building in protest over the latest bloodshed in the country, an embassy official and a witness said on Saturday. Rallies also ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228681/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:35:15 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/203228681/