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US health groups launch Asian-language cancer website
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AFP - A website offering potentially life-saving cancer information in Asian languages was launched in the United States.
AIDS meeting urges Asian nations to protect children
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AFP - East Asia and Pacific nations must protect young people from HIV/AIDS or face an epidemic that will kill nearly 20,000 children a year in less than a decade.
Japan to Freeze Loans to China
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AP - Japan said Thursday it is freezing loans to China at least through the end of this month because of worsening relations between the two Asian heavyweights.
Dell invests more in China, adds 200 jobs
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AFP - Dell, the world's leader in personal computers, said it planned to create 200 new jobs and ramp up investment in China amid strong sales growth in the Asian country.
Asian shares lower, oil slides to $60 a barrel
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Reuters - Asian stock markets mostly fell on Tuesday, with Tokyo closed for a holiday, while the dollar was marginally higher and oil extended a slide toward $60 a barrel.
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India to Make Currency Fully Convertible
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AP - India will soon announce how it plans to make its currency fully convertible, the finance minister said Monday, a decade after such plans were shelved following the Asian economic crisis nearly a decade ago.
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Australia, US, Japan praise China, seek to enhance Asian cooperation
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AFP - The United States, Australia and Japan concluded historic security talks with praise for China's engagement in the Asia-Pacific and an agreement to seek greater cooperation within Asia.
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India Ponders Making Currency Convertible
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AP - India is looking into making its currency fully convertible and lifting all restrictions on foreign exchange transactions, a top government official said Sunday, a decade after such plans were shelved following the East Asian economic crisis.
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Third Anniversary Of Iraq War Marked By Global Protests
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Andrea Moore - AHN Staff Reporter Sydney, Australia (AHN) - Thousands of anti-war protesters marched in Australia, Turkey and Asian countries at the start of global demonstrations planned across the globe Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Demonstrations...
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Australia, US, Japan praise China, seek to enhance Asian cooperation
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AFP - The United States, Australia and Japan concluded historic security talks with praise for China's engagement in the Asia-Pacific and an agreement to seek greater cooperation within Asia.
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Australia, US, Japan praise China, seek to enhance Asian cooperation
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AFP - The United States, Australia and Japan concluded historic security talks Saturday with praise for China's engagement in the Asia-Pacific and an agreement to seek greater cooperation within Asia.
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Lao's communist rulers open five-yearly congress
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AFP - The communist regime of Laos has opened its four-day party congress to set the course the isolated and poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country for the next five years.
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Heated Japan-Korea world semi-final could boost Asian baseball
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AFP - Undefeated South Korea, with two triumphs already over Japan, will try to complete a humbling of their Asian arch-rivals with a semi-final victory at the World Baseball Classic.
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TV Demand Helps Japan Electronics Makers
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AP - Just five years ago, Japan's electronics makers were in a sorry state. Profits were sinking as less expensive Asian rivals grabbed market share — and prices for everything from computer chips to DVD players dropped. These days, they've found a savior: the flat-panel TV.
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WTO Urges China to Review Currency Policy
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AP - China should adopt a more flexible currency exchange rate policy and must do more to stamp out piracy, the World Trade Organization recommends in its first trade review of the Asian country, according to a summary obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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Queen in two-day Singapore visit
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The Queen is officially welcomed to the south-east Asian city state, where she last made a state visit in 1989.
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Four nations confirm bird flu
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Reuters - Four Asian nations confirmed the presence of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu on Thursday while China said it faced a long struggle to contain the disease before the arrival of flu-carrying migratory birds in spring.
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ICANN to Test Non-English Domain Names
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AP - The Internet's key oversight agency has outlined a plan for testing domain names entirely in non-English characters, bringing closer to reality a change highly sought by Asian and Arabic Internet users.
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Philippines rape trial of US marines next week
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Reuters - A Philippine judge ordered four U.S. marines, accused of raping a 22 year-old Filipino woman, to appear in court next week to submit their pleas, marking the start of their trial.
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Hollywood's MGM plans South Korean theme park
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Reuters - Hollywood studio MGM plans to bring its roaring lion trademark to an Asian tiger economy by opening its first overseas theme park in South Korea, officials said on Wednesday.
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Azerbaijan Reports 3 Dead From Bird Flu
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AP - Azerbaijan reported three people killed by bird flu, after Myanmar announced its first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain in poultry and officials cited a strong threat that the disease also struck Afghanistan.
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US ties with India and Pakistan on divergent paths
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Reuters - President George W. Bush's visit to India and Pakistan this month underscored dramatically the increasingly divergent U.S. approaches to the South Asian nuclear rivals.
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Asian elite set to test US superstars in World Baseball Classic
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AFP - Japan's Ichiro Suzuki and several major league pitchers from South Korea will try to show that Asia's elite can beat the game's biggest stars when the World Baseball Classic resumes.
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Asian Beetle Found in Cargo Shipment
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Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer Miami, FL (AHN) - A long-horned beetle, that has destroyed mango plantations in China, was found for the first time in the United States at the Port of Miami aboard a freighter transporting cargo from Hong Kong. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture...
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US warns China could become negative force
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AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has warned that China could become a "negative force" in the Asia-Pacific region and urged the US, Australia and Japan to form a common position on how to engage the Asian economic powerhouse, reports said.
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