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 Olympics: Beijing begins massive Olympic shutdown to clean capital’s filthy air
Beijing’s Olympic shutdown begins today, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital’s gray shroud of pollution just three weeks ahead of the games. | Half of Beijing’s 3.3 million vehicles will be pul... (photo: GFDL) Independent Online
China Environment Photos Pollution Sport |
 Soaring food prices felt around the globe
| People around the world are experiencing sticker shock at the grocery store, the result of runaway economic forces that show no signs of abating. | Here in the United States, the price of eggs jumpe... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) San Fransisco Chronicle
Agriculture Crisis Food Photos Prices |
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 Ex-health chief urge lawmakers to be firm on population bill
| MANILA, Philippines -- Former Health Secretary Alberto Romualdez on Saturday asked the lawmakers not to compromise with the Catholic bishops on the reproductive health ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Inquirer
Health Lawmakers Manila Photos Population |
 Beijing buttresses security for Games
| SHANGHAI - China wants the world to see its capital as the place where its imperial past and bright future come together to offer a picture of a proud nation ready to r... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) Canada Dot Com
Beijing Games Photos Security Shanghai Slideshow |
 A frank assessment of property & construction
| ACCORDING to census only 5% of households in the country have a monthly income of RM10,000 or more. You would think the figure was a lot higher judging from the number ... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) The Star
Country Economy Photos Property Real Estate |
 India's gem traders dream big
| THE ambitions of Mumbai's diamond traders are grand, even if their offices are not. | They nurse dreams of rivalling Belgium's Antwerp as the world's diamond trading ca... (photo: Creative Commons/ Steve Jurvetson) The Star
China Hongkong India Mumbai Photos |
 KLIA must now aim to be No. 1
| CONGRATULATIONS to KL International Airport (KLIA) and Malaysia Airports Bhd for the honour that KLIA has been placed fourth in the Skytrax 2008 World Airport Awards. |... (photo: WN / patricia) The Star
Airlines Business Industry Malaysia Photos |
 Vexed by wax Hitler
| On July 5, Adolf Hitler was decapitated by a disgruntled visitor to Madame Tussauds Berlin. Curiosity piqued, our writer went to see London's own waxy Führer. | At Mada... (photo: WN / Periasamy) The Star
Berlin Exhibition London Photos Statue |
 Asian stocks close mostly down
| HONG KONG, July 18: Asian shares closed mostly down on Friday as bargain hunters retreated despite sharply lower oil prices and a Wall Street surge, with high inflation... (photo: AP Photo / Vincent Yu) Dawn
Asia Business Market Photos Stock |
 A changing capital
Beijing brings its best to Olympics | Beijing - Faced with my blank look of incomprehension, the taxi driver took a deep breath and tried again. | "Ha-pi-tu-mi-te-yu," he... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Beijing Look Photos Slideshow Taxi Years |
 China's basketball mission not impossible
| By Jesse Fink | With China's national football team consigned to another four years of World Cup purgatory, and its Olympic team virtual no-hopers, the focus for Chines... (photo: Creative Commons / Corpx) Asia Times
Basketball Entertainment Photos Sport Star |
 China to maintain cooling efforts
| By Olivia Chung | HONG KONG - China, which raised interest rates six times last year to cool the economy, is unlikely to ease its monetary policy in the near future des... (photo: AP Photo/Vincent Yu) Asia Times
China Economy Finance Market Photos |
 An elusive new face for North Korea
| By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - United States think-tankers risk giving the impression of having stepped from another planet as they meditate on ways to pull the North Ko... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man) Asia Times
Economy N Korea Photos Politics US |
 A reality check on Iran
| By David Isenberg | WASHINGTON - The world has over the past months witnessed one of the periodic upsurges of speculation in the ongoing drama over whether the United S... (photo: AP/Vahid Salemi) Asia Times
Iran Nuclear Peace Photos US |
