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Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party President - As Prime Minister - Taro Aso -pjb1
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Japan to lead world's recovery, says PM Taro Aso
| PRIME Minister Taro Aso claims Japan will lead the world out of recession. | Mr Aso this week begins his fight to push through the Diet a new annual budget and a special stimulus package that i... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
A pedestrian walks across an overhead bridge over a major traffic lane on a hazy morning in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Despite billions spent to move refineries and steel mills out of town, Beijing has been blanketed for weeks by choking industrial smog. To guarantee clean air during the 17-day 2008 Olympics, about 1 million of the city's 3.3 million vehicles are expected to be kept off the
Australia   Business   Car   Industry   Photos   		 The Australian 
Car sales screech to a halt as confidence hits wall
| A CRASH in business confidence has plunged the Australian car industry into its worst sales performance in 30 years, with fleet sales falling sharply and the industry predicting another sharp declin... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
Toyota  Canada Dot Com 
Toyota orders 11-day output halt as sales slump
| TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. is to halt production at its Japanese plants for 11 days in February and March as a sharp slide in U.S. sales has left dealers' lots full of unsold cars. | A 37% slump in ... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
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Duck farm  The News & Observer 
China says 19-year-old woman dies from bird flu
| BEIJING -- A Chinese woman has died from bird flu in a Beijing hospital after contracting the disease last month, the government said Tuesday. | The Ministry of Health said Huang Yanqing, 19, died M... (photo: WN / pravin)
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Toyota to suspend production for 11 days in Japan
| TOKYO -- Toyota is suspending production at all 12 of its Japan plants for 11 days over February and March, a stoppage of unprecedented scale for the nation's top autom... (photo: WN / kapil)
Business   Industry   Motor   Photos   Toyota  
Myanmar's junta leader Senior Gen. Than Shwe, left, is seen before his meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, unseen, Friday, May 23, 2008 in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Ban, on a mission to open up Myanmar to international disaster assistance, said the ruling junta agreed Friday to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help cyclone survivors. Ban's comments came after a crucial two-hour meeting Friday with Than Shwe, the country's most powerful figure Star Tribune
Myanmar's 9-month trade surplus dives 39 percent as exports of gas fall
| YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's trade surplus shrank in the first nine months of last year on lower exports of gas, according to official statistics. | Figures from the Min... (photo: AP / Stan Honda, Pool)
Asia   Economy   Export   Myanmar   Photos   Trade  
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Gov't to choose bond underwriters soon
| MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippines should soon choose underwriters for a sovereign bond it plans to issue early this year, National Treasurer Roberto Tan said Tuesd... (photo: WN)
Bond   Credit   Debt   Photos   Treasurer  
Demonstrators are seen on a street in Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Friday March 14, 2008. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers patrolled the streets of Lhasa and enforced a strict curfew Sunday in a security clampdown on the Tibetan capital following violent protests that drew negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Inquirer
China faces wave of unrest in 2009
| BEIJING, China -- China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards t... (photo: AP / )
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Philippines squatters area, a children playing roaming around, a mother carrying a baby, they wash there clothes outside there house using common local faucets, Monday,January,5,2009 Inquirer
Children vulnerable in economic crisis
| SINGAPORE -- The deepening global economic crisis could raise infant mortality and malnutrition rates by up to 10 percent, a UN official said Tuesday, urging Asian gove... (photo: WN / James D.)
Crisis   Health   Infant   Mortality   Photos  
Retired Philippine National Police Director Eliseo dela Paz, center, is escorted by airport police upon arrival in Manila from Moscow Tuesday Oct. 21, 2008. Inquirer
Russia returns euros to PNP
| MANILA, Philippines -- The Russian 'brod' [in the Freemasonry] who assisted retired comptroller Eliseo dela Paz on the issue involving millions of pesos worth of undecl... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
Euro   Philippines   Photos   Police   Russia  
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Pictured: The horrifying fate of tigers decapitated by poachers

| Their heads hacked from their graceful bodies, these tragic pictures show the fate of tigers in the brutal hands of poachers. | The photographs, released by police this... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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A pedestrian walks across an overhead bridge over a major traffic lane on a hazy morning in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Despite billions spent to move refineries and steel mills out of town, Beijing has been blanketed for weeks by choking industrial smog. To guarantee clean air during the 17-day 2008 Olympics, about 1 million of the city's 3.3 million vehicles are expected to be kept off the Car sales screech to a halt as confidence hits wall The Australian
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A pedestrian walks across an overhead bridge over a major traffic lane on a hazy morning in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007. Despite billions spent to move refineries and steel mills out of town, Beijing has been blanketed for weeks by choking industrial smog. To guarantee clean air during the 17-day 2008 Olympics, about 1 million of the city's 3.3 million vehicles are expected to be kept off the Car sales screech to a halt as confidence hits wall The Australian
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