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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The Asia News.Net http://www.theasianews.net/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:24:13 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:24:13 -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://www.theasianews.net/story/203247406 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:30:07 -0500 ANI http://www.theasianews.net/story/203247406 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://www.theasianews.net/story/203243197 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 IANS http://www.theasianews.net/story/203243197 SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Weakness in Asian prices of jet fuel in the fourth quarter, normally a peak demand period, looks set to persist through 2012 on a dip in air travel caused by ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203256465&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:53:18 -0500 Manila Bulletin http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203256465&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Greek government has yet to create a debt plan and signs of conflict between the majority party, PASOK and the opposition, New Democracy. Despite relatively light weekend ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203256743&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:31:15 -0500 General Sources http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203256743&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Hosni Mubarak will shortly be moved to a prison hospital as soon as the facility is upgraded to house the 83-year-old former president. The officials said Sunday the hospital in Tora prison ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203255549&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:21:36 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203255549&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Asia-Pacific has many strategic, economic and political facets to it. Countries in Asia-Pacific account for over 40 percent of the world's population, 55 percent of the world's GDP and ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254387&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:03:18 -0500 World Press Review http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254387&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Korean Air's Lounge at Incheon International Airport has been voted No.1 among 109 candidates in the Asia Pacific region by Priority Pass, a U.K.-based company that provides worldwide ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254172&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:54:49 -0500 The Korea Times http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254172&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 LONDON: An autistic woman was banned from having sexual intercourse on the ground that she lacks the mental capacity to consent to the act, the Daily Mail reported. Justice Hedley said he passed the ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254381&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:46:47 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254381&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 David Cameron government continues to resist pressure to stop it despite being in the throes of an economic crisis. The clamour to stop the aid reached a new high when India last week decided to ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254382&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:46:27 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254382&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 YANGON: A top United Nations envoy on Sunday hailed dramatic changes in Myanmar but said by-elections would be a "key test" of the army-backed regime's commitment to reform.UN special ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254043&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:49 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254043&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254042&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:56 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254042&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Photo: AFP 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. ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254041&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:48:50 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203254041&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters. It is the second year running that summer rains have ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203253275&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:36:05 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203253275&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Revolutionary Guard , Iran's most powerful military force, didn't elaborate. His comments appeared to be a warning to Iran's neighbours not to let their territory or airspace be used ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203253277&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:10:17 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203253277&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 CAIRO: Egyptian officials say 43 NGO workers, including 19 Americans, have been referred to trial before a criminal court for allegedly being involved in banned activity and illegally receiving ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203253278&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:10:12 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203253278&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251671&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:33:42 -0500 New Kerala http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251671&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251609&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:28:19 -0500 Global Times http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251609&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203252911&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:07:17 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203252911&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251834&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:37 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251834&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251835&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:23 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251835&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251839&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:04 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251839&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251836&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:28:59 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251836&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251177&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:44:35 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251177&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251176&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:33:41 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203251176&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203250521&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:20:57 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203250521&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203250522&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:56:12 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203250522&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203248433&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:35 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203248433&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247763&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:32 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247763&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203248432&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:02:34 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203248432&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247758&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:42 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247758&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247760&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:32 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247760&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247759&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:25 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247759&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247761&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:22 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247761&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247322&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:23:09 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203247322&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203246260&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:57:53 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203246260&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203246225&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:35:04 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203246225&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203246226&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:34:58 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203246226&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203245870&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:13 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203245870&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244894&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:10 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244894&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244895&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:08 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244895&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244896&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:32:06 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244896&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244752&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:24:46 -0500 The Province http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244752&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203245869&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:19:46 -0500 Yahoo http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203245869&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244971&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:17:29 -0500 Associated Press http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244971&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244893&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:44:14 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244893&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243722&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:48 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243722&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244544&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:45 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203244544&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243077&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:39 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243077&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243079&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:57 -0500 Washington Post http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243079&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203242198&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:26:57 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203242198&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243078&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:10:10 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203243078&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203242201&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:03:45 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203242201&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203239905&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:33:23 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203239905&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240328&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:40 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240328&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240329&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:22 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240329&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240330&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:17 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240330&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240331&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:10:08 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203240331&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238857&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:23:03 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238857&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238858&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:22:57 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238858&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238859&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:22:38 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238859&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203237154&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:33 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203237154&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203237221&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:17:24 -0500 Channel News Asia http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203237221&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238410&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:59:53 -0500 Washington Post http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203238410&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203237217&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:23:27 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203237217&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203235473&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:58 -0500 BBC http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203235473&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on protests for the second ... http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203235478&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:06:49 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203235478&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203235481&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:06:15 -0500 Times of India http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203235481&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 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://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203233725&cat=bf053b50c46383e0 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:11:55 -0500 wsws.org http://feeds.theasianews.net/?rid=203233725&cat=bf053b50c46383e0