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Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.
Conspiracy   Democracy   Photos   Politics   S Asia
 The Boston Globe 
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested
Mon 8 Feb 2010
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan.
Bombing   Business   Karachi   Pakistan   Photos
 Asia Times 
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
Mon 8 Feb 2010
By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and over 100 injured in two... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Singtel  -  Singapore Telecom Company (ps1)  m&c  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Singapore's SingTel expands mobile customer base by 23 per cent
Singapore - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd, or SingTel, said Monday that its mobile customer base in the Asia-Pacific expanded to 285 million by the end of December, up 52 million, or 23 per cent,... (photo: WN / patricia)
Asia   Business   Photos   Singapore   Telecommunications
Indira Gandhi-Politics-India  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Family Vaults Women to Leadership in Asia

BANGKOK -- "I am not a woman prime minister," Indira Gandhi liked to say during her many years as India's leader. "I am a prime minister." But the question, here in Asia, is whether there really is... (photo: PIB of India)
Asia   Gender   Leader   Photos   Women
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Rice Crop  -  Farming  -  Agriculture  -  Rice Paddies m&c Mon 8 Feb 2010
Insects devastate Thailand's rice crop, institute says

Bangkok - Excessive use of fertilizers and pesticides and other poor farming practices have led to an insect plague in Thailand's rice fields that was predicted to reduce... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Agriculture   Chemicals   Insects   Photos   Thailand
Thai Airways International New Straits/Business Times Mon 8 Feb 2010
Thai Airways’ poor service baffling

2010/02/08 GANENDRA INPARAJAH, Ampang I AM a Malaysian based in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and I travel back once every two months. I travel Ashgabat-Bangkok via... (photo: Public Domain / Mattes)
Airlines   Passengers   Photos   Thailand   Turkmenistan
Lee Westwood of England tees off during the first round of Volvo Masters golf tournament in Sotogrande, Spain, Thursday Oct. 30, 2008. Khaleej Times Sun 7 Feb 2010
All set for thrilling finish to Dubai Desert Classic

Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee was joined by England's Lee Westwood and Spaniards Miguel Angel Jimenez and Alvaro Quiros to share the leaderboard. In near-perfect weather... (photo: AP / Paul White)
Celebrity   Dubai   Golf   Photos   Sport
ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Students - Public High School - Education - Philippines The Times Sat 6 Feb 2010
Private schools plan to set up university
A GROUP of leading independent schools are studying plans to set up an elite private university for families frustrated by the quality of education at mainstream... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Education   People   Photos   Society   University
Google New Straits/Business Times Sat 6 Feb 2010
Cambodia rebukes Google over disputed Thai border map

2010/02/06 PHNOM PENH, Sat: Cambodia has accused Internet giant Google of being “professionally irresponsible” over its map of a ancient temple at the centre... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Cambodia   Google   Internet   Photos   Thai
Hond's small car Jazz Deccan Chronicle Fri 5 Feb 2010
Honda dumps India for Thai
Honda dumps India for Thai... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Automobile   India   Japan   Photos   Thailand


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