View Photo Associated Press/KTVU - This frame grab from video provided by KTVU shows the scene after an Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing at San Francisco Airport on Saturday, July 6, 2013, in San ...
Samsung Heads Asias Top 1000 Brands for Second Year
HONG KONG, July 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung has claimed the number one spot in the Campaign Asia-Pacific 2013 Asia's Top 1000 Brands report, the biggest and most influential survey of the brands that consumers most value in the region. ...
US dollar holds firm against yen in Asia
THE US dollar has consolidated its gains against the Japanese yen in Asian trade after a stronger-than-expected US jobs report offset concerns about the possible phase-out of the Fed's monetary easing program, analysts ...
Vietnam Drop Charges Against Le Quoc Quan
Le Quoc Quan is being put on trial because he is a prominent and effective critic. Instead of addressing popular dissatisfaction with Vietnam's political system, economic failures, and dire human rights record, the government is simply throwing critics in ...
Human Rights Watch Comments on the Responsible Jewellery Council?s Code of Practices
opportunity to comment further on the Code of Practices of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), as part of the final review period of the Code of Practices. We are also participating in the RJC?s multi-stakeholder Standards Committee, which deals with the review; however, we wish to make clear that participation in the Committee does not constitute an endorsement of the Code of ...
British royal baby faces succession legal wrangle
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's new royal baby will be third in line to the throne but a legal wrangle in the Commonwealth is holding up new law ensuring that a female heir cannot be overtaken by a younger brother.Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby, due this month, will be born directly in line to become king or queen, after Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son Prince Charles, and ...
China ex-rail boss gets suspended death for graft
The official Xinhua News Agency said Liu Zhijun was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by a court in Beijing on Monday. Such sentences usually are commuted to life in prison with good ...
Chinese plane crash victims were student leaders
Parents of Wang Linjia, center, are comforted by parents of some other students who were on the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed at San Francisco International Airport, at Jiangshan Middle School in Jiangshan city, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, Sunday July 7, 2013. Chinese state media have identified the two people who died in the plane crash at San Francisco International ...
A Busy Week for Asian Central Banks
It's the turn of Asia's central banks to take center stage this week after central banks in Europe hogged the market spotlight last week. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) concludes a two-day meeting on Thursday - the same day that central banks in South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia are all expected to meet. The Bank of Thailand is scheduled to meet on Wednesday. Weakness in regional powerhouse ...
Asia and Australasia Pivot in Global Oil and Gas Game
SINGAPORE, July 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- 19th Asia Oil Week 2013 in Singapore reveals new business opportunities With many countries opening new frontiers, wider business opportunities for the growing number of independents and fast-expanding state oil companies Asia and Australasia have proven themselves to be a central pivot in the global oil and gas game, which is critical to the economic ...
Singapore inquest rules American killed himself
The inquest into Shane Truman Todd's death raised concerns from Todd's parents who said earlier this year they had lost faith in the process. They believe he may have been murdered over earlier research into material used to make technology with both civilian and military ...
Besra disputing Vietnam general department of customs tax claim Besra
Besra (TSX: BEZ) (ASX: BEZ) (OTCQX: BSRAF) (FSX: OP6) is currently disputing two tax claims by the Vietnam general Department of Customs (GDC) against Phuoc Son Gold Company (PSGC) and Bong Mieu Gold Mining Company (BMGMC), Besra?s two operating gold companies in Vietnam. The GDC has made an assessment that PSGC and BMGMC should pay a total of 250 ...
Asean region on track for 2015 integration report
The 10 member states of Asean are on track to completing the measures needed for the integration of their economies by 2015, according to the 2012-2013 annual report released by the regional economic and political bloc. In his annual report message, Asean secretary general Le Luong Minh noted that in the economic pillar, Asean has already implemented nearly 80 per cent of the measures in the ...
Asia Markets Asian stocks rise after U.S. jobs yen aids Japan
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares began the week on a positive note Monday, leading Asian markets' gains on buying inspired by a better-than-expected increase in U.S. jobs and further weakness in the ...
Nikkei rises 1.1 pc but Asian shares slip
Asian shares, as measured by MSCI's Asia-Pacific ex-Japan index, eased 0.3 percent, while Tokyo's Nikkei share average advanced 1.1 percent and Australian shares dipped 0.1 ...
Asiana Airlines pilot asked to abort landing before fatal crash
Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at San Francisco airport was traveling much slower than recommended and a pilot asked to abort the landing moments before the plane smashed into the ground, US investigators said Sunday. The flight data recorder also showed that the Boeing 777 airliner received a warning that its engines were likely to stall as it approached the runway, where it later burst into ...
US Secretary of State John Kerrys wife rushed to hospital
John Kerry was rushed to a local hospital Sunday after falling ill and had been transferred and admitted to a larger Boston facility, a spokesman said. Late Sunday afternoon Teresa Heinz Kerry "was taken by ambulance to Nantucket Cottage Hospital accompanied by her husband," spokesman Glen Johnson said in a statement. Heinz Kerry, a multilingual philanthropist born to Portuguese ...
Nawaz Sharif seeks Chinese aid to redeem poll promise on electricity
Nawaz Sharif is trying to redeem his election pledge of ending power load shedding with Chinese assistance. He spent the last two days persuading Chinese companies to build power plants and lay oil and gas pipelines across the border to feed electricity projects. Desperate to show results, Sharif said on Sunday he was establishing a 'China Cell' in his office. The task of the cell ...
Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes northeast of Papua New Guinea
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 7.2 earthquake has struck northeast of Papua New Guinea. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The U.S.G.S. said the quake struck at 4:35 a.m. local time Monday about 68 miles (110 kilometres) east-northeast of the town of Taron on New Ireland island. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 235 miles (379 ...
Egypt approaching civil war PutinRussian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned that the standoff in Egypt between supporters and foes of deposed president Mohamed Morsi threatened to degenerate into a civil war.
Mohamed Morsi threatened to degenerate into a civil war. "Syria is already in the grips of a civil war, unfortunately enough, and Egypt is moving in that direction," Russian news agencies quoted Putin as saying while on a visit ...
The Sharifs a murder most foul and Pakistan?s future
Nawaz Sharif was expected to win the 2013 general elections in Pakistan. All the pundits had said the balding Punjabi's prime ministerial ambitions were very likely to be realized. But what the entire lot of analysts, economists, businessmen and others didn't anticipate was that Sharif would walk into the PM's chair with so many votes. On poll eve, the country's most ...
Facebook executives switch flight avoid aircrash
Sheryl Sandberg and other executives at the social media giant escaped potential disaster when they switched to a United flight returning from a Korean business trip. They were earlier booked on the Asiana Air flight that crash landed at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning killing two people and leaving at least 49 critically injured. "I was on another flight from Korea at ...
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