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Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany  
 The New York Times 
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange industrial robots are a common s... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas  dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003.
Japan   Photos   War Crimes   Weapons   Wikipedia: World War II  
 Asia Times 
Hiroshima's poisonous past
|      Sep 3, 2010 Hiroshima's poisonous past | By Peter J Brown | In late August, several historians and others from South Korea, China and Japan announced the joint publication o... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
An Afghan refugee whose house was demolished by heavy flooding, looks for his belongings amid rubble in Azakhel near Peshawar, Pakistan  Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.  Asia Times 
Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes'
|      Sep 3, 2010 Pakistan mulls 'flood taxes' | By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI - The government in Islamabad may impose a 2% tax on all imports to generate about 50 billion rupe... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad)
Finance   Floods   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf  Asia Times 
Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
|      Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the frontier of freedom". While th... (photo: AP / Azamat Imanaliev)
Democracy   Kyrgyzstan   Photos   Politics   US  
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US Dollar - Currency The Times Of India
Dollar rebounds slightly against yen
TOKYO: The dollar strengthened against the yen on Wednesday as upbeat data helped lift sentiment for the global economic picture, but caution remained ahead of US payroll... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Currency   Dollar   Photos   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Dollar  
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh delivering the inaugural address at the conference on Building Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities, in New Delhi on March 23, 2010. Zeenews
PM holds meeting to discuss China threat
New Delhi: Amid reports of China's deployment of troops in the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committ... (photo: PIB of India)
China   Delhi   India   Photos   Wikipedia :Manmohan Singh  
Passers-by look at stock indicator in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008. Japan's key stock index shot up almost 10 percent Thursday, lifted by growing rate cut hopes and robust gains in markets across Asia. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index soared 817.86 points, or 9.96 percent, finishing at 9,029.76 in its third consecutive day of gai The Guardian
Nikkei edges up after 16-mth low, China PMI a boost
* China PMI data gives Nikkei a lift * Next target for Nikkei 8,697, 61.8 pct retracement * But investors eye U.S. data, worry about more dlr selling By Elaine Lies TOKYO... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)
Business   China   Japan   Photos   Stocks  
President Barack Obama makes a statement on the economy, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Gulf News
Partnering with Obama
| While playing host to US President Barack Obama in early November, India will raise its concerns with the guest whose ambivalent attitude towards India, at the start of... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Cricket   India   Photos   Star   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
A Chinese paramilitary officer gives instructions to recruits on the use of their weapons in Shanghai, China, Monday, Jan, 8, 2007. Asia Times
US Southeast Asia pose risks China clash
|      Sep 1, 2010 US Southeast Asia pose risks China clash | By Clifford McCoy | SINGAPORE - As the United States strengthens its military-to-militar... (photo: AP / EyePress)
China   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Sino-American relations  
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks to the House Democratic Caucus retreat at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010, in Washington. Asia Times
Obama fighting on all fronts
|      Sep 1, 2010 Obama fighting on all fronts | By Jim Lobe | WASHINGTON - United States President Barack Obama will try this week to underline his ... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci)
Foreign Policy   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
Dalai Lama on four-day visit to Bylakuppe Deccan Herald
Dalai Lama on four-day visit to Bylakuppe
Madikeri, August 31, DHNS: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 --> | Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who arrived for a four-day visit to Bylakuppe on Tuesday, categorically ref... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   Dalai Lama   Leader   Photos   Tibet  
A masked woman looks away while crossing a street in the city center shrouded in fog, caused by air pollution, in Beijing Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Negotiators in Copenhagen are trying to set targets for controlling emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming cases, including by the leading contributors, China and the United States. The Independent
Why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe: 3.5°
| The world is heading for the next major climate change conference in Cancun later this year on course for global warming of up to 3.5C in the coming century, a series o... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
Climate Change   Environment   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Copenhagen Accord  
Dog - Pet - Animal The Daily Telegraph
Dogs cannot tell visitors from intruding burglars
Proposed law on dog-bites useless | Friend or foe? Dogs depicted in ink on silk from early 12th-century China Photo: The Barnes Foundation, USA/ The Bridgeman Art Library... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Burglars   China   Photos   Visitors   Wikipedia: Dog  
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in the city of Veliky Novgorod, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) north of Moscow, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2 Wall Street Journal
Putin Shows Russia He Is at the Wheel
By GREGORY L. WHITE | MOSCOW—Over a string of media appearances during a four-day road trip across Siberia, a confident Vladimir Putin made clear he is still Russia... (photo: AP / Alexei Druzhinin, Pool)
Photos   Politics   Putin   Russia   Wikipedia: Vladimir Putin  
Politics / Politicians / Elections Trade
- Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
- China makes its North Korea move
- Council executives each receive £128,000 payoff
- US officials to visit China for talks
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007.
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
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- Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise on US economic data, jobs on tap
- Factory orders rise 0.1 percent in July
- Foreign Market Wrap
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2010 file photo, Toyota Motor Corp.'s Prius is on display at the automaker's showroom in Tokyo. Toyota said on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010 it has received 77 complaints in Japan over brake problems with its popular hybrid.
Toyota Feels Exchange-Rate Pinch as Rivals Gain
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International Relations Military
- Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
- Tony Blair memoir reveals support for George W. Bush and Gua
- Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
- Ehud Barak hints at likely Israeli concessions
A woman passes nearby burning tyres in a street in Maputo, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010 a day after police opened fire on stone-throwing crowds who were protesting rising prices in this impoverished country.
Troops clear barricades, Mozambique riots persist
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- Hiroshima's poisonous past
- India Must Master the Great Game
- Weak America Means a Dangerous World
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
Hitoya Yaguchi, who heads a support group for victims of poison gas produced by Japanese Imperial Army during World War II, shows photos of the latest poison gas victims in the northeastern Chinese city of Qiqihar after drums of mustard gas  dumped by Imperial Japanese soldiers decade ago were dug up last week, sickened at least 34 people, during a news conference in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2003.
Hiroshima's poisonous past
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Human Rights Policies Society & Culture
- Myanmar leader Than Shwe to visit China
- India widens security crackdown, providers like Google and S
- 'China threat' theory is absurd
- Daily Press Briefing - September 1, 2010
Roma women gesture before being expelled from France at Roissy airport, north of Paris, Thursday Aug. 26 2010. The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois has added to mounting criticism of the French government's crackdown on Gypsies, or Roma, calling it a "circus."
UN tells France to stop forced expulsion of Roma
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- Egypt: Into the tombs of the pharaohs
- Many fear smoke rules ineffective
- Borders join forces to save wild tigers
- Seeing red: Unseen images from China's lost decade
Smoking
Many fear smoke rules ineffective
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Nuclear Weapons Terrorism
- Nuclear envoys to gather in Beijing to discuss latest impass
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
- China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear ta
A visitor points with am umbrella at a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, painted by North Korean defector Sun Moo, at the Korea War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
China calls for compromises to reboot North Korea nuclear talks
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- Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack
- The degree zero of culture
- Taliban noose around Wardak tightens
- US Southeast Asia pose risks China clash
People mourn the deaths of Wednesday's blast victims during their funeral in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack
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