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Asia NewsWorld Briefing | Asia: India: Bird Flu Spread ?Alarming?2008-01-26 06:01 - India’s third outbreak of avian flu among poultry is the worst it has faced, the World Health Organization said. World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Fujitsu Spins Off Unit 2008-01-26 04:56 - Fujitsu said that it would spin off its semiconductor division in a move that could make it easier for the new company to establish alliances with other chip makers and to share the significant development costs expected as the industry gears up for bigger silicon wafers. The company wants to spin off the semiconductor division by March, a company spokesman, Toshiyuki Fukuoka, said. The spinoff will begin as a 100 percent Fujitsu-owned subsidiary. World Briefing | Asia: Thailand: The Junta Exits 2008-01-26 04:55 - The military council that ousted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006 disbanded, promising ?no more coups.? World Briefing | Asia: Nepal: No Fuel Price Increase After Protests 2008-01-26 04:55 - The government directed the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation to roll back a steep rise in fuel prices after two days of protests. World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Rules for Police Interrogations 2008-01-26 04:55 - The national police, shown to have used coercive interrogation practices to secure confessions, issued questioning guidelines for the first time. World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Afghan Refueling Mission Resumes 2008-01-26 04:55 - Japan had performed the largely symbolic mission since 2001 but was forced to abandon it last fall when a divisive battle in Parliament caused a three-month suspension that was later overturned. Frailty of U.S. Finances Has Japanese Agonizing 2008-01-26 04:55 - As talk of an American recession has helped batter global financial markets, economic policy makers in Japan have largely sat on the sidelines. Throughout Asia, Exporters Brace for Tremors From a U.S. Pullback 2008-01-26 04:55 - Rather than waiting for the American economy to get worse, companies in Asia are changing how they operate. 18 Killed in China Train Accident 2008-01-26 04:55 - A train ran into group of railway workers, killing 18 and injuring nine others, officials said. Senators Criticize U.N. Program in North Korea, but Question Set of Ac... 2008-01-26 04:55 - The program was vulnerable to manipulation by the North Korean government, the panel said. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 |
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