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Asia NewsCoca-Cola Urged to Close an Indian Plant to Save Water2008-01-17 04:56 - An environmental group says a Coca-Cola bottling plant in the drought-stricken state of Rajasthan is depleting scarce water supplies. At Least 20 Turtles Die in Bangladesh 2008-01-17 04:56 - At least 20 endangered sea turtles have washed up dead along the southern Bangladesh coast over the last week. 26 Dead in Attack on Bus in Sri Lanka 2008-01-17 04:56 - A bomb and shooting attack blamed on Tamil separatists ripped through a packed civilian bus Wednesday. Visiting American Admiral Confers with Chinese Generals 2008-01-17 04:55 - The four-day visit by Admiral Timothy Keating, head of the U.S. Pacific Command, followed a diplomatic spat last year. Indian Leader in China Urges Closer Ties 2008-01-17 04:55 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India described Tuesday an ascendant Asia in which India and China had a special opportunity to overcome historic hostilities. 4 Arrests Made in Kabul Hotel Attack 2008-01-17 04:55 - Officials in Afghanistan said that three Americans and one French woman may have been among the six killed. Bomb at Thai Market Wounds Dozens 2008-01-17 04:55 - Insurgency in the south of the country, a largely Muslim region, has taken almost three thousand lives since it began in 2004. ?The Kite Runner? Film Outlawed in Afghanistan 2008-01-17 04:55 - The Culture Ministry has quietly banned the import of the film based on the best-selling novel about childhood betrayal, ethnic tension and sexual predation in Afghanistan. Militants Escape Control of Pakistan, Officials Say 2008-01-16 06:01 - The threat of Islamic militants jeopardizes the country’s security, as well as international military operations in neighboring Afghanistan. Capitalizing on Oil’s Rise, Kazakhstan Expands Stake in Huge Offshore ... 2008-01-16 06:01 - A consortium of foreign companies has resolved a dispute over Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field. 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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