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Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivers his opening address during the 150th Anniversary of Standard Chartered Bank held on on Thursday Feb. 19, 2009.
(photo: AP / Wong Maye-E)
Who will support aging Japan?
Japan Times
| Under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore more than a decade ago adopted the growth strategy of making the medical industry the core of the nation's industrial development. | Lee, the eldest son of the city state's founding father Lee Kuan Yew, known for his "developmental ...
President Barack Obama meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the Oval Office, May 13, 2011
(photo: Public Domain / Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Obama on Afghanistan: 'Great challenges ahead'
BBC News
| US President Barack Obama has said there are "great challenges ahead" but that he is confident Kabul and Nato are on "the right track" to bring security to Afghanistan. | In response, Afghan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed his commitment to the Strategic Partnership Agreement...
NATO meet starts without deal on Pak supply lines
Indian Express
| A NATO summit meeting here to discuss long-term security for Afghanistan opened on Sunday in the shadow of continuing tension between the US and Pakistan over an unfinished deal to reopen supply routes for the war. | US and Pakistani officials had ...
Coming, a tourist visa to Pak, easier travel for businessmen, elderly, kids
Indian Express
| India and Pakistan are set to issue, for the first time in their histories, tourist visas to each other's citizens. New Delhi and Islamabad will also ease visa conditions for families of individuals with spouses in the other country, and issue visa...
Chinese activist Chen lands in US
Indian Express
| A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York City before taking up a familiar fight. | Taken from a hospital ...
Two Strategic Ties Contrast for Obama at NATO Meeting
The New York Times
| CHICAGO — President Obama was struggling to manage key shifts in the relationships with his two South Asia counterparts on Sunday, as a deal to reopen supply lines through Pakistan to Afghanistan appeared stalled just as Mr. Obama began talks...
New Zealand’s most unusual place to stay
Scoop
Monday, 21 May 2012, 8:50 am | Press Release: Word of Mouth Media | Media Release - May 21 2012 | The Boot near Nelson named as New Zealand’s most unusual place to stay | The Boot B and B. Photo credit: Veronec Cornelle. | The Boot near Nelson...
Australian business news digest - May 21
Canberra Times
| THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) | Stephen Johns, chairman of international service provider Leighton Holdings, said yesterday that it should never have established a joint venture operation with the Al Habtoor Group in Asia. "With hin...
U.S. Army Pfc. Jeffery Penning, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Warrior, along with an Afghan Security Guard member pull security during a roving patrol on Observation Post Mustang, Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012.
US Army / Spc. Jenny Lui
Taliban: NATO nations should leave Afghanistan now
Atlanta Journal
| KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban is urging all NATO nations in Afghanistan to follow France's lead and pull their international forces from the war this year. Election 2012...
Lady Gaga poses for a portrait in her hotel suite prior to an event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Wednesday Feb. 29, 2012.
AP / Charles Krupa
Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests
Gulf News
| Manila: Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming conce...
Vegetables - Fruit - Organic - Food
WN / Sweet Radoc
The wonders of fruits and vegetables
Sun Star
| “THERE were no fast food, pizza, junk food or microwaves 50 years ago, our diet were much healthier with fresh meat and vegetables, fish, grass-fed pasture, fruit, roots, and n...
Afghanistan post-war strategy dominates NATO summit
The Australian
| US President Barack Obama has warned of "hard days" ahead in Afghanistan as world leaders opened a NATO summit confronted by questions about the country's post-conflict future. | Meeting in Mr Obama's home city of Chicago, leaders in...
NZ dollar holds near 5 1/2-mth low; G8 divided over Greece
Scoop
Monday, 21 May 2012, 8:42 am | Article: BusinessDesk | NZ dollar holds near 5 1/2-mth low as G8 make little headway on Greece | By Hannah Lynch | May 21 (BusinessDesk) - The New Zealand dollar held near a five and half month low after leaders from th...
Search resumes in Auckland dinghy tragedy
Otago Daily Times
| A helicopter has joined the search this morning for a man and a seven-year-old boy, missing after a family trip turned to tragedy when a dinghy capsized under the old Mangere Bridge in Auckland. | The man, 45, and four young children were in the bo...
Business
motorola
(photo: Creative Commons / nan palmero)
Google gets China OK for Motorola deal
Herald Tribune
| NEW YORK - Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid to buy phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close early next week. Enlarge | FILE - In this May 11, 2011 file photo, attendees chat at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco. Authorities in China have approved Google Inc.'s bid t...
Economy
A Palestinian vendor displays a gold jewellery at a jewellery store in the Rafah Refugee Camp, Southern Gaza Strip on September. 19, 2011. Decline in demand for gold in the Palestinian markets due to the high price of $ 50 per gram, this high price in the global gold. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
(photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets
The Times Of India
Tweet | NEW YORK: Wheat charged higher on Friday to post its biggest weekly gain in 16 years and gold continued its recovery from four-month lows as commodity markets saw selective buying amid lingering worries about the euro zone. | Prices of crude oil and copper -- two of the biggest industrial commodities -- remained weak amid uncertainties pose...



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