| |   Veteran envoy to address U.S.-Japan relations
| PROVIDENCE - A State Department expert on Japan will deliver a public speech at the State House on Thursday on the economic and strategic challenges facing that nation. | The Rhode Island Chapter of the Japan...
562 detained by police as Tibetan women protest in Kathmandu, Nepal
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | KATHMANDU | Police in Nepal detained 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu, the first all-women protest aga...
Gordon Brown appeases Chinese by barring Dalai Lama from No 10
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | Gordon Brown will not receive the Dalai Lama in Downing Street in an effort to avoid confrontation with China over Tibet, T...
'June or bust' for WTO talks
| Another attempt to rouse countries to finish the main elements of a deal at the World Trade Organisation may elicit cries of déjà vu. But this time the deadlines may be for real. | THERE is a mistaken belief ...
Lewis Hamilton's confidence back on track after battling performance
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | The confidence that appeared to have deserted Lewis Hamilton at times this season was back surging through his veins last n...
Malaysia to vie for honours
| weiloon@thestar.com.my | HOSTS Malaysia will be aiming to be more than gracious organisers of the 14th Asean University Games to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Dec 11 to 21. | Higher Education Minister Datuk Se...
Four spoilt for choice after Britain's crews turn the tide
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | Rarely can revenge have been so brutal or as comprehensive as that inflicted by the Great Britain men's four yesterday, bot...
Show us your drawers
| All the essentials: glue, a torch and an anti-Bush badge , Monday May 12 2008 | Anti-Bush badge | I got this in 2004 when he was running for re-election - I think I had a fundraiser for John Kerry and someone...
Son of a turtle!
Last year, I decided to emigrate to Beijing. I couldn't afford to live in London on what I earned as a novelist any more, and living in China has been a lifelong ambition of mine. So I bought a one-way plane ti...
The weekend's TV
| You could hardly call it warts and all, but Wild China certainly made the place look stunning , Monday May 12 2008 | The sky is thick and heavy with pollution and the stench of human rights abuse is everywher...
Companies offering social-networking sites, enhanced video conferencing to help employees better work together.
| CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Once upon a time, people bonded with their co-workers on office softball teams and traded gossip at the watercooler. | Those days aren't gone yet. But as big companies parcel Informat...
Things ain't what they used to be: Whatever happened to the season?
| As last week seemed to herald the beginning of the English summer, so this Thursday - the opening day of the first Test at Lord's - brings the start of "the Season", the loosely grouped chain of events in whi...
East or West? Serbs cast votes to decide their nation's future
| Serbs voted in elections yesterday that were likely to determine if their country continues down the road of European integration or turns the clock back to the days of Milosevic-style isolation. | The vote w...
My Week In Media: Novelist Charlotte Mendelson
| Last week I watched... | I'm watching a lot of early Dallas and The West Wing DVDs at the moment, because there is hardly anything on television, though I am becoming addicted to The Apprentice. It's just lik...
The Guardian: G2
Monday May 12 2008 | TV and radio p31 | Sam Wollaston on Wild China | Russia: a Journey with Jonathan Dimbleby TV and radio p32 | Elisabeth Mahoney on When Charles Met Wyclef Phil Daoust on Book of the Week | P...
Bruce Anderson: The world is in an alarming state of flux - and there is ...
| We are living in a dangerous world, and that will remain true for the indefinite future. Yet to a surprising extent, political debate in this country fails to reflect this. In consequence, our efforts to secu...
Price of fertiliser soars with food crisis
| FERTILISER prices have shot up to record levels as farmers around the world scramble to grow enough to alleviate the world food shortage. | The general manager of distributor AG Plus, Matt Henry, said its two...
Serbia vote eases path to EU
| PRO-West Serbian forces claimed an emphatic victory after general elections on Sunday. The vote gives them a strong mandate to move closer to the European Union despite Kosovo's independence. | "At this momen...
Pressure on Beijing to Step In Intensifies
| BEIJING -- Human-rights advocates called on China to pressure Myanmar's government to quickly accept international relief for cyclone victims, drawing attention to Beijing's apparent unwillingness to play a l...
Homemade jumbo jet set to take off
By Xin Dingding (China Daily) | Updated: 2008-05-12 06:55 | SHANGHAI - A company to build large passenger aircraft was unveiled yesterday, a key step forward in the country's ambitious project to produce homema...
Speedo, the swimwear company, leaves its competitors standing
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | Japanese companies are used to innovate-or-perish technology wars, but never one like this. | With a little less than three...
Clark urges pressure on Myanmar
May 12, 2008 8:43 AM | Prime Minister Helen Clark says Asian nations need to step up and put pressure on Myanmar to speed up relief. | It is estimated that between 1.2-1.9 million of the nation's 50 million peo...
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The Independent | We are living in a dangerous world, and that will remain true for the indefinite future. Yet to a surprising... | Price of fertiliser soars with food crisis
The Australian | FERTILISER prices have shot up to record levels as farmers around the world scramble to grow enough to allev... | Pressure on Beijing to Step In Intensifies
Wall Street Journal | BEIJING -- Human-rights advocates called on China to pressure Myanmar's government to quickly accept interna... | Homemade jumbo jet set to take off
China Daily By Xin Dingding (China Daily) | Updated: 2008-05-12 06:55 | SHANGHAI - A company to build large passenger airc... | We need something new to find a solution in Darfur
Daily Star Lebanon | By Stephen Eric Bronner | Commentary by | Monday, May 12, 2008 | As the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region wors... | China's energy security moves it closer to the Middle East
Daily Star Lebanon | By Weiming Zhao | Commentary by | Monday, May 12, 2008 | Energy consumption in China is growing as fast as t... | Toughest event at Beijing Olympics - Getting weather forecast right
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The Times div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } | I'm finished with racin... | Torch fans pass the tolerance test
Hong Kong Standard In Hong Kong something besides the Olympic torch was lit last week. Blogs. Usually things are pretty quiet on ... | Fujita bags 2nd Asian title in China
Daily Yomiuri | Overnight leader Hiroyuki Fujita matched par Sunday to win his first tour victory in three years and second ... | Noguchi comes through in last test before Beijing
Daily Yomiuri | While Mizuki Noguchi was somewhat surprised to have the company, she knows that in the big picture, it will ... | Olympics standing tall on top of financial podium
NZ Herald | From its dangerously empty coffers in the late 1970s to the multibillion-dollar income from the Beijing 2008... | Michael Richardson: Oil prices conceal major power rift
NZ Herald | High oil prices are bad for Asia-Pacific economies that rely on imported fuel. They stoke inflation, discont... | Surging food prices bite across Asia
The Manila Times | From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the ... | A great physicist
The Manila Times By Go Bon Juan | Editor's Note: The Sixth Dr. Jose P. Rizal Awards for Excellence awarding ceremony will be he... | PASG seizes smuggled sugar
The Manila Times By William B. Depasupil, Reporter | SOME 22,000 sacks of smuggled imported sugar worth P30 million were uncove... | Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
The Australian | CHINA'S fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their... | No previous results
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