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Auto   Japan   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Honda  
Honda can go big, too
| Honda is well known for its fuel-efficient cars. But the Japan-based automaker also sells America's second most popular sport-utility vehicle that can accommodate at least seven people. | The sizabl... (photo: Public Domain / Su2365) The Providence Journal
A woman passes by DOJ Ermita Manila - Department of Justice - Philippines
Corruption   Justice   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Department of Justice (Philippines)  
DOJ asked to probe Compostela Valley judge, prosecutor
| TAGUM CITY, Philippines—Compostela Valley officials have asked the Department of Justice to investigate two court officials in the province for alleged corrupt practices and other wrongdoings. | Gov... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Inquirer
Philippine senators and congressmen attend the joint session of Congress Tuesday May 25, 2010 at the House of Representatives at Manila's Quezon city for the official canvass for President and Vice-president of the country's first automated May 10 Presidential elections. Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, the only son of Philippine democracy icon, the late President Corazon Aquino, is the apparent winner among nine candidates but still has to be proclaimed by the Congress. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez) Aquino orders Sona speech leak probed
| MANILA, Philippines—President Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III has ordered an investigation into the alleged leak of a copy of his first state of the nation address to ABS-CBN, a day after Palace reporte... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez) Inquirer
Manila   Philippines   Photos   President   Wikipedia: State of the Nation Address (Philippines)  
Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 ready to take off at Montral-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in September 2009. JAL to spend $2.8 bn to procure 65 aircraft: Report
TOKYO: Japan Airlines plans to spend 241.5 billion yen ($2.8 billion) in the next five years to procure 65 aircraft as it rejigs its fleet toward smaller, more fuel-efficient airplanes, Jiji news agen... (photo: Creative Commons / Patrick Cardinal) The Times Of India
Aerospace   Japan   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Japan Airlines  
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Philippine Airlines PAL blames flight cancellations on lack of pilots
| MANILA, Philippines—The sudden exodus of pilots lured away by higher-paying foreign carriers forced Philippines Airlines to cancel several domestic and international fl... (photo: Creative Commons / Clai Segismundo) Inquirer
Aerospace   Philippines   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: PAL Airlines  
Philippine Airlines planes seen parked near the  runway area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport ( NAIA ) , Paranaque City , Philippines , August 29 , 2009. Pilots quit Philippine Airlines, flights cancelled, delayed
| Manila - The Philippines' flag carrier on Saturday cancelled about a dozen domestic and international flights after several pilots resigned for higher-paying jobs with ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) m&c
Airlines   Flights   Philippine   Photos   Wikipedia: Philippine Airlines  
A tarpaulin banner of late president Cory Aquino posted in a Footbridge after her death , San Juan City , Philippines , August 6 , 2009. Philippines to mark momentous death of Corazon Aquino
| Manila: The Philippines will, on Sunday, mark one year since the death of democracy icon Corazon Aquino, a momentous event that is still being felt as it propelled her ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Gulf News
Aquino   Democracy   Manila   Photos   Wikipedia: Corazon Aquino  
Rain - Weather - Climate Expect a wet weekend--Pagasa
| MANILA, Philippines -- It will be a wet weekend for the country as a low-pressure area was spotted near Catanduanes, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astrono... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Inquirer
Luzon   Photos   Rainshowers   Weather   Wikipedia: Intertropical Convergence Zone  
** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, a fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of Melbourne, Australia. Australia awaits 2009 Victoria bushfire verdict
A report into Australia's worst bushfire disaster is to be made public. | One hundred and seventy three people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed when fires tore a... (photo: AP / FILE) BBC News
Australia   Disaster   Photos   Wikipedia: Bushfires in Victoria   Wildfire  
A Myanmar farmer ploughs rice paddy in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Monday, July 5, 2010. Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers
By A WSJ Staff Reporter | YANGON, Myanmar—Moves by Myanmar's military regime to loosen its grip on the impoverished nation's once-mighty rice industry in advance of... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) Wall Street Journal
Agriculture   Elections   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Burma  
Taliban fighters ride their multiple rocket launcher near the front line, north of Kabul, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998. The politics of Taliban reconciliation
| M.K. Bhadrakumar | The onus is on the generals in Rawalpindi to effect the hardcore Taliban leadership's reconciliation and, as a quid pro quo, Washington recognises Pa... (photo: AP / Zaheeruddin Abdullah) The Hindu
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban insurgency  
Japan Australia
Let's Ease Up On China About the Yuan
Kyodo news summary -4-+
Honda can go big, too
Rescue Robot Invented In Japan
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Honda can go big, too
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Henry hails 'great' All Blacks
All Blacks emphatic in Wallabies win
Premier League - Blackburn win in Sydney PA Sport - Sat, 31
Zanzibar votes on 'peace government'
** FILE ** In this Feb. 7, 2009 file photo, a fire truck moves away from out of control flames from a bushfire in the Bunyip Sate Forest near the township of Tonimbuk, 125 kilometers (78 miles) west of Melbourne, Australia.
Australia awaits 2009 Victoria bushfire verdict
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Singapore Taiwan
Singapore FM to visit New Delhi for Nalanda varsity meet
Singapore, Japan to train Afghans to combat corruption+
GDP up, But no cheer heard
Battle for Parkway
In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74
Asia nudges ahead
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Taiwan's rising star Yani Tseng in control at Women'
Taiwan brewer to invest $30mn in China: Report
Scroll reunited after 360 years of separation
Taiwan rejects discussing with Beijing about removing missil
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao arrives for a plenary session at the climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009.
China criticizes Clinton¡¦s comments
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Philippines New Zealand
Retired prelate urges Aquino to stop small-town lottery
Science group: Sharing knowledge key to helping gov't
Palace: Extra-judicial killings being tackled by DOJ
Claudio denies receiving MWSS perks
A woman passes by DOJ Ermita Manila - Department of Justice - Philippines
DOJ asked to probe Compostela Valley judge, prosecutor
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Henry hails 'great' All Blacks
New Zealand punish Australia to win 49-28
Dan Carter helps New Zealand crush Australia in Tri-Nations
 All Blacks thrash Wallabies
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates after winning the British Formula One Grand Prix at the Silverstone racetrack, in Silverstone, England, Sunday June 21, 2009. Red Bull driver Mark Webber of Australia came second and Brawn GP driver Rubens Barrichello of Brazil finished third.
Motorsport: Vettel sets pace at Hungary practice
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Malaysia Thailand
DAP sacks Klang municipal councillor Tee Boon Hock
MACC chief vows to probe every complaint
Father of girl who died Thursday surrenders to cops
Aishwarya Rai arrives in KL and can't find bag for 2 hou
 Aishwarya with family after winning Miss World crown -Aishwarya Rai as a Teen - Aishwarya -Aishwarya speaks up; Salman´s shooting deferred,I´ve nothing to say about an association that ended for me a long time ago," says Aishwarya Rai,br
Aishwarya Rai in town today
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Fraudster found guilty
Sister wants justice for reporter shot in Thailand
Discover the natural wonders of Kamchatka
Half the Sky: how the other half suffer
Tibetan momo in soup, Dharamshala, India
Foetal attraction to this cult soup
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