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 Earthquake dams pose floods risk
| Earthquake survivors in Sichuan province face a serious threat of flooding because of earthquake damage to dams, officials say. | There are cracks on the surface of the Zipingku dam on the Min river... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) BBC News
Dams Earthquake Floods Photos Province Slideshow |
 Hope and despair for China tourist
| We had arrived and we'd had about an hour there and I had decided that one of the things I wanted to do was actually hold one of the baby pandas. An appointment was made to do that at 2 o'clock. | I... (photo: public domain / ) BBC News
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 China relaxes grip on internet and media after quake
| AMID a national outpouring of grief over Monday's earthquake, China has relaxed its grip - perhaps only briefly - on the internet and some media. | Chinese witnesses to... (photo: WN/kv1) The Australian
China Disaster Internet Law Photos |
 HSBC banks on supply chain ops to help SMEs
| SMALL and medium enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone and engine of growth of many economies, and Malaysia is no exception. | Like in other developing nations, SMEs com... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) The Star
Bank Business Economy Malaysia Photos |
 India braces for surge in terror
| By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - The serial blasts that killed 80 people and injured 200 in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday occurred less than a week af... (photo: AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A) Asia Times
India Islam Pakistan Photos Terrorism |
 Nepal to get China rail link
| By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - China has begun building a railway connecting the Tibetan capital of Lhasa with the market town of Khasa on the Sino-Nepal border. T... (photo: AP / Xinhua) Asia Times
China Nepal Photos Trade Transport |
 No foreigners, no cameras for Myanmar
| By Marwaan Macan-Markar | BANGKOK - Images of the dead keep trickling out of Myanmar. The most moving are those of children who died when Cyclone Nargis tore through th... (photo: GNU / MikeRussia) Asia Times
Aid Disaster Media Myanmar Photos |
 Indonesia gets into hot water
By Andrew Symon | DARJAT, West Java - In the shadow of steep volcanic mountains, Indonesia is seeking to develop a cleaner future for its energy industry. Pressurized ste... (photo: creative commons / Fishdecoy) Asia Times
Future Indonesia Java Photos Water |
 Blair's Christian 'challenge' to the East
| By Masayuki Tadokoro | "For the first time in centuries, the West will have to come to terms with a seismic change happening about it," Tony Blair, former British prime... (photo: AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Asia Times
Christianity Culture Faith Photos Society |
 Bush quick onto Lebanon blame-game
| By Khody Akhavi | WASHINGTON - United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has pledged her administration's support for the Lebanese government in the aftermath o... (photo: White House) Asia Times
Hezbollah Lebanon Mideast Photos US |
 Turkey combines dialogue with bullets
| By David Romano | In a significant change of policy, Turkey recently initiated high-level official dialogue with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) of Iraq. A colu... (photo: AP Photo / Burhan Ozbilici) Asia Times
Defence Kurdistan Photos Politics Turkey |
 Mel opens up, but ever so fleetingly
| Mel Gibson talks about being diagnosed as bipolar in a new documentary about the NIDA acting class of 1977. | The Hollywood star was interviewed by his classmate Sally ... (photo: AMPAS) Sydney Morning Herald
Actor Entertainment Hollywood Photos Star |
 Greenspan Says Oil to Keep Rising on Capacity Limits
| Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said oil prices will keep rising as energy companies have invested too little in production and infrastructure to cope wi... (photo: White House by Shealah Craighead ) Infowars
Asia Business Energy Investment Oil Photos Prices Singapore |
 Myanmar worried by new storm warnings
| PATTAYA, Thailand (CNN) -- Survivors in cyclone-devastated Myanmar are bracing themselves for further hardship following warnings that more bad weather is imminent this... (photo: NASA) CNN
Disaster Myanmar Photos Storm Weather |
