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| The global oil and food crisis have driven the prices of basic commodities to unprecedented levels, resulting in food riots and the toppling of governments as seen by the likes of Haiti. What we are... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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 Unsolicited advice for Bush on Iran
| By Jim Lobe | WASHINGTON - Two of Washington's most prominent foreign policy graybeards praised Saturday's direct participation in multinational talks with Iran by a senior US diplomat, but called o... (photo: USAF file / SSgt Charity Barrett) Asia Times
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 Wary of China, Russians look West
| By Dmitry Shlapentokh | Like his predecessor Vladimir Putin, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev followed his taking over the Kremlin, in May, with a visit to China. For some pundits this raised the s... (photo: AP / Claro Cortes IV, Pool) Asia Times
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 Fall in oil inspires gains in Asia stocks
| HONG KONG -- Oil prices Wednesday slipped $20 below an all-time high hit two weeks ago, helping to lift Asian stocks and weigh on government bonds as investors cautious... (photo: WN/Patricia) Inquirer
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 Fuel price rise boosts Chinese demand
| Beijing: China's apparent oil demand rose 6.5 per cent in June after an increase in state-set fuel prices persuaded refiners to end shortages that had stifled consumpti... (photo: Creative Commons / micah.d) Gulf News
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 Beijing hotels snip rates as Olympics demand falls
| BEIJING: Hotels in Beijing are slashing room rates for next month’s Olympics after tighter securit... (photo: creative commons / Paul Louis) The Times Of India
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 StanChart lives up to that TGIF spirit
Even happier than Happy Hours are Standard Chartered Bank's "Happy Fridays" - a new initiative to promote work-life balance among staff. | //--> Wednesday, July 23, 2008 ... (photo: WN) Hong Kong Standard
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 Why Obama gives hope to us all
A visit to America to see relatives and drop the kids at summer school has shown that many things haven't changed - the blue skies and thunderstorms of summer, the smell ... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr) Hong Kong Standard
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 Dolphy can't marry Zsa Zsa
By: Aster Amoyo If I Know | COMEDY King Dolphy turns 80 on his birthday on July 25 but the celebration will happen on July 23 yet at the NBC Tent in Fort Bonifacio, Tagui... (photo: WN) Journal Online
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 China stirs over offshore oil pact
| By Peter Navarro | In yet another skirmish over oil rights in the South China Sea, China has fired a stern warning shot across the bow of ExxonMobil Corporation.... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan) Asia Times
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 US keeps Taiwan at arm's length
| By David Isenberg | WASHINGTON - The past month has seen some convoluted twists and turns in what seems to be the never-ending saga of Taiwanese arms procurement. | In ... (photo: NATO ) Asia Times
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 Towards Hun Sen's Cambodia
| By Craig Guthrie | PHNOM PENH - Even though Cambodia goes to the polls Sunday for the country's fourth general election since Vietnamese occupation ended in 1989, Prime... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith) Asia Times
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