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Breaking News Mon, 8 Feb 2010
Eggplant - Vegetable - Food
Food   India   Pesticides   Photos   Vegetable  
 The Times 
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
| India will decide tomorrow whether to approve its first genetically modified (GM) food crop. It is a move that supporters argue will help to avert a global food crisis but which critics say is being... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
A vehicle drives up a snow covered road towards Gulmarg, 55km (34 miles) west of Srinagar February 8, 2010. At least 17 Indian soldiers were killed when an avalanche smashed into a military training camp near the country's disputed border with Pakistan on Monday, security officials said.
India   Photos   Snow   Temperature   Weather  
 Zeenews 
Snow in higher reaches lowers temperature in north India
New Delhi: Heavy snowfall in the higher reaches lowered the temperature in parts of north India today even as the Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained closed for the third day and intermittent rai... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Philippines Sen. Richard Gordon, also the head of the Philippine National Red Cross, speaks to members of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines in suburban Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday March 18, 2009.  Inquirer 
Gordon: Youth offenders' law a mistake
| MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Richard Gordon promised to review the Youth Offenders' Law if he becomes president, noting that criminals use children as their legmen to evade prosecution. | 'The law was a... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Law   Philippines   Photos   Senator   Youth  
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.  Asia Times 
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
| By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expecte... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
Attacks   Beijing   Cyber   Photos   Washington  
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Pakistani Shiite Muslims take part in a rally to condemn Friday's bombing, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 in Lahore, Pakistan. Asia Times
Karachi grinds to a halt after fatal blasts
| By Syed Fazl-e-Haider | KARACHI, Pakistan - Business in Karachi, Pakistan's commercial capital, ground to a halt at the weekend after at least 33 people were killed and... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Bombing   Business   Karachi   Pakistan   Photos  
A pedicab driver with his wife The Daily Tribune
MMDA reimposes pedicab ban on major roads
| 02/09/2010 | Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Oscar Inocentes yesterday ordered the re-implementation of a 1990 Metro Manila Council (MMC) ordi... (photo: WN / Aldrin Leyba)
Drivers   Manila   Pedicab   Photos   Vehicles  
PNB - Philippines National Bank PGH - Manila The Daily Tribune
PNB profit doubles to P2.2B last year
| 02/09/2010 | Philippine National Bank (PNB) closed last year with an unaudited net income of P2.2 billion, doubling its previous year’s record of P1.1 billion, the bank... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
Financial   Philippines   Photos   Pnb   Profit  
Manila Electric Company ( MERALCO ) plant along Edsa , Quezon City , Philippines , March 7 , 2009 The Daily Tribune
MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm
| 02/09/2010 | Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd. units Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) and Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) plan to put up a new holding company ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Business   Electric   Meralco   Philippines   Photos  
Business Asia Industry
- India aims to double trade with Arab world
- East India Company to sell tea, coffee in London
- Growers happy as onion export to Lanka increases
- Turkish money for Indian aviation sector
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
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- India aims to double trade with Arab world
- New Arrivals
- China finds 170 more tons of tainted milk powder
- Euro up despite debt worries as stocks rebound
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
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Farming Information Technology
- N. Korea threatens South amid push for talks
- Robbers abduct two seaweed farm workers
- China pavilion at Expo finishes with a bang
- India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists
Eggplant - Vegetable - Food
India awaits go-ahead on first GM crop despite scientists' warnings
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- Chinese government launches crackdown against online porn in
- Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
- Online Kiwis maybe feeling Oz censor trickledown
- Zardari’s “shut up” video disappears from Internet
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
more
Stock Watch Banking
- India aims to double trade with Arab world
- East India Company to sell tea, coffee in London
- Growers happy as onion export to Lanka increases
- Turkish money for Indian aviation sector
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
more
- Japan Bank Lending Slides as Funding Demand Weak
- China's bank card spending up 31 pct in 2009
- China's bank shares set to perform best
- China's bank card spending up 31% in 2009
People walk past a luxury apartment under construction at the Central Business District in Beijing, Thursday, July 9, 2009. China's bank lending in June more than doubled from the previous month as Beijing's stimulus drove a surge in credit that has prompted concern about the possible impact of such a rapid increase.
China's bank shares set to perform best
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Piracy Currency
- Editorial: Piracy on high seas
- Jungle cures
- World unites to knock out knockoffs
- Trend of movies premiering on the internet catching up
 Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, Keira Knightley, "Pride & Prejudice."   (js1)
British Theater Awards Highlight Hollywood
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- Euro up despite debt worries as stocks rebound
- G7 to continue stimulus until global economy on track
- GLOBAL MARKETS-U.S. stocks, dollar slip as euro debt woes li
- G7 talk on Greece failes to soothe investors, euro dips
Money In Pocket - Euro.
Euro dips as eurozone fiscal woes fester
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