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Olympics: Singapore candidate Ng Ser Miang says it's Asia's turn at IOC 27 Aug 2013 | 12:14 pm
IOC presidential candidate Ng Ser Miang said the Olympic body would benefit from having an Asian leader and pledged a new era for the organisation as the race for the presidency enters the home straig...
Japan's ANA plans to buy stake in Myanmar airline 27 Aug 2013 | 11:56 am
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) said on Tuesday it would acquire a 49 percent stake in a Myanmar airline, the latest foray into the potentially lucrative Southeast Asian market that is rapidly openin...
Golf: Woods pulls out of charity event 27 Aug 2013 | 11:44 am
Tiger Woods has pulled out of a charity golf event scheduled for Wednesday because of back pain which troubled him during the PGA Tour's The Barclays event.
Myanmar's Myitsone dam project faces uncertain future 27 Aug 2013 | 11:43 am
The controversial Myitsone dam project in Myanmar's Kachin state has been suspended for over two years now and stop-work costs, amounting to millions of US dollars, are mounting.
Abbott's asylum-seeker plan "crazy": Indonesian MP 27 Aug 2013 | 11:15 am
A senior Indonesian lawmaker on Tuesday described as "crazy" a plan by the front-runner for Australia's election to pay Indonesians for unseaworthy boats to stem the flow of asylum-seekers.
Sonia Gandhi discharged from hospital 27 Aug 2013 | 11:12 am
India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, who was taken to hospital from the national parliament, was discharged on Tuesday after being admitted with fever, cold and a headache.
India Congress chief Gandhi released from hospital 27 Aug 2013 | 10:41 am
India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, who was taken to hospital from the national parliament, has been released on Tuesday after being admitted with fever, cold and a headache.
UN rights panel urges N Korea to grant access to country 27 Aug 2013 | 10:34 am
The head of a UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea appealed on Tuesday for access to the country, even as Pyongyang condemned his commission's work as slanderous and provocative.
China details charges against foreign fraud investigators 27 Aug 2013 | 10:19 am
Chinese state television put two foreign fraud investigators on display on Tuesday as police announced they had been charged with illegally obtaining personal information.
Australia PM says warships could be moved north 27 Aug 2013 | 10:12 am
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Tuesday said key naval assets could be relocated north to adapt to a changing security landscape and improve the nation's ability to sustain operations in the A...
