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- Asian health officials vow to intensify HIV-prevention campaign 28 Aug 2008 07:32 GMT
... Manila - Health officials and experts from Asia-Pacific countries with a low prevalence of HIV ... be mobilized. The 11 countries attending were Bangladesh, Bhutan, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, the ...
- Dubai landlord quizzed over blaze that killed 11 28 Aug 2008 07:31 GMT
... questioned about a fire that killed 11 Asian workers in a building housing about 800 labourers, ... a building housing about 800 labourers, Dubai’s deputy police chief said yesterday. “We must find ... victim, we have been told, was a Bangladeshi. Most of the Indians who died hailed ...
- ASEAN conclude deal for FTA in goods 28 Aug 2008 07:31 GMT
... concludes deal for FTA in goods SINGAPORE: India and the 10-member ASEAN group on Thursday announced concluding ... people strong market. “The countries of East Asia are important drivers of growt h...with large consumption to ... said Mr Kamal Nath, Commerce and Trade Minister. The FTA in goods will be signed ...
- Iran President Ahmadinejad heads to Tajikistan 28 Aug 2008 07:21 GMT
... the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) while Iran, India, Mongolia and Pakistan participate as observers. The Islamic Republic has ... to promote regional security cooperation in Central Asia and among member states. " style="WIDTH:1px"> ...
- ASEAN concludes India free trade deal 28 Aug 2008 06:55 GMT
... SOUTHEAST Asian nations have concluded a deal for free trade in goods with India, ministers said Thursday, in a development hailed as a key regional milestone after hard negotiations. ...
- President's Turkmenistan visit to boost bilateral ties 28 Aug 2008 06:54 GMT
... in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Located in southwestern Central Asia, Turkmenistan, rich in natural resources especially oil ... of 491,200 square km which borders Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Kazakhstan. As Turkmenian President Gurbanguly ... countries. According to statistics from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, bilateral trade volume hit 379.96 ...
- Russia seeks support from eastern neighbors 28 Aug 2008 06:54 GMT
... ask China and other members of an Asian security group to sign a declaration of ... observer countries present at the summit included India, Pakistan, Mongolia and Afghanistan, whose delegation was headed by President Hamid ...
- First South Asia Economic Summit begins today 28 Aug 2008 06:34 GMT
... Representatives of the private sector in the South Asian region will meet in Colombo today (28) at the first South Asia Economic Summit to discuss several key issues pertaining to the SAARC region. The representatives ...
- Asian Health & Nutri Foods signs LMG Chennai as media agency 28 Aug 2008 06:34 GMT
... | afaqs! | Mumbai, August 28, 2008 Asian Health & Nutri Foods, headquartered in Salem, Tamil ... plans to cover the whole of South India by early 2009. Karnataka is the next ... focus on print and outdoor.” Murali Krishna, deputy general manager, Jeyyem, confirmed the development, but ...
- India, ASEAN conclude deal for FTA in goods 28 Aug 2008 06:31 GMT
... India and the 10-member ASEAN grouping on Thursday announced concluding ... people strong market. "The countries of East Asia are important drivers of growth, with large consumption to ... to drive global economies," Commerce and Trade Minister Kamal Nath said. "It took six years ...
- Pakistani lawyers to press government 28 Aug 2008 06:30 GMT
... give the judges their jobs back. Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party, led by her widower Asif ... Qaeda and Taliban militants orchestrate violence in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the West from sanctuaries in ... was one of the best-performing markets in Asia in that period, has fallen about 30 ...
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization playing ever bigger role 28 Aug 2008 06:28 GMT
... said Sun Zhuangzhi, an expert on central Asia and the SCO. Sun said the signing ... SCO has accepted Mongolia, Pakistan, Iran and India as observers, established contact group relation with Afghanistan and got observer status in the United ...
- Russia 101: A Lesson for the United States 28 Aug 2008 06:25 GMT
... strategic retreat from Europe, the Balkans, Central Asia and much of the Caucases, which followed ... First as president and now as prime minister, Putin has made his aspirations crystal clear. ... United States bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan was in no position to respond? The ...
- ASEAN, China aim to finalize investment pact 28 Aug 2008 06:17 GMT
... SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian nations and China aim to finalize an investment ... a statement issued after meetings between economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations ... with key regional economies, including China and India, to ensure the bloc of about 550 million people ...
- Georgia crisis overshadows Central Asian summit 28 Aug 2008 05:56 GMT
... Jintao in Dushanbe, on August 27. Central Asian power brokers including Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ... regional economic and security ties along with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. ... saying it exacerbates regional tensions. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned it could lead to ...
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