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Haikou skyline, Hainan Province, China
Fears   Hainan   Photos   Property   Shanghai		  Asia Times 
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
Mon 8 Feb 2010
By Stephen Wong SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into... (photo: Public Domain / Anna Frodesiak)
Democratic Party of Japan new leader Yukio Hatoyama speaks to the media during a news conference after being elected its leader in Tokyo, Japan, Saturday, May 16, 2009. Hatoyama takes control after the party's previous boss Ichiro Ozawa stepped down amid a political funding scandal.
Japan   News   Photos   President   Tokyo		  Breitbart 
Kyodo news summary -6-+
Mon 8 Feb 2010
TOKYO, Feb. 8 (AP) - (Kyodo)—---------- Hatoyama approves Ozawa's remaining as DPJ's No. 2 TOKYO - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who is also president of the Democratic Party of Japan, said... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Barack Obama  The New York Times  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Obama's Balancing Act on U.S. Trade Policies

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania challenged President Obama last week on behalf of steel workers, and helped underscore the administration's ambivalence about trade. During a public meeting... (photo: Creative Commons / tialikely)
China   Photos   President   Trade   US
Tibet's political and spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Dharamshala, India  Hong Kong Standard  Sun 7 Feb 2010
Obama could not afford to turn the Dalai Lama away

Just a week after enraging China with an arms sale package for rival Taiwan, President Barack Obama risks more damage to this crucial relationship by agreeing to meet with the Dalai Lama next week.... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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Demonstrators hold up anti-U.S. bases slogans as some 6,000 people gather at a rally protesting against a U.S. Marine base stationed on the southern island of Okinawa, in Tokyo Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he would decide by the end of May on where to relocate the U.S. Marine Airfield Futenma in Okinawa that has strained ties between the nations. The slogans written in Japanese read: "We don't need Futenma base," in red, and "We refuse new Henoko base," in blue. Denver Post Sun 7 Feb 2010
Land-starved Japan jealously eyes spread-out U.S. bases
A protest last month in Tokyo against the U.S. bases drew 6,000 people. (Associated Press file photo ) GINOWAN, Japan — In a country where land is a precious... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Japan   Photos   Protest   Society   US
American missionary Robert Park, left, is escorted by U.S. officials upon his arrival at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. The Times Sun 7 Feb 2010
US missionary Robert Park returns home from North Korea
A US missionary released by North Korea after entering the country on Christmas Day to protest human rights abuses is back in the United States. "Robert Park arrived... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
China   Media   Northkorea   Photos   US
Laura Chinchilla, presidential candidate for the National Liberation party, greets supporters outside the Virgen de los Angeles Basilica in Cartago, Costa Rica, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Costa Rica will hold presidential, congressional and municipal elections on Sunday. Star Tribune Sun 7 Feb 2010
Costa Rica election pits president's protege against Libertarian
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Costa Ricans could elect their first female president Sunday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chooses between... (photo: AP / Esteban Felix)
America   Election   Photos   Politics   Women
A resident carries a hose during a fire that gutted about 1,000 houses at a slum area near the city jail in Manila on Thursday Dec. 10, 2009. The News & Observer Sun 7 Feb 2010
House fire in Warwick, RI, kills 5, including baby
WARWICK, R.I. -- A house fire that officials said might have simmered undetected for hours Saturday killed five people, including a mother and her 7-month-old baby, in... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Disaster   Firefighter   Photos   Warwick   Wildfire
St Petersburg Russia Star Tribune Sat 6 Feb 2010
Report: Russian navy official says France has sanctioned warship sale to Moscow
MOSCOW - A Russian naval official says France will allow the sale of an advanced warship to Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday. The agency quoted naval... (photo: Creative Commons)
Defence   France   Navy   Photos   Russia
Potatos - vegetables The Himalayan Sat 6 Feb 2010
International Potato Center opens Asia branch in China
LIMA: The International Potato Center, repository of the largest potato gene bank in the world, has opened a regional office in China to help boost Asian production of... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Agriculture   Asia   China   Crop   Photos


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South Korea's Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan, center, is escorted by officers upon arrival at the Beijing International Airport in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Yu Myung-hwan arrive in Beijing is to talk with senior Chinese officials on the latest North Korean missile threat and ways to promote the Seoul-Beijing "strategic cooperative partn Chinese envoy arrives in North Korea Breitbart
American missionary Robert Park is seen inside a vehicle after arriving at the Beijing Capital Airport, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. His arrival in Beijing came a day after North Korea announced it would free Robert Park. North Korea releases U.S. Christian activist The Star
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Yukio Hatoyama, leader of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, smiles surrounded by red rosettes attached on victorious candidates' names during the ballot counting for the parliamentary elections at the party's election center in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009. Ozawa has political responsibility over funds scandal: Hatoyama Zeenews
President-elect Barack Obama gestures during a news conference introducing members of his economic team, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 in Chicago. Ozawa requests 'sufficient time' for Obama meeting if he goes to U.S.+ Breitbart
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Dollar in lower 89 yen in Tokyo, euro seen pressured by financial woes+ Breitbart
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Roman Polanski speaks at a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday Sept. 29, 2005. The 72-year-old Polanski, director of the Oscar-winning film "The Pianist," was in Warsaw to promote the film. The film is based on Dickens' classic tale of a young orphan turned pickpocket in the squalor of Victorian London. Polanski, Scorsese Films to Debut at Berlin Festival Syracuse
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 Asia Times
A man walks past a screen showing the European stock markets fall in Paris, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. The Paris stock exchange briefly suspended calculating the benchmark CAC-40 index on Wednesday amid a massive influx of sell orders that caused it to plummet nearly 8.2 percent, an exchange spokeswoman said. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)hg3 European stocks stabilize but debt fears linger Breitbart
Manila Electric Company ( MERALCO ) plant along Edsa , Quezon City , Philippines , March 7 , 2009 MPIC, Piltel to form Meralco holding firm The Daily Tribune
Morgan Stanley Building After Buying Spree, China Owns Stakes in Top U.S. Firms The New York Times
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