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Beijing Olympics Photos Russia Sport | Sore thumb at Olympics
| Contrary to earlier reports, Maria Sharapova will not be the Russian flag bearer at the opening of the Beijing Olympics. She will still lead her country's tennis team in the 2008 Games, but her hand... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
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 George Bush falls in line on climate challenge
| THE G8 group of industrialised nations has set a goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 under a pact that for the first time ties the US to a global target. | The deal represents George W.... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye) The Australian
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 G-whatever, China is here
| By Francesco Sisci | BEIJING - It will be a strange meeting. Officially, the gathering that begun on Tuesday at Toyako, on Hokkaido in northern Japan is a Group of Eight (G-8) summit, drawing togeth... (photo: White House / Eric Draper) Asia Times
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 Now it's war against India in Afghanistan
| By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - The suicide bomber who crashed an explosive-laden car into the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday not only killed ... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) Asia Times
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 G8 says soaring oil, food prices threaten global economy
| Protesters carry a placard during a protest against soaring prices in Manila on June 26. Eight of the world's most powerful leaders have called for efforts to cool sizz... (photo: WN/Theresa) Turkish Press
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 Indonesia's Pertamina says fails in Karaha appeal
JAKARTA, July 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a bid by Indonesian state oil firm Pertamina to recover about $300 million from U.S. firm Karaha Bodas ... (photo: AP Photo / Tatan Syuflana) The Guardian
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 In brief: De Niro plans Good Shepherd sequels
Robert de Niro is planning to make two sequels to The Good Shepherd, his 2006 feature about the early days of the CIA starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie. The first fo... (photo: AP ) The Guardian
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 World suffers due to rising prices
| JAPAN: Eight of the world's most powerful leaders called on Tuesday for efforts to cool sizzling oil prices... (photo: AP Photo / Itsuo Inouye) The Times Of India
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 Philips transfers PC monitor business to TPV
AMSTERDAM - Dutch Philips Electronics said it has entered into a deal to outsource its PC monitors business to TPV Technology to boost profitability at its loss-making TV... (photo: WN / aruna1) Business Day
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 Singapore to sell off state electricity provider
SINGAPORE - Singapore's government-owned investment company, Temasek, has put the city-state's largest utility up for sale, further opening the electricity sector to comp... (photo: WN) Business Day
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 Bush carves out a legacy in Asia
| By M K Bhadrakumar | A long time ago, we heard that US President George W Bush had become a lame duck. In April 2005, Craig Crawford, Washington TV commentator who famo... (photo: White House/Lynden Steele) Asia Times
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 Islamism shakes Kashmir
| By Sreeram Chaulia | After two decades of calm in large-scale popular movements, Indian-administered Kashmir recently witnessed mass demonstrations and protests against... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Asia Times
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 Iran takes off on a goodwill mission
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is in Malaysia this week to attend the 6th summit of the Group of Eight Islamic developing countries (D-8), ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) Asia Times
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 PLDT adds 1.6 million mobile phone subscribers in Q2
| MANILA, Philippines -- Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) said Tuesday its mobile phone subscriber base had grown to more than 33 million by the end of June,... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Inquirer
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 Asian stocks close mostly up
| HONG KONG, July 7: Asian stocks closed mostly up on Monday, boosted by a sharp jump in China, as the G8 summit of world leaders began with the global oil and food price... (photo: AP/Vincent Yu) Dawn
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