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08/09/10--08:40: Toll in China Landslide Hits 337 (chan 1632452)

Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage today searching for more than 1,100 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck northwestern China and killed 337, one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed hundreds and spread misery to millions more. Vehicles carrying aid supplies choked the...




11/01/10--15:18: Price of Condoms to Rise (chan 1632452)

Safe sex just got a little pricier: The cost of condoms, tires, latex gloves and other rubber products will rise sharply due to torrential rains in southeast Asia, where most rubber is farmed, the Financial Times reports. Producers have had to absorb a 65% increase in the cost of natural...




11/05/10--11:43: Obama Spins India Trip Into Job Mission (chan 1632452)

Faced with a barrage of outrage—based on a discredited report—over the cost of his 10-day trip to India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan, Barack Obama has rebranded it as a jobs mission. “The primary purpose is to take a bunch of US companies and open up markets so...




11/14/10--12:14: Obama Relives Childhood Memories as Asia Trip Ends (chan 1632452)

President Obama finished off his 10-day Asia trip on a personal note, visiting the Great Buddha statue in Japan that he last saw as a 6-year-old boy. “It is wonderful to return to this great treasure of Japanese culture,” he wrote in the guest book. "Its beauty has stayed with...




05/01/11--23:49: Stocks, Dollar Surge on bin Laden Death (chan 1632452)

Stocks and the dollar surged in early trading after news hit the world that the US has taken out Osama bin Laden. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index rose 0.5% in Tokyo, and the MSCI Asia Pacific Index added 0.5%, putting it on track for the...




05/23/11--09:26: Millions in Europe, Asia Face 'Unmapped' Quake Risk (chan 1632452)

We’re well aware of longstanding earthquake risks in places like California and Japan. But Europe, the Middle East, and Asia face potentially deadlier threats—and it’s time for scientists to take action, researchers say. So-called “interior zone” earthquakes have killed 1.4 million in the past century, compared to 800,...




07/15/11--16:32: Philippines: Geckos Won't Cure AIDS (chan 1632452)

Put down that gecko: The Philippine health department is warning citizens that using geckos to treat AIDS, asthma, and tuberculosis doesn't work and endangers those who don't seek proper treatment. There's no scientific evidence to the folklore behind the practice, and it's caused an increase in illegal trade of the...




10/04/11--14:11: Putin: Time for 'Eurasian Union' (chan 1632452)

Russia’s former—and likely next —president wants to join former Soviet countries in a “Eurasian Union.” The entity would be rooted in Russia’s Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakhstan, to allow labor, capital, and trade to flow freely among the countries beginning next year, Reuters notes. But “we are not...




11/03/11--16:21: Record Number of Rhinos Killed in S. Africa (chan 1632452)

Two stories of note on the wires about animal conservation: Rhinos: Poachers have killed a record 341 rhinos this year in South Africa, according to the World Wildlife Fund. The horns fetch big money on the black market for use in traditional medicine or as ornamental daggers, reports the BBC...




01/18/12--08:47: Asia Snapping Up Our High-Tech Jobs, Too (chan 1632452)

Asia isn't just snapping up low-wage unskilled manufacturing jobs from the US; thanks to rapidly expanding engineering and research capabilities, the continent, and particularly China, have been able to lure away America's high-tech manufacturing jobs, too, according to a new report from the National Science Board. In the last decade...