Category: Asia

Tensions brewing between Japan Inc. and new govt

Fresh from a landslide election win, Japan's next government faces signs of an emerging rift with big business, which

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50 Dead in 7.3 Indonesian Earthquake

Video Report: At least 50 dead in Indonesian quake.

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China riot: 10,000 villagers clash with police over industrial pollution

Up to 10,000 Chinese villagers have clashed with police in eastern China in the latest incident in a wave

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5.9-magnitude earthquake jolts NW China

XINING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale struck remote Qinghai Province in northwest

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Melting glaciers threaten ‘Nepal tsunami’

Over two decades, Funuru Sherpa has watched the lake above his native village of Dengboche in Nepal's Himalayas grow,

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Drought, debt lead to rapid increase in Indian farmers’ suicides

HYDERABAD, India — Dozens of impoverished farmers struggling with debt and poor rainfall have killed themselves in southern India

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6.8-magnitude Earthquake strikes eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.S. Geological Survey says a 6.8-magnitude, undersea earthquake has shaken eastern Indonesia. The Pacific

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Strong Earthquake hits northwest China

BEIJING — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 struck northwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey

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Sumatra Shaken By Magnitude-5 Earthquake

JAKARTA, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale jolted Aceh Province, northern Sumatra, in

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Water Shortage Threatens 2 Million In Iraq

Electricity supply to Nasiriyah drops by 50% as Euphrates river dries up Two million people face life without water A

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