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A woman wearing gold jewellery-gold-India.
Asia   Economy   Gold   Photos   Wikipedia: Gold  
 The Times Of India 
Asia Gold price drop prompts buying; seasonal lull caps interest
SINGAPORE/MUMBAI: Asia's physical buyers took advantage of a nearly 2 percent drop in prices in the previous session and booked cheaper material, but the seasonal lull after the Lunar New Year limited... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn)
Climate   Development   Environment   Photos   Wikipedia: Natural resource  
 Al Jazeera 
Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
| From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to en... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
A money trader at a Tokyo dealing room reacts as U.S. dollar is traded below 90 yen level Friday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2008. The dollar's fall to a 13-year-low against the yen also accelerated selling on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, hitting hard exporters such as autos and electronics. The greenback fell as far as 88.16 yen in the afternoon, its lowest level since Aug. 2, 1995 when the U.S. currency fell to 88.02 yen while the Nikkei average lost 484.68 points, or 5.56 percent, to close at 8,235.8  The Times Of India 
Tokyo stocks end up 1.10%
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks added 1.10 percent Monday, supported by positive performances on other Asian bourses, that followed last week's strong gains on Wall Street after robust US jobs data. | The Nikkei ... (photo: AP / Shuji Kajiyama)
Nikkei   Photos   Stock Exchange   Tokyo   Wikipedia: Dow Jones Newswires  
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy  Al Jazeera 
The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy
| The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that the... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Agriculture   Democracy   Emergency   Food   Photos   Wikipedia: Agriculture  
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Wen Jiabao at WEF Annual Meeting in Davos 2009 BBC News
China morning round-up: Wen Jiabao on 'rural democracy'
On Lantern Festival day, most newspapers in China focus on the latest comments by Premier Wen Jiabao. | Mr Wen pledged "unwavering support for reform" and called for bett... (photo: Creative Commons / Ichwan Palongengi)
China   Democracy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Wen Jiabao  
File - A Syrian army defector stand guards in front of closed shops at the mountain resort town of Zabadani, Syria, near the Lebanese border, on Friday Jan. 20, 2012. Al Jazeera
Syrian army 'steps up Homs offensive'
| The Syrian army has stepped up its attacks on opposition fighters in Homs, activists and witnesses have said, a day after a UN Security Council resolution aimed at... (photo: AP)
Human Rights   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of the Peoples Republic of China to the UN and President of the Security Council for March, briefs reporters following the Councils consultations The Guardian
China defends Syria veto in People's Daily article
| State paper denies giving 'free rein' to Bashar al-Assad's crackdown and points to UN mandate 'abused' in Libya by Nato Chinese UN ambassador Li Baodong vetoes the secu... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
China   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
 KLps1 - December06 - Shanghai China - Night View - Shanghai Bund - Oriental Pearl Tower - Chinas Economy - Tourism - Skycrapers. (ps1)  The Examiner
China is the world’s top travel destinations
|  Sahit Muja: China its the world’s top travel destinations Everyone is talking about China' economy, so why not talking about tourism.   ... (photo: WN/Patricia)
China   Economy   Photos   Travel   USA   Wikipedia: China  
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev with the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, during a visit to Damascus, Syria, 10th May, 2010. Zeenews
Russia, China justify veto as criticisms mount
Moscow/Beijing: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office)
China   Photos   Russia   United Nations   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012)  
Politics Business
- UPDATE: U.S. closes embassy in Syria
- US closes embassy in Syria
- US closes embassy in Syria
- Hoekstra's broken English ad draws more criticism
Palestinian children fill plastic bottles and jerry cans with drinking water from a public tap at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp  on September 23, 201. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/wn)
Co-operation in a world of scarce resources
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- E.U. Rebuffs China's Challenge to Pollution Plan
- Stocks Drag on Greece Talks
- Data Show Greece’s Debt Ratio Growing as Economy Shrinks
- How to Lead Like a Lawyer
Pedestrians pass by a beggar off Athens' main Syntagma Square, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012.
Greece debt level spikes, but Italy's dips
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Health Education
- Pollution costing China dearly: Report
- Small Williamson towns part of big picture for young Chinese
- Gamer Dies in Taipei Internet Cafe, Nine Hours Later Someone
- Romney stock trades clash with divestment pledge
Shells - Tahong - Sea Food - Filipino
How much iodine is too much?
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- China shuns airline emissions scheme as EU could ban non-com
- Crowd funding kicks small inventors and entrepreneurs over f
- Image of the Day: February 6
- China defends Syria veto, doubts West's intentions
Li Baodong, Permanent Representative of the Peoples Republic of China to the UN and President of the Security Council for March, briefs reporters following the Councils consultations
China defends Syria veto in People's Daily article
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Port Market
- China Bans Airlines From Paying EU Emissions Fees
- China eyes U.S. soy as drought shrivels LatAm crop
- Unpredictable and epic?
- BHP mum on possible Gabon iron ore deal
Iranian villagers walk through ruins after an earthquake at the Zeynabi village in the Iranian Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. A strong earthquake rocked southern Iran on Wednesday, sending tremors across the Persian Gulf and shaking the skyscrapers of Dubai. Iranian state television reported that five people were killed and 26 others were injured.
Iranians bemoan sanctions hardship as vote approaches
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- Is the emerging market rally a red herring?
- Morning Take-Out
- Lazard’s Profit Plummeted in Fourth Quarter
- EU concerns to depress TSX
A businessman walks past an electronic stock board in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008. Japanese stocks veered sharply downhill Wednesday, as spreading pessimism over corporate earnings and a strengthening yen sent the benchmark index tumbling almost 7 percent. The Nikkei 225 stock average fell 631.56 points, or 6.79 percent, to 8,674.69. The broader Topix index lost 7.05 percent to 88
Asian stocks rise after US unemployment falls
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