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Aung San Suu Kyi (C) arrives for a meeting with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell (L) at the Inya Lake Hotel in Yangon November 4, 2009. REUTERS/Aung Hla Tun

Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll

Reuters - 3 hours 55 mins ago

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratisation in the country advanced. More »

  • Japan steps up aid to Mekong nations

    Japan steps up aid to Mekong nations

    AFP - 10 hours 47 mins ago

    TOKYO (AFP) - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations wrapped up a summit at which Tokyo pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants and vowed deeper ties. More »

  • Japan and Mekong nations to wrap up summit

    Japan and Mekong nations to wrap up summit

    AFP - Yesterday, 09:43 pm

    TOKYO (AFP) - The leaders of Japan and Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations will on Saturday wrap up a summit at which Tokyo has pledged more than 5.5 billion dollars in loans and grants. More »

  • Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah

    Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah

    AFP - Yesterday, 01:08 pm

    BEIRUT (AFP) - Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism. More »

  • Japan pledges $5.5 bln for SEAsia's Mekong region

    Japan pledges $5.5 bln for SEAsia's Mekong region

    AFP - Yesterday, 12:43 pm

    TOKYO (AFP) - Japan on Friday pledged 5.5 billion dollars in aid over three years for Southeast Asia's five Mekong River nations, seeking to deepen ties with the region amid growing influence from China. More »

  • China Bans Beatings At Web Addict Camps

    SkyNews - Yesterday, 10:25 am

    Punishment beatings have been banned from Chinese camps set up to cure teenage internet addicts after one of them died. More »

  • A pure black King Kong shrimp, the most expensive of its kind, is displayed at the 2009 Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei November 6, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh

    Price of patience? Rare Taiwan shrimp sells for $830

    Reuters - Yesterday, 10:00 am

    TAIPEI (Reuters Life!) - Rare tiny black and white shrimp raised in Taiwan are selling for as much as $830 a piece to collectors in Japan, despite short life spans and problems breeding, officials at an exhibition said on Friday. More »

  • China says studying weaker framework climate deal

    Reuters - Yesterday, 09:20 am

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China is weighing the prospect of reaching only a framework agreement at U.N. climate talks this December, but would want guarantees that principles laid out in previous deals would be retained, a top diplomat said on Friday. More »

  • China PM heads to Egypt for Africa summit

    China PM heads to Egypt for Africa summit

    AFP - Yesterday, 07:26 am

    BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao headed to Egypt on Friday for a summit with African leaders as Beijing bids to expand its diplomatic and economic influence on the resource-rich continent. More »

  • Thailand threatens to seal Cambodian border

    Thailand threatens to seal Cambodian border

    AFP - Yesterday, 06:42 am

    BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand threatened Friday to seal the border with Cambodia in a spiralling diplomatic row over Phnom Penh's naming of fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra as an adviser. More »

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