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SE Asian art leads recovery in Asian market: auctioneer

Reuters Life! Online Report 35 days ago

SINGAPORE (Reuters Life!) - Southeast Asian art is leading a recovery in the Asian market, taking some of the spotlight from China, after the global economic downturn sent art prices plummeting globally, said a leading auctioneer. "The global financial crisis caused a ...

Strong typhoon bears down on Japan

AFP Asian Edition 51 days ago

A powerful typhoon barrelled towards Japan on Tuesday, prompting warnings of strong winds and high waves just days after storms wreaked devastation in Southeast Asia. Typhoon Melor, packing gusts of up to 252 kilometres (156 miles) per hour, was bearing down on ...

Indonesian police: DNA test confirms Noordin death

AP News 68 days ago

Indonesian police say DNA test confirms death of Southeast Asian terrorist Noordin DNA tests have confirmed that Southeast Asia terrorist leader Noordin Top was killed days ago in a shootout with Indonesian security forces, police said Saturday. Police initially identified 41-year-old Noordin's ...

Women rise in seafaring ranks

AP News 71 days ago

Merchant shipping fleets see more women on deck, but the industry is slow to change Somali pirates who seize ships for ransom hold more than 100 captive mariners, including a rarity in the male-dominated shipping industry — a woman officer. Women like ...

Road deaths, suicides, violence reap toll among young

AFP Global Edition 77 days ago

Traffic accidents, suicide and violence, as well as AIDS and tuberculosis are among the leading causes of early death among the world's under-24s, according to a paper published on Friday in The Lancet. Epidemiologists pored over data from the 2.6 million deaths ...

WHO warns of winter swine flu surge in Asia

AFP Global Edition 78 days ago

The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged Asian countries to prepare for a surge in swine flu cases as the northern hemisphere's winter approaches. Much of Asia has so far been hit relatively lightly, but the WHO said hospitals in the region ...

Philippine police arrest alleged terror leader

AP News 97 days ago

Philippine police alleged leader of radical Islamist group with ties to al-Qaida allies Philippine police on Friday arrested the alleged leader of a radical Islamist group believed to be responsible for one of Southeast Asia's deadliest terror attacks. Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja, also ...

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