Return of Malgudi Days a Famous Indian Old TV Series

News 24 4 months ago Region: India

The National Film Award-winning film-maker Kavitha Lankesh was recently hired by Doordarshan to re-shoot the serial in an effort to resuscitate it. Currently, she is creating 26 new episodes of "Malgudi Days" in Hindi base... more

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Earthquake shakes Northern Japan

Breaking Tweets 5 months ago Region: Japan

Per Yahoo! Japan, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Northern Japan at 12:30 p.m. local time on Friday.  The epicenter was in Tokachi-oki and the quake was felt strongly in nearby Hokkaido and Sapporo, Japan. Per the ma... more

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Deadly bomb blast strikes Lahore, Pakistan

Breaking Tweets 5 months ago Region: Pakistan

Per CNN, at least 10 were killed and 80 wounded in an apparent suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, Pakistan. More than 200 people were believed to be inside the facility, which was brought to rubble. The first ... more

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Singapore confirms first case of swine flu

Breaking Tweets 5 months ago Region: Singapore

Per the Straits Times in Singapore, the nation confirmed its first case of swine flu on Wednesday, a 22 year-old female Singaporean who was in New York from May 14 to 24. Here's the first reaction to the news from Twitter... more

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Bulls Dismiss Slump Warnings

Putu Karya 6 months ago Region: Indonesia

Hopes are mounting among financiers that the recent rally in emerging market assets is setting the scene for a bull market in 2010, despite warnings from senior economists of a long and deep global recession. Mark Mobiu... more

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Vigilance Urged on Asian Inflation

Putu Karya 6 months ago Region: Indonesia

Asian central banks are being urged to stay vigilant on the medium term threat of inflation as they are locked in a prolonged period of loose monetary policy. This week, Indonesia reported 7.3% inflation in April, its lowe... more

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Leaders give a chance to live in peace

Kazi Mohoshin Al Abbas 6 months ago Region: Bangladesh

Again most nations of South Asia are in a time of turmoil. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal is in deep crisis and Bangladesh and India are following them with many internal problems those should be addressed in prop... more

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Asia Bears Growl as Bulls Charge

Putu Karya 6 months ago Region: Indonesia

The bull market rally for Asian equities may prove unsustainable, as regional economic activity will stay weak once the initial boost from fiscal stimulus packages fades, analysts have said this week. “The market... more

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Swine Flu - The pandemic has reached Asia, economies worldwide

Rajesh S 6 months ago Region: India

       Certainly no one wanted it, but as they say, whatever is destined to happen happens. The latest misfortune to the world has come in the form of Swine Flu. The flu is gaining momentum wo... more

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Teen Prostitute Ring Sparks Outrage in China

Global Voices 7 months ago Region: China

By Bob Chen The underage prostitution ring recently exposed in Xi-Shui County, Guizhou, has sparked nationwide fury. The ring involved several government officials and teachers as its customers and  procured young&nb... more

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