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Pakistan

India, Pakistan to track old dues (Express India) Sun, 17 Aug 2008 20:50:33 GMT
Sixty-one years after India and Pakistan got their Independence...

Remarks on death penalty generate heated debate (Khaleej Times) Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:10:56 GMT
AFTER the establishment of new political order following February elections, the country is mired into all kinds of debates – constitutional, social, legal, political.

Sri Lanka

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Bangladesh

'India can do better on mobile phone growth' (New Kerala) Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:06:49 GMT
By Frederick Noronha, Bangalore, Aug 7 : India is growing by leaps and bounds when it comes to mobile use, but it could be doing better, the authors of a new book on policy roadblocks to communication growth in South Asia have said.

Nepal

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China

China Railway Construction H1 net profit up 22% (China Daily) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:44:44 GMT
China Railway Construction Corp (CRCC) said first half net profit rose 22.11 percent year-on-year to 1.52 billion yuan ($221.77 million) under Chinese accounting standards due to strong orders, particularly from overseas.

In the birds-nest soup (Express India) Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:37:53 GMT
Investors had long ago seen their hopes dashed of a pre-Olympic boom in China's stockmarket. Indeed, among the shares hardest hit this summer were those that unscrupulous brokers had touted as sure-fire winners from the games: restaurants selling Peking duck, hotels, and the like.

Banner Year Behind It, Temasek Wary Of Volatility (Forbes) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:56:55 GMT
The flagship Singapore state investment fund posts a record profit of $12.6 billion for 2008, in part owing to the effect of a weak U.S. dollar, but it is cautious about prospect for stagflation.

Further Downside Risk Seen For China Stocks (INO News) Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:13:29 GMT
(RTTNews) - After halting the two-day losing streak on Monday that cost it nearly 120 points or nearly 5 percent, the China stock market turned back to the downside on the following day - giving up support at 2,400 points while falling to a 20-month closing low.

DGAP-Adhoc: Business Media China AG: Continued growth and a positive quarterly result in Q2/2008 (vwd.de) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:26:11 GMT
Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

DJ DGAP-Adhoc: Business Media China AG: Continued growth and a positive quarterly result in Q2/2008 (Financial.de) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:39:00 GMT
Business Media China AG / Half Year Results 26.08.2008 Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-26 05:51 China A-shares end morning lower on credit worries; China Life down - UPDATE (Interactive Investor) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:19:29 GMT
SHANGHAI (XFN-ASIA) - China A-shares finished the morning session broadly lower following a sharply weaker Wall Street on worries that financial institutions have yet to see the end of losses from the credit crisis.

(AFX UK Focus) 2008-08-26 02:25 China shares outlook - Lower on US financial sector worries; insurers in focus (Interactive Investor) Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:49:00 GMT
SHANGHAI (XFN-ASIA) - China shares are expected to open lower after a steep fall on Wall Street as the US financial sector continued to throw out more bad news, this time in the form of a broker downgrade of AIG, dealers said.

Lehman says investors should focus on infrastructure in China (Channel NewsAsia) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:40:20 GMT
SINGAPORE: Equity markets in China have taken a beating in the past year due to rising costs and global economic slowdown. Industry observers said the recent market rally is likely to be short-lived as policy decisions in the country continue to impact Chinese companies.

China South Locomotive disappoints in HK debut (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:30:36 GMT
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Iran

Iran, Austria ink railway agreement (Islamic Republic News Agency) Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:29:28 GMT
Iran - Austria - Railway Iran and the Austrian company RAI inked an agreement on implementation of joint railway projects.

Iran, Austria ink railway agreement (Zawya) Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:17:27 GMT
06 August 2008 Iran and the Austrian company RAI inked an agreement on implementation of joint railway projects.

Iran's technical railway knowhow excellent - official (Islamic Republic News Agency) Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:21:02 GMT
Iran - Austria - Railways Secretary of Iran-Austria Society and head of Iran's Chamber of Industries and Commerce in Europe said here Monday, "Iranians' technical knowhow in railway industry is excellent."

Myanmar

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