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VIEW: It's an undemocratic move

indiatimes.com     yesterday   1 related          

If the Union cabinet has its way, then opinion and exit polls during elections in India could be a thing of the past. And we'd be in the good company of countries like China, Korea and Mexico, which have similar bans....                    

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What is your dream book?

cominganarchy.com     yesterday          

Marginal Revolution asks: What is your dreak book? Criteria: it’s a book that doesn’t currently exist, it is a work of non-fiction, the author must be living, and it must be a work the author could plausibly write. So you...                    

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AirAsia X to fly to Korea, Japan

nst.com.my     yesterday          

KUALA LUMPUR: Long-haul budget airline AirAsia X is hoping to begin flights to Korea and Japan in the second half of next year. AirAsia X Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Azran Osman Rani said the airline was in discussions...                    

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Long live the DPRK!

workers.org     yesterday          

Workers World congratulates the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the 60th anniversary of its founding. In 1948, when it defied the imperialist world by refusing to bow down before the U.S. occupation of southern...                    

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inthenews.co.uk: North Korea begins rebuilding of symbolic nuclear reactor, reports claim inthenews.co.uk

Beijing talks aim to break North Korea nuclear deadlock

guardian.co.uk     05-Sep-2008   228 related          

Negotiators from South Korea, Japan, the US and China today convened a hastily-arranged meeting in Beijing to discuss the deadlock over the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear programme. In February last year, Pyongyang...                    

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Japan warns of increasing Russian military presence

telegraph.co.uk     05-Sep-2008   9 related          

Japan has warned of an increasing Russian military presence in North-East Asia, with additional exercises and incursions into Japanese territory in the last 12 months by naval and airborne forces. Tokyo's annual white...                    

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Market turmoil adds hurdle to KDB-Lehman deal

reuters.com     05-Sep-2008   2 related          

By Michael Flaherty and Park Jung-youn HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - A wave of financial market turmoil that crashed into South Korea this week has made any deal between Korea Development Bank and Lehman Brothers all the...                    

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The 10 most decadent dictators

timesbusiness.typepad.com     05-Sep-2008          

A revolving gold statue, pink champagne and a "Pleasure Brigade" of nubile retainers all feature in Times Money's list of history's most decadent dictators. While their people suffered, these men - and sometimes their...                    

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Dodge Japan's Economic Bullet by Investing in South Korea

marketoracle.co.uk     05-Sep-2008   2 related          

Martin Hutchinson writes: have been much more positive about the Japanese economy than most other analysts in recent months, largely because I believed that many of the problems from the Japanese recession of 1990-2003...                    

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North Korean Mata Hari in alleged cyber-spy plot

regdeveloper.co.uk     05-Sep-2008          

Tales of sex, spying and spyware Updated South Korea has accused its neighbour North Korea of cyber-espionage during the trial of a suspected Mata Hari-style spy. However some political commentators are suggesting that the...                    

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