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  India PM reaches out to Africa

  Business, dpa, Published on 02/11/2015

  » New Delhi: Indian Premier Narendra Modi has announced US$600 million and a line of cut-price credit in development aid for Africa as he called for expanded trade, all part of an effort to limit China's influence on the continent.

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  Cambodia garment unions push for minimum wage rise

  dpa, Published on 25/09/2015

  » PHNOM PENH -- Negotiations on raising the minimum wage for hundreds of thousands of workers in Cambodia's vital garment sector were set to begin in the capital Friday.

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  Hagupit: Massive damage, not deaths

  dpa, Published on 09/12/2014

  » MANILA – Smiling and carrying bags of relief goods, residents of flood-prone areas in the Philippine capital began returning to their homes after staying in an evacuation centre overnight.

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  Sola Aoi takes diplomacy to China

  dpa, Published on 21/08/2014

  » BEIJING - In her white sneakers, Sola Aoi tiptoes through the Beijing studio as if she were wearing 20-centimetre-high heels. Every finger nail is covered with a different combination of rhinestones, glitter and plastic.

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  Aquino's popularity plummets in poll

  dpa, Published on 14/07/2014

  » MANILA – Philippine President Benigno Aquino's popularity has sunk to its lowest level since he took office in 2010, owing to controversies over state fund disbursements, surveys showed Monday.

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  Indian markets hit record highs

  dpa, Published on 14/05/2014

  » NEW DELHI - India's stock markets hit record highs Tuesday after exit polls predicted that Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi was on course to become the next prime minister.

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  Myanmar's new challenges

  dpa, Published on 05/05/2014

  » YANGON - For years after joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in 1997, Myanmar was the regional albatross, dragging the group's reputation down with its human rights record and refusal to ditch military rule.

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  Telecom giants dominate Myanmar

  dpa, Published on 06/04/2014

  » YANGON - Telecom giants from Norway and Qatar, two countries with few historical bonds to Myanmar, are poised to play pivotal roles in the impoverished nation's economic development.

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  Foreign investment in Myanmar triples

  dpa, Published on 01/03/2014

  » YANGON - Foreign investment in Myanmar is set to triple in the current fiscal year ending March 30, with 50% going into manufacturing, media reports said on Saturday.

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  'Illegal billions' flow through Philippines

  dpa, Published on 04/02/2014

  » MANILA -- Hundreds of billions of dollars in illegal money flowed in and out of the Philippines in the last 50 years, most of it from smuggling, according to a study by the Global Financial Integrity organisation released Tuesday.

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