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Japan stocks dive 6.9 percent after US sell-off (AP)
AP - Japanese stocks dived Thursday after a steep drop on Wall Street and government data showing that Japan's exports suffered a brutal drop in October.

Australia to lift controls on former Guantanamo convict ..
AFP - Australian police said Thursday they were ready to lift strict security restrictions on convicted Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks after he broke his silence to appeal for greater freedom.

Australian adult industry flirts with politics (AP)
AP - The name may seem like a joke, but the Australian Sex Party is serious — serious about sex, according to their slogan.

China at last tries to report the news first (Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese media's increased reporting of protests over land, labor and investment issues reveals an attempt by the government to manage the impact of bad news by acknowledging it, sources said on Thursday.

Global news agencies boycott Australian cricket (AFP)
AFP - Global news agencies have boycotted coverage of the first cricket Test between Australia and New Zealand starting Thursday because of conditions imposed by organisers.

Southeast Asia winning Malacca Straits battle for now: watch..
AFP - Southeast Asia is winning the battle against piracy in the Malacca Straits but any reduction in vigilance could see a sudden return of high-seas banditry in the vital trade lane, a watchdog said Thursday.

Hicks pleads for greater freedom
Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo Bay inmate convicted of terror offences, speaks out for first time.

Strike shuts down Kathmandu after alleged Maoist murders
KATHMANDU : Protestors shut down the Nepalese capital Kathmandu with a strike Thursday over the abduction and murder of two men, allegedly by the youth wing of the country's ruling Maoists.

Annual inflation at 8.90 pct on Nov. 8 (Reuters)
Reuters - India's wholesale price index rose 8.90 percent in the 12 months to Nov. 8, marginally below the previous week's annual rise of 8.98 percent, government data showed on Thursday.

Taiwan shares tumble 4.5 pct on Wall Street rout (AP)
AP - Taiwan shares tumbled Thursday, weighed by Wall Street hitting a five-year low overnight and weakness on neighboring Asian bourses.

Philippines battles outbreaks of typhoid and cholera
MANILA : The Philippine military has mobilised medical teams to help fight an outbreak of typhoid in the northeast of Manila.

RIGHTS-CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge Through Blinkered Eyes
PHNOM PENH, Nov 20 (IPS) - When Gunnar Bergstrom stepped off the plane into the sweltering heat of the Cambodian capital in August 1978, he did not even begin to suspect the fate that had befallen the country whose struggle he had supported from afar.

Doubts hang over landmark Bangladeshi elections (AFP)
AFP - The prospect of Bangladesh holding its first democratic elections in seven years hung in the balance Thursday after the government refused to meet demands from a key party.

Cambodia will not 'wage war' with Thailand over border: PM ..
AFP - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday repeated his country would not "wage war" with neighbouring Thailand over a long-running border dispute that erupted into violence last month.

India opposition says crisis needs bigger response (Reu..
Reuters - India needs to restore economic confidence hit by the global credit crisis by helping struggling industries, boosting infrastructure spending and dramatically improving governance, senior opposition politician Arun Shourie said.

Protest-hit China says job stability top priority (Reut..
Reuters - Stabilizing employment is the top priority for China, a minister said on Thursday as he revealed a rise in jobless workers triggered by a weakened export sector amid a series of strikes and protests.

Bollywood film brings homosexuality out of closet (AFP)..
AFP - Once upon a time in Bollywood, a handsome hero would croon and bash up a few goons to win over his coy but willing lady love. If the film worked, the director could live happily ever after.

Pakistani general calls for halt to missile strikes (Re..
Reuters - Pakistan's army chief called for a halt to missile attacks on Pakistani territory by pilotless drone aircraft operated by Western forces in Afghanistan.

Boy thrown under train for writing love letter (Reuters..
Reuters - A teenage boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with his head shaved and then thrown under a train in Bihar for daring to write a love letter to a girl from a different caste, police said on Thursday.

Manpower head sees big layoffs globally (AFP)
AFP - Employee numbers will be cut sharply in many Western nations as companies pare costs to survive the global financial crisis, according to an international recruitment company boss.

Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel area'
Sri Lankan troops have captured the first line of defence of Tamil Tiger rebels on the Jaffna peninsula, the army says.

High-street shopping losing appeal in plugged-in Asia (..
Reuters - The Internet is replacing the high street as the shopping destination of choice in the Asia Pacific, with a new survey showing a majority of Internet users prefer to go online to buy everything from electronics to holidays.

Strike shuts down Kathmandu after alleged Maoist murders ..
AFP - Protestors shut down the Nepalese capital Kathmandu with a strike Thursday over the abduction and murder of two men, allegedly by the youth wing of the country's ruling Maoists.

Philippine family planning bill headed for defeat: Church ..
AFP - The Roman Catholic church on Thursday said it has sufficient support in the Philippine congress to defeat a controversial family planning bill promoting sex education and the use of contraceptives.

Former great Javed Miandad takes over as director PCB (..
AFP - The Pakistan Cricket Board appointed former captain Javed Miandad as director general, and he immediately vowed to bring international cricket to Pakistan.

Oil falls below $53 on fears of deep recession (AP)..
AP - Oil prices fell below $53 to almost a two-year low Thursday in Asia as investors, egged on by plummeting stock markets, priced in lower crude demand from a global economic downturn that's shaping up as the worst in decades.

Asia markets follow US share drop
Asian markets plummet after New York's main share index slumps to its lowest level in five years, amid recession fears.

England bat against India in third one-dayer (AFP)
AFP - England captain Kevin Pietersen won the toss and elected to bat in the third one-day international against India at the Green Park stadium here on Thursday.

Lunchtime pastry-eating contest ends in death (Reuters)..
Reuters - A lunchtime pastry-eating contest ended in tragedy when a young professional in Gurgaon was found unconscious in the washroom and choked to death before reaching hospital, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

MEDIA-SRI LANKA: Under Fire Journos Learn Survival Skills
BATTICALOA, Nov 20 (IPS) - For journalists on the job in Sri Lanka -- considered by international media rights bodies to be the third most dangerous place to work in, after Iraq and Somalia -- staying safe is a prime concern.

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