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VICTORY:Women supporters of India's Congress party distribute sweets as they celebrate in front of Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi's residence in New Delhi on July 23 after the Congress-led coalition government won a parliamentary confidence vote. India's embattled coalition government survived a chaotic parliamentary confidence vote, clearing the way for it to forge ahead with a civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States. RAVEENDRAN/ AFP

  BUSINESS
Japanese transport companies desperate to save fuel
1 yen rise in diesel price pushes up financial burden by about $148m

SEOUL : Kia's overseas production rises to record high
KATHMANDU : State-owned Nepal Airlines to divest its shares
BEIJING : China unmoved by slow exports
SEOUL : Korea to enhance privacy protection

  VIEWPOINT
Border stand-off is a storm in a teacup
Cambodian PM stirs nationalist sentiment for election victory

DHAKA  : Manmohan wins confidence vote
TOKYO : No excuses for uptick in nation's murder rate
SEOUL  : Pyongyang must explain killing of tourist
SINGAPORE : Within and beyond Asean

 
'Asean needs to find ways to resolve disputes'
The Thai-Cambodia spat has put into the spotlight one of the fundamental building blocks laid out in the Asean Charter: dispute settlement mechanisms

SEOUL : Korean hostages in Mexico released
SINGAPORE : 'Still premature for UN to discuss Thailand-Cambodia row'
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's coalition to pursue talks not operations
PUTRAJAYA : Malaysian home minister explains about Anwar probe
SINGAPORE : Rice holds 'very good' nuke talks with N Korea
BEIJING : China creates public protest sites for Olympics
MANILA : Manila controversial airport terminal opens... finally
KATHMANDU : Nepal's Maoists will not join next government
GUANGXI : Six bodies retrieved from flooded mine in China

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