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WASHINGTON:  'Targets, not drones, draw ire from Pakistan'

ISLAMABAD:  Prospects for peace

DHAKA:  A new spurt in Dhaka-Yangon relationship

DHAKA:  Cheese sandwich and white wine

THIMPU:  Bhutan's veggie challenge

MANILA:  Facebook follies

JAKARTA:  Gaga all over

SEOUL:  Living in Korea tough but hopeful

WASHINGTON:  The ‘secret’ is out

BEIJING:  China's military spending meets country's need




LONDON:  Malaysia's Felda expected to be next world player

DHAKA:  Bangladesh extends time for black money invetsment in stocks

BANGKOK:  Thai auto firms zoom down the eco road

DHAKA:  Bangladesh railway sector limps for want of manpower

SINGAPORE:  Fashion sellers trail today's savvy buyers

SEPANG:  Malaysia warns of zoo licence revocation for mistreatmeant of animals

BEIJING:  Chinese search engine debuts new smartphone

BANGKOK:  Eurozone crisis spurs export-credit insurance sales in Thailand

GEORGE TOWN:  Opportunities await Malaysia in sensor technology sector

SEOUL:  LG’s new quad-core smartphone to debut in Europe next month





ISLAMABAD: The banned outfit

KATHMANDU: Maoist fighters at crossroads: Options separate couple’s path



Life After F4
Ken Zhu talks about coping with the pain of fame and coming to terms with his place in the industry


The palace is nice, but…
For a person who prefers natural scenery to historic attractions, Thailand's Grand Palace is probably the only tourist attraction I would like to see .....






HOLLANDE BECOMES FRENCH PRESIDENT: French President Francois Hollande (C) flanked by his companion Valerie Trierweiler (R), Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoe (2nd L) and Paris deputy mayor Anne Hidalgo arrives to deliver a speech as part of a ceremony held at Paris town hall following his investiture yesterday in Paris. Hollande became President of France yesterday and almost immediately left for Berlin for a high-stakes face-off with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over remedies for Europe's crisis. Philippe Desmazes / AFP



Plea in Japan to restart nuclear plants
But Japanese people on the whole remain sceptical



Japan is restarting nuclear plants, as town councillors in Oi, a community in Fukui prefecture, have given the go-ahead for two nuclear reactors that the town hosts to be restarted so as to protect local jobs, reports The Straits Times. Philippine President Benigno Aquino says the island dispute between China and the Philippines may soon be resolved, as he gives assurances that discussions with China has taken a clearer direction, says China Daily. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says he supports Myanmar reform when he meets Myanmar’s iconic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the country’s old capital of Yangon, writes The Korea Herald. Indonesian president plays safe on North Korean issues, disappointing activists who wanted him to push for changes in Pyongyang, says The Jakarta Post. Sony, Panasonic are in talks to create next-generation TV sets, planning to form an alliance and develop an iconic Japanese brand to catch up to their South Korean rivals, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun.



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Singer finds favour with broken-hearted
House of sunlight
Having fun with fans




Suu Kyi key driver of Myanmar’s democracy
Indonesia bans Lady Gaga concert
Matches 'made in heaven'






Around Asia With ANN: April 7, 2012







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SINGAPORE: Housewife Jules Rahim was shocked when a friend tipped her off that her photo was featured on a pornographic website. That was not the only unauthorised use of the picture of her in a bikini, which she had posted on her Facebook account three years ago. Another friend told her that the photo had also popped up on a dating site called sgGirls.com. It was accompanied by a caption which listed a telephone number to call and how much it cost to chat. "It's embarrassing," said the mother of four children, aged one to 10. "People I know may think wrongly of me." Rahim, 32, has filed two police reports - one about the porn site and the other about the dating site. The Straits Times understands that at least two other Singaporean women have also discovered that their Facebook pictures have surfaced on these two websites. The three are victims of what is known as 'photo-jacking' - the act of stealing pictures from social media like Facebook and Twitter and exploiting them for use on, say, porn sites. Earlier this year, there were reports in the United States and New Zealand concerning Facebook pictures of teenagers and children which had also ended up on porn portals.



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SEOUL:  S. Korea seeks bigger role in Arctic

HA NOI:  Viet Nam's second satellite launched into orbit

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TAY NINH:  Viet Nam gives death sentence to cross-border heroin trafficker




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