en-th 2008 Asianewsnet.net Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:47:01 14 145 33 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=10002 The gruesome murder on Sunday (February 7) of Nepali media entrepreneur Jamim Shah, 47, has brought back chilling memories of June 29, 1998. On that day, Mirza Dilshad Beg, a sitting Nepali lawmaker, ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:47:01 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9997 In 1930, the Tayal tribe of central Taiwan fought Japanese colonisers in what is now known as the Wushe Incident. It was Taiwan's final rebellion against the Japanese, and sprang from the treatment of ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:11:44 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9998 Border tensions died down Monday (February 8) but the war of words flared up with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen reciting a curse on Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for his comments on disputed ter ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:06:40 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=10001 If you ask me, the 'star' of 'First Edition', the first Philippine Daily Inquirer presidential debate held Monday (February 8), was Sen. Jamby Madrigal. The senator abandoned a re-election run for sen ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:44:14 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=10000 Like the Filipino delicacy balut, the first Philippine Daily Inquirer presidential debate was not for the faint-hearted. Pointed and witty queries ranging from the price of 'galunggong' (or poor man' ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 11:34:21 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9994 Kirin Holdings Co. and Suntory Holdings Ltd. announced Monday (February 8) they will terminate their business integration negotiations owing to differences in opinion on the nature of the envisioned ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:41:51 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9992 The gravitational pull of the moon and sun may serve as the last straw in triggering earthquakes, researchers have found. Though the effects of the two heavenly bodies--known as the lunar and solar t ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:37:08 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9990 Samsung Electronics said Monday (February 8) that it had agreed to resolve a more than two-year-long patent dispute with Sharp and sign a cross-license deal with the Japanese firm. "We agreed to with ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:34:33 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9988 North Korean leader Kim Jong-il met with a senior Chinese official in Pyongyang on Monday (February 8), the North's official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday, according to a report from Yonha ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:27:10 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9985 Banks in South Korea do not have to compensate clients for losses caused by currency option contracts - also known as "knock-in-knock-out" or KIKO contracts, a local court said on Monday (February 8) ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:07:34 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9984 South Korea and North Korea failed to narrow differences over the requirements for resuming cross-border tours to the North's Mount Geumgang resort and Gaeseong during talks held on Monday (February 8 ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:51:40 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9982 An ongoing inquiry into the controversial bailout of a troubled bank has appeared to clear Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of any wrongdoing, but analysts say it leaves the fate of his t ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:26:25 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9983 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) said Monday (February 8) it would apply stricter approval rules to property lending this year as part of an effort to balance its loan structure and ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:16:37 http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=9987 Thailand started deploying thousands of troops in provinces across the country from Monday (February 8) ahead of the verdict in the assets-seizure case against fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. ..... Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:11:27