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Air China To Start Chengdu-Colombo Service In February

- Air China will commence nonstop service from Chengdu to Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on February 10, 2015, ...

Four Al-Qaeda militants killed in Karachi

Pakistani police on Friday said they had shot dead four regional Al-Qaeda militants including a senior leader in an ...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise to Play Instrumental Role in Creating the World's Best Smart City and Global Financial Hub

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise today announced it has been selected as the communications and networking solutions ...

Peabody Urges Greater Use Of Advanced Coal Globally To Fight Energy Poverty And Improve Emissions

- During a week of heightened discussion about carbon and climate, Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) today called for greater ...

Half South Asia`s girls marry before 18: UN

Nearly half of all girls in South Asia marry before they turn 18, according to a United Nations report that lays bare ...

Indonesia sees Kazakhstan as gateway to central Asia

Despite huge geographical distance, Indonesia and Kazakhstan have a lot in common as both the countries have a ...

MMAF Partners with World Bank and FAO to Initiate the Action Plan of the Global Marine Program

- The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) partners  with the World Bank and FAO to discuss the ...

Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2014 Coming in October

- Prolight + Sound Shanghai is a key business platform for audio, lighting, entertainment and event technology ...

ISIS must not exist in Indonesia

As news reports of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)s cruelty, such as beheadings and crucifixions, have been ...

Indonesia Rejects Propagation of ISIS Ideology

Indonesia has rejected the propagation of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syrias (ISISs) ideology in the country because ...

ATN acquires exclusive Broadcast rights for first ever Pro-Kabaddi League

- Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN) (TSX-SAT), Canada's largest South Asian Broadcaster and pioneer ...

Joint Commission International Appoints New Asia-Pacific Managing Director

- Joint Commission International (JCI) has appointed new leadership in the Asia-Pacific region. Prabhu Vinayagam, ...

Takeda Appoints Giles Platford Head of Emerging Markets

- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH ("Takeda") today announced that Giles Platford has been appointed Head of ...

ASEAN to Consider Cruelty Free International Proposal to Ban Animal Testing for Cosmetics

- Cruelty Free International has welcomed the ASEAN Heads of Delegation consideration of its proposal to upgrade the ...

CGAP Announces Winners of 2013 Photo Contest

- The winner of the 2013 CGAP Photo Contest is Truong Minh Dien of Vietnam. A panel of four judges selected his photo, ...