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Taiwan iPhone Maker Halves Sales Target, Shares Fall

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Hon Hai Group, maker of Apple's iPhones, will halve its long-term sales growth target to 15 percent annually, its chairman was reported as saying, with demand for iPhones and iPads unlikely to offset slowing PC sales. 

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Macquarie Sees First Half Profit Down 25%, Shares Slide

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Gales, Aftershocks Shake Quake Hit New Zealand City

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New Zealand Earthquake 2010

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Japan Public Backs Prime Minister Kan by Wide Margin

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Australia's Gillard Close to Forming New Government

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China Allows Insurers to Invest in Private Equity, Property

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SingTel Mulls Bid for C&W Worldwide: Report

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China Tells State Companies to Explore Potash Bid

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Australia Inflation Moderation a Relief for Rates

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US expects to subsidize Afghan training for years (AP)

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AP - The United States expects to spend about $6 billion a year training and supporting Afghan troops and police after it begins pulling out its own combat troops in 2011, The Associated Press has learned.

Graft and threats of violence cloud hopes for Afghan vote (Reuters)

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Reuters - Taliban threats, shuttered polling centers and warnings of widespread fraud are clouding hopes for Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary election, a key test of an already fragile democracy, observers have warned.

Afridi says Pakistan players aware of 'fix' dangers (AFP)

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AFP - Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi insisted Monday his players had been educated by officials over the dangers of corruption as the 'spot-fixing' row engulfing his side rumbled on.

Japan detects its first case of NDM-1 superbug (AFP)

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AFP - Japan on Monday said it has detected its first case of an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert.

Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010 (Reuters)

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Reuters - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters.

Kandahar boardwalk is a world away from war (AP)

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AP - It was a broiling fall evening in this southern Afghan battlezone, and U.S. Army Sgt. Charles Reed wanted to celebrate his birthday in style — at T.G.I. Friday's on the boardwalk.

Four shot dead in Indian Kashmir protests (AFP)

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AFP - Four people were killed Monday when Indian security forces opened fire on stone-throwing protesters during fresh demonstrations against Indian rule in Kashmir, police said.

Pakistan races to protect two towns from surging floods (AFP)

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AFP - Pakistani authorities were Monday racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in living memory.

NKorea prepares for biggest convention in 30 years (AP)

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AP - Huge posters plastered across the North Korean capital hailed the nation's biggest political convention in 30 years as a historic event as the world watched Monday for signs that the country's next leader was making his public debut.

NATO asks for more troops for Afghanistan (AP)

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AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan is asking for 2,000 more soldiers to join the 140,000-strong international force here, NATO officials said Monday. It was unclear how many would be Americans.

NZ quake 'damaged 100,000 homes'

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Almost two-thirds of the 160,000 homes in and around Christchurch were damaged by Saturday's earthquake, New Zealand's prime minister says.

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Japan convicts whaling activists

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A court in Japan gives one-year suspended jail sentences to two anti-whaling activists from Greenpeace for stealing whale meat in 2008.

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N Korea to free South Korea crew

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North Korea says it will release the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized in waters east of the Korean peninsula one month ago.

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South Korea FM offers to resign

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The South Korean Foreign Minister, Yu Myung-hwan, offers to resign after it was revealed that his daughter was offered a job in his ministry.

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New Zealand crash victims named

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Police in New Zealand name nine people, including four foreigners, who died when a light aircraft crashed after taking off from Fox Glacier on Saturday.

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Japan imposes new Iran sanctions

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Japan imposes new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme but maintains its oil import schedule.

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China warships end Burma visit

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The first visit of Chinese warships to Burma ends as top Burmese leader Than Shwe prepares to visit Beijing, highlighting the two country's close ties.

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Thai workers 'trafficked to US'

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Six recruiters are accused of luring 400 Thai workers to the US with promises of farm jobs, confiscating their passports and demanding high fees.

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Independent Wilkie backs Gillard

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One of four key independent lawmakers endorses Australian PM Julia Gillard, leaving her two seats short of the majority needed to form a government.

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Tajikistan suicide bomb wounds 25

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A suicide bomber has driven a car packed with explosives into police offices in Khujand, Tajikistan, injuring 25 people.

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Afghans protest US church's plans to burn Quran

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The Florida-based Dove World Outreach Centre announced plans to burn copies of the Quran on 9/11.

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Britons 'eat 17 million cookies a year'

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Britons eat 17 million cookies a year, which is 51,166 extra calories and 2,439 extra grams of fat annually, a survey has revealed.

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Suicide bomber kills 20 in northwest Pakistan

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The city, Lakki Marwat, was also targeted in January because the people resisted Taliban attempts to infiltrate.

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China to unleash 'carrier-killer' missiles: Report

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The new super-weapon would be used to counter balance US Naval supremacy in the Pacific.

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Afghan toll of foreign troop deaths in 2010 hits 500

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Increase in casualty because foreign troops have launched more operations to counter a resurgent Taliban.

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Chinese billionaires shun Gates-Buffett's philanthropy dinner

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Some have declined the invitation, while many asked if they would be required to pledge a donation at the dinner.

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Saeed accuses India of releasing waters in Pak rivers

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Hafiz Mohd Saeed has alleged that the flood situation worsened in Pakistan after India released waters in Pakistani rivers.

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Nepal fails to elect PM in 6th run-off poll

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Neither Maoist supremo Prachanda nor his Nepali Congress rival Ramchandra Poudyal could muster a majority.

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Pro-Taliban militants resurface in Peshawar

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After military operations in Bara of Khyber tribal agency, militants had disappeared from Sheikhan and life had returned to normal.

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Quetta victims given mass burial as toll mounts to 65

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A day after the massacre by the militants, tensions prevailed in Quetta.

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Nepal PM poll: Madhesi party to play decisive role !

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After splitting from Nepal`s main Madhesi block, the MPRF said it wants to play a "decisive" role in PM run-off.

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Afghan TV anchor murdered in Kabul!

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Noori was also deputy head of Afghanistan`s National Journalists` Association.

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Zardari, Gilani condemn suicide attack on police station!

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Pakistan`s President and PM say terrorists would be dealt with an iron hand.

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Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010!

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There has been an increase in foreign military deaths, many of them American.

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`Iran paying Taliban bonus for killing US soldiers`!

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Iran is reportedly paying $1,000 to Afghan Taliban for killing a US soldier.

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`TTP plans to target prominent politicians on Eid`!

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The report says most politicians on hit list were from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Musharraf providing ration to 1,000 flood-affected Pak families!

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Former Pak leader had earlier donated Rs 10 million towards relief efforts.

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End child labour, Bangladesh court tells government !

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B`desh court directs govt to end child labour within a year in industries.

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Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan

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LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants.

Graft and threats of violence cloud hopes for Afghan vote

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KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban threats, shuttered polling centres and warnings of widespread fraud are clouding hopes for Afghanistan's Sept. 18 parliamentary election, a key test of an already fragile democracy, observers have warned.

Afghan vice-president Fahim recovering in Germany - aide

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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan first Vice-President Mohammad Qasim Fahim was recovering following medical treatment in Germany, his secretary said on Monday, dismissing rumours that the former warlord was gravely ill or had died.

Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010

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KABUL (Reuters) - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters.

War, corruption swell number of Afghan street kids

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KABUL (Reuters) - At a centre for disadvantaged children in Kabul, shy young girls step up to recite their duties as fasting Muslims for the visiting U.S. ambassador.

Afghan progress slower than first hoped, general says

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KABUL (Reuters) - International forces in Afghanistan have at times overstated the progress being made this year, the deputy commander of the NATO-led force said on Saturday, with advances coming slower than originally expected.

Afghans protest U.S. church's plans to torch Koran

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KABUL (Reuters) - Several hundred Afghans chanting "Death to America" rallied outside a mosque in the Afghan capital on Monday to protest against an American church's plan to burn a copy of the Koran on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Russia wants to rebuild Afghan facilities

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia wants to cooperate with the West and help Afghanistan by rebuilding power plants and other Soviet-era facilities in the central Asian state racked by insurgency, a senior government official said on Monday.

Afghan journalist stabbed to death in Kabul-palace

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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the brutal killing of a prominent Afghan television journalist, Karzai's office said on Monday.

Indian women subjected to "degrading" rape tests - HRW

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Rape victims in India who undergo forensic examinations are being subjected to a "degrading" finger test which is archaic and unscientific, according to a report by Human Rights Watch on Monday.