WN Network East Asia News
East Asia News
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search
Breaking News Wed, 10 Mar 2010
In this combo made from file photos, the IBM logo is seen in front of the company's manufacturing plant in Essex Junction, Vt., left, and the Sun Microsystems logo is seen at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif
Cellphones   IBM   Photos   Research   Universities		  Canada Dot Com 
IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones
HELSINKI (Reuters) - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate. As growth in developed markets such as... (photo: AP)
Exile Tibetan monks carry a portrait of their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama during a protest against the Chinese government at Baudhanath Stupa, in Katmandu, Nepal, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
China   Photos   Protests   Security   Tibet		  Al Jazeera 
Tight security on Tibet anniversary
China has stepped up security in Tibet as the Himalayan region marks the sensitive anniversaries of the failed uprising against Chinese rule in 1959 and bloody riots two years ago. In the Tibetan... (photo: AP / Binod Joshi)
Gold Jewelries  The Guardian 
Gold firms as euro zone fiscal concerns linger
* Euro zone fiscal woes linger, fuelling safe-haven demand * Dollar firms versus euro, cappint gains in gold * Platinum climbs to 7-week high, tracking other metals (Updates, adds comment, changes... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Dollar   Euro   Gold   Photos   Platinum
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant  Syracuse 
Lakers snap 3-game skid on Bryant's late jumper
(AP) - LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107... (photo: AP Photo / Mark J. Terrill)
Game   Kobe   Lakers   Photos   Points
Top Stories
His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Buddhist Tantra meditation, Dharamshala, India The Star
Dalai Lama risks Chinese ire to back Uighurs
DHARAMSALA (Reuters) - Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama voiced his support on Wednesday for an ethnic minority in China's troubled Xinjiang province,... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
China   India   News   Photos   Tibet
In this photo taken on Aug. 29, 2009, Yukio Hatoyama, leader of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, waves during a last minute speech to the public in downtown Tokyo, Japan, during the last day for Parliament's lower house election campaign. Japan voted Sunday Aug. 30, 2009, in parliamentary elections expected to end the ruling conservative party's nearly 54 years in power and give a largely untested opposition a chance to make good on its promises to revive the ailing economy and turn around record-high unemployment. Breitbart
REFILING: 2ND LD: DPJ agrees to New Komeito request to expand child-allowance scope+
allowance scope+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 10 (Kyodo)—(EDS: CORRECTING DAY OF THE WEEK IN 2ND GRAF) Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's ruling Democratic Party of Japan... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Health   Japan   Kids   Photos   Tokyo
H.K. flagship air carrier returns to profit+ Breitbart
H.K. flagship air carrier returns to profit+
HONG KONG, March 10 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's flagship air carrier, said Wednesday it made a net profit of HK$4.7 billion ($606 million) in... (photo: GFDL / Terence Ong)
Airlines   Billion   Pacific   Photos   Revenue
World stocks little changed as China exports surge Breitbart
World stocks little changed as China exports surge
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March... HONG KONG (AP) - World stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese... (photo: Creative Commons / Jleon)
China   Exports   Photos   Products   Stock
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 3, 2010, military personnel march amongst residents in Lhasa, western China's Tibet region. The Times
Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown
Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008. The... (photo: AP / David Wivell)
Buddhism   China   Photos   Protests   Tibet
Get News Updates by Email
East Asia- Slideshow
Society & Education
Japanese gaming to profit from child subsidies The Times
IBM to Collaborate With Universities to Make Mobile Devices More Accessible PR Newswire
Man who caused Newark airport breach pleads guilty The Boston Globe
Finance & Investments
Freshmen listen to an explanation in front of an electric market board during their training at Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Thursday, Apr. 9, 2009. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average increased 1.84 percent to 8,753.39 at the end of the morning session Nikkei gains on strong U.S. jobs data, weaker yen The Guardian
Two men walk past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008. Australia's central bank cuts interest rates by 0.75 percentage point amid growing signs the economy is slowing quick Australia Raises Interest Rates as Economy Rebounds The New York Times
Hang Seng Bank Sufficient for growth Hong Kong Standard
Health & Medicine
A worker looks over at a large glass bottle collecting milk from a cow at a milking station near Hohhot, northwestern China's Inner Mongolia province, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. China on Wednesday introduced standards for levels of the industrial chemical melamine permitted in milk and food products as it seeks to rein in a festering safety China to boost food safety measures after scandal The Star
Cigarette - Smoke - Smoking - Ashtray S.F. supervisors vote to get tougher on smoking San Fransisco Chronicle
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009. China and India Join Climate Accord The New York Times
Entertainment & Arts
Mallika Sherawat, Bollywood, Mumbai, India . Mallika Sherawat opens up on her Hissss-story The Siasat Daily
Girls doing cultural dance at a program-Dance-India Bollywood music, Indian classical dance liven up wintry Beijing Newstrack India
Sony LCD TVs Sony to Launch 3D TVs in June, Rivals Samsung ABC News
Sony LCD TVs - Electronics Sony to start selling 3D TVs in Japan from June Khaleej Times
Sport
Nakajima after retiring from the 2009 Australuan Grand Prix Nakajima upbeat after F1 career stalls The Guardian
England national soccer team striker Michael Owen arrives for a squad training session for the World Cup at Mittelbergstadion in Buehlertal, Germany, Saturday June 17, 2006. England face Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in their Group B games at the World Cup Pearce - Door open for Owen Sky Sports
Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel, of Germany, celebrates after clinching the pole position in the qualifying session for Sunday's Formula One Grand Prix in Monza, Italy, Saturday, Sept.13, 2008. Sebastian Vettel became the youngest F1 driver to start from pole position after the Toro Rosso driver was fastest Saturday in a rain-affected qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix. Vettel: 'They called me Baby Schumi. I didn't like it but I understood' The Guardian
N.America Europe S.America Pacific Africa Asia

Sunday    Monday    Tuesday    Wednesday    Thursday    Friday    Saturday   
Media Kit | WN Toolbar | Languages | WN Links | Advertise | © 2010 WN Network
Contact our Advertising team for Advertising or Sponsorship on World News Network
Asean Female
Buletin Malaysia
Capital Markets Asia
Changing Asia
East Asia Maritime
East Asia News
East Asia Offshore
East Asia Times
Hong Kong Observer
Japan Business TV
Japan Confidential
Japan Sport
Korea FM
Korea Globe
Live News
Malay Star
Real Far East
Singapore Hello
Television Philippines
WN China