Asia looks to be a major force in 2008
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Strong medal winning performances by China and Japan in Athens herald a powerful showing by Asian nations at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said on Sunday.
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The 2008 World Economic Forum can't be all about the global economy.  Or can it?
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China is to launch 15 rockets, 17  satellites and its third manned mission in 2008, flexing its  muscle in space in a year in which it will host the summer  Olympics.
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Asian countries are clamoring for planes to meet surging air travel demands, giving Boeing an edge in the region.
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With China's rise looming large over Asia, building an alliance with the continent's other fast-growing giant, India, has turned into a mantra for Japanese policymakers.
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Rising power China moved Monday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world&#39;s largest free trade area by 2010 - a sprawling market of nearly 2 billion
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There is likely to be strong U.S. pressure on much of Asia next year, not just China, to allow a major depreciation of the dollar.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 12 (IPS) - At this week's Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) in  Helsinki, experts were unanimous that if Europe and Asia keep  investing in political and economic cooperation, it could pay  huge dividends for a multilateral world.
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Asia is set to overtake Europe's early lead in adopting mobile television broadcasting.
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China will continue to drive East Asia&#39;s growth next year, but the world&#39;s fastest-growing region may have reached its peak in expansion, according to the World Bank.
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VIENTIANE: Sixteen Asia-Pacific leaders converge on reclusive Laos this weekend for a major summit likely to be dominated by mounting concerns over Muslim unrest in Thailand and Myanmar&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; to democracy.
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Southeast Asia has taken another step towards creating a European-style economic marketplace. A series of anticipated new free-trade agreements could help the region compete with economic powerhouses India and China.
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As the new year approaches, there is good news and there is bad news for English-language print media in Asia.
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The 2004 Asian Development Prospect report has predicted that this year&#39;s GDP growth rate will be 8-point-8 percent higher than last year while next year&#39;s growth rate will slowdown to eight percent.
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Asia is set to overtake Europe&#39;s  early lead in adopting mobile television broadcasting as Europe  struggles to find available airwaves for broadcasts, industry  executives at an Asian trade fair said this week.
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How Asia's booming economies could make you rich.
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Japan and India courted southeast  Asian leaders Tuesday, a day after China signed a landmark deal  with ASEAN to create an Asian free trade market of 1.8 billion  people by 2015.