Asia survive a Pollock scare
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Shaun Pollock smashed a maiden one-day century, but failed to stop Asia from posting a 34-run win over Africa in the first match of the Afro-Asia cricket series here on Wednesday.
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Peter Annin recalls staring in horror at what had been the coast of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, now a wasteland strewn with scrub brush and corroded hulls of abandoned fishing boats.
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Undersea quakes are inevitable. The questions are where and when Â and the recent catastrophe may provide clues.
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Politics and art donât always mix well, but the combination has yielded a rare chance for Hong Kong residents and visitors to see what is arguably Chinaâs most famous painting.
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The unprecedented crisis in Asia has left governments struggling to catch up with public opinion, says Paul Reynolds
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Massive tsunamis triggered by the largest earthquake to shake the planet in more than 40 years wiped out coastal areas across Asia as far as 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) away, killing more than 11,000 people.
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Stunning pictures just in from Asia show one of nature&#39;s most-feared acts: a tsunami crashing into a beach on Thailand&#39;s Phuket Island.
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AMBALANGODA, Sri Lanka -- Asia's tsunami disaster dealt sharply different fates to those along the coasts, depending on how far they lived from the shore.
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Asia faces an outbreak of unprecedented proportions as it grapples with avian influenza, which the World Health Organization warns could develop into a pandemic unless detection and prevention methods are improved.
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Survivors and rescuers battle the devastation left by sea surges that killed more than 20,000 on Asia's shores.
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Scientists are warning that Asian farmers are drying up the continentâs underground reserves by drilling millions of pump-operated wells to draw out water.
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FOR the past two years, Asian stock markets have been high on the favoured list for Britainâs pension and life assurance funds. Asia, particularly China, has offered the double attraction of strong current
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Most health experts agree that Asian bird flu poses a grave danger and will likely spread unless urgent steps are taken. But some virologists caution that alarmist warnings could harm preparedness plans.
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The World Health Organization says that Asia faces a Bird Flu (avian flu) pandemic if things do not change soon. The WHO said that detection and prevention methods need a complete overhaul.
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Christie's is eyeing to break its HK$1.2 billion ($154.2 million) Asia sales record next week when it auctions artworks and jewelry from a region that is all the rage with wealthy international and Chinese buyers.
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Recalls of tainted pet food, toothpaste and toys show the dark side of Asia's boom. What it will take to make imports safer
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia on Saturday, as aid workers, troops  and grieving locals worked frantically to bury thousands of  rotting corpses and help millions threatened by disease.