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The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said.
Y.E. Yang's stunning win over Tiger Woods at the PGA Championship gave the burgeoning golf market in Asia something that no amount of money can buy: the region's first major champion.
Manchester United has a not-so-secret weapon to win over fans in its preseason tour of Asia — the continent's star, Park Ji-sung.
John Fallan's trained eye scans rows of iceboxes brimming with tiger fish and shrimp in a Vietnamese supermarket, searching for one pesky fish that threatens the health of seafood lovers.
Mohamed Bin Hammam will retain his seat on FIFA's executive committee, winning by just two votes on Friday at the Asian Football Confederation Congress.
A new admissions policy set to take effect at the University of California system in three years is raising fears among Asian-Americans that it will reduce their numbers on campus, where they account for 40 percent of all undergraduates.
From Tokyo to Mumbai, Asian stocks plunged by record amounts this year as the region's powerhouse economies lost steam and foreign investors pulled billions of dollars from its once-booming markets.
The Philippine president is calling on Asian leaders meeting in Beijing next week to convene a special session to tackle the impact of the global economic crisis.
Stock markets across Asia posted sharp losses in early trading Friday on the heels of a steep sell-off on Wall Street.
Shares fell across Asia on Friday, as investors refrained from major moves while watching to see what will come of a massive U.S. bailout plan to revive the crippled financial system.
Twentieth Century Fox said Wednesday it has established an Asian unit specializing in local productions, starting with India, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to venture into the region.
Asian markets were mixed Friday as investors digested uneven readings on the U.S. economy and more record oil prices. Japan headed for its 12th straight day of losses.
Asian stock markets retreated Thursday after Wall Street's overnight loss, as high oil prices aggravated worries about inflation and the possibility of higher interest rates.
Most Asian stock markets fell modestly Wednesday on disappointment that the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates a quarter point, not the more aggressive half-point that some had hoped for.
Asian stocks rallied Thursday, tracking an overnight surge on Wall Street, amid a brightening outlook for the U.S. economy — a key export market for Asian companies.
Chinese author Jiang Rong beat four other shortlisted Asian writers to become the first winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize for his best-selling novel "The Wolf Totem."
Mixed Race Americans Picture A 'Blended Nation' :The 2000 U.S. census was the first to give Americans the option to check more than one box for race. Nearly 7 million people declared themselves to be multiracial that year, a number that's expected to shoot up in the 2010 count.
A Japaneese American was a co-founder of The Black Panther PartyI found this to be a little interesting part of history I didn't know: Aoki is a documentary film chronicling the life of Richard Aoki (1938-2009), a third-generation Japanese American who became one of the founding members of the Black Panther Party.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan's 'fanatical' Uzbek militantsIn South Waziristan, the Pakistani army is bracing itself for confrontation with what it says are "a large group of Uzbek extremists". So who are they and what are they doing in Pakistan? Sirojiddin Tolibov of the BBC's Uzbek service has this assessment.
Net set for 'language shake-up'The internet is on the cusp of the "biggest change" to its working "since it was invented 40 years ago", the net regulator Icann has said. The body said it that it was finalising plans to introduce web addresses using non-Latin characters. The proposal - initially approved in 2 …
BBC NEWS | UK | Abused Asian men's lives 'living hell'By Sanjiv Buttoo Asian Network More South Asian men married to British women are becoming the victims of domestic violence, it has been revealed.
Top Oz mining billionaire slams as "racist" Government FIRB curbs on Chinese investment 'Billionaire Clive Palmer: "What he's [FIRB's] doing is illegal, it's against the World Trade Organisation, it's against the [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] and it's against our constitution as it was amended in 1966.''
Police arrest 90 after clashes at Birmingham rightwing rallyPolice made 90 arrests after violent clashes between white protesters against Islamic extremism and Asian youths in Birmingham yesterday afternoon.
By Muhammad Imran ISLAMABAD: An special permission will be taken from the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) for participation of the Pakistan Snooker team in the Asian Indoor Games.
Elephant with sore feet gets comfy slippersKeepers of a 40-year-old Asian elephant named Gay noticed an abscess on her right front foot, then another on her left. To help ease her pain, they gave her pedicures, antibiotic foot baths, aloe vera and anti-inflammatory treatments.
Elephant with sore feet gets comfy slippersKeepers of a 40-year-old Asian elephant named Gay noticed an abscess on her right front foot, then another on her left. To help ease her pain, they gave her pedicures, antibiotic foot baths, aloe vera and anti-inflammatory treatments.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan to reform tribal areasThe semi-autonomous Northern tribal areas where many militant groups (like the Taliban and Al Qaeda) have found refuge are to be reformed to allow for better integration with the main Pakistan body. The current political system or laws were inherited by British colonialists.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'Racism' claims at Lebanon beach clubsRacism overall in Lebanon, not just at the beach clubs. New law maybe on the way to outlaw discrimination, we'll see. These maids and labourers need protection from abusive employers. Like at the end of the article says:
Biracial Asian Americans And Mental HealthA new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with a psychological disorder.
Expect tougher rules, product safety chief to tell ChineseThe new head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission leaves Tuesday on a trip to warn Chinese and other major Asian exporters to expect tougher regulation of toys, drywall and other products found to have recent defects after entering the U.S.
Ampalaya or bitter melon is scientifically known as Momordica Charantia, a bitter tasting vegetable found in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia, with the attribute of a bitter herb which is best paired with meat such as, "Ampalaya con Carne," a nutritious and delicious ori …
The Birth, and Death, of the Asian Babe: The sordid history of the sexually exotic East.Bernstein's view of the role of women in his story of cultural and sexual collision is nuanced to the point of being myopic.
We all know that 96% of the voting African-American population cast their ballot for Barack Obama. Some white people made the dangerous assertion that blacks were voting for Obama simply because of his race.
Last week several white political pundits tore into President Obama's pick for Supreme Court Justice, Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
2,000 Indians rally, protest in Melbourne CBD over anti-Indian bashings by racist thugs 2000 members of Melbourne's Indian population have marched through Melbourne's central business district (CBD) to protest against the rising number of violent attacks against Indian students.
It is pretty sad but it's true that some people might look at everything Obama does and go: that's great, I really like that my President did that.
Couple flee after bank mistakenly gives them $10m Interpol are hunting a couple who fled New Zealand after a bank reportedly paid more than £3.8 million into their account by mistake.
Q. Is it embarrassment? Is it guilt? It makes me uncomfortable when someone won't look me in the eyes when they are speaking with me. It makes me think there is something I don't know that is happening. Perhaps they are hiding something. What do you think?
Poll Does any one know where the original homeland of white people was located ? I recently learned that all other races of people on this planet had and still have ancestral lands that their evolutionary ancestry can be tied to except white people.
Black belt teen strikes back at bully, schoolmates rally against racismKESWICK, ONT. — The 15-year-old black belt thought he was doing his tormentor a favour when he elected to fight back with his weaker left hand.
Shop raid prompts Muslim veil banThe owners of an Asian jewellery shop which was recently robbed have decided to turn away people wearing the traditional veil worn by Muslim women.
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