Asia News latest RSS headlines - Asia Bulletin.comProvides the latest RSS feeds for Asia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home pageBanks, exporters lead region lower- July 15, 2008 HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian banks fell across the board Tuesday, pulling down regional indexes, on worries related to the health of the U.S. financial sector. Shares of exporters such as Canon In...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16179946/ Dalai Lama defends Islam as peaceful religion- July 15, 2008 The Tibetan spiritual leader, appearing yesterday at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, offered a defense of Islam in response to a question about the rise of violent religious fundamentalism. He adde...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16181602/ Taliban defy Pak govt to set up Shariat court- July 15, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Openly defying the writ of the Pakistan government, the local Taliban announced that they will set up Shariat or Islamic courts in the restive Mohmand tribal region bordering Afghanistan.http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16181601/ Rebel police personnel in Nepal expelled, face dept action- July 15, 2008 KATHAMANDU: A departmental action was initiated against police personnel agitating within the battalion at the Riot Control Police Force-Nepalgunj in Nepal after they were expelled from their services...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16181600/ Asian shares may fall on more bank worries- July 15, 2008 Close this SYDNEY, Australia -- Asian shares are set for a cautious start on Tuesday, with financial firms such as Mizuho Financial Group seen pressured after concerns about further fallout from credi...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16179947/ Wayathamoorthys passport was never seized, parliament told- July 14, 2008 KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia&039;s Immigration Department had never seized the passport of ethnic Indian activist P Wayathamoorthy, who is the chairman of the non governmental Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16177901/ Asia stocks down after US mortgage plan announced- July 14, 2008 HONG KONG (AP) - The U.S plan to bolster troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac doesn&039;t appear to be sitting well with Asian investors. Many of the Asian benchmarks opened higher but ...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16175422/ Officials Struggle to Contain Outbreaks of Anthrax, Typhoid- July 14, 2008 Email this article A winter of hardship has given way to the summer of pestilence in Central Asia. Contagious diseases, such as anthrax and typhoid, are stoking public health crises in Kazakhstan, Ky...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16175423/ Obama vows to end war in Iraq- July 14, 2008 NEW YORK: Vowing to pursue a new military strategy, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Monday promised to pull out the bulk of US forces from Iraq by mid-2010 so as to focus on Afghani...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16176749/ We honour courage of Dalai Lama, says Bush- July 14, 2008 WASHINGTON: US President George Bush on Monday paid tribute to "the courage of the Dalai Lama and the Buddhists in Tibet," less than one month before heading to China for the Beijing Olympics openi...http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/bf053b50c46383e0/id/16176750/ |