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Reformed hunter battles to save Bangladesh's wildlifeSrimongal, Bangladesh (AFP) Sept 27, 2010 Sitesh Ranjan Deb says his transformation from hunter to conservationist was triggered 20 years ago when he was attacked by a Himalayan black bear while out stalking deer. Sitesh, from northeastern Bangladesh, stumbled on the sleeping beast. It lashed out, severely damaging his face and one eye, and only emergency surgery saved his life. During many long months of recovery, Sitesh decided to give up hunting - his family's profession for generations - in favour of saving ill and endangered anim ... read more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Sept 20, 2010Swedish home furniture giant Ikea pitched Monday for fast-growing India to open up its huge retail market to foreigners and said it planned more stores in emerging market giant China. India's tight investment rules restrict overseas retail firms to "back-end" wholesaling - except for single-brand outlets such as Nokia or Reebok - to protect local, family-run stores which fear being driven ... more  
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2010A senior US official on Monday defended a role for China in South Asia despite Indian sensitivities and said that New Delhi likewise had a role to play in East Asia. President Barack Obama's administration has tried to broaden relations with both emerging Asian powers but it has struggled to address perceptions in New Delhi that the United States is more interested in China. Some Indian ... more 
Dhaka (AFP) Sept 19, 2010Global retailers fleeing China's rising labour costs now find themselves facing growing pressure for higher wages in countries from Bangladesh to Cambodia, Vietnam, India and Indonesia. The latest sign that workers are becoming more militant in their demands for a larger share of the region's economic success came in Cambodia last week, when tens of thousands of workers went on strike. T ... more |
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Kenya may be lifeline for new Sudan stateJuba, Sudan (UPI) Sep 16, 2010 A move by Kenya to build a deep-water port at Lamu on its Indian Ocean coastline could be the salvation of an oil-rich independent state in southern Sudan that is widely expected to emerge from a January referendum. Running an oil export pipeline from Sudanese oil fields, which are largely in the south, to Lamu would cut out the hated enemy of the southern Christians and animists, the northern Arab Muslim regime in Khartoum. President Omar Bashir, a former army general who seized power i ... read more |
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