 | |  ASIA NEWS PHOTOS 
| Bomb kills 54 in Pakistan, Taliban threatens US People rush for cover soon after an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.... | | | 
| Emergency declared after 7.1 quake hits New Zealand A car damaged by rubble from a building is seen following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in central Christchurch, New Zealand, early Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.... | | | 
| We want a bandh-free State: industrialists BANDH - STRIKE- INDIA... | | | 
| 37 tribals sent home: Collector INDIA-TRIBAL-PEOPLE... | | | 
| Two dozen hurt in fresh Indian Kashmir clashes Kashmiri muslims throw stones towards indian policemen During a protest in Srinagar September 3, 2010. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims thronged the mosques and shrines to offer special prayers on Jumat-ul-Vida, the last and concluding Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.... | | | 
| Briefing.com: Stock Market Update - 15:30 ET A businessman walks past an electric market board in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 7, 2008. Japan's Nikkei 225 plunges 7 percent in early trade following heavy Wall Street losse... | | | 
| GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, dollar rise on signs recovery on track Pedestrians wait to cross a street in front of an electric board in Tokyo as Japan's key stock index plunged a stunning 9.6 percent Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 to close out its worst week in history. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 881.06 points to 8,276.43, its lowest since May 2003. It was its biggest one-day percentage loss since the stock market crash of October... | | | 
| What's crimping Japan? Pedestrians are reflected on an electric market board in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 20, 2008. Asian stock markets advanced Monday, with South Korean shares gaining for the first time in four days as the government moved to shore up the country's banking system amid the global credit crisis. Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose almost 3.6 percent to 9,005.59. In Tokyo, shares rose amid hopes for better-than-expected corporate earnin... | | | 
| India's air force honours Tendulkar The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik conferred the rank of Honorary Group Captain to Shri Sachin Tendulkar at a ceremony, in New Delhi on September 03, 2010.... | | | 
| Briefing.com: Stock Market Update - 09:02 ET A high school student passes by a stock indicator in Tokyo Friday, Jan. 12, 2007. Japanese stocks rose Friday, helped by another record close on Wall Street and the dollar's rise above 120 yen, a boon to the nation's key export sector. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 218.84 pints, or 1.30 percent, to finish the day's trading at 17,057.01 points on the Tokyo Stock Exc... | | | 
| Spike in food prices fans riot fears Bread - Loaf Bread - Food - Commodity... | | | 
| Deadly bombing at Pakistan rally Volunteers carry injured people following an explosion during a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.... | | | 
| Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data An investor looks at the stock price monitor at a stock securities company Thursday Nov. 13, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have climbed, shrugging off losses in other Asian markets as newly released details of Beijing's economic stimulus plan helped boost construction and other stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index jumped 3.68 percent, or 68.5 points, to close at 1927.61. (AP Photo)... | | | 
| Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data An investor trades online at a private securities company Friday July 31, 2009 in Shanghai, China.... | | | 
| Asylum seekers tortured upon return Sri Lankan refugees are seen onboard the Oceanic Viking, an Australian Customs Service patrol ship, 14 kilometers off the coast of Kijang, Tanjung Pinang on the Indonesian Island of Bintan on Wednesday Oct. 28, 2009.... | | | |  |