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- World Stocks Down on China Manufacturing Slowdown
- Indian Rebels Offer to Free One Italian Hostage
- Horrific Anti-China Protests Become Tibet's Norm
- Asia Stocks Decline on Signs of Slowing China Growth
- Bangladesh Reaches First-Ever Asia Cup final
- Kachin Abuses Undermine Burma's Reform Claims
- North Korea Invites UN Nuke Monitors to Return
- Chinese Hoping to Talk Their Way Out in French
- Thousands Mourn Tibetan Self-immolator in China
- East Timor President Concedes Defeat in Election
Rangoon on List for Big Weather Disasters
By SETH BORENSTEIN / AP WRITER
Report claims global warming will bring such severe storms, droughts and heat waves that nations including Burma should prepare for unprecedented onslaught of deadly weather disasters.
More Than 100 Orangutans Lost in Indonesian Fires
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fires raging in an Indonesian swamp forest kill a third of the rare Sumatran orangutans living there and all may be lost this year.
North Korea Rocket Could Cause Casualties: US
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON / AP WRITER
Debris from a rocket launch planned by North Korea next month could cause casualties, warns a senior US military official.
Police Bust Asian Human Trafficking Ring
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Police in Thailand and Australia arrest six people as part of a yearlong, multination operation against asian human trafficking networks.
Vietnam Revokes Visas of Church Officials
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON / AP WRITER
Vietnam revokes visas of three representatives of the Roman Catholic church seeking to hold talks about the possible beatification of a cardinal forced into exile.
Tibetan Sets Himself on Fire at Anti-China Protest
By TIM SULLIVAN / AP WRITER
A Tibetan exile lit himself on fire and ran shouting through a demonstration in New Delhi just before a visit by China's president.
Monkey Importer Faces Cruelty Charges Over Thai Shipment
By LINDA DEUTSCH / AP WRITER
Jurors saw images of wide-eyed little monkeys inside crates as an importer of research animals faces cruelty charges after 15 primates died en route to Bangkok.
Authorities Postpone By-elections in Restive North
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Election authorities in Burma have postponed voting in three of 48 constituencies in the April 1 by-election because of what the military-backed government says are security concerns.
Indian Rebels Release One of Two Italian Hostages
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Maoist rebels release one of two Italians who were abducted 11 days ago in a remote area of eastern India.
India Lost $210 Billion on Coalfield Sales: Audit
By NIRMALA GEORGE / AP WRITER
India's scandal-plagued government lost hundreds of billions of dollars by selling coalfields to companies without competitive bidding, according to a leaked audit report.