Asia ‘megacities’ face infrastructure timebomb - ADB

FRANCE: Asian countries dominate a league table of economies most at risk from earthquakes, floods, storms and other natural hazards, according to research published on Wednesday.

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Indian PM pledges to attract more foreign investment

‘We cannot do much about the conditions that prevail outside our country’:

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh used his Independence Day speech on Wednesday to promise to improve conditions for foreign investment in the country after a sharp downturn in economic growth.

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Syria’s children are ‘hostages of violence’

LEBANON: IN BOX- Young children play Free Syrian Army versus Assad regime, using okra for ammunition and aubergines for hand grenades Turning rockets into goal posts, abandoned tanks into playthings, and war into a game,

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