http://www.worldpronews.com//asia http://www.worldpronews.com//asia.rss World Pro News - All World Wide Daily News at One Place - World Pro Daily News Asia RSS feeds ~ www.worldpronews.com//asia'; en-us http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22605280#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22605280#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 21 May 2013, 4:00 am
A Chinese fishing crew seized by unidentified North Koreans two weeks ago is freed along with their boat, reports say....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22605278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22605278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 21 May 2013, 3:11 am
The US and Chinese presidents, Barack Obama and Xi Jinping, announce they will hold their first summit in California in June....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22460872#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22460872#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 11:19 pm
Trams battle against the odds in Calcutta...]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22565267#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22565267#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 9:53 pm
President Barack Obama praises the leadership of Burma's Thein Sein after historic White House talks, but urges his visitor to halt violence against Muslims....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22601503#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22601503#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 7:43 pm
China cannot be a "free rider" on global trade, EU warns...]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22593284#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22593284#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 5:54 pm
Pakistani city is braced for more protests, as results emerge from a partial re-run of elections held after fears of rigging and polling day violence....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22594734#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22594734#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 4:15 pm
A suicide attack in Afghanistan's Baghlan province kills at least 14 people, including a senior local politician opposed to the Taliban....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22592770#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-22592770#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 3:44 pm
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang says India and China must "improve mechanisms" to settle a long-running border dispute....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22593402#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-22593402#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 3:25 pm
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng tells the BBC he thinks Washington should do more to protect his relatives, a year after he fled China for the US....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22598621#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22598621#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 2:35 pm
The family of Chen Guangcheng are 'paying for his activism' back home according to the Chinese dissident...]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22593286#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22593286#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 2:24 pm
Pakistan's former military ruler, Pervez Musharraf, is granted bail in the case of the assassination of the former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto....]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22595159#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22595159#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa 20 May 2013, 12:51 pm
Vietnam's National Assembly begins a month-long congress, where an unprecedented confidence vote will be held for the country's top leaders....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752588 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752588 21 May 2013, 4:19 am
Former Prime Minister Mario Monti said he does not believe another Italian election will be called any time soon....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752579 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752579 21 May 2013, 3:17 am
Some of Asia's most successful entrepreneurs confess to their most common mistakes....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752566 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752566 21 May 2013, 2:55 am
The big divergence over the past few months in the direction of the S&P 500 and copper....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752563 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752563 21 May 2013, 2:38 am
Reports that China may step up the diversification of its huge foreign exchange reserves is not great news for U.S. Treasurys...]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752528 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752528 21 May 2013, 1:48 am
Australia's central bank felt it needed to cut interest rates at its May meeting because the economy was not growing fast enough....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752506 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752506 21 May 2013, 1:15 am
Nearly every rich country has gone through a "T-shirt phase" β€” an economic period in which farmers work in textile factories. The New York Times reports....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752478 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752478 21 May 2013, 12:56 am
The silver chart shows that those who are wishing for a rise in the gold price will be disappointed....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752395 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100752395 20 May 2013, 11:06 pm
President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751748 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100751748 20 May 2013, 9:21 pm
Stocks and the U.S. dollar have started to move in tandem again, which could be a positive for U.S.-centric companies....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750803 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750803 20 May 2013, 4:56 pm
After the authorities seized assets of the largest bitcoin exchange, traders are looking nervously at the future....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750705 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750705 20 May 2013, 3:36 pm
Nationalist and isolationist movements will increasingly come to the forefront in Western nations, according to HSBC's chief economist, Stephen King, in his latest book....]]> http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750350 http://www.cnbc.com/id/100750350 20 May 2013, 2:57 pm
The Fed faces the reality that its policies have been less effective at growing the economy than levitating stocks....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-fishing-boat-crew-released-north-korea-025922733.html http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-fishing-boat-crew-released-north-korea-025922733.html 21 May 2013, 4:33 am
BEIJING (AP) β€” A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen seized for ransom by armed North Koreans two weeks ago were released Tuesday, easing the latest irritant in relations between the neighboring allies....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-xi-meet-obama-earlier-expected-032851953.html http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-xi-meet-obama-earlier-expected-032851953.html 21 May 2013, 4:26 am
BEIJING (AP) β€” China's new leader Xi Jinping will confer with President Barack Obama next month in California, months earlier than their expected first meeting, as both sides seek to stem a drift in relations, troubled by issues from cyberspying to North Korea....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-muted-ahead-fed-meeting-030716175.html http://news.yahoo.com/asia-stocks-muted-ahead-fed-meeting-030716175.html 21 May 2013, 3:07 am
BANGKOK (AP) β€” Asian stock markets struggled to post gains Tuesday as investors waited for the U.S. Federal Reserve to telegraph what it plans to do next with its economic stimulus program....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks-153545083.html http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-presumptive-pm-calls-taliban-talks-153545083.html 20 May 2013, 7:11 pm
ISLAMABAD (AP) β€” Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/silver-drops-despite-steady-market-tone-elsewhere-142855235.html http://news.yahoo.com/silver-drops-despite-steady-market-tone-elsewhere-142855235.html 20 May 2013, 5:03 pm
LONDON (AP) β€” The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a row, even as stocks remained relatively solid amid hopes over the U.S. economy....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/seoul-day-3-nkorea-tests-short-range-weapon-123338164.html http://news.yahoo.com/seoul-day-3-nkorea-tests-short-range-weapon-123338164.html 20 May 2013, 4:28 pm
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) β€” North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that the North was testing....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council-075314027.html http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomber-kills-14-afghan-province-council-075314027.html 20 May 2013, 3:10 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) β€” A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief outside the council headquarters in northern Afghanistan on Monday, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/us-says-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers-145829614.html http://news.yahoo.com/us-says-pakistan-curbing-explosive-fertilizers-145829614.html 20 May 2013, 2:58 pm
ISLAMABAD (AP) β€” Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-indian-leaders-call-cooperation-101050969.html http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-indian-leaders-call-cooperation-101050969.html 20 May 2013, 2:20 pm
NEW DELHI (AP) β€” The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/us-pakistan-moves-curb-dangerous-fertilizers-141801535.html http://news.yahoo.com/us-pakistan-moves-curb-dangerous-fertilizers-141801535.html 20 May 2013, 2:18 pm
ISLAMABAD (AP) β€” A top American military officer says Pakistan has taken steps to prevent fertilizers made in Pakistan from being used for roadside bombs targeting American troops in Afghanistan....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-former-military-ruler-granted-bail-115244112.html http://news.yahoo.com/pakistans-former-military-ruler-granted-bail-115244112.html 20 May 2013, 12:31 pm
ISLAMABAD (AP) β€” A judge granted bail to Pakistan's former military ruler on Monday in a case related to the assassination of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, his lawyer said....]]> http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-nkorea-fires-sixth-projectile-waters-105704814.html http://news.yahoo.com/skorea-nkorea-fires-sixth-projectile-waters-105704814.html 20 May 2013, 10:57 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) β€” North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, Seoul officials said. The North said it was bolstering deterrence against enemy attack....]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/tXCOtqjamCs/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/tXCOtqjamCs/story01.htm 20 May 2013, 5:29 pm
Czech master Jiri Menzel and Chinese director Ning Hao are among six filmmakers and critics joining Tom Hooper to choose the Golden Goblet award winner from 12 entries. read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/S6nF-7a6hVo/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/S6nF-7a6hVo/story01.htm 20 May 2013, 11:35 am
An elite police unit has 48 hours to transport a psychopath across Japan, dodging bounty hunters along the way, in Takashi Miike's latest, premiering in the Cannes Competition.read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/NaOegLxrbUE/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/NaOegLxrbUE/story01.htm 20 May 2013, 10:26 am
The police action film reunites the Hong Kong action star with rising talent Wen Zhang, and is due out June 28 in China. read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/8jA3aW6vXF8/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/8jA3aW6vXF8/story01.htm 20 May 2013, 8:38 am
Peter Chan’s rites-of-passage drama about three cram-school tutors sends Chinese blogosphere abuzz, taking more in three days than the Marvel franchise in a week. read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/Fio1_sGPyzg/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/Fio1_sGPyzg/story01.htm 20 May 2013, 8:30 am
Third Installment of Marvel's franchise has already broken four box office records in Hong Kong.read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/LMUbprrydGs/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/LMUbprrydGs/story01.htm 20 May 2013, 3:28 am
Paramount Pictures and its two co-producers unveiled their first official Chinese recruit for the fourth installment of the franchise.read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/dZCUeHW-rdE/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/dZCUeHW-rdE/story01.htm 19 May 2013, 6:51 pm
China Film Group vice president Zhang Qiang had all of his luggage stolen from his rented Cote d'Azur apartment, leading the senior exec to tweet: β€œThis film festival is not worth mentioning!”read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/Z7R1Y_tjArI/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/Z7R1Y_tjArI/story01.htm 19 May 2013, 12:23 pm
Luc Besson's EuropaCorp and China's Fundamental Films will co-produce and distribute the titles, at least one of which will be shot in China. read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/4nVU5G8vwZE/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/4nVU5G8vwZE/story01.htm 19 May 2013, 9:08 am
The Chinese company, led by Wang Zhonglei, will first distribute in China QED's upcoming WWII film "Fury," starring Brad Pitt and Shia Labeouf. read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/A42faCmUs-w/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/A42faCmUs-w/story01.htm 18 May 2013, 4:49 pm
Carina Lau and Chen Kun star in Flora Lau's melancholy drama about a Real Housewife of Hong Kong and her personal driver, both facing crises.read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/ZjdEXLLbZU4/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/ZjdEXLLbZU4/story01.htm 18 May 2013, 8:54 am
Sahamongkolfilm International's 3D action vehicle, which will be the highest budget Thai film ever made, has also been sold throughout Aisa. read more    ...]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/eu0OgKlGpm0/story01.htm http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HollywoodReporterAsia/~3/eu0OgKlGpm0/story01.htm 18 May 2013, 2:20 am
The Nasdaq-listed Chinese film production and distribution company announces a net income of $500,000 from January to March.read more    ...]]>