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| FT.com - World, Asia Pacific
FT.com - World, Asia Pacific
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who skipped bail last week and flew to London, plans to seek political asylum in Britain
Nicolas Sarkozy was on his way to Afghanistan after Taliban fighters killed 10 French soldiers in fighting near Kabul, part of the heaviest death toll Nato forces have suffered in battle since the 2001 US-led invasion
A US state department official said the new government in Islamabad had failed to prevent the country's intelligence agency from aiding terrorist attacks and supporting the Taliban
As a suicide bomber killed 25 in north-west Pakistan, officials said they were looking at ways to adapt anti-terror policies to discourage people from turning to militancy by giving them greater social and economic support
A suspected suicide bomber killed 25 people in northwest Pakistan, where violence poses a major test for the coalition government led by the party of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, especially after the resignation of former army chief Pervez Musharraf as president
The Bank of Japan has cut its assessment of the economy for a second month running in a sign that a global slump sparked by the US credit crisis may be spreading too quickly for the country to avert recession
Indonesia appointed three banks to handle its global Islamic bond programme in a boost to the sukuk market
Jan Frodeno of Germany wins men's triathlon in a sprint to the finish while Christine Ohuruogu becomes Great Britain's first woman to win the 400m
Food importers led by Saudi Arabia are trying to acquire land in poorer countries, striking bilateral deals that would ensure exports even in a crisis
South Korea said it would revise rules governing initial public offerings in the lastest move by Seoul to boost stock market activity
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