Word: asia
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...election fraud, Afghan civilians are at a greater risk than ever of violent attacks, aid officials warn. "With the outcome of voting in Afghanistan unclear, the danger and insecurity facing millions of Afghans continues and in fact is higher now than ever," says Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International's Asia-Pacific director. "Antigovernment groups, including the Taliban, have demonstrated a systematic contempt for the safety of civilians by targeting Afghans who want to establish their future through ballots, not bullets." (See pictures of election day in Afghanistan...
...China is now Japan's largest trading partner and is the powerhouse for growth in Asia. Japan, which has helped build the region with economic assistance and technology, needs to continue to cultivate Asia's economic potential and strengthen diplomatic ties. "Japan can benefit from high Asian growth rate even with low domestic demand," says JPMorgan's Kanno. Closer relationships with Asian economies, he says, are a must, particularly in terms of agricultural trade and free-trade agreements. "If Japan accepts more agricultural imports, then it will have closer relations and trade volume will rise." Kanno says agricultural reform...
...Shanghai Composite Index fell 5%, setting off panic selling in Hong Kong and dinging even the Dow. But Chinese stocks rebounded 2.7% the next trading day, the steepest rise in two months. Fast forward to Aug. 31. The Shanghai index dropped 6.7% that day, causing panic around Asia and even in distant markets like...
...should not matter outside China. Only locals can trade in Chinese A shares, which comprise the composite index. But markets are supposed to anticipate the economy's health, so the fall in the index could possibly signal a relapse in the world's third largest economy. The jitters in Asia and the rest of the world are rooted in the fear that China will not be able to help pull the global economy from recession, a big blow to recovery hopes given the inability of the U.S., Europe and Japan to play that role at this time...
...Pakistan and northwestern India. Digs at major sites such as Mohenjo-daro and Harappa revealed a sophisticated society whose towns had advanced sanitation, bathhouses and gridlike city-planning. Evidence of trade with Egypt and Sumer in Mesopotamia, as well as the presence of mining interests as far as Central Asia, suggests that the fertile Indus River basin could have been home to an empire larger and older than its more famous contemporaries in the Middle East...