Lebanese married to foreign men want equality (Dawn) BEIRUT, Dec 14: Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland.
Lebanese women wed to foreigners want equality (The State) Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income [...]

Singapore universities to provide scholarship to Myanmar students (China Daily) YANGON — Two Singapore state universities will provide scholarship to Myanmar maritime students for the year 2009-2010 to help nurture qualified experts of the country in the field, the local weekly journal Voice reported Saturday.
Yen, Yuan, Philippine Peso, Korean Won: Asian Currency Preview (Bloomberg) [...]

AFF Suzuki Cup 2008 Beating Laos 4-0, Vietnam earn semis berth Thailand crush Malaysia 3-0 (Nh n D n) Nhan Dan Online- Vietnam thrashed Laos 4-0 in their final match of Group B at the Surakul stadium tonight , confirming the place in the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup while Thaland crushed [...]

Asia-South Africa service (Business Times (Malaysia)) SHIPPING firm MISC Bhd will introduce a dedicated Asia-South Africa service beginning March next year. The new service rotation will include the Port of Tanjung Pelepas in Johor and other Asean outports, and provide customers with significant additional capacity.
South Africa GP feasibility study (F1-Live.com via Yahoo! UK & [...]

U.S. Will Push U.N. for Somalia Mission (Washington Post) UNITED NATIONS — The Bush administration will mount a last-ditch push this week to muster international backing for a relatively small U.N. peacekeeping mission in Somalia, in an effort to help stem piracy and prevent the resurgence of Islamist militants in the lawless East African nation,… [...]

Ameican moved to Finland after Russia attack (The Charlotte Observer) (The Associated Press) The mother of an American exchange student who was stabbed in Russia says her son has been transferred to a hospital in Finland. Eighteen-year-old Stanley Robinson, of Providence, Rhode Island, was stabbed by unknown assailants in the southern Russian city of Volgograd [...]

Work on Qatar-Bahrain causeway to start next month (MENAFN) Work on Qatar-Bahrain causeway to start next month
Quick guide: HezbollahHezbollah – or Party of God – is a powerful political and military organisation of Shia Muslims allied to Syria.
Israel eases Gaza Strip blockadeIsrael says it will allow some humanitarian aid into Gaza, easing the blockade [...]

Touting New Security Deal, Bush Makes Final Iraq Visit President Bush s fourth and final trip to Iraq was interrupted by an incident in which a man threw his shoes at the president during a news conference. [...]

Arab nations to meet for talk on Iran – Financial TimesArab states anxious about a change in US policy towards Iran are meeting world powers this week, in an attempt to establish a regular channel of communication over Gulf security that would survive into the next US administration. According to a …
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2 Volkswagen plants to suspend production in China (San Francisco Chronicle) Two Chinese auto plants run by German automaker Volkswagen AG through joint ventures are planning to partly suspend production lines to conduct maintenance work, state television reported Sunday. The news comes amid a huge slump in sales of vehicles in China,… [...]