Asia

Make Way For Ambulances: They're Stuck In Bangalore Traffic

11:21am September 12, 2014

by Maanvi Singh

The Indian city is a busy high-tech hub with crowded roads. Ambulances get tied up in traffic along with everyone else. Clever thinkers are coming up with solutions. Motorcycle ambulance, anyone?

Fijian U.N. peacekeepers released by the group Nusra Front in Syria on Thursday as they arrive in Israeli-held territory on the Golan Heights.

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Fijian Peacekeepers Released By Syrian Nusra Front Rebels

11:44am September 11, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The 45 U.N. troops were taken hostage last month on the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights.

Handsome Zhang — that's his real name in Mandarin -- runs a shipping company, one of many supporting businesses spawned by East Wind village's furniture industry. The shipping business helped Zhang, 25, buy this Kia sports car.

The Alibaba Effect: How China's eBay Transformed Village Economics

10:58am September 11, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

At first, Sun Han made a staggering 100 percent profit margin on his furniture. Soon everyone in his village was opening a furniture factory — and didn't need to raise pigs anymore.

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Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is shown here in a still image posted online in 2011. In a video released this week, he announced that al-Qaida was establishing a faction in the Asian subcontinent with a focus on India.

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Will Al-Qaida Find Followers In India?

8:39pm September 05, 2014

by Julie McCarthy

The Islamist group has established a new franchise in a country with 176 million Muslims. But al-Qaida could find it hard to recruit in India, according to many analysts.

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3 Captive Americans In North Korea Appeal For U.S. Help

10:08am September 04, 2014

It's unclear what it will take to secure their release. David Greene talks Stephen Bosworth, who served as U.S. special representative for North Korea policy during President Obama's first term.

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A still from the surveillance camera footage shows the fainting man (top left and bottom right) lying alone in a subway car, as the few remaining occupants hurry away.

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Why Did Crowd Flee Shanghai Subway After Foreigner Fainted?

1:14am September 04, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

A widely watched video shows a foreigner fainting on a subway car and everyone around him fleeing. No one helps. It's rekindled a national debate about trust, fear and the Chinese national character.

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Hong Kong's Drive For Open Elections Runs Low On Steam

7:04pm September 03, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

Earlier this week, China insisted that the people of Hong Kong would not be allowed to nominate candidates for the territory's next leader. Occupy Central, a local democracy movement, is threatening to shut down the city's financial district in protest — but organizers acknowledge that only 3,000 people have signed pledges to participate.

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North Korea Grants Interviews With American Detainees: To What End?

7:14pm September 02, 2014

Two U.S. news organizations, CNN and the Associated Press, were granted interviews with three men detained by North Korean authorities.

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Elephants, unlike humans or civets, are herbivores. The fermentation happening in their gut as they break down cellulose helps remove the bitterness in the coffee beans. Here, an elephant receives medical treatment from the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant

No. 1 Most Expensive Coffee Comes From Elephant's No. 2

5:27pm August 26, 2014

by Michael Sullivan

A coffee entrepreneur claims his brew is different — and better — than the trendy civet poop coffee. And it starts with the idea that elephants, unlike humans or civets, are herbivores.

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The impoverished village of Sarawa is one of many in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, where tensions are reportedly rising between Hindus and Muslims. Hindu nationalists are angry over the alleged rape and forced religious conversion of a Hindu girl

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In India, Hindu Nationalists Feel Their Moment Has Arrived

12:27pm August 26, 2014

by Julie McCarthy

The rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised the spirits of Hindu nationalists. But it also appears to be increasing tensions between Hindus and the Muslim minority.

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