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• Stocks End Higher as Oil Slips
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.94% to end at 14,251.74, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slipped 0.08% to 25,513.71. Treasury market Treasuries were higher on Thursday in response to the weaker economic reports.
• Women rise in Rwanda's economic revival
Microloan programs in Africa, Asia and Latin America have shown similar results. In India's great economic transformation of the past 15 years, states that have the highest percentage of women in the labor force have grown the fastest as well as had ...
• Chinese journalist jailed 4 years
We condemn Qi Chonghuai's sentence and the brutal treatment he has received throughout his detention," CPJ Asia Program Coordinator Bob Dietz said in the statement.
• Switzerland will get the iPhone
Among those deals are pacts with providers in Latin America, Canada, Italy and the Asia-Pacific region including agreements covering Australia, India and the Philippines.
• Red Cross:
He said the main goal now should be for countries in Asia and other parts of the world to "pressure the regime" in a coordinated way "to make sure that aid gets to the people of Burma as quickly as possible.

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• Regional: Asia: Recreation and Sports  (2)

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