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Shareholder activist resigns from HKEx
Following a disagreement with management, David Webb resigns from Asia’s largest listed bourse
Japan shows surprise growth spurt
China exports and shipments to other emerging economies provide strongest quarter in four years, but analysts warn rising energy and raw material costs will weigh on next two quarters
US to announce N Korea food aid package
The US intends to provide 500,000 tonnes of aid over a one-year period starting in June, say US officials
Islamabad’s tribal deals spark concerns
Pakistani efforts to negotiate peace deals with militants in the border regions with Afghanistan have raised concerns in Kabul and Washington
China quake toll ‘could reach 50,000’
The sharp rise in the expected death toll indicates hopes are fading for tens of thousands of people trapped under collapsed buildings as rescuers struggle to reach them
Burma junta calls for rice planting help
Military rulers have appealed for international help to get its cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta farmers back to their paddy fields, amid concerns about future food shortages
Police call Jaipur bomb claim credible
A little-known Indian group claimed responsibility for bomb blasts that killed 63 people in Jaipur on Tuesday and warned India against supporting the US and UK on international issues
UN hits at spy-led Afghan killings
Foreign spies in Afghanistan are leading informal groups of local fighters in secret raids in which Afghan civilians have been killed, a United Nations official says
Japan sends rescue workers to quake zone
Two groups of 30 rescue workers are expected to take sniffer dogs and heat-sensing equipment to Sichuan province
Beijing reins in coverage of quake
Death toll rises to at least 20,000 as Beijing steps up reporting controls on China’s biggest natural disaster for 30 years
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