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Breaking News Sat, 31 Jul 2010
Japan Airlines Boeing 747-400 ready to take off at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in September 2009.
Aerospace   Japan   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Japan Airlines
 The Times of India 
JAL to spend $2.8 bn to procure 65 aircraft: Report
Sat 31 Jul 2010
TOKYO: Japan Airlines plans to spend 241.5 billion yen ($2.8 billion) in the next five years to procure 65 aircraft as it rejigs its fleet toward smaller, more fuel-efficient airplanes, Jiji news... (photo: Creative Commons / Patrick Cardinal)
Philippine Airlines
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 Inquirer 
PAL blames flight cancellations on lack of pilots
Sat 31 Jul 2010
MANILA, Philippines—The sudden exodus of pilots lured away by higher-paying foreign carriers forced Philippines Airlines to cancel several domestic and international flights Saturday morning, the... (photo: Creative Commons / Clai Segismundo)
Philippine Airlines planes seen parked near the  runway area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport ( NAIA ) , Paranaque City , Philippines , August 29 , 2009.  m&c  Sat 31 Jul 2010
Pilots quit Philippine Airlines, flights cancelled, delayed
Manila - The Philippines' flag carrier on Saturday cancelled about a dozen domestic and international flights after several pilots resigned for higher-paying jobs with foreign airlines. Dozens of... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
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Airport Police at the Davao International Airport, Davao City, Philippines  Fresno Bee  Sat 31 Jul 2010
Out of pilots, Philippine airline grounds flights
The Associated Press Share thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/30/2024801/out-of-pilots-philippine-airline.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Airlines   Flights   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Philippine Airlines
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A Myanmar farmer ploughs rice paddy in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, Monday, July 5, 2010. Wall Street Journal Sat 31 Jul 2010
Myanmar Loosens Yoke on Farmers
By A WSJ Staff Reporter YANGON, Myanmar—Moves by Myanmar's military regime to loosen its grip on the impoverished nation's once-mighty rice industry in advance of... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win)
Agriculture   Elections   Myanmar   Photos   Wikipedia: Burma
Rice - Commodity Inquirer Sat 31 Jul 2010
NFA asked to dispose of excess rice stocks
MANILA, Philippines—Civil society and peasant groups yesterday called on the National Food Authority (NFA) to dispose of its rice stocks within the next two months to... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Farmers   Philippines   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Rice
 Hitachi-technology-industry (sl1) LA Daily News Fri 30 Jul 2010
Hitachi returns to profit as demand in Asia fuels turnaround
Associated PressPosted: 07/30/2010 08:41:47 AM PDTUpdated: 07/30/2010 08:41:48 AM PDT TOKYO — Hitachi, a maker of everything from home appliances to... (photo: creative commons)
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An Afghan man holding his son, both injured slightly in a suicide car bomb attack on an Italian military convoy, walks away from the site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009. Gulf News Fri 30 Jul 2010
For Afghans, the situation is not getting any better
Seven children killed by rockets in a mosque, a 16-year-old girl abused by a district police chief, more than 80 civilians killed in bomb attacks written off as... (photo: AP / Manish Swarup)
Afghanistan   Photos   Security   War   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
Chief Minister of West Bengal state Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, speaks during the 111th birth anniversary celebrations of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, whose statue is seen in the background, in Calcutta, India, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007. Gulf News Fri 30 Jul 2010
India's communists should think again
One interpretation of the Cultural Revolution in China, some four decades ago, is that Mao Zedong wanted party members and bureaucrats to experience life in the villages.... (photo: AP / Bikas Das)
Communist   India   Photos   Policy   Wikipedia: Communist Party of India
Rice - Commodity Herald Tribune Fri 30 Jul 2010
Philippines swimming in rice amid high imports
MANILA, Philippines - The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Imports   Philippines   Photos   Spoilage   Wikipedia: Rice


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