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Asian Shares Up On US Reports

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Asian shares rose Tuesday after rallies in U.S. stocks and positive U.S. data cheered investors, with hopes for some progress in the euro zone crisis also helping.
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Asian Stocks Drop As Economic Worries Weigh

Most of the Asian stocks fell Monday as investor sentiment was weighed down by concerns of weakening global economy, which undermined the data from China showing lowering of inflation rate in September
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta

Panetta Voices Dire Concerns Of Cyberwarfare Against US

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Thursday that the nation was faced with a dire cyber threat from foreign actors targeting computer control systems that operate chemical, electricity and water plants and those that guide transportation.
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Literature Nobel Goes To Chinese Author Mo Yan

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2012 was awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, who in his dozens of stories and novels uses magic realism to merge folk tales, China’s history and the contemporary, the Swedish Academy announced Thursday.
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Japan Core Machine Orders Decline 3.3% In August

Japan’s core machinery orders fell in August compared to that in the previous month showing that there is an urgent need to take additional measures for enhancing the growth potential of the economy.

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