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NEW YORK, April 4- If you read just one book this spring to understand how the world is changing, it should be Mohsin Hamid's new novel, "How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia." Asia's rise is a story of the eastward tilt of global gross domestic product, but behind those numbers are billions of individual lives that are being radically transformed.
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Rebecca Martin of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "We have a chance now, with the fewest cases in the fewest places," she said, joining officials from the World Health Organization, Gates Foundation and Rotary International to discuss the strategy that will be finalized later this month.
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BERLIN- Buoyed by solid finances, roaring exports and low unemployment, Germany increasingly sees itself as the only grown-up in Europe, responsible for bringing wayward children into line to hold the family together.
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Afghanistan's tax to GDP ratio today stands above 11 percent - ahead of neighboring Pakistan's dismal 9 percent.
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SEOUL- South Korea will strike back if the North stages any attack on its territory, the new president warned on Monday, as tensions ratcheted higher on the Korean peninsula amid shrill rhetoric from Pyongyang and the U.S. deployment of radar-evading fighters.
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KABUL, March 31- One of Afghanistan's most surprising success stories lies tucked away on a potholed street notorious for suicide bombings and lined with rusting construction equipment. Thanks to tougher enforcement procedures, Afghanistan's tax to GDP ratio today stands above 11 percent- ahead of neighbouring Pakistan's dismal 9 percent.
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KABUL, March 31- One of Afghanistan's most surprising success stories lies tucked away on a potholed street notorious for suicide bombings and lined with rusting construction equipment. Thanks to tougher enforcement procedures, Afghanistan's tax to GDP ratio today stands above 11 percent- ahead of neighbouring Pakistan's dismal 9 percent.
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*Great Eastern Energy Corp Ltd moves into profit. LONDON, March 28- Indian coal bed methane pioneer Yogendra Modi believes the country's huge coal fields could provide 10 percent of its fast-growing gas needs within 20 years, displacing some potentially costly imports.
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SYDNEY, March 28- Australian shares are likely to open lower on Thursday, the last day of trade before the Easter holiday, following a subdued session on Wall Street amid ongoing concerns about the Cyprus financial crisis.
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*His 850 troops police buffer zone in Cyprus. BUFFER ZONE, Cyprus, March 27- When Chao Liu enlisted in the People's Liberation Army in the dying years of China's Cultural Revolution, he never imagined he would end up in Cyprus wearing a blue U.N. beret.
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KARACHI, March 27- Pakistan's stock market closed higher on Wednesday, supported by an interest in oil company stocks, traders said. Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100- share index ended 0.14 percent, or 25.75 points, higher at 17,897.90 points. Oil and Gas Development Company Ltd rose 0.85 percent to 202.50 rupees.
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SYDNEY, March 27- Australian shares rose 0.9 percent on Wednesday, their biggest percentage rise in nearly two weeks, led by financials and miners as broader sentiment was underpinned by a record close for Wall Street's Dow Jones Industrial Average. Blue-chip miners BHP Billiton Ltd.
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SYDNEY, March 27- Australian shares rose 0.9 percent on Wednesday, their biggest percentage rise in nearly two weeks, led by financials and miners as broader sentiment was underpinned by a record-high close for Wall Street's Dow Jones industrial average. Blue chip iron ore miners BHP Billiton Ltd.
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RIYADH, March 27- Saudi Arabia's customs authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle over 3,260 metric tonnes of refined petroleum products out of the country's Gulf port of Dammam, the official Saudi Press Agency reported.
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SYDNEY, March 27- Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Wednesday led by blue chip miners on strong resource prices and after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a record high buoyed by strong data, but gains were capped by losses in the financial sector.
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SYDNEY, March 27- Australian shares gained 0.6 percent on Wednesday led by blue chip miners and financials on strong resource prices and after the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a record high. Global iron ore miners BHP Billiton Ltd. and Rio Tinto Ltd both climbed 1 percent.
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*Brent crude rallied to settle up more than $1 above $109 a barrel, after U.S. crude had surged to a five-week high above $96 a barrel, lifted by stronger manufacturing and housing data in the United States. *Copper steadied as demand picked up in China, the biggest metals consumer, but concerns about the fallout from the Cyprus bailout deal weighed.
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KARACHI, March 26- Pakistan's stock market closed lower on Tuesday, while the rupee weakened against the dollar, dealers said. Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark 100- share index ended 0.50 percent, or 89.76 points, lower at 17,872.15 points.
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SYDNEY, March 26- Australian shares finished the session down 0.8 percent on Tuesday as blue-chip financials and miners weighed on the market after weak metal prices and renewed worries about the prospects for Cyprus and the euro zone hit investor sentiment.
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SYDNEY, March 26- Australian shares finished the session down 0.8 percent on Tuesday as blue chip financials and miners weighed on the market after weak metal prices and renewed worries about the prospects for Cyprus and the euro zone hit investor sentiment. Top lender the Commonwealth Bank of Australia posted the biggest loss among banks, dropping 1 percent.