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Posted by Randal Rayborn on October 5, 2009 - Filed under AsiaLynx Updates

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FT Asia-Pacific News

Gates rallies troops in Kandahar

US defence chief strikes an optimistic note on his trip to the spiritual homeland of the Taliban, the new front line in the war in Afghanistan, forecasting 'an inexorable process' in strategy over the next two to three years […]

Japan toughens sanctions against Iran

Tokyo has tightened its sanctions against Iran, banning new investment in energy development, restricting financial dealings and freezing the assets of people and institutions linked to Tehran's 'nuclear activities' […]

Attack on Pakistan Shia rally kills 43

A blast ripped through a rally in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 54 people, the second major attack this week, piling pressure on the civilian government already struggling with a flood crisis […]

China and US stage Yellow Sea war games

China and the US stage near-simultaneous naval exercises this week in the oceans around the Yellow Sea in one of the most open displays of the rising competition between the two rival forces in north Asia […]

Block on Thailand chemical plants is removed

A Thai court has given the green light to almost all the suspended plants at a controversial petrochemicals and metals refining complex south of Bangkok to resume operations […]

Wall Street Journal – Asia News

Asia Looks to Tame Currencies

Singapore intervened in the foreign-exchange market and Korea resumed its intervention after a two-week break, while Japan has signaled it is weighing entering the market for the first time in six years. […]

Japan Warns China on Business Rules

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said China risks losing foreign investments unless it introduces more transparency and consistency into its business rules. […]

TPG Sells Stake in Ping An

TPG sold its remaining stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 billion in the latest example of how the U.S. company is reaping profits from its investments in Asia. […]

Toshiba to Launch New Tablet

Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad. […]

Karzai Kin Asks U.S. to Bolster His Bank

A top shareholder in Kabul Bank called on the U.S. to shore up the lender after depositors withdrew about a third of its cash reserves in two days, while the country sought to avert a destabilizing crisis. […]