Asia Compact | 24.08.2011, 18:00 UTC

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ASIA COMPACT | 24.08.2011 | 18:00 UTC
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Corruption
Indian PM urges Hazare to end fast

Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh urges social activist Anna Hazare
to end his hunger strike by offering concessions for a more effective
anti-corruption law.

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Trade
India, Bangladesh trading for peace

A new 'weekly' market on the Indo-Bangladeshi border gives people of the
two neighboring countries a chance to trade goods and foster peace.

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Finance
Japan gets downgraded amid great challenges

Japan's credit rating has been downgraded days before the nation was due to
see its sixth new leader in five years, with Prime Minister Naoto Kan set
to resign over his handling of the March 11 disasters.

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Nuclear
North Korean and Russian leaders have 'open' talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is on a rare visit to Russia to meet
President Dmitri Medvedev. The North Korean leader is expected to seek
Moscow's help in trying to start up the six-party talks which collapsed in
2008.

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