International Business News - PHL http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Communist rebels attacked a banana farm associated with Dole Foods Co. Thursday and a land mine hit a security vehicle rushing to intervene, killing one and wounding three others, the military said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/1-dead-in-philippine-banana-farm-raid.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:33:06 EDT A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, killing at least three people and wounding 10 others, authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96800-philippines-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/at-least-3-dead-in-explosion-aboard-philippine-bus.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/at-least-3-dead-in-explosion-aboard-philippine-bus.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:05:32 EDT As of Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at least 488 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 19 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-488.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:59:55 EDT Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/foreign-born-tb-cases-need-better-control-us-says.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:53:37 EDT The first flights are rolling out of an airport terminal in the Philippine capital, promising to bring much-needed new capacity to the old, overburdened facilities after a six-year legal delay, officials said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/philippines-opens-part-of-shelved-manila-airport.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:43:19 EDT The Philippine central bank chief hinted Wednesday at further raising interest rates to control inflation, which has been driven to a 14-year-high by spiraling oil and food prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/philippines-may-raise-interest-rates.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:49:23 EDT Air travel in the Asia-Pacific region climbed 3.1 percent in the first half of 2008, but airlines are seeing symptoms of a slowdown that point to troubled times ahead, an industry group said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/asian-airlines-report-passenger-increase.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:37:51 EDT Pirates have seized a cargo ship with 20 Filipino sailors on board off the coast of Somalia, a Philippine government official said Wednesday. The pirates climbed aboard the bulk carrier Stella Maris in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Estaban Conejos told reporters. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/pirates-off-somalia-seize-ship-with-20-filipinos.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:31:04 EDT Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar's May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human rights. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96065-singapore-asean-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/australia-to-give-aid-to-myanmar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/australia-to-give-aid-to-myanmar.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:58:24 EDT Tuberculosis cases continue to fall in the United States, but some immigrants have disturbingly high rates of the disease, according to a study released Tuesday that called for more aggressive action. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/foreign-born-tb-cases-need-better-control-us-says.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:05:50 EDT Asian central bankers warned Monday that more interest rate hikes may be needed to help dampen surging inflation in the region. "There's an urgent need for countries to contain emerging inflationary pressures," Made Sukada, director of monetary policy research at Indonesia's central bank, said at a seminar in Singapore on inflation. Central banks need to prepare for further monetary tightening going forward." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/asian-central-bankers-eye-rate-hikes.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:52:34 EDT Myanmar's junta has indicated it will oppose any effort to give a Southeast Asian human rights body the power to monitor or investigate rights violations in the region, diplomats said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/95493-singapore-asean-myanmar.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/myanmar-opposes-investigative-powers.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/myanmar-opposes-investigative-powers.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:34:35 EDT Rising food and energy prices and volatility in financial markets are likely to ease this year's growth across emerging East Asia to 7.6 percent from 9 percent last year, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/east-asian-growth-to-ease-to-7-6-percent.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:31:19 EDT As of Monday, July 21, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 12 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:11:35 EDT Gunmen kidnapped a retired U.S. Marine and his daughter from their Philippine home, but released the former serviceman three hours later after demanding a ransom for his daughter, police said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/ex-marine-daughter-snatched-near-manila.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:10:06 EDT The World Health Organization urged Asian countries on Monday to take action against the growing threat of drug-resistant tuberculosis, warning that even more virulent forms of the disease could spread if they fail to do so. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/who-says-asia-should-act-against-tb.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:46:55 EDT Armed men raided a foreign-controlled copper-and-gold mine in the southern Philippines, burning a drill rig, the owners said Monday. Australia-listed copper developer Indophil Resources NL, which owns roughly a third of the Tampakan venture, said in a statement that no one was injured in the attack Sunday. The mine site contains the largest undeveloped copper-gold deposits in Southeast Asia, it said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/armed-men-destroy-philippine-mine-rig.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:52:08 EDT Myanmar has ratified a proposed international charter that includes controversial human rights provisions, officials said Monday, a day after regional powers slammed the nation's ruling junta for extending opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's detention. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/94673-singapore-asean.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/myanmar-says-suu-kyi-may-soon-be-freed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080721/myanmar-says-suu-kyi-may-soon-be-freed.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:18:00 EDT Tropical storm Kalmaegi churned along the Chinese coast Saturday, after leaving 13 dead in heavily populated Taiwan and its president scrambling to explain the island's apparent lack of preparedness in the face of the devastation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93983-taiwan-tropical-storm.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/tropical-storm-floods-southern-taiwan.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/tropical-storm-floods-southern-taiwan.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:49:49 EDT As of Friday, July 18, 2008, at least 476 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 12 at 10 a.m. EDT. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/us-military-deaths-in-afghanistan-region-at-476.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:41:26 EDT