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China is considering a proposal to set up a regional bank to help its small and medium enterprises invest in Southeast Asian neighbors, fund infrastructure projects and promote development in southwestern China, two independent sources said.

The latest news on travel alerts, evacuations, and the airports in Thailand as Bangkok faces severe floods.

Bangkok has tried to remain a dry island as the rest of Thailand experiences the worst flooding in 50 years, but as waters rise, the city's 12 million people could soon be inundated.

Advancing floodwater shuts down domestic airports, Don Muang, as the city prepares for surges of water expected later this week.

Asia's PC makers, already grappling with the prospect of subdued year-end holiday season consumer demand, are faced with a likely further slowdown in the lunar new year sales season as Thailand's floods cut the supply of hard disk drives.

Six districts outside of Bangkok are being evacuated as floods threaten the economic center of Thailand.

Almost 60 years after the end of the Korean War, the U.S. and North Korea have reached an agreement to resume searching for the bodies of American soldiers who died during that war.

An estimated 2,000 sharks have been slaughtered in waters off Malpelo Island, located near Colombia's Pacific coast, according to Colombian environmental authorities.

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Severe flooding in Thailand has left more than 300 people dead and stranded thousands of others. As rain waters inundate farms and flood cities, the country now faces about $7 billion in damages.

Gold reserve levels at the world's central banks are holding steady, the World Gold Council reported Monday.

Pathum Thani, a town only 30 miles north of Bangkok, is already heavily flooded.

Shares were trading down on Thursday after an early rise met with resistance, a day after the BSE Sensex had climbed to its highest close in more than three weeks.

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Myanmar has begun releasing dozens of political prisoners as part of a wider amnesty. Around 70 political prisoners were reported to have been released by noon Wednesday.

The Japan Open finished with a bang as British number one Andy Murray clawed back from a set down to beat world number two Rafael Nadal in Tokyo.

The Japan Open finished with a bang as British number one Andy Murray clawed back from a set down to beat world number two Rafael Nadal in Tokyo.

World number two Rafael Nadal and British number one Andy Murray will face-off against each other in the final of the Japan Open after coming through their respective semifinals unscathed.

British number one Andy Murray survived a tense encounter against Marcos Baghdatis to progress into the second round of the Japan Open in Tokyo and keep his hopes of usurping Roger Federer before the year-end.

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