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Yahoo! News: Asia News
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China releases first national pollution census
(AP)
AP - China said Tuesday that its first national pollution census has mapped more than 5 million sources of industrial, residential and agricultural waste throughout the country, but that the results won't be publicly available for now.
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Court martial for Sri Lanka's failed presidential candidate
(AFP)
 AFP - Sri Lanka's former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka is to be court-martialled, officials said Tuesday, a day after he was hauled away from his office by armed troops.
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China urges agreement on Iran nuclear fuel proposal
(Reuters)
Reuters - China on Tuesday urged all sides to work toward agreement on an internationally-backed nuclear fuel proposal for Iran, after Western powers urged broader sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
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Toyota says to recall 400,000 hybrids worldwide
(AFP)
 AFP - Toyota Motor said Tuesday that it would recall about 400,000 hybrid vehicles around the world, including its latest Prius model, to fix faulty brakes.
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Cheap loans boost India car sales in January
(AFP)
 AFP - India's car sales rose more than 32 percent year on year in January as demand was boosted by cheap loans and an economic recovery, an industry group said Tuesday.
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197 people charged with murder over Philippine massacre
(AFP)
 AFP - A former close ally of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo and 196 other people were on Tuesday charged with murder over an election-linked massacre that left 57 people dead, a prosecutor said.
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Tendulkar leads India's resistance with 77 not out
(AFP)
 AFP - India were struggling to save the match despite a fighting 77 not out by Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the first Test against South Africa on Tuesday.
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Officials: Afghan avalanche kills 8, strands 100s
(AP)
AP - Avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul killed at least eight people, injured more than 40 and left hundreds stranded, Afghan officials said Tuesday.
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Wildlife group, stars urge Indians to save tiger
(AFP)
 AFP - As China prepares to usher in the Year of the Tiger next week, a massive publicity drive has begun in neighbouring India, where the big cat is the national animal, to save it from extinction.
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N.Korea's Kim restates nuclear disarmament pledge
(AFP)
 AFP - Kim Jong-Il restated North Korea's goal of ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons and reportedly sent his top nuclear envoy to Beijing, amid a diplomatic drive to revive disarmament talks.
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Violence, tight race mark Philippine poll campaign
(AP)
 AP - Campaign posters went up and jingles blared at election rallies Tuesday as the Philippines' richest politician and the son of its democracy icon began a tight race to succeed scandal-tainted President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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Marines wait in the cold for Afghan offensive
(AP)
 AP - Take a desert of yellow-orange dust so flat it looks like Mars, with a freezing wind that blows so hard it can lift a large tent.
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Fortune tellers: Year of Tiger isn't Tiger's year
(AP)
AP - It's the Year of the Tiger, but Chinese fortune tellers say it'll be a rough patch for the world's most famous one: disgraced golfer Tiger Woods.
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China sentences quake activist to 5 years' jail
(AP)
AP - A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced an activist who investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the country's massive 2008 earthquake to five years in jail for inciting subversion of state power, the man's lawyer said.
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Report: NKorea's Kim reiterates disarmament pledge
(AP)
 AP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il assured a high-level envoy visiting from Beijing that Pyongyang is committed to a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, China's state news agency reported Tuesday.
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Toyota recalling Prius in Japan for brakes
(AP)
 AP - Toyota said Tuesday it is recalling 170,000 Prius hybrid cars in Japan for braking problems and will soon disclose details of its global plans for a fix.
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Britain hits grim milestone before major attack
(AP)
 AP - Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — breaking the number of Britons lost in the Falklands war of 1982.
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Sri Lankan opposition leader arrested for sedition
(AP)
 AP - Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled from his office by military police Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly planning to overthrow the government while serving as the head of the army.
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NATO says Afghans to play big role in offensive
(AP)
 AP - Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.
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Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
(AP)
 AP - Couples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that leaders had planned to simply seal it off and rebuild elsewhere.
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