A lawyer defending three of the six accused in last month's horrific New Delhi gang rape case alleged on Thursday that police have tortured his clients in a bid to coerce them into admitting the crime even as a fast-track court trying them adjourned the case till Monday.
The Sixth Asian Financial Forum (AFF) with the theme "Asia: shaping the next global landscape" will be held on 14-15 January at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center.This year's forum will bring high-profile speakers including Guo Shuqing, chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission and Lawrence H. Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary.
China's IPOs slumped in 2012, with newly listed A-share companies and fundraising at a three-year low...But where the number of new listed companies fell - the business of selling shares and rights in existing companies - boomed.
Increasing food prices are driving China's inflation higher, a trend seen to limit authorities' space to soften their monetary stance in the coming year.
South Korea's fund market expanded last year due to an increase in inflow into money market funds ( MMF), financial derivative-linked funds and real estate funds that offset an outflow from stock-type funds, industry data showed Friday.
Hong Kong's total retail sales value in November 2012 rose 9.5 percent over a year earlier, the city's Census & Statistics Department announced Thursday.
China's railways carried a record number of passengers on the first day of 2013 due to a surge in the number of middle- and short-distance travelers during the three-day New Year holiday, the Ministry of Railways said Thursday.
A splendid firework show and countdown celebration was held in Hong Kong on the eve of 2013 new year.
Myanmar will continue to fight drug in 2013 under a revised 15-year drug eradication plan (1999-2014), which has been extended for another five years until 2019 to maintain the momentum of war against drug.
Traditionally, China celebrates its lunar New Year with more extravaganza, but still, festivities were seen in many cities on Monday night to usher in the year of 2013.
About 500 Canadians braved the below freezing temperatures and plunged right into the New Year with an icy dip into Lake Ontario here Tuesday.
While the nation was mourning the death of a 23-year-old medical student who was gang raped two weeks ago in the Indian capital, a 42-year-old woman was murdered Saturday after being allegedly raped in the eastern state of West Bengal, reported local media Monday.
The five-year cycle of big floods that always put most of Indonesia's capital of Jakarta under water is feared to hit the biggest city in the country early next year, media reported here on Monday.
Foreign direct investment, or FDI, into China fell for the 10th time in 11 months... Following rising labor costs and slowing growth in the country for seven straight quarters.
Chinese authorities vowed Sunday to focus on quality and efficiency of economic growth in 2013, demonstrating their determination to ensure sustainable and healthy economic development after the previous pursuit of fast-track growth.
China's Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that government revenues in the world's second largest economy grew nearly 22 percent year-on-year to more than 125 billion U.S. dollars in November.
The growth of China's exports and imports slowed in November from one year earlier, causing the country's monthly trade surplus to contract to 19.63 billion U.S. dollars, customs data showed Monday.
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