Qatar makes early headway in Asia | Bangkok (Reuters) Qatar and surprise package North Korea clinched early wins to move to the top of the two Asian groups in World Cup qualifying on Saturday. | Qatar got off to a flying start in Grou... (photo: AP Photo)Gulf News
`Iron plate' replaces the glass ceiling for Japan's PM hopeful In the United States, women face a glass ceiling in their struggle to get to the top but in Japan, an iron plate bars the way. | //--> Monday, September 08, 2008 | In the United States, women face a g... (photo: Public domain)Hong Kong Standard
Toxic drinking water at hundreds of schools | 292 schools found to have unsafe drinking water High lead levels Parents not aware of problem | BOTTLED water and filtering costing $150,000 a month is being provided to hundreds of public schools a... (photo: Creative Commons / Darwin)The Australian HealthParentsPhotosSchoolWater
Japan survives late wobble in Bahrain | Takeshi Okada said ahead of Saturday evening's World Cup qualifier against Bahrain that he would live with a draw. But if his team actually did draw, it's hard to imagi... (photo: Creative Commons / Thomas doerfer )Daily Yomiuri BahrainDevelopmentMoneyPhotosSport
OPEC struggles with oil prices LONDON -- The question facing the OPEC producer group which meets this week is when, not if, to cut its oil production target as crude prices slide in the face of weakeni... (photo: WN / Renzelle mae Abasolo)Journal Online BusinessEconomyFuelsOpecPhotos
