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China, India
billionaires
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NEW YORK CITY: The number of
billionaires in China and India nearly doubled in the last year,
pushing Japan from Asia’s top spot for the first time in 20 years,
according to Forbes Magazine’s latest rich list.
“It was a
sizzling year in Asia. Both India and China saw huge gains,” said
Forbes associate editor Luisa Kroll, who oversaw the report.
“After a 20-year reign at the top, Japan is no longer in Asia’s
top spot.”
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Broken wing, fuel
caused Indonesian jet inferno–report
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JAKARTA: The
fire that swept an Indonesian airliner killing 21 people was sparked
by fuel that spilled out from the plane’s broken right wing, a
senior investigator said in a report Friday.
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2 Germans jailed
for raping children
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PHNOM PENH,
Cambodia: Two German men were jailed Friday for the repeated rape of
several young girls in one of Cambodia’s most lurid sexual-abuse
cases.
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Hard-line Northern
Ireland parties sweep the polls
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BELFAST:
Hard-line Protestant and Catholic parties appeared set to capture a
majority of seats in Northern Ireland’s provincial assembly as
final results were being counted Friday.
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INBRIEF
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RA NGAE,
Thailand: Thailand’s junta chief urged people living in
restive Muslim-majority provinces to act as informants for security
forces trying to quell three years of separatist unrest.
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