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IMF's Lagarde calls for Japan, US debt cut targets
Updated: 28 Jan 2012 0140 hrs
 
IMF chief Christine Lagarde called on Friday on Japan and the United States to set debt reduction targets as their contribution towards lifting the world out of the economic crisis.
 
             
   
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
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Firefighters retrieve the body of a victim at the site of a building that collapsed in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Asian Diaspora
More or Less Chinese

When China’s economy was unshackled by Deng Xiaoping, the road to prosperity took the Chinese to the unlikeliest of destinations. We follow them in their search for wealth. Fri, Jan 27 @ 2000hrs (Singapore time).
Asians of the Year
Inspirational Poor

A Chinese doctor, who lost his sight at age 14, set up a free school to help poor blind children. Two Singaporeans started a food distribution project to help the needy in their midst. Sat, Jan 28 @ 2030hrs (Singapore time).
Up the Yangtze

A powerful narrative about the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze river. From the jobs gained, to the livelihoods lost, to the sacrifices made, this is a tale of one country’s ambition set against social hierarchies and changing times. Sun, Jan 29 @ 2000hrs (Singapore time).
   
 
 
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