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Asia-Pacfic nations face major water security crisis: development bank

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Nearly two thirds of people in the Asia-Pacific region have no clean, piped water at home despite the region’s strong economic growth, according to a major report released on Wednesday. Water security is a major concern for most countries in the region, but the problem is poor management and a…

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HIV may afflict almost half Asia-Pacific transgenders: UN

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BANGKOK — Nearly half of transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region could have HIV as poor healthcare and high-risk lifestyles push infection rates to “critical levels”, a UN report said Thursday. The region’s estimated 9-9.5 million transgender population is “bearing the brunt of the HIV epidemic”, the UN Development Programme…

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Android conquers almost 50 percent of smartphone market

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Google’s Android platform has taken almost 50 percent of the global smartphone market, dominating in the Asia-Pacific region, research firm Canalys said on Monday. Android, which Google acquired in 2005 and launched on phones in 2008, is used by almost all the major phone makers including HTC,…

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