Hilary Clinton says US will not cede Asia-Pacific to anyone

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Hilary Mantel, author of the historic novel Wolf Hall, Tuesday received the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction. The 50,000-pound ($80,000) prize was awarded for her much-praised novel about Thomas Cromwell's rise to prominence in the Tudor court of the 1520s, the Booker prize website said.

September 26th, 2009 NEW YORK - Describing US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton as "the best public servant our family has produced," former US President Bill Clinton has admitted that his wife is better than him. His praise came during the start of his annual global issues conference in New York, Sky News reports.

September 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - US State Department has said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is planning to visit Pakistan in near future, but nothing has been finalised yet. "She looks forward to going to Pakistan and that region as well, but there's nothing that's been planned yet," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters on Wednesday.

September 1st, 2009 SINGAPORE - Singapore's DBS Group Holdings Ltd, the biggest bank in South-East Asia, said Tuesday that it has appointed Piyush Gupta from Citibank Inc as its chief executive officer, about five months after the death of its previous CEO. Gupta, 49, is currently Citibank's chief executive for South-East Asia and the Pacific and is to join the DBS Group in November, the bank said in a statement.

August 13th, 2009 Obama to attend APEC conference in SingaporeWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will attend a meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders in Singapore in November. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs announced the trip Thursday.

July 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says in building a "most comprehensive engagement" with India, the Obama administration was continuing with the "good work" done by his predecessor George Bush. "We're building on some of the good work that's been done in a bipartisan way with India, starting with my husband (Bill Clinton)" the former first lady said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.

July 27th, 2009 SYDNEY - The changing climate could generate 75 million refugees in the Asia-Pacific region in the next 40 years, a report released Monday said. The report, by the aid agency Oxfam Australia and the think tank the Australia Institute, said the consequences of unbridled greenhouse gas emissions should be discussed next week when Pacific leaders convene in Australia for the annual Pacific Island Forum.

July 26th, 2009 NEW YORK - After being supposedly sidelined at home due to a broken elbow, US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's increased visibility during her recent visit to India and Thailand has brought her back into the political limelight, says a New York Times editorial. At every stop on her week-long trip, Clinton delivered the same message: "The United States is back," but according to the editorial what she was hinting at that she was back.

July 22nd, 2009 PHUKET - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Wednesday signed Southeast Asia's main friendship and security treaty in a gesture signalling America's return to the region. "The United States is back in southeast Asia," Clinton told a press conference minutes before signing the Treaty on Amity and Cooperation in South-East Asia (TAC), a loose code of conduct for the region signed by the original founding members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1976.

July 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Mumbai witnessed tightened security measures today, following intelligence agencies warning about possible militant strikes in at least seven places in the country. The beefed up security arrangements are also being attributed to the fact that US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will begin her five-day visit to India by landing in Mumbai today around 10 pm and spending a day in the city.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Undeterred by the slowdown, Indians continued to spend online in the last quarter of 2008 to emerge as the third highest spenders on the Internet in the Asia Pacific region, a report released Thursday by electronic payments giant VISA said. The report said Indian online shoppers increased their purchases by 42 percent, or by about $1,000 per shopper to $3,450, compared to the $2,420 spent in the previous quarter.

May 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The United States is working with the United Nations to rehabilitate hundreds of thousands of NWFP residents, fleeing the region because of the Pakistani Army's offensive against the Taliban, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. "The United Nations brings relief, they (UN) bring humanitarian aid.

May 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - After finishing 100 days in the office, US Secretary of state Hilary Clinton has trumped President Barack Obama in job approval ratings. A recent polls shows Clinton having an approval rating of 71 percent, while the the President has a 65 percent approval rating.

February 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton goes to East Asia for her first trip abroad, State Department said she would visit South Asia 'at some point' after the return of US special envoy on Afghanistan and Pakistan. But the upcoming visit of special envoy Richard Holbrooke would 'show that we're very interested, very concerned about what's going on with regard to the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan,' spokesman Robert Wood told reporters Thursday.

January 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The announcement of a six-event professional golf series in the Asia-Pacific region - China, Australia and South Korea, with the possibility of Japan joining in - has set the stage for a potential conflict with Asian Tour that governs golf in the continent. The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) of Australia, which has been keen on a Tour to revive itself as its own tour has failed to elicit interest, announced the series with six events, three of which will be held in China.