The region started trading after gains on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday rose for the seventh consecutive session to close at a fresh record high.

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Investors in the region tracked a positive lead from Wall Street Tuesday where the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 1.1%, rebounding after a false tweet about explosions at the White House briefly sent financial markets veering.

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More broadly across the region, there was little guidance from Wall Street Monday, where the rally in stocks took pause.

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Stocks elsewhere in the region were also supported by positive cues from Wall Street, where the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 13, 000 Tuesday as consumer confidence data and easing oil prices lifted sentiment.

WSJ: Asian Shares Rise

Each Wall Street job supports up to 7 other jobs in the region too.

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David Rohde told his wife, Kristen Mulvihill, that he and a local reporter, Tahir Ludin, climbed over the wall of a compound late Friday where they were being held in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan.

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