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Japan marks first sovereignty recovery day
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bows to Emperor Akihito (2nd R) and Empress Michiko (R) before giving a speech during a ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of Japan's restoration of sovereignty and return into the international community, in Tokyo April 28, 2013. (Photo: ...
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Police Officers Are Targets in Wave of Afghan Violence
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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Mau Mau Veterans in Kenya Expect Impending Settlement
Seated left to right, Kenyans Jane Muthoni Mara, Wambogo Nyingi and Paulo Muoka Nzili celebrate the announcement of a legal decision in support of Mau Mau veteran reparation payments in Nairobi in this October 5, 2012, file ...
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Astronomers Awaiting Comet ISONs Year-End Spectacular
Excitement has been growing in recent months over the approach of Comet ISON. Like other comets, this chunk of rock and ice is following a long, elliptical orbit around the Sun, and like other comets, when it nears the Sun later this year, its trailing stream of dust and vapor will catch the sunlight and become a long, luminous, tail. Many astronomers are predicting that when this celestial ...
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Chinas service outsourcing up 43.6 in Q1
sse s reached $8.1 billion in the first three months, up 42 percent year-on-year, said the official at a forum held in Fuzhou, capital of east ...
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French president Francois Hollande signs gay marriage and same-sex adoption into law despite national protests
Francois Hollande's signature means the first gay marriages may be celebrated in France within the month. His office said he signed the bill this morning, a day after the Constitutional Council struck down a challenge to the law. Hollande made legalising gay marriage one of his campaign pledges in last year's election. While polls for years have shown majority support for gay marriage ...
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India China can reduce mistrust with faith
Expressing surprise over S&P's threat to downgrade India's credit rating, India Inc termed the agency's affirming its negative outlook on the country as unfortunate and ...
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China’s Premier to Visit India
NEW DELHI -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ...
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North Korea Fires Three Short-range Missiles Into Sea
North Korea fired three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, reports said citing South Korea's defense ministry. The missile launches were apparently routine, but came at a time when tensions are high on the Korean Peninsula, following a third nuclear test by the North in February. North Korea had carried out similar missile tests in March. Two missiles were fired into ...
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Rainstorms in Southern China Leave Dead and Missing People
Beijing, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Heavy storms and rains in southern China caused in recent days 55 dead and 14 missing people, according to official figures released today, which refer to Guangdong as the province with more losses. These reports disclosed that the National Committee for Disaster Reduction and the Ministry of Civil Affairs began emergency work to respond to the effects of storms ...
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China Spreads Alternative To US GPS System
Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China's domestic satellite navigation system, which was launched as a rival to the US satnav system. The Beidou or Compass system started providing services to civilians in the region in December and is expected to provide global coverage by 2020. Like the US global positioning system (GPS), the Beidou system can be shut down or ...
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Saudi Arabian woman scales Mount Everest with 63 other mountaineers
Raha Moharrak , who became the first Saudi Arabian woman to scale the world's highest peak. Everest can be climbed from either Nepal or Tibet. May is the most popular month for Everest climbs because of more favorable ...
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Afghan lawmakers block law on womens rights
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ...
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North Korea
>Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ...
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North Korea
>Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ...
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North Korea
>Are you from South or North Korea? Send us your experiences.(CNN) -- North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as saying. The ministry said it had detected two launches in the morning, followed by another in the afternoon, Yonhap ...
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Orb is Favorite Colt at Preakness Stakes
The colt will face eight rivals at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, Saturday. If the horse wins, he gets a shot on June 9 to try for the first Triple Crown win since 1978 at the Belmont Stakes. Orb will break from the one post during the race. Trainer Shug McGaughey said Friday he was pleased with the horse and does not see any problems ahead of the race. Eleven horses have won the ...
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Street Government Ties with China Mark Venezuelan Reality
Caracas, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The arrival of the Street Government to Tachira and Barinas states, the deepening of bilateral relations with China, and the opening of the new mausoleum for Simon Bolivar, marked guidelines in the Venezuelan reality this week. After completing his visit through Miranda, the Street Government implemented by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, to solve ...
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Quake Shakes Northeast Japan
Tokyo, May 18 (Prensa Latina) A six-magnitude quake on the Richter scale shook ...
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Injury concerns for Australia
Robbie Deans was left sweating over injuries to Tatafu Polota-Nau, George Smith and Pat McCabe after the Waratahs beat the Brumbies. Polota-Nau's involvement in the Test series against the British and Irish Lions is now majorly in doubt after the Waratahs hooker fractured his forearm in the first-half.Rumoured to be out for somewhere between four to six weeks, the Test series is now just ...
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Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama activists
Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while the rebels are predominantly Sunni Muslims. "Late on Friday night, the rebels took complete control of Tlaissiyeh, Zoghbe, Shaata and Balil, after the withdrawal of the army following several weeks of fighting," the Observatory said. "The residents abandoned the villages at the ...
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China hails Pakistans smooth general election
China has congratulated Pakistan on its smooth general election, pledging continued firm support to the country. "China is glad to see that Pakistan's general election has been smoothly held," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily press briefing on Monday. Hong's comments came after the initial results showed, as of 10 a.m. local time on Sunday, Muhammad Nawaz ...
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Fiji receives second new Airbus in France
Fiji A Fijian delegation has accepted the delivery of another A330 aircraft from Airbus in France.The state-run airline Fiji Airways now has two A330 planes.Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimirama has thanked the aircraft manufacturer for delivering the new plane in Toulouse on schedule.The plane, which has been named Namuka-i-Lau, is expected to arrive at Nadi Airport ...
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Wont accept EU measures on emissions China
BEIJING: China said it will not accept any "unilateral and compulsory market measures" announced by the European Union threatening Chinese carriers with fines for non-compliance with its Emissions Trading System (ETS). Speaking at the 2013 China Civil Aviation Development Forum in Beijing, Yan Mingchi, deputy director-general of the policy, law and regulation department under the CAAC ...
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The five war toys India and China have in common
India's annual rate of inflation continued its upward climb and stood at its steepest level since August 2004 at 8.24 per cent for the week ended May 24, against 8.1 per cent for the previous week.Since the data on wholesale price index released on Friday pertained to the week ended May 24, the inflation rate does not reflect the steep hike in prices of transport and cooking fuel announced ...
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Singaporean expansion of MRT leads to disruption
Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit System (MRT) is not very big in comparison to Shanghai, Beijing or Tokyo, but proportionate to the size of Singapore and the city-state’s population, it is an extremely successful and extensive public transport system and one that the Land Transport Authority (LTA) plans to grow even further.
Singapore has a population of around 5 million, which is important when placing the MRT in context, it has a daily ridership of 2 million, giving it a commuter penetration of at least 40%, which does not take into account the fact that not all 5 million Singaporeans commute on a daily basis or use public transport. Read more
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