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Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title
Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...
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India China border experts will meet soon
Special representatives of India and China will meet soon to discuss their disputed border where Chinese incursion sparked tensions recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Speaking to the media jointly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh said that while India and China have had differences, relations had been built steadily in the more recent times. He said both ...
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Australian construction industry to see slow recovery
The Australian building and construction industry will see a mixed recovery over 2015-16 after a number of challenging years, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA) forecasts released Monday. While the forecasts predict a positive growth for the industry, MBA reports that the current economic climate is creating headwinds that may impede the timing and strength of recovery. There's light ...
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Global prosperity not possible without development of India and China Premier Li Keqiang
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India. Keqiang, who received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning, told media that the combined population of China and India is a third of the world's population, and therefore, both ...
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China-Indias large potential makes West anxious Daily
China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said. Said the Global Times in an editorial Monday, the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's India trip: "As China's new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that ...
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Warner facing CA disciplinary hearing over vitriolic Twitter outburst ahead of Ashes
Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ...
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French daredevil climbs 564 ft Bailong Elevator sans safety net
French daredevil Jean-Michel Casanova scaled the 564 feet Bailong Elevator in China with no help from any machinery, safety net or safety equipment. Casanova's green-and-black sticky sneakers were the only help he needed in his dizzying feat. According to officials, Casanova climbed the huge steel tower in 68 minutes and 26 seconds, while spectators looked on in awe, the New York Daily News ...
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Japan finance minister wants BOJ to have thorough dialogue with government bond market
Reuters © Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso smiles as he adjusts his headphones during a seminar at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 46th annual board meeting in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan ...
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Asian celebrities recruited to promote Australia
Tourism Australia has called on popular Hong Kong actor, Ekin Cheng, to showcase Cairns and Sydney to the Asian market in a new television travel series. Joined by fellow celebrities Andy Chai Siu Chun, Jacqueline Wong and Lai Yi, the group will film the travelogue series, ‘Tailor Made Tours’, which were designed to attract more visitors from Greater China. Expected to reach an ...
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China inflation causes price hike
Inflation in China continues to rise and affect visitors, while the central government attempts to curb demand and stabilise prices. China’s emergence into the western trading world, the strain on developing infrastructure and the increased cost of living has driven inflation, according to Wendy Wu Tours managing director Alan Alcock said. Throughout China there have been increases ...
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China calls for strict implementation of UN resolutions concerning DPRK
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei on Monday called for the full implementation of relevant UN Security Council resolutions after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired missiles into the East ...
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Cathay Pacifics Airbus A350 to get new first business class seats
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Japan Stimulus measures boost factories and exports
The government said its latest monthly snapshot showed the economy was "gradually recovering" as exports and factory output rise. The improvement has been driven by the steep fall in the yen in the wake of the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive attempts to jump-start growth.Bank of Japan rate-setters are expected to pause for breath this week after launching their "shock ...
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Asia-Pacific high-achievers honoured for exemplary performance
Honouring the best: Yong (second from left) presenting the Asia- Pacific Top Golden Brand Products award to Agro Yuli Sdn Bhd managing director Teck Tan Jing Shu (third from left) and director Tan Jing Choon (fourth from left). With them are (from left) Asia- Pacific Top Excellence Brand Nomination Committee (Malaysia) chairman Robert Tan, Asia-Pacific Top Excellence Brand Nomination Committee ...
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Business Leaders Across Asia Pacific Call for TPP
Business leaders across the Asia Pacific who are supporting the 17th round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations currently underway in Lima urged negotiators to tackle and resolve now, rather than later, the sensitive issues in the TPP talks in order to enable a comprehensive agreement to be reached by year's end, as called for by the political leaders of the 11 TPP ...
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Australia Keen To Expand Trade Ties With Brunei
Bandar Seri Begawan - The defence, tourism as well as the food and agribusiness sectors are the areas in which Brunei Darussalam and Australia can work more closely together in. "Australia and Brunei enjoy a very successful trading relationship. The two-way trade in goods and services between the two countries reached about B$2.6 billion in the last year, which is quite sizable, given the ...
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Obama Chinas Xi plan 2 days of meetings in June in California
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping early next month in California. The White House says the meeting will be Obama's first with Xi since Xi became president. The two days of high-level sessions are scheduled for June 7-8 and come as the U.S. and China confront issues of cybersecurity and North Korea's nuclear ambitions. In a statement, ...
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India-China vital in addressing global challenges
The number two in Chinese leadership offered New Delhi a "handshake across the Himalayas" and said the world's most populous nations could become a new engine for the global ...
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Hindi to be included in Australian school curriculum
MELBOURNE: A vast untapped pool of skilled Indian migrants should be used to teach Hindi in Australian schools and universities, according to a report. The report by Melbournebased think tank Australia India Institute argues for the inclusion of Hindi in Australia's school curriculum, saying it should be an essential part of the Commonwealth's Asia policy. Authored by well known ...
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Monster tornado flattens suburb of Oklahoma City reports say four people killed
Oklahoma City on Monday, tearing up at least two schools and leaving a wake of tangled wreckage as a dangerous storm system threatened as many as 10 US states. Television video showed homes destroyed, cars tossed and at least one building on fire. Rescue workers were pulling third-graders from a damaged school in Moore, Oklahoma, a KFOR television reporter said from the scene. "I have never ...
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Benazir death Pervez Musharraf gets bail on way out of Pakistan
Benazir Bhutto assassination case. Judge Chaudhry Habibur-Rehman of the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi granted bail to Musharraf against two surety bonds of Rs 10 lakh each. In the morning, the judge had reserved his decision after hearing arguments by lawyers of both sides. The judge announced his decision in the afternoon. During the arguments, Musharraf 's lawyer Salman Safdar said ...
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Pakistan switches off ACs in govt offices bans socks for staff
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid a chronic power crisis and soaring temperatures. The government has turned off all air-conditioning in its offices as the country endures blackouts of up to 20 hours a day in some places. "There shall be no more use of air-conditioners in public offices till such time that ...
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Imran Khans party wrests MQMs Karachi bastion
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday beat its candidate by a big margin in the re-polling held in 43 polling stations in Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi. PTI's Arif Alvi secured 77,659 votes to beat MQM's Khushbakht Shujaat who polled 30,365 votes, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan. The repoll in 43 ...
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Nawaz Sharif hints at initiating peace talks with Taliban
Nawaz Sharif , known for being soft towards militant groups, on Monday said the Pakistani Taliban's offer of talks should be taken seriously because the problem of militancy cannot be solved through the use of power and bullets. Addressing newly elected parliamentarians and legislators of his PML-N party in Lahore, Sharif stressed the need to respond to the Taliban's offer. "Guns ...
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Obama names Japan expert as top Asia diplomat
U.S. President Barack Obama has named Danny Russel, a close aide with expertise in Japan, as the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia charged with handling relations with the region. The Senate will need to confirm Russel as the assistant secretary of state for East Asia. Obama, announcing Russel and other nominees, praised them for their "depth of experience and tremendous dedication" to ...
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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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