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Emergency Response Grows in Chad
Emergency water supplies are being rushed to southeastern Chad where about 50-thousand people have fled fighting in Sudan’s Darfur region. Several Arab tribes have been battling for control of mining operations there. to De Capua report on Darfur displaced The refugees and migrants have been gathering around the village of Tissi since January. Felix Leger is the country director ...
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Experts Japan nuke plant needs more fault data
TOKYO -; Experts commissioned by the operator of a Japanese nuclear plant that faces possible closure because of a suspected active seismic fault say a decision should wait, citing insufficient ...
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Colombia Opening Gates to Asia Pacific Summit
Bogota, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The Summit of the member countries of the Asia Pacific Alliance, whose opening will be on Thursday, have an anteroom today in the southern city of Cali, with the meeting of the High Level Group comprising ministers Trade and Foreign Affairs. The ministers, who have been working for several months in the agreements to be sealed on the 23rd, developed technical ...
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Hundreds seek compensation in Japan nuclear crisis
Koji Otani, a lawyer representing hundreds of residents and evacuees from just outside Fukushima, points at the Hippo district of Miyagi prefecture as he speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. The residents said Tuesday they have been unfairly denied full compensation despite high radiation levels in their area caused by Japans 2011 nuclear disaster. Nearly 700 ...
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Royal Trophy set for China debut in December
China will host the Royal Trophy team event for the first time this year, organizers said Tuesday, adding to a list of big golf tournaments in the country.The seventh edition of the tournament between Asia and Europe will be held at Dragon Lake Golf Club in Guangzhou, the capital city of South China's Guangdong Province, from December 20 to 22, they said in a press release."The ...
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China India pledge closer cooperation in joint statement
China and India issued a joint statement Monday highlighting their commitment to expanding common ground in bilateral cooperation and coordination in various fields.The statement, released during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's ongoing visit here, said the two Asian giants have a historic opportunity for economic and social development and the realization of this goal will advance peace and ...
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Burberry upbeat on China prospects as it reveals strong menswear sales
Burberry today struck an upbeat note on its prospects in China, as an emerging army of luxury shoppers in the Asian country helped to drive a sharp uplift in annual ...
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One mans escape from Camp 14 and North Korea
Only one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin ...
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North Koreas hidden labor camps exposed
A new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC ...
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Saudi debates access to stadiums for women
Football Federation chief Ahmed Eid. Eid raised the possibility of allocating 15 per cent of the capacity of a stadium being built in a sports complex in the western city of Jeddah to family booths where women could attend football matches. The stadium is due to be completed in 2014. His remarks have triggered a wide debate, mostly opposing the idea, in Saudi media forcing Eid to clarify that ...
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China warns EU against trade probe into mobile telecom equipment
The interests of both sides would be hurt if the European Union (EU) goes ahead with an anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigation into mobile telecommunications equipment from China, said a senior Chinese official on Tuesday.Telecom manufacturers of China and the EU have enormous interests in each other's markets and have broad cooperation, Chinese Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng told ...
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Former Greece basketball coach appointed to lead China to Rio 2016
May 21 - Panagiotis Giannakis, the man who led his native Greece to European glory in 2005, has taken over at the helm of the Chinese national men's basketball team, who parted company with American coach Bob Donewald Jr after they lost all five of their ties at London 2012. "The former Greek national team boss will be the national team coach," confirmed the Chinese Basketball ...
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China protects Mogao Grottoes with huge investment
/enpproperty--> LANZHOU - China is investing millions of dollars in a flood control project to prevent Mogao Grottoes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northwest China's Gansu province, from seasonal flooding, the caves' administration said on Tuesday. Designed to combat a once-in-300-year flood, the banks of the Daquan River where the grottoes are located, will be strengthened with ...
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Bayer wants to export technology made in China
/enpproperty--> Germany-based Bayer Group said that while China is continuously exporting products to the global market, it's also expected to export technology to the rest of the world. "We are aiming to reach a global innovation footprint for Bayer and its partners by exporting China-made technology to the rest of the world by 2020," said Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer ...
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Smuggled snakes tortoises confiscated in S China
A large number of snakes and tortoises were confiscated in a cross-border smuggling case in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local border police said ...
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Man denies hiding in Australia to avoid PNG fraud charges
Papua New Guinea A controversial Papua New Guinean businessman denies he had been hiding in Australia to avoid charges of misappropriating millions of dollars.Eremas Wartoto had been living in Australia since 2011 after being charged with misappropriating $3 million earmarked for a high school.He returned to PNG this month after it was revealed he had been living in Cairns on a 457 visa, which ...
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India China have wisdom to solve border row Li
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said both sides had agreed to push forward negotiations through their special representatives, who are to meet soon. (AFP ...
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Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran spying case
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on ...
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The Female Factor Leading a Push for Clean Water
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China boat captain says hijackers were in North Korea military uniforms in latest incident to stoke tensions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...
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Boat hijack stokes tension between N. Korea China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits Breeding Station No. 621 of the Korean People's Army, under construction at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in an undated photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on May 21, ...
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Iranians face internet curbs before prez election
Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest. Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - denied by the government - kindled months of protests organised in part via ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed receives President of China News Agency
WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the National Media Council (NMC) received the President of the China News Agency (Xinhua), Li Congjun. During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah and Congjun discussed media cooperation, mutual visits, and the exchange of news between Emirates News Agency (WAM) and Xinhua, especially in ...
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Keyboardist Ray Manzarek of Doors dies at age 74Ray Manzarek a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer the groups manager Tom Vitorino sa
rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. Manzarek, who lived in Northern California's Napa Valley wine country for the past decade, had been seeking treatment in Germany for bile duct cancer, Vitorino said. He died in Rosenheim, Germany, surrounded by his wife and brothers. ...
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Deadliest tornado in US in two years frenetic search for survivors as 91 feared dead
The 3-km wide tornado tore through town of Moore outside Oklahoma City, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. (AP ...
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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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