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China-Africa Towards More Sustainable Health Care
Credit: ChimpLearnGood/ flickr By Paul Kadetz In 1941, Mao Zedongcalledfor a "practice of revolutionary humanitarianism". 14 years later in Bandung, Indonesia, China’s Premier Zhou Enlai met with other Asian leaders to chart a distinctly anti-colonial approach to humanitarianism and diplomacy on the African continent. From its first health aid to Algeria in 1964, China has ...
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Australia stocks fall as miners banks pull back
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) - Stocks in Australia slipped Thursday, with miners and banks lower as investors awaited monthly data about manufacturing-sector activity in China, Australia's largest trading partner. The S&P/ASX ...
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Japan stocks rise on weaker yen banks drop
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks on Thursday sidestepped concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may downscale its monetary stimulus to rise further toward multiyear highs, with a weakened yen giving several exporters a lift and offsetting losses in banks. The Nikkei Stock ...
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Taiwan Food Products Recalled
Bandar Seri Begawan - A number of imported food products from Taiwan in Brunei Darussalam have been recalled by the Ministry of Health following news that some products were deemed a public health hazard for consumers, as some were found to contain ingredients that are typically used in the construction ...
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Princess Masna Concludes Official Visit To China
China - Her Royal Highness Princess Hajah Masna, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, concluded her official visit to the People's Republic of China ...
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U.S. Response to North Koreas Threats
A North Korean political poster in inter-Korean military demarcation area. The poster says there is only one country on the Korean Peninsula. (Photo: Linqong, ...
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DPRK accuses U.S. of slandering its socialist system
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday accused the United States of slandering its socialist system through a report on religious freedom. Washington has abused religion for the political purposes of undermining the DPRK and overthrowing its social system, a Foreign Ministry spokesman was quoted as saying by the official KCNA news agency. "The United States ...
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UPDATE 1-Ford to close Australia auto plants - reports
Wed May 22, 2013 8:24pm EDT * Ford to end Australia production by 2016 - reports * Strong Australia dollar, cheaper imports hurt local manufacturers * Australian economy at risk as mining boom peaks, other sectors sluggish * Govt previously committed A$5.4 bln to support car manufacturers to 2020 CANBERRA, May 23 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is set to announce it is closing its two Australian auto ...
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British PM London Killing Appears to be Terrorism
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the daylight killing of a man on a south London street near an army barracks appears to be a terrorist ...
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Asia-Pacific film festival cultural base to be built in Sanya
Hongkong’s ITC Properties Group Limited will invest RMB 6 billion in the construction of an Asia-Pacific film festival cultural base in Sanya, Hainan. After the base is completed, an Asia-Pacific film festival and TV festival will be held in Sanya every year, and the base will be the permanent and high-end site of film conventions and exhibitions in the Asia-Pacific area. The ITC ...
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Australia failing on human rights Amnesty
Australia is failing to live up to its promise to protect some of the world's most vulnerable people, Amnesty International says in its latest report card on global human rights.Amnesty's annual State of the World's Human Rights report takes aim at Australia's treatment of asylum seekers.Amnesty Australia national director Claire Mallinson says the Australian government is ...
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North Korean Sends Special Envoy To China Amid Tensions
North Korean party and military official Choe Ryong Hae, (front right), shakes hands with as he departs for China. North Korea has sent a special enjoy to China, hoping to patch up relations between the two countries that have been on rocky ground ...
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In China Hacking Has Widespread Acceptance
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Japan ponders direct talks with Pyongyang
/enpproperty--> Japan is considering direct talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the government said on Wednesday, adding momentum to the cause after a top level aide to the prime minister made a surprise trip to Pyongyang. Bilateral talks are on the table as Tokyo seeks to salve the running sore of abductions of its nationals by DPRK spies in the 1970s and ...
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China Growth May Hit 9 by Mid-2014
There may be fewer China bulls around these days, but Deutsche Bank remains optimistic about the outlook for the world's second largest economy, forecasting growth will touch 9 percent around mid-2014. Strong growth in social financing, a pickup in industrial production, alongside a recovery in exports - driven by an improvement in demand out of the U.S. and Japan in the second-half - are ...
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Taiwan to escort fishing vessels on regular basis
Taiwan's coast guard will escort fishing ships on regular basis to protect them from harassment by the Philippines, the island's leader Ma Ying-jeou said ...
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China Pakistan to be good partners brothers forever
China and Pakistan will always be good partners and brothers that are reliable and sincere to each other, visiting Premier Li Keqiang said ...
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Banyan Tree opens the first spa in northern China.
Banyan Tree Spa, the award-winning Asian spa operator marked its inaugural presence in Northern China with the launch of the Spa at Banyan Tree Tianjin ...
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Ford Australia poised for important announcement amid shutdown speculation
Australia Ford Australia says it is poised to make an "important business announcement", amid speculation that the car-maker will confirm an end to all Australian manufacturing.Ford executives have called a press conference at the company's Melbourne headquarters for 10:45am.There are reports the car-maker will announce that it is shutting its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants ...
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European banks stop sending money to North Korea aid groups
BEIJING (Reuters) - European aid groups said their banks in Europe had stopped sending money to North Korea in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank, leaving them scrambling for a solution short of hand-carrying cash into the impoverished ...
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Girl paid to have sex with schoolmast...
Staff member of the local public security bureau watching the hotel's monitoring video(Photo:Agencies) By Jia Xiaoguang, Sina English More details of the outrageous molestation case in Hainan's Wanning have surfaced yesterday, as one of the victims gave an account of her previous acquaintance with the suspected headmaster who had tried to tempt her into a sex trade in the hotel where ...
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Australias James Hardie Q4 profit down 11 pct outlook cautious
SYDNEY | Wed May 22, 2013 7:19pm EDT SYDNEY May 22 (Reuters) - Australian building materials group James Hardie Industries Ltd reported an 11 percent fall in fourth-quarter profit after declines in sales prices in the United States and Europe offset improved sales volumes in those markets. The world's largest manufacturer of fibre cement products, which earns two-thirds of its ...
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Australia shares to weaken after Wall St decline
SYDNEY | Wed May 22, 2013 7:16pm EDT SYDNEY May 23 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen easing on Thursday after falls on Wall Street over worries that the U.S. Federal Reserve may consider winding back its economic stimulus programme. * Local share price index futures fell 0.4 percent, a 14.4-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close. The benchmark closed 0.3 percent ...
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US Officially Acknowledges Drone Strike Killings
The U.S. Justice Department has formally acknowledged that the United States has killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since ...
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Italian Judge Orders Criminal Trial for Costa Concordia Captain
An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia to stand trial for the deaths of 32 passengers. Captain Francesco Schettino has been charged with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all the passengers were safe. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The Costa Concordia struck rocks and capsized off the coast of ...
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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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