Monday Feb 08 , 2010 09:59pm |
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Philosophy Lao Tze Quotes
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Saturday Jan 02 , 2010 10:21pm |
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Asia Today - CCTV |
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Monday Dec 28 , 2009 09:38am |
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Top 10 windfalls 2009 |
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Monday Dec 28 , 2009 09:38am |
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Chinese Premier Wen Focuses on China´s Key Social Issues |
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Monday Dec 28 , 2009 09:38am |
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Obama orders review of flight screenings |
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Monday Dec 28 , 2009 09:38am |
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Obama orders review of flight screenings
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Monday Dec 21 , 2009 10:07pm |
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Taliban clash with Afghan forces
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Monday Dec 14, 2009 04:25pm |
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Gibraltar's Kaiane Aldorino crowned Miss World
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Friday Dec 11 , 2009 07:52pm |
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Text of Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech
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The text of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, delivered Thursday in Oslo, Norway, as provided by the White House:
Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: read more...
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Friday Dec 11 , 2009 07:52pm |
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COUNTING THE COST
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So we are back in the Doha studio this week, and with two main focal points – climate change in Copenhagen, and debt in Dubai. read more... |
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Friday Dec 11 , 2009 07:52pm |
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Taiwan alters laws to ban sex, violence in media |
Taiwan's parliament changed laws today to ban gratuitous images of sex and violence in the island's racy media following a surge in parental complaints.read more... |
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Thursday Dec 10 , 2009 09:41am |
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Dream job in England becomes a nightmare for barber
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An unemployed Malaysian barber thought lady luck was smiling on him when he was promised a lucrative job in Britain. He dug into his savings and paid more than RM5,000 to an agent in Kuala Lumpur to help arrange for a work permit in the UK. read more... |
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Monday Nov 30 , 2009 11:55pm |
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Wen attends 12th China-EU summit in Nanjing
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Saturday Nov 28 , 2009 06:33pm |
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25 dead, 87 injured in Russian train derailment
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At least 25 people have been killed and 87 others injured in a derailment of a Russian express train on Friday, local media quoted emergency officials as saying. read more...
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Friday Nov 27 , 2009 04:21pm |
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Islam in the Land of the Rising Sun
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In a series of special programmes, Al Jazeera follows Muslims from around the world as they embark on the Hajj pilgrimage. read more... |
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Friday Nov 13 , 2009 08:17pm |
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China, Malaysia sign cooperation agreements
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China and Malaysia signed five agreements on expanding cooperation in trade and investment as Chinese President Hu Jintao and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak met here Wednesday morning. read more... |
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Friday Nov 13 , 2009 08:17pm |
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Chinese, Malaysian leaders vow to further advance ties
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Chinese President Hu Jintao and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak agreed here on Wednesday to jointly advance their strategic and cooperative relations. read more... |
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Friday Nov 13 , 2009 08:17pm |
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Chinese 'Cinderellas' queue up to attend ball
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Some 1,500 young women have submitted their applications in Guangzhou, capital city of southern China's Guangdong province to attend a ball, which hosts a field of single and wealthy men. read more... |
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Saturday Oct 24, 2009 09:12pm |
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Asian leaders press free trade, US role uncertain |
Japanese and Chinese leaders entered talks today with their Asian counterparts focused heavily on whether the region should pursue an EU-style bloc, and whether Washington should be involved.
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Thursday Oct 8, 2009 08:12pm |
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The folly of a president
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That night, US President Barack Obama was given a slap on his face, and regretted to have made the trip to Copenhagen. read more... |
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Thursday Oct 8, 2009 08:12pm |
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Malaysia 66th most attractive country globally, third best in Asean
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Malaysia is the third most desirable country to live in the Asean region behind Singapore and Brunei. Overall, it was ranked 66th globally out of 182 countries, according to UN data released this week. read more... |
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Friday Oct 2, 2009 11:12pm |
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Beijing's 60th birthday bash
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Having endured the ups and downs in the past 60 years, it should be time for a massive celebration. read more... |
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Friday Oct 2, 2009 11:12pm |
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China is not yet a great country
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China celebrated its six decades of communist rule and declared for the rise of a big country. It is not its economic power, but the 1.3 billion people, that is, the quality of the Chinese people, that allows China to remain strong. read more... |
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Friday Oct 2, 2009 11:12pm |
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New China shows its pride on day of glory
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Beijing was the center of jubilant national celebrations Thursday as the country marked 60 years since the founding of New China. read more... |
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Thursday Sep 24, 2009 10:34pm |
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Thursday Sep 24, 2009 10:34pm |
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China army parade may give clue to new missiles |
When the National Day parade rolls down Beijing’s streets next week, foreign observers will look beyond the goose-stepping soldiers for signs that China is developing a new missile able to threaten US aircraft carriers. read more... |
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Thursday Sep 3, 2009 11:34am |
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Teenells' herself online to pay for mum's treatment |
A 19-year-old polytechnic student in Singapore has gone online to 搒ell?herself in a bid to raise money for her mother's medical treatment. read more...
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Thursday Sep 3, 2009 11:34am |
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Strong Indonesia quake kills 32, damages 1,300 homes
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A powerful earthquake killed at least 32 people and forced thousands to evacuate on Indonesia’s main island, where more than 1,300 homes were damaged, government agencies said. read more... |
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Friday Aug 14, 2008 10:36pm |
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Increasing calls for Asean to boot out Myanmar
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Political leaders and civil advocates here have called for the Association of South-East Nations (Asean) to suspend Myanmar's membership over the military junta's conviction of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. read more... |
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Friday Aug 14, 2008 10:36pm |
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Hundreds still missing from Taiwan mudslide
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Hundreds of people were still missing today in remote villages in southern Taiwan and disaster officials said they were uncertain how many might have been killed by mudslides triggered by Typhoon Morakot. read more... |
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Friday Aug 14, 2008 10:36pm |
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A million in China evacuate ahead of typhoon
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Typhoon Morakot slammed into the east coast of China yesterday, packing winds up to 111 miles an hour, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing one million people to flee. read more... |
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2008 11:10pm |
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China July CPI down 1.8% on year, PPI down 8.2%
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China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, dipped 1.8 percent in July from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced Tuesday.
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Friday Aug 07, 2008 11:22pm |
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What does illness of gaming king Ho mean for Macau?
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Veteran 87-year-old Macau gaming tycoon Stanley Ho is in intensive care after undergoing brain surgery to remove a blood clot, raising questions over the succession of his vast gaming empire. read more... |
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Monday Aug 03, 2008 10:38am |
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China seals off town after plague kills two
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China has sealed off a remote far-western town of 10,000 people after two people died of pneumonic plague, state media said today, but the World Health Organisation said such outbreaks were nothing new. read more... |
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Monday Aug 03, 2008 10:38am |
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Caught offguard by China's property market rebound |
When China's property market slumped late last year, Zhao Jun, 33, rejoiced. read more... |
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Monday Aug 03, 2009 10:26pm |
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 08:42pm |
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| World's 20 strangest travel destinations
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There are many blue holes - underwater sinkholes in the Belize Sea - and the Great Blue Hole is the largest and most famous one off the
coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small
atoll 90 kilometers from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is
circular in shape, more than 300 meters wide, and 122 meters deep.
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 08:42pm |
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| Tourists returning to Xinjiang
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Tourism has been badly affected following the July 5th riot in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Three weeks after the incident, what used to be a popular travel destination is trying to get back on its feet so it will not miss the peak travel season. read more... |
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 08:42pm |
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| Show Me the Renminbi
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For the last few weeks, several hundred mainland companies have been settling their trade in renminbi (RMB) following the June agreement between the People's Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). That deal allows companies on both sides of the border to settle trade in the Chinese currency.
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 08:42pm |
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| Mango festival kicks off in Guangxi
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The Tiandong Mango Festival began Saturday in Tiandong County of Baise City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, attracting more than 50,000 visitors. read more... |
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 08:42pm |
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| Over 100 Guangzhou Factories Soon to Shut Down for Causing Air Pollution
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The environmental protection bureau of Guangzhou has pledged to ensure better air quality during the 16th Asian Games in 2010 by spending up to Rmb600 million to tackle the air pollution problem. The plan also calls for another Rmb1.8 billion to be raised from the private sector, bringing total investment to Rmb2.4 billion. read more... |
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 08:42pm |
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| Reading the Chief Executive |
Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in public service on behalf of Hong Kong. As Deputy Secretary of the General Duties Branch between 1985 and 1989, he was responsible for the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration. Mr Tsang became the Director-General of Trade between 1991 and 1993. In September 1995, he was appointed Financial Secretary, the first Chinese to hold the position after 150 years of British incumbents. He was named Chief Secretary for Administration in 2001 and has been Hong Kong's Chief Executive since June 2005. read more... |
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Monday Jul 27, 2009 10:52pm |
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| The East Asian moment |
The future of other countries in this region will be defined by how they relate economically to China.
DEBATES once raged over whether to build regionalism in East Asia, but that is becoming a given with the primacy of economics. read more... |
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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Can the DPJ Bring Democracy to Japan?
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On a sweltering afternoon in June, the rice fields outside the small town of Omagari in Japan's northern Akita prefecture are eerily deserted. Only the voice of Kimiko Kyono belting out from the speakers atop her orange Nissan breaks the silence. " Konnichiwa! " she exclaims to the open fields. "This is Kimiko Kyono of the Democratic Party of Japan!" Finally she spots a farmer: "Over there!" A campaign aide drives the car through the field in hot pursuit of the lone voter. read more... |
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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China Enters a Period of Eruptions
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The rioting by Uighurs in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi in early July has put the spotlight back on China's handling of its ethnic minority regions. Coming just over a year after a similar outburst in Lhasa, the incident shows that hardline policies designed to suppress dissent have fostered bitter resentment that periodically erupts. read more... |
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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Miss Tourism Queen International held in Xinjiang
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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The Rise of China and China 2020
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When the United States supported China's admittance into the World Trade Organization in 2001, it did so based in part on the assumption that greater economic openness could lead to political change in the authoritarian state. read more... |
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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40th anniversary of US moon landing
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Veteran astronauts from several US Apollo space missions have converged in Washington to mark the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon. The astronauts aboard the shuttle-station complex also celebrated this event. read more... |
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2009 01:50pm |
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The day obscenity became art - Fred Kaplan
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Today is the 50th anniversary of the court ruling that overturned America's obscenity laws, setting off an explosion of free speech ?and also, in retrospect, splashing cold water on the idea, much discussed during Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, that judges are 搖mpires?rather than agents of social change. read more... |
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Friday Jul 10, 2009 10:49pm |
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Singapore ranked most trade-friendly nation
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Singapore is the most trade-conducive economy in the world, according to an influential report which put great rival Hong Kong at second. read more... |
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Friday Jul 10, 2009 10:49pm |
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China Gov't to pay out 100m yuan to riots victims |
The government will provide compensation to those victims of the riots in Urumqi as soon as possible, an official said Wednesday. read more... |
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Friday Jul 10, 2009 10:49pm |
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Troops patrol riot-hit Urumqi |
Thousands of Chinese troops are patrolling the streets of Urumqi, capital of the far western Xinjiang region, in an effort to maintain the peace between the city's ethnic Uighurs and Han Chinese. read more... |
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Friday Jul 10, 2009 10:49pm |
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| The real Uighur story ?Rebiya Kadeer |
When the Chinese government, with the comfort of hindsight, looks back on its handling of the unrest in Urumqi and East Turkestan this week, it will most likely tell the world with great satisfaction that it acted in the interests of maintaining stability. read more... |
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Friday Jul 10, 2009 10:49pm |
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| Xinjiang: the jewel in China's crown ?Charles Cumming |
Riots in China's restless Xinjiang province are nothing new. In 1990, 50 people were killed in the town of Baren when armed police put down a demonstration against Chinese rule by 3,000 disgruntled Muslims. read more... |
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Saturday Jul 04, 2009 11:11pm |
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S.Korea says N.Korea fires 6 missiles off east coast (Updated) |
SEOUL, South Korea (AP): North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day. read more... |
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Friday Jul 03, 2009 01:41pm |
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Saturday June 27, 2009 08:32pm |
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Iraq debates worsening security
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Members of parliament in Iraq are meeting to debate the reasons behind the escalating violence in the country that has claimed more than 250 lives last week. read more... |
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Saturday June 27, 2009 08:32pm |
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Focus on China 1949-2009
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Zhuoma (second left), a serf of Old Tibet, is happy when she gets not only fields, but also cow from the new government of Sangmo village, Doilungdegen county, Tibet autonomous region, in August 1959. Chen Zonglie/Beijing Review. read more... |
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Saturday June 27, 2009 08:32pm |
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'No foul play' in Jackson death |
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No evidence has so far been found to suggest that foul play was a factor in the death of pop singer Michael Jackson, a spokesman for the Los Angeles coroner's office has said. read more... |
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Friday June 26, 2009 08:13pm |
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Wednesday June 24, 2009 04:44pm |
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East China braces for strong tropical storm Linfa
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Formed in the South China Sea Thursday afternoon, the storm was located at 21.1 degrees north latitude and 117.8 degrees east longitude at 8 p.m. Saturday. It was about 330 kilometers from Zhangpu County in the eastern Fujian Province and is moving with a speed of 10 kilometers northwards towards the province, according to the Fujian Provincial Meteorological Observatory. read more...
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Wednesday June 24, 2009 04:44pm |
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All calm after police retake Chinese city
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Crowds that clashed with paramilitary police in a small town in central China yesterday have dispersed, leaving police in control, local residents and state media said today. read more...
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Wednesday June 24, 2009 04:44pm |
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NIRMALA Bonat, Nurjanah Matiah, Kusiah Manijan and Ruminah Atem. They are among the hundreds of thousands of Indonesian maids who came here to eke out a living but made news as victims of abuse at the hands of their Malaysian employers.
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Wednesday June 24, 2009 04:44pm |
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Debunking the Shanghai myth
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Paris of the East, Queen of the Orient, Whore of Asia, New York on Steroids. Whatever the label over the decades, Shanghai, flaunting a bosom heavy with myth and Maglev-speed modernisation, has long lured visitors to her famed Bund waterfront — only to bust the fantasy of her admirers. read more...
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Saturday June 14, 2009 11:27pm |
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Britain celebrates queen's official birthday
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Guards march during the Trooping the Colour ceremony, attended by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in London June 13, 2009. Trooping the Colour has honoured the sovereign's official birthday since the 17th century, and dates back to the earliest times of armed conflict when each leader needed his own flag or colours to stand out clearly amid the smoke and dust of battle, which led to regular trooping allowing soldiers to recognise the colours around which they should rally. read more...
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Saturday June 14, 2009 11:27pm |
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Stars shine at 12th Shanghai Int'l Film Festival
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Actress Halle Berry arrives for the opening ceremony of the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival in east China's Shanghai, June 13, 2009.
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Monday May 11 , 2009 05:25pm |
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Monday May 11 , 2009 05:25pm |
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Monday May 11 , 2009 05:25pm |
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Monday May 04 , 2009 10:25pm |
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Monday May 04 , 2009 10:25pm |
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Sunday May 03 , 2009 10:21pm |
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Tuesday April 28 , 2009 09:21am |
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Friday December 12, 2008 07:33pm |
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India remains the top offshoring destination
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Despite the bad financial condition, India remains the world leader in offshoring services. Analyzing 72 offshoring countries, the research firm Gartner has announced its 'Top 30 offshoring destinations', where India placed the top followed by China. The report shows that the dynamic nature of the market has seen a number of countries position themselves as credible alternatives to the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). read more...
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Tuesday December 02, 2008 04:41pm |
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© The Star (Used by Permission)
by Yeow Pooi Ling
Where are Asian economies heading?
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Capital Market Summit will seek to provide some answers
IN times of uncertainty and market volatility, people will search for information and views to gauge the direction of the economy.
This is what the 13th Malaysian Capital Market Summit in Kuala Lumpur will try to provide to delegates attending the sessions this Thursday and Friday. read more...
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Tuesday November 11, 2008 01:26pm |
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(CNN) -- In his first public remarks since delivering his victory speech three days ago, President-elect Barack Obama vowed Friday that restoring the nation's economic equilibrium will be a priority of his administration.
"I do not underestimate the enormity of the task that lies ahead," Obama told reporters at the Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. "We have taken some major action to date, and we will take further action."
Obama said that passing a stimulus package will be his first move if the lame-duck Congress fails to do so before he takes office January 20.
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Tuesday November 11, 2008 01:26pm |
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The experiences of denying constitutional protection to sodomy laws in the United States, Australia and Malaysia: You've come a long way baby and you still have a long way to go!
by Alan Berman
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'the other refuses to disappear: it subsists, it persists, it is the hard bone on which reason breaks its teeth'
I. Introduction
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Tuesday November 11, 2008 01:26pm |
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- Three men executed for the deadly 2002 bombings of two nightclubs in Bali, Indonesia, were buried Sunday, before hundreds of emotional supporters.
Early Sunday, the three convicted bombers were executed by firing squad. Imam Samudra, Amrozi bin Nurhasyim and his brother Mukhlas, who is also known as Ali Ghufron, were executed at 12:15 a.m. at Nusa Kampangan prison, said Jasman Panjaitan, a spokesman for Indonesia's attorney-general.
Autopsies were performed on the men before the bodies were turned over to their families, Panjaitan said. read more...
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Saturday November 8, 2008 01:26pm |
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WASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama vowed to address economic crisis after inauguration on Friday at his first press conference after he won the presidential elections, with his economic advisors and chief of staff at presence.
"Immediately after I become president I will confront this economic crisis head-on by taking all necessary steps to ease the credit crisis, help hardworking families, and restore growth and prosperity," Obama said at the press conference in Chicago after meeting with 17-member economic advisory team. read more...
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Thursday November 6, 2008 01:26pm |
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As the eulogies wash over Barack Obama, he can at least rely on his wife Michelle Obama - America's next First Lady - to bring him down to earth.
Others may gush over her husband but Michelle Obama, not only the first black First Lady but one of the youngest presidential wives since Jackie Kennedy, likes to be brutally honest about him. Unlike some First Ladies, the 44-year-old Princeton and Harvard Law School graduate, and working mother of two, is certainly her own woman. In her words, she doesn't want to be "so tied to all that (Barack) is that I don't have anything for me".
Critics have labelled her arrogant, haughty, cold and an "angry black woman". Supporters portray her instead as independent-minded, unafraid to speak out and a devoted mother who puts family firmly before career.
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Thursday November 6, 2008 01:26pm |
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On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1980, my 10th-grade American history teacher started class by unfurling The New York Times. She pointed to its triple banner headline: ¨Reagan Easily Beats Carter; Republicans Gain in Congress; D'Amato and Dodd are Victors.〃
¨Save this paper,〃 she told us. ¨This is the start of a whole new era.〃
And it was. An era of unbridled deregulation, wealth-enhancing perks for the already well-off, and miserly indifference to the poor and middle class; of the recasting of greed as goodness, the equation of bellicose provincialism with patriotism, the reframing of bigotry as small-town decency. read more...
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Wednesday November 5, 2008 01:26pm |
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Text of Obama's victory speech
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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008, Chicago, Illinois: Text of President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech in Chicago on Tuesday, as released by his campaign:
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference. read more...
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Monday November 3, 2008 01:26pm |
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From crisis to opportunity
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The global financial turmoil presents new opportunities for Hong Kong to enhance its competitiveness. That was the message in Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang's policy address last month. read more...
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Wednesday October 29, 2008 08:26am |
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ASEAN has come a long way. Last year, it celebrated its 40th anniversary. This month, the Asean Charter was ratified by Indonesia - the last of the Asean member states to do so. Asean should have good reasons to be confident about its future. read more...
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Monday October 20 , 2008 07:0am |
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In bone-chilling rain, Obama says change is coming
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White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain entered the final seven days of their historic campaign Tuesday, sparring in rain-lashed Pennsylvania as the Democrat exhorted his fired-up supporters to nail down victory.
While McCain canceled one event in the rust-belt state owing to the foul weather, Obama paid tribute to more than 9,000 hardy supporters who turned out at an outdoors rally despite freezing rain and driving winds. read more...
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Sunday October 19, 2008 07:0am |
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No melamine found in new milk powder in 7th round of tests |
China's quality watchdog said on Saturday the latest tests on Chinese milk powder found no trace of melamine.
It was the seventh round of tests for the industrial chemical since the report of the tainted baby formula scandal that left at least three infants dead and sickened more than 50,000 others, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.
The tests covered 105 batches of baby formula from 20 brands in10 provinces and 161 batches of other milk powder from 52 brands in 15 provinces, the agency said. read more... |
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Sunday October 19, 2008 07:0am |
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Bush plans to host world powers at economic summit
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CAMP DAVID, Md. US President Bush, looking for answers to an economic emergency with just three months left in office, will host an international summit to discuss ways to fix the world financial system but warned on saturday against reforms that threaten capitalism.
"We will work to strengthen and modernize our nations' financial systems so we can help ensure that this crisis doesn't happen again," Bush said at the Camp David presidential retreat. read more... |
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Friday October 17, 2008 07:0am |
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Asian markets up in cautious trade
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KUALA LUMPUR : Asian markets rose in early trade on Friday, aided by the mild recovery on Wall Street, but gains were relatively limited as investors' sentiment was still fragile after the recent selldown .
At 9.30am, the KL Composite Index was up 3.24 points to 923.30. Turnover was 70 million shares valued at RM103.4mil. There were 126 gainers, 87 losers and 112 counters unchanged.
Asian markets rose, with Japan 's Nikkei 225 adding 1.25% to 8,564.37, Singapore 's Straits Times Index gained 0.78% to 1,966.46 while Shanghai 's A Share opened 1.53% higher at 2,036.87. read more... |
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Sunday October 12, 2008 07:0am |
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China's central bank pledges global cooperation |
WASHINGTON -- Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang called for international cooperation on Saturday to restore global financial stability.
"Our current priority is to enhance international cooperation to prevent further deterioration and spillover of the crisis and restore global economic and financial stability," Yi said.
The deepening and widening of the US financial crisis have triggered a major global slowdown and escalating uncertainty, Yi Gang said in a statement at the 18th meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) held here Saturday.
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Sunday October 12, 2008 07:0am |
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IMF panel endorses G7 action plan |
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Belgium's State Secretary for Finance Bernard Clerfayt speak before the International Monetary and Financial Meeting (IMFC) at IMF Headquarters in Washington October 11, 2008. Finance leaders from the IMF's 185 member countries on Saturday endorsed a plan announced by major economies to chart a course out of the credit crisis. [Agencies]
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Monday October 13, 2008 07:0am |
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Act now on world financial crisis: Razaleigh
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KOTA BARU: Act more decisively and respond faster to the ongoing global financial meltdown, said former Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah .
Words alone are inadequate to calm the market place jitters. Corrective action and a hastened effort to reduce political uncertainty must be put in place now, Tengku Razaleigh said in a statement.
¨The meltdown will change the global financial landscape forever,〃 he predicted. read more... |
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Monday October 13, 2008 07:0am |
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Malaysia not slipping into recession: PM
By IZATUN SHARI |
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia is not going into recession at the moment because of its strong economic fundamentals, reserves and trade surplus, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said.
The country also had high domestic savings and a stable currency which was not subjected to fluctuation, the Prime Minister said when commenting on Malaysia 's current standing following Singapore 's announcement of anti-recession measures.
¨I believe, insya -Allah (God willing), we can weather the storm. We still have strong economic fundamentals. We have very strong reserves. Our trade surplus is still strong. We do have high domestic savings. read more... |
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Monday September 29, 2008 07:0am |
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Forbes: Mishandling of dollar partly to blame for crisis
by B.K. Sidhu
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A course of action for next US president
MISTAKES in managing the US dollar, dating back to 2004, is one of the main causes for the present financial mayhem in the United States. There are signs that the US dollar is strengthening but conscious and consistent policies are required for a sustained uptrend, said Steve Forbes, chairman, CEO and editor-in-chief of Forbes. read more... |
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Monday September 29, 2008 09:54am |
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And the winner is...Singapore!
Thrills and spills mark Fl's debut in Singapore
ON A night when sporting history was made, the big winners were Renault driver Fernando Alonso, Formula One and its fans, and Singapore. read more...
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Friday September 26, 2008 07:30am |
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New Delhi: Eighteen years after it started opening up its economy, India, for the first time, has replaced China as the most promising destination for foreign direct investment in the medium-to-long term, says a UN agency.
The World Investment Report (WIR) prepared by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) released here Wednesday said that in the short term, however, China again ranked at the top, followed by India.
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Thursday September 25, 2008 07:30am |
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Sunday August 31, 2008 07:00am |
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Hurricane Gustav hits US coast
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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) Torrential rain and winds from Hurricane Gustav lashed the US Gulf coast early Monday after nearly two million people fled the killer storm. read more...
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Sunday August 31, 2008 07:00am |
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Hurricane Hammers Louisiana; New Orleans Empties (Update5)
By Brian K. Sullivan and Alex Morales
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Gustav buffeted the Gulf Coast with hurricane-force winds, threatening devastation to rival Katrina, after the largest evacuation in Louisiana history turned New Orleans into what its mayor called a ``ghost town.''
``Let's prepare for the worst, pray for the best,'' state Governor Bobby Jindal said in a televised news conference yesterday. He said 1.9 million people fled coastal areas on jammed roads and mass transit, leaving behind only 10,000 of New Orleans' 300,000 residents. The city's population decreased 40 percent since Katrina hit in 2005.. read more...
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Saturday August 30, 2008 07:00am |
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© New Straits Times (Used by permission)
by Johan Jaaffar |
The Games that was more than a sporting event
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IT was an Olympiad to remember. No other host nation has done what the Chinese did, nor will others be able to emulate them.
The Beijing Olympics was more than a sporting event; for the Chinese, it was a showpiece of their prowess and might. Just look at the opening and closing ceremonies -- monumental in planning, almost perfect in execution and stupendous in display. read more...
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Friday August 29, 2008 07:00am |
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Hong Leong chooses Hong Kong for Islamic banking
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Central banks in Hong Kong and Malaysia have authorised Hong Leong Bank Berhad (HLB) to offer Islamic banking services in the territory, a stepping stone for the lender to expand into East Asia and the Chinese mainland.
HLB will use an "Islamic banking window" where services will be available through the Hong Kong branch of its existing conventional bank. read more...
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Monday August 18, 2008 07:00am |
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Russian action changes global geo-politics
GLOBAL TRENDS
BY MARTIN KHOR
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Last week was a turning point in global politics. Russia sent tanks into disputed regions of Georgia and warned Poland not to be a missile base for the US. read more... |
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Friday August 15, 2008 07:00am |
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Petals cover Brussels square in carpet of flowers R
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The flowers carpet on the Grand-Place of Brussels is a colorfull tradition that attracts many tourists, foreign and local. Hundreds of kilo's begonias were carefully used to give amazing colors to the carpet. The Grand-Place is really not spiteful. This summer, the magnificent design of its flower carpet has drawn inspiration from 18th century French patterns. [CFP]. read more...
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Friday August 15, 2008 07:00am |
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Olympic homestay program welcomed
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Wang Zhixi, hostess of an Olympic homestay for foreign visitors, talks to two American guests about the traditional Chinese architecture in Beijing August 15, 2008. Wang's home, at Dajinsi Hutong near Shichahai Lake, a tourist attraction in downtown Beijing, is one of about 600 homestay families chosen for foreign visitors during the Beijing Olympic Games. [Xinhua].
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Friday August 15, 2008 07:00am |
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Friday August 15, 2008 07:00am |
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Nandan Nilekani to advise London Mayor
India's IT firm Infosys Co-chairman Nandan Nilekani is being drafted in to advise Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, on the business policy of London in the build-up to the 2012 Olympic Games, reported Telegraph. read more...
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Saturday August 9, 2008 07:00am |
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The opening ceremony of Games
By Gao Anming
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The picture was taken at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008.
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Friday August 8, 2008 07:00am |
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Li Ning lights up Olympic cauldron
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Former Chinese gymnast Li Ning carries the Olympic flame as he is lifted to the air during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the National Stadium August 8, 2008.
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Friday August 8, 2008 07:00am |
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A grandeur ceremony for the world
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The Olympic rings are lit during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on August 8, 2008.
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Friday August 8, 2008 07:00am |
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Katerina Emmons wins 1st Olympic gold
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BEIJING -- Czech sharpshooter Katerina Emmons wrote her name into history as she won the first gold of the 29th Olympics in women's 10m air rifle.
Emmons improved Olympic Record of the discipline to 503.5 points, followed by Russian Lioubov Galkina in the second place at 502.1. The bronze medal went to Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia with 500.9 points.
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Friday August 8, 2008 07:00am |
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Chen Xiexia wins 1st gold for Chinese delegation
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BEIJING -- China's Chen Xiexia won the women's 48kg weightlifting title, the first gold medal for the host at the Beijing Olympic Games here on Saturday.
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Friday August 8, 2008 07:00am |
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Russia: Paratroopers in breakaway capital Russian paratroopers enter the capital of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, Russian media reports as President Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow was "trying to force Georgians to cease fire" in the conflict over the region full story
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Authorities have stepped up security ahead of this month's Beijing Olympics after an attack killed 16 police officers and injured 16 more in northwestern China, state-run media reported on Tuesday. read more... |
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Friday August 8, 2008 07:00am |
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China's 7.9 Earthquake predicted by Huseleeno (Jucelino) Nobulege Du Roose? Some of his predictions for 2008 include
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Sunday July 20, 2008 07:00am |
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Holocaust architecture
ARCHITECTURE INSIDE OUT
By MOHAMAD TAJUDDIN MOHAMAD RASDI
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| Malaysia has been spared many natural disasters but we cannot remain complacent. Our columnist shares some cataclysmic concerns. read more... International SOS - The World Leader for Emergency Evacuation International SOS FAQs International SOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sunday July 20, 2008 07:00am |
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| Cheerleading takes on a Chinese twist
BEIJING EXPRESS BY CELESTE FONG |
THE door of Jingdong No.1 Hotspring Resort's conference room opened and a large group of journalists burst in. read more... |
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Saturday July 19, 2008 07:00am |
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| KL finds a new mate Down Under
By PAUL GABRIEL |
Kevin Rudd is Australia 's new, fair dinkum (common Aussie term meaning real or honest) leader who is described ˉas the best thing that has ever happened Down Under'. read more... |
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Saturday July 19, 2008 07:00am |
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LIFE IS SO SHORT.
SO, THINK WHAT IS GOOD,
SPEAK WHAT IS KIND,
AND TRY TO LIVE YOUR BEST,
THEN THIS WORLD WILL BE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL TO YOU
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Sunday July 6, 2008 07:00am |
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| That funny familiar feeling
Behind the Headlines
By BUNN NAGARA |
As G8 leaders arrive in Japan for another summit, more will again be said than done.
ANY summit of the G8 rich industrialised countries deserves critical scrutiny, particularly this year's in Japan starting tomorrow.
Like previous gatherings of this self-appointed elite among national economies, this year's will see member countries posturing seriously on goals they have little intention of achieving. So, prepare for yet more preaching than sacrifice, or even leadership by example. read more... |
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Sunday July 6, 2008 07:00am |
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MALAYSIA is doing well in addressing its political issues, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said yesterday.
"What is happening in our country is a domestic issue, which we must overcome," he added. read more... |
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Sunday July 6, 2008 07:00am |
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