Friday 3rd September, 2010
NSW pacer Hazlewood raring to fire in India with an eye on the Ashes
New South Wales pacer Josh Hazlewood is thrilled over the prospect of going on tour with Australia to India.
India, South Korea ink two MOUs to boost defence cooperation
India and South Korea on Friday inked two landmark Memoranda of Understandings (MoUs) to give a huge boost to strategic defence cooperation between the two nations.
150,000 wild boars go on a rampage in China
Over 150,000 rampaging wild boars in a province in eastern China are giving sleepless nights to farmers who have been forced to maintain round-the-clock vigil to save their crops.
England pacer Graham Onions out of Ashes series due to back surgery
Asia Pacific News.NetEngland fast bowler Graham Onions has been ruled out of the forthcoming Ashes series against Australia after being told that he will have to undergo surgery to fix a back problem.
Cricket Australia gives go ahead to betting during Ashes
Asia Pacific News.NetCricket Australia has given the green signal to cricket betting during the Ashes this summer, despite the controversy of betting corruption scandals rocking the cricket world.
Australian ex-cop jailed for pushing wife off cliff
Asia Pacific News.NetA former police officer in Australia who murdered his wife by pushing her off a cliff was Friday jailed for 33 years.
12 killed in China landslide
Asia Pacific News.NetAt least 12 people have been killed and 36 are still missing after mudslides hit a village in southwest China's Yunnan province, authorities said Thursday.
Chinese culture minister visits Taiwan
Asia Pacific News.NetChina's culture minister arrived in Taiwan Thursday for a week-long visit, signalling further warming in the island's relations with its bitter rival.
Indian student visas fall by half in Australia
Asia Pacific News.NetThe number of Indians granted student visas in Australia during the last financial year has fallen to 29,721, less than half of the number in 2008-09.
Indian women lose to Australia in hockey World Cup
Asia Pacific News.NetIndia went down 3-6 to Australia in their second match of the women's hockey WOrld Cup.
S Africa v Australia: Teams
Sky SportsSouth Africa winger Bryan Habana has been backed to rediscover his form, starting against Australia in Bloemfontein. Habana, the former IRB Player of the Year, has managed to score just two interna...
China's Installed Capacity of Hydropower to Reach 380 Gigawatts in 2020, an Industrial Info News Alert
Market WireBEIJING--(Marketwire - September 3, 2010) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- To meet China's goal on energy conservation and emission reduction, the country's installed c...
China orders action to cool food prices
Miami HeraldBEIJING -- China has ordered local leaders to cool a surge in politically sensitive food prices by raising vegetable production amid rising tensions in poor countries over surging food costs.Mayors w...
Japan's Q2 corporate capital spending down 1.7%
MENAFN(MENAFN) Japanese companies reduced capital spending across all industries in the April-June quarter by 1.7 percent from a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said in a report.According to the ministry...
Taiwan WiMAX operators can be in parallel operation of LTE, says Rohde & Schwarz Taiwan
DigitimesAs several WiMAX operators and developers of WiMAX chip solutions have stepped into LTE, it has increasing potential to become a dominant global 4G standard and therefore WiMAX operators are recommend...
Inventory dumping among traders in Taiwan, says inSpectrum
DigitimesThe DRAM spot market saw some traders dumping more inventory to channels during the week (August 30-September 3), resulting in sharper price drops in the white-brand DDR3 segment, according to inSpect...
Japan endures hottest summer on record
The Seattle TimesTOKYO — Japan is sweltering through its hottest summer on record, weather officials said Thursday. The Asian country joins a large swath of the Northern Hemisphere that has experienced an unusu...
Australia shares end firmer; banks slip, Andean soars
Yahoo!7 NewsOn Friday 3 September 2010, 16:45 EST (Updates to close) SYDNEY, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Australian stocks inched 0.2 percent higher on Friday after giving up most of their early gains, with lower fi...
Hogan free to leave Australia
Yahoo!7 NewsOn Friday 3 September 2010, 16:37 EST Paul Hogan has reached an agreement with the Australian Tax Office (ATO) that will allow the actor to return to the United States. The Crocodile Dundee star...
Japan increases sanctions against Iran
China DailyThe additional sanctions included a freeze on the assets of those linked to nuclear development and tighter supervision of financial transactions. A total of 88 institutions and 24 individuals are tar...
China stock index futures close lower -- August 31
China Daily/enpproperty--> BEIJING - China's stock index futures closed lower Tuesday with the contract for September, the most actively traded, down 0.63 percent from the previous trading day to end at 2,910.4...
Nearly 1,200 cows die from summer heat in Japan+
BreitbartTOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Nearly 1,200 cows have died nationwide due to intense heat this summer, the government said Friday, calling for measures to prevent more deaths as the hot weather ...
Japan to strongly urge nationals not to visit Russian-held islands+
BreitbartTOKYO, Sept. 3 (AP) - (Kyodo)—The Japanese government decided Friday to strongly urge its nationals to refrain from visiting Russian-held islands claimed by Japan with Russian visas, in the wak...
China jam is back: 120km, 10k vehicles
Times of IndiaChina on Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, reports said. State television broadcast images of a long line of mostly cargo trucks inching slowly through Inner
Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader
Times of IndiaTEHRAN: A website supporting Iran's reform movement says assailants have attacked the home of an opposition leader and wounded one of his bodyguards. The report says Mahdi Karroubi's guards had to fir...
Stranded actor Paul Hogan in Australia tax deal
Yahoo! NewsSYDNEY (Reuters) – Actor Paul Hogan, star of the "Crocodile Dundee" movies, has struck a deal with Australia's tax office which will allow him to return home to his family in Los A...
Ipsen, Santhera Agree On Fipamezole License Outside North America, Japan
Morning StarThe drug is under investigation for the treatment of dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease, with a first Phase III study scheduled for 2011, Ipsen said in a statement. Under the agreement, the French bi...
China communicating, cooperating with Philippines after hostage crisis: FM
SINAChina is in contact with the Philippines in the wake of the hostage crisis on Aug. 23, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said here Thursday. The relevant departments of the Chinese centr...
US Open tennis tournament heats up
SINAMaria Sharapova of Russia serves to Iveta Benesova of the Czech Republic during the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, September 2, 2010. (Reuters Photo)
Hurricane Earl closes in on U.S. East Coast
SINANational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) image show Hurricane Earl. Hurricane Earl bore down on a vast stretch of the US East Coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North...
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