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Envoy hands over Pyongyang peace missive to Chinese president
BEIJING - A senior North Korean envoy delivered a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that Pyongyang was ready to take "positive action" to re-join stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The letter was handed over by envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae. Choe told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems ...
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Monkey teeth give clues on when Neanderthal baby was weaned
Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned. The new technique is based in part on knowledge gained from studies of teeth from human infants and from monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Using the new technique, the researchers concluded that ...
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Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption
Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...
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Russia plans four spacecraft launches in 2014
Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform under the Sea Launch programme, an official said. Corporation president Vitaly Lopota said that after 2014, Energia will be able to make five or more launches a year. Next year's launches will be the first since one of Sea Launch's Zenit vehicles carrying an Intelsat-27 ...
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PM to undertake five-day visit to Japan Thailand from Monday
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will undertake a five-day official visit to Japan and Thailand from Monday. He will first visit Japan from May 27 to May 29 and then visit Thailand on May 30 to 31. The focus of the visit to Japan is expected to be on strategic content and ways to expand bilateral energy and economic ties, while the visit to Bangkok will be aimed at signing a long awaited ...
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North Koreas bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow
Russia regards as a "positive development" reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a Russian diplomat said. China's Xinhua news agency and South Korea's Yonhap reported Friday that Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, met Chinese President Xi Jinping and reaffirmed that Pyongyang "is ready ...
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Obama Urges Military to Stamp Out Sexual Assaults
U.S. President Barack Obama says sexual assaults in the U.S. military undermine trust in the armed forces. The president used a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Friday to tackle recent reports of widespread sexual violence in the military. "Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that ...
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Japan PMs residence not haunted Government
The Japanese government has denied rumours which said the prime minister's official residence was haunted. The denial came after a query by an opposition lawmaker, who wanted to know if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had not yet moved into his official residence, five months after coming to power, because of rumours that the building was haunted by the ghosts of young military officers who died ...
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Nine dead in China shop fire
As many as nine people, including three children, died in a fire that broke out in China's Guangdong province early Friday, fire authorities said. The flames engulfed an automobile repair shop in Foshan city in the morning, reported Xinhua citing a fire brigade official. It was a single-storey building, existing as shop-cum-residence, the official said, adding that the fire was later ...
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China reaffirms denuclearisation on Korean Peninsula
President Xi Jinping Friday reaffirmed China's stance of denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula while stressing that targets should be met by all parties involved irrespective of how the situation evolved. During his meeting with Choe Ryong Hae, the special envoy of Nork Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Xi stressed that denuclearisation and long-lasting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula ...
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Sudirman Cup China overcome tough test against Indonesia
Indonesia almost scared China in their second meeting in three days but the defending champions still made the semifinals of the Sudirman Cup here. Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir provided good start for Indonesia as they stunned Olympic runners-up Xu Chen/Ma Jin in mixed doubles 21-18, 14-21 and 21-16 Thursday. But Chen Long quickly levelled the score for China after he thrashed Tommy Sugiarto ...
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China clears Boeing 787s for commercial service
Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued a certification for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner Thursday, a milestone for the 787 to begin commercial service in China. The CAAC presented Boeing with a Validation of Type Certification (VTC), indicating that the design of the 787 Dreamliner is compliant with China's aviation regulations and that China endorses ...
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Report China urges N. Korea to enter nuclear talks
North Korea launched several short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast May 18, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...
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Obamas drone speech welcomed in Pakistan YemenPresident Barack Obamas speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies — Pakistan and Yemen.
Obama cast drone strikes against Islamic militants as crucial to US counterterrorism efforts but acknowledged in his landmark speech on Thursday that they are not a ...
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Russia Japan try to bridge gaps on thorny issues
MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia and Japan managed to move their positions closer on certain issues, pledging to speed up talks on reaching a peace treaty for the first time since the end of WWII, as leaders of the two countries met here on Monday. Following his talks with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that they have instructed ...
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Foreign submarine sails underwater in contiguous zone Japan
A foreign submarine was found traveling underwater around the Minami-Daito island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa early Sunday morning, the Japanese Defense Ministry said. The submarine did not intrude into the Japanese waters, according to the ministry. Japan said the submarine may be from "China's navy" and may have demonstrated the navy's presence for its ...
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Osaka mayor says not to withdraw comfort women remarks
Toru Hashimoto(Photo:Agencies) Toru Hashimoto, co-head of Japan Restoration Party, told Shintaro Ishihara, the other co-leader of the Japanese opposition party, on Sunday that he has no intention to withdraw his recent remarks that have triggered outrage both at home and abroad. Hashimoto made clear his intention at a meeting with Ishihara in the central Japan city of Nagoya, saying that he ...
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Two deaf and mute orphan girls raped in India
In a shocking incident in Jaipur, India, staffers of a non-governmental organization raped two deaf and mute orphaned girls, where they were under treatment for speech therapy. The girls were living in a hostel of the NGO, whose warden along with a clerk was arrested. Police is questioning other staff members of the NGO. The incident came to light when the girls, who are still learning to ...
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DPRK reports bird flu outbreak
A new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza virus has been confirmed at a duck production unit in Pyongyang, resulting in the deaths of more than 164,000 ducks. This is according to the World Organisation for Animal Health who received notification from the Anti-Epizootic Department at the Ministry of Agriculture in Pyongyang yesterday. Ducks in one of the 20 cages showed clinical ...
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Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapes
Bangladesh army soldiers, police personnel and firefighters gather at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure? collapse last month, in Savar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 14, 2013.(Photo:Agencies) Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers ...
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DPRK slams Parks U.S. trip as prelude to war Yonhap
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday denounced South Korean President Park Geun-hye's first visit to the United States and summit with U.S. President Barack Obama as a prelude to war aimed at escalating conflict with her countrymen. Park was headed home Friday after wrapping up her five-day trip to the United States. The visit to Washington and her meeting with ...
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DPRK says jailed American tried to topple its govt
A spokesman for the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) gave answer to a question raised by KCNA Thursday about the alleged unreasonable legal action taken against American Pae Jun Ho who committed crimes against the DPRK, claiming that he was not tried in a transparent manner and it was trying to use this issue as a political bargaining chip. The spokesman ...
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Soldiers Place US Flags in Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- On Memorial Day - Monday, May 27 this year - Americans remember those in the military who died while serving their country. Ahead of that day, soldiers place American flags in front of the more than 360,000 gravestones in Arlington National Cemetery, outside Washington. Army Colonel James Markert places a flag at the tombstone of Christopher Henderson, who was killed in ...
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Japanese officials secretly visit North Korea
In a move that apparently surprised its allies--the US and South Korea--Japan recently sent a secret delegation to North Korea. Leading the visit, Isao Iijima, an advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, landed in Pyongyang on May 14, departing three days later. During his visit, he met with senior leaders of the North Korean regime including Kim Yong-nam, the president of the Presidium of the ...
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Workers Struggles Asia Australia and the Pacific
Permanent and contract employees at privately-owned Brahmani Steel protested outside the Revenue Division office in Kadappa on May 20 to demand payment of six months' outstanding wages. Management told workers that they would be paid if they accepted voluntary retirement. The workers, who had been employed at the company for at least six years, rejected the "offer" and submitted a ...
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Asia Pacific leads world in creating wealth
The Asia Pacific region houses a higher proportion of High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) than any other region on earth.
The claim is part of the World Wealth Report prepared by Merrill Lynch which studied wealth effects in seventy one countries, which account for 98% of global gross income and 99% of world stock market capitalization. Read more
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