Friday 12th March, 2010
11 Siberian tigers die of malnutrition in China zoo
Asia Pacific News.NetEleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official said.
China accuses Dalai Lama of `separatism' in anniversary speech
Asia Pacific News.NetChina Thursday accused the Dalai Lama of showing 'his nature of separating the nation' in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.
Australia secure Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with six-wicket Auckland win
Asia Pacific News.NetAustralia secured the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy on Thursday with a six-wicket win against New Zealand in the fourth one-day international played here.
China trying to annihilate Buddhism in Tibet: Dalai Lama
Asia Pacific News.NetExiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has accused China of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet and claimed the Chinese authorities were conducting "patriotic re-education" campaigns in monasteries in Tibet.
Australia-New Zealand film festival holding "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective"
Asia Pacific News.Net"Indian Film Festival 2010" in Australia and New Zealand is holding special "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective".
40,000-yr-old site in Australia may hold world's southernmost traces of early human life
Asia Pacific News.NetReports indicate that Australian archaeologists have uncovered a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, which they believe is the world's southernmost site of early human life.
Google says it is prepared to leave China if censoring continues
Asia Pacific News.NetSearch engine Google has said that it is not prepared for further censorship at the hand of the Chinese Government, and is ready to leave the country if pushed further.
Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani amongst Forbes top ten Billionaires
Asia Pacific News.NetReliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani has become the richest man in the Asia-Pacific region and the fourth in world rankings as per the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires released on Wednesday.
After Indians, now Canadian assaulted in Australia
Asia Pacific News.NetAfter a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney Tuesday, reports here said.
Us Military Veterans Return To Vietnam
VOAdel.icio.us A delegation of U.S. military veterans and their families recently returned to Vietnam more than 30 years after the war in the southeast Asian nation. A private organization, the Vietnam V...
Political Consensus Sought On Reservation Bill In India
VOACongress party President Sonia Gandhi is greeted by women party workers after the Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the upper house of parliament, at her residence in New Delhi, India, 10 Mar 201...
State Department Criticizes Abuses In Iran, China, Afghanistan, Burma
VOA, and cited abuses around the world - including in Iran, China, Afghanistan and Burma.In the report released Thursday, the department says the Iranian government severely limited citizens' right to pe...
State Department Criticizes Abuses In Iran, China, Afghanistan, Burma
VOA, and cited abuses around the world - including in Iran, China, Afghanistan and Burma.In the report released Thursday, the department says the Iranian government severely limited citizens' right to pe...
Dalai Lama Expresses 'little Hope' For Progress With China On Tibetan Issue
VOAThe Dalai Lama delivers his annual address from exile in India, marking the 51st anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule in Dharamsla, India, 10 Mar 2010
China Lawmakers Test Out Microblogging
West AustralianBEIJING (AFP) - Mao Zedong may have used paintbrush and ink to write classic poems in calligraphy, but his grandson is firmly in the 21st century -- micro-blogging by laptop from China's annual se...
Pacific Western Wood Receives Fsc Certification
PR WebFSC Chain of Custody Certification means that Pacific Western Wood, Inc. meets strict tracking requirements for ensuring that products we sell as FSC-certified come from a well-managed forest. Lo...
Bullying Flap Shakes Japan’s Royals
International Herald Tribuneannounced last week that 8-year-old Princess Aiko was refusing to go to school because of bullying, he did more than just disclose a mundane problem facing a member of
Australia Beat Netherlands To Enter Final
NDTVMighty Australia continued their rampaging form in the tournament as they overcame a fighting Netherlands 2-1 in the second semifinal of the hockey World Cup on Thursday to set up a re-match of last e...
11 Siberian Tigers Die Of Malnutrition In China Zoo
New KeralaBeijing, March 11: Eleven Siberian tigers have died of malnutrition at a zoo in China in the past three months, a wild life official said.
China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. Anticipates Possible Buy-in And Short Squeeze As Company Is Listed On Reg Sho Threshold Security List
Market Wirehttp://www.nasdaqtrader.com/trader.aspx?id=RegSHOThreshold ) on March 8, 2010. The Company is still on the list as posted at the end of the trading day yesterday. SEC Regulation SHO targets abusive ...
Stocks Trade Flat On Concern About China Inflation
ExaminerStocks traded in a tight range for a fourth day Thursday after China reported a jump in inflation. Mixed U.S. economic news also held the market back.China said its inflation rate rose to 2.7 percent ...
Canadian Recovering After Violent Attack In Australia
Vancouver SunA Canadian man who was viciously assaulted by two teens in Australia has come through surgery and has spoken to his mother from his hospital bed in Sydney."Everything went well with the operation...
Markets Down On China Policy-tightening Fears
Vancouver SunAn array of economic data coming forth on Thursday, from Canada and elsewhere, failed to give stocks any obvious signal of which way to turn.At midday, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composi...
Seventeen Dead In China Landslide
ITNA landslide in China's northwest Shaanxi province has killed 17 people and left 11 more missing, Chinese state media has said. Rescue work continues at the landslide site but teams said the chanc...
China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. Anticipates Possible Buy-in And Short Squeeze As Company Is Listed On Reg Sho Threshold Security List
Earth TimesDALLAS, TX -- 03/11/10 -- China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. (OTCBB: CCTR) was listed on the Regulation SHO "threshold security" list (link:
Europe Shares Slip From 7-week Peak On China Data
London South EastBy Atul Prakash LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - European shares slipped from a seven-week high to end lower on Thursday as economic numbers failed to impress investors and a spike in Chinese inflation ra...
Tigers Starve To Death At China Zoo
Independent OnlineAt least 11 tigers have died of hunger and malnutrition in a Chinese zoo so far this year, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, local media reported on Thursday. China's wild tiger populati...
China Rights Record Worsening In Areas: Us
BreitbartChina's human rights record was poor last year and worsened as authorities increased harassment of activists and repression in the Xinjiang region, the US State Department said Thursday. "The gover...
Experts Warn Of Monster Mudslides In Taiwan
BreitbartSouthern Taiwan could experience even bigger mudslides than those that buried hundreds alive last year, when the worst typhoon in half a century hit the island, experts warned Thursday. Typhoon Mor...
<font Color="#996633" Face="times New Roman,times,times Newroman">update: Smithfield Sees China, Russia Pork Market Reopened Soon</font>
Morning Star, president and chief executive of the nation's largest hog producer and pork processor, in the company's third-quarter results release. The company's fiscal year will end in late April or early May...
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