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North Korea names hawkish general new military chief
AP FILE PHOTO SEOUL – North Korea has appointed as its new military chief a hawkish general, widely believed to have directed the 2010 shelling of a South Korean border island, state media confirmed Wednesday. In a brief dispatch, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) referred to Kim Kyok-Sik as chief of the Korean People’s Army general staff, a notch higher in the military ...
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South Korea Japan US defense chiefs to meet
Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Korea, Rear Adm. William C. McQuilkin, left, salutes as Rear Adm. Michael S. White, commander of the Nimitz Strike Group, right, smiles from U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz upon its arrival at Busan port, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Ahead of the U.S. carrier’s visit to South Korea, North Korea on Friday called ...
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Chinese officials blackmailed after gang secretly recorded sex romps on video
22 May 2013 A CHINESE court has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having ...
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China-Pakistan relations of equality mutual trust stand weatherproof
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang left India for Pakistan Wednesday, the second stop of his first overseas trip as China's new head of government.It is worth noting that Li is the first foreign leader to visit Pakistan in the wake of the country's general elections.The two "firsts" testified to the "all-weather strategic partnership" between China and Pakistan, which was ...
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At least 10 soldiers wounded in Australian army base vehicles collision
At least 10 Australian soldiers were wounded Wednesday in a crash between military vehicles at an army base in Australia's southeastern Victoria state, local media reported.Two Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAV) collided during a training exercise in the morning and four men were sent to the Melbourne hospitals, the report quoted an Ambulance Victoria spokeswoman as saying.The ...
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China market Smartphone sales over 75 million units in 1Q13 says Analysys
There were 90.54 million handsets sold in the China market during first-quarter 2013, growing 23.5% sequentially and 34.8% on year, and 75.28 million units of them were smartphones, increasing 32.2% sequentially and 141.5% on year, according to Analysys ...
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When Made-in-China.com holds the beauty contest
Yes Made-in-China.com has decided to turn beauty contest into once a year event after successfully holding the contest this year, however it is dedicated to the products from nationwide across the Chinese mainland. The contest had been held as part of business banquet presided by Made-in-China.com every year during Canton fair in Guangzhou. The contest which named "The Beauty of Made in ...
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Weak Yen Wont Stop Our Push Outside Japan Lexus
Mark Templin, Executive Vice President at Lexus said the luxury carmaker doesn't run its global business based on fluctuations in exchange ...
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Taierzhuang Ancient Town in Chinas Shandong
Taierzhuang Ancient Town, located in Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, is surrounded by water and has some classical bridges, an old water transport system, wetland parks, temples, museums, and the architecture of a bygone ...
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US summit will help reduce suspicion China media
Chinese state media on Wednesday welcomed news of the firstsummit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Barack Obama, saying the meeting will help "reduce suspicions" in the ...
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Japan mulls resuming talks with N Korea
Japan is considering direct talks with North Korea, the government said Wednesday, adding momentum to the cause after a top level aide to the prime minister made a surprise trip to ...
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China charges six in sex video extortion case
BEIJING: A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them having sex, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday. The six were charged with extortion on Monday, Xinhua said, citing a statement from judicial authorities in Chongqing, where they are slated to be tried. Investigators said the group ...
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Confronting Big China and Little China
Our Scarborough Shoal conflict with the People’s Republic of China (Big China) – which ignited on April 9, 2012 when Chinese fishing vessels were caught poaching in Philippine waters by the Philippine Navy – has taken a back seat to a potentially graver conflict in the West Philippine Sea, this time with Taiwan, also known as the Republic of China (Little China), a conflict ...
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Chinas Li offers to help end Pakistans energy crisis
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves to the audience during an event organised by Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi May 21, ...
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Rinehart loses $7 bn but still Australias richest
SYDNEY (AFP) - Mining magnate Gina Rinehart had Aus$7 billion (US$6.8 billion) wiped off her fortune in the past year but remains Australia's wealthiest person, an annual rich list showed Wednesday.Rinehart, heiress to an iron ore prospecting empire built in Australia's resources-rich west, led the respected BRW Rich 200 list for a third year in a row with a personal fortune of ...
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Australias underclass continues to grow Salvos report
A Salvation Army report released today shows that more people are struggling to keep their heads above water as the cost of living ...
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Tourism Australia starts LinkedIn contest
New Delhi, May 22 : In a first in India, Tourism Australia has presented India-based members of LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, with a fun opportunity of winning a refreshing week-long holiday in Australia, away from their daily ...
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Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China
BEIJING -- Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers - and even sits on the toilet - in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled, metaphor-rich music video mocking state power.The video accompanying the visual artist's heavy metal single "Dumbass," released Wednesday, is meant to reconstruct his 81-day detention in 2011, which was part ...
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Falling commodity prices needed for China to continue economic miracle -- Gray
Global prices for commodities, such as iron ore, need to come down a little bit so that China can continue its economic miracle, according to Australian Minister for Resources and Energy Gary Gray.Gray made the remarks on Tuesday at an exclusive interview with Xinhua during the Australia-China Minerals Investment Summit held in Darwin."Global prices (for commodities) will be set by economic ...
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China US to mutually benefit from deeper cooperation in next decade
Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations and US China and the United States can mutually benefit from deeper economic relations in the next decade along with US economic recovery and booming Chinese middle class, said a bilateral study released at a forum here on Tuesday. "This study comes at a critical juncture in the bilateral relationship, a time when the two countries ...
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China gains international recognition for immediate effective responses to H7N9
China has gained international recognition for its immediate and effective responses to the human infections with H7N9 virus, a side event on Influenza A (H7N9) showed Tuesday.The Chinese delegation to the 66th World Health Assembly and World Health Organization (WHO) convened the side event, which gathered officials and experts from international organizations and relevant countries to exchange ...
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Intl Hydropower Association 2013 World Congress opens in Malaysia
"The International Hydropower Association (IHA) 2013 World Congress" opened in Kuching, Malaysia on Wednesday, to explore ways in which hydropower will continue to make a significant contribution to the future by advancing sustainable hydropower.Richard Taylor, executive director of IHA in his speech at the opening session said that "IHA is a network of more than 100 member ...
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Japan ends Trifluralin tests on Vietnams shrimp
Japan said it would end tests for Trifluralin, a commonly used pre-emergence herbicide, on Vietnam's shrimp exported to the country, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).Following the decision of Japan to test Trifluralin on Vietnam's shrimp from Oct. 21, 2010, Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development banned the use of 44 ...
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Philippine leftist rebels free 6 hostages
Leftist rebels freed the six people they kidnapped Monday in southern Philippines, a senior police official said Wednesday.The New People's Army rebels released their victims, including a 10-year old girl, to a Catholic priest and a local politician in Maco town, Compostela Valley, around 5 p.m. local time Tuesday, said Senior Superintendent Edgardo Wycoco, police chief of Davao del ...
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Top DPRK leaders envoy visits China
A special envoy of Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), left Pyongyang Wednesday for a visit to China, the official KCNA news agency ...
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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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