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Japan sinks Singapore at Sudirman Cup
Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday. Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta Danny Bawa and Terry Zhao 21-7, 21-18. World No.24 Gu Juan of Singapore was beaten by No.10 Minatsu Mitani at 21-10, 21-19 in women's singles while in men's singles, Derek Wong ...
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President Karzai to Discuss Enhancing Defense Ties with India
Afghan President Hamid Karzai receives an honorary degree from his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee, second right, at the Lovely Professional University in Jalandhar, India, May 20, ...
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South Korea See Norths Threats at Unprecedented Levels
SEOUL -- South Korea says it will never accept rival North Korea as a nuclear-weapons state. But there appears to be no international consensus on how to prevent that. Speaking Tuesday in Seoul, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se characterized Pyongyang's recent belligerent threats as more diverse, frequent and intense than previously seen. He told a forum organized by ...
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New rice contamination reported in China
BEIJING -; Authorities are investigating rice mills in southern China following tests that found almost half of the staple grain in one of the country's largest cities was contaminated with a toxic ...
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NZ snub Fiji centenary Test request
New Zealand have put a damper on Fiji's 100th anniversary celebrations, by claiming they are too busy to play the islanders in a commemorative Test. The Fijian Rugby Union wrote to the New Zealand Rugby Union last August requesting a June Test against the All Blacks in Suva, Fiji's capital, to mark the occasion.But the NZRU rejected their offer citing the World Cup winners' ...
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Mainlands Taiwan enterprises association concludes key conference
The Association of Taiwan Investment Enterprises on the Mainland (ATIEM) on Tuesday concluded its members' congress, with Kuo Shan-hui reelected as chairman.At the meeting, Kuo said, "The association should serve Taiwanese entrepreneurs with a more active attitude, helping them transform and upgrade development modes while guiding them to participate deeper and more comprehensively in ...
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U.S. must promote peaceful solutions in China vs. India feud
India and China together account for about 38 percent of the world's 7-billion-plus population. Because these Asian giants share a border, the whole planet holds its breath if they are at each other's throats, as they were again earlier this month. Chinese and Indian troops faced off in a border dispute in the remote Ladakh region of the rugged Himalayas, where the exact location of ...
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China Tajikistan vow deeper strategic partnership
China and Tajikistan are ready to add substantial content to their strategic partnership, top Chinese leaders said as they met with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Monday.Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), and Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli held separate meetings with Rakhmon in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on Monday ...
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China India can be good neighbors partners
BEIJING - As major developing economies living next door to each other, China and India have ample reasons and common desire to be good neighbors and partners despite disputes. Leaders of both countries have long recognized the strategic importance of China-India ties and have shown firm will to carry on win-win cooperation. The ongoing visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to India again ...
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Durian pizzas a hit with China youths
SHANGHAI: Durians are becoming more popular in China, especially among the affluent middle-class with an appetite for the exotic.Regarded by many in Southeast Asia as the king of fruits, the durian is well known for its pungent ...
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Pakistans China-made fighter jets to escort Chinese Premier Li Keqiangs plane
Islamabad: Six JF-17 Thunder jets of the Pakistan Air Force will escort Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's aircraft when it enters Pakistani airspace on Wednesday at the start of his two-day visit, symbolising the close links between the two sides in defence and strategic sectors.The JF-17s, developed and built jointly by China and Pakistan, will guide the special Air China Boeing 747 aircraft to ...
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Chinese businessman pays record price for Belgian racing pigeon
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Chinese businessman has paid a world record 310,000 euros ($398,500) for a Belgian pigeon, highlighting Asia's huge and growing interest in racing ...
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Chinas Strategy in Afghanistan
An Afghan man rides his bike past a China Merchandise Trade Center in Kabul, Afghanistan.(Musadeq Sadeq/AP) For a relatively small drilling operation, China National Petroleum Corporation's (CNPC) project in Afghanistan's Sar-e-Pul province has a large footprint. Several layers of fences and containers serving as blast walls surround the extraction site, which includes dormitories, an ...
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KKR Exits Australias Seven West Media Tim Worner Promoted to Seven West CEO
SYDNEY - U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co will sell its entire AUS$260 million (US$255 million) stake in Australia’s Seven West Media, ending a seven year partnership in the top rating Australian TV network, Seven West ...
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China tapped Google server secrets
WASHINGTON - Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U.S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government officials. The breach appears to have been aimed at unearthing the identities of Chinese intelligence operatives in the United States who may have been under ...
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US should not be jealous of India-China ties
Mayer, CEO of the biggest US Web portal since July, is betting that Tumblr will help transform Yahoo into a hip destination in the era of social networking as she challenges Google and Facebook ...
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China seen delaying second phase SPR construction
BEIJING: China is likely to complete the second phase of its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) project in 2015, two years behind schedule, the country's top investment bank said on ...
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Oil production starts offshore Australia
Australian energy company Santos said it expects to produce 15,000 barrels of oil per day from its Fletcher Finucane project offshore Western Australia. Santos said it started oil production from the facility ahead of schedule and on budget. The $490 million development was sanctioned in January 2012. "Fletcher Finucane is projected to have an average gross production rate of 15,000 ...
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Pike County adding coal mines to service China
Longtime coal operator High Ridge Mining will open seven mines in Eastern Kentucky, creating more than 250 jobs in a hard-pressed region that has seen the loss of several thousand mining jobs in recent years. According to the Associated Press, High Ridges Bill Smith said most of the coal taken from his operation in Pike County will be shipped to China. Coal mining jobs in Kentucky were at 11,700 ...
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Oasis childcare worker Jessica Bleaney named best young childcare worker in Australia
SEEING the smiles on childrens faces makes going to work easy for day care centre employee Jessica Bleaney. The Salisbury’s Oasis Community Children’s Centre worker has been named the best young child care centre employee in Australia. The 22 year old was awarded the National Rising Star award at the Australian Family Early Education and Care gala dinner in Sydney this month. Ms ...
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Goldman exits China’s ICBC seven years and billions later
Euro notes are spread out at the Belgian branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Brussels January 20, 2011. (FRANCOIS ...
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China sweeps Indonesia to reach quarterfinals at Sudirman Cup
Defending champion China beat Indonesia 5-0 in their second and last group match on Tuesday at the 13th Sudirman Cup team badminton tournament.London Olympics champion Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng replaced their young fellows Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan to play against Hendra Setiawan/Angga Pratama. The Indonesian pair took the first game 21- 16 but still failed to handle Cai and Fu. Though absent frommatches ...
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Huge China sinkhole kills five
FIVE people have died after a 10-metre wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, local authorities say. The Shenzhen Longgang district government said on its verified page on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, that five people had died and added that it was investigating the incident. The sinkhole ...
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Coalition Downplays Afghan Reports of Major Battle in Helmand
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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5 killed in S China road cave-in
GUANGZHOU - At least five people were killed in a road cave-in that occurred Monday night in South China's Guangdong province, local authorities said Tuesday. The accident occurred around 9:19 pm on a road in the Huamao Industrial Park in the city of Shenzhen, sources with the city's emergency relief office said. As of 4:30 pm Tuesday, five bodies had been retrieved from a pit ...
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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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