Queen lays wreath at Ground Zero |
- Queen lays wreath at Ground Zero
- Baby shot dead in Australia, mother dies in car crash
- Hong Kong firm to face trial over major Australia oil spill
- Solar plane sets out on historic flight
- Singapore says Malaysia yet to plead clemency for drug mule
- China's AgBank to sell portion of IPO in Japan
- Focus group meetings for Budget inputs
- Felda a prudent investor, not bankrupt: Najib
- Whaling protester gets suspended jail term in Japan
- Drug submarine seized in Ecuador
- Britain outlines secret service torture probe
- US government sues Arizona over immigration law
- FACTBOX - Emerging BRIC powers and new world order
- FACTBOX - BRIC countries and growing economic clout
- Obama urges direct Mid-East talks
- The mysterious old note
- Thailand extends emergency
- Is it too late for Thais to mend their corrupt ways?
- NZ anti-whaling activist given suspended jail term in Japan
- Disney powers ahead with English schools in China: report
| Queen lays wreath at Ground Zero Posted: 07 Jul 2010 12:20 AM PDT The Queen has ended her trip to America with a visit to the site of the World Trade Center, in New York, which was destroyed in the terror attacks of 2001.
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| Baby shot dead in Australia, mother dies in car crash Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:50 PM PDT SYDNEY, Wednesday 7 July 2010 (AFP) - Australian police were investigating Wednesday after a young mother crashed her car and died, shortly after her baby was shot dead and her partner was critically injured.
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| Hong Kong firm to face trial over major Australia oil spill Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:48 PM PDT SYDNEY, Wednesday 7 July 2010 (AFP) - A Hong Kong shipping company was Wednesday ordered to stand trial over one of Australia's worst ever oil spills which blackened a string of popular tourist beaches last year.
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| Solar plane sets out on historic flight Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:47 PM PDT PAYERNE, Wednesday 7 July 2010 (AFP) - An experimental solar-powered aircraft took off from a Swiss airbase here in the early hours of Wednesday in a bid to make history by flying round the clock and through the night.
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| Singapore says Malaysia yet to plead clemency for drug mule Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:46 PM PDT Singapore has yet to receive a request for clemency from the Malaysian government for a drug trafficker facing the death penalty in the city-state, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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| China's AgBank to sell portion of IPO in Japan Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:45 PM PDT TOKYO, Wednesday 7 July 2010 (AFP) - Agricultural Bank of China will sell a portion of its shares to Japanese investors on Monday ahead of its listings in Shanghai and Hong Kong this month, a lead underwriter said Wednesday.
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| Focus group meetings for Budget inputs Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:11 PM PDT A series of focus group meetings are being held by the Finance Ministry to gather inputs for Budget 2011 to be tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak in Parliament on Oct 15.
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| Felda a prudent investor, not bankrupt: Najib Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:10 PM PDT Felda is a successful institution which has undertaken prudent investment for the well-being of the people but has been accused of being bankrupt by those who are bankrupt of ideas, morals and the principles of struggle, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today.
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| Whaling protester gets suspended jail term in Japan Posted: 07 Jul 2010 12:04 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - A New Zealand activist who boarded a Japanese whaling vessel in an attempt to stop an annual whale hunt was given a two-year suspended sentence, a Japanese court said on Wednesday.
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| Drug submarine seized in Ecuador Posted: 06 Jul 2010 02:20 PM PDT QUITO -Authorities seized a large, home-built submarine in a marsh near the Colombian border that was designed to carry as much as 12 tons of cocaine to Mexico, Ecuador's Antinarcotics Police chief Joel Loaiza said Tuesday.
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| Britain outlines secret service torture probe Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:40 PM PDT LONDON -Britain unveiled details Tuesday of an inquiry into claims its security services were complicit in the torture of suspected violent extremists on foreign soil after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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| US government sues Arizona over immigration law Posted: 06 Jul 2010 12:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON -The US government filed suit Tuesday against Arizona in a bid to block the state's controversial immigration law which President Barack Obama's administration has slammed.
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| FACTBOX - Emerging BRIC powers and new world order Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:33 PM PDT BRIC leaders have held two summit meetings, one each in 2009 and 2010, to discuss the global financial crisis and reforms to the world's financial and trade institutions.
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| FACTBOX - BRIC countries and growing economic clout Posted: 06 Jul 2010 11:33 PM PDT Here are some facts about the rise of the BRICs.
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| Obama urges direct Mid-East talks Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:57 PM PDT US President Barack Obama has urged the Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct peace talks before a settlement freeze expires in September.
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:47 PM PDT The president of the Asian Numismatic Association, Liu Jia Bin has shown Sin Chew Daily a company note believed to be from Johor. And he pointed out some historical doubts that the note might be related to Hong Men Society (a secret society originating from China during the Qing Dynasty).
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| Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:44 PM PDT Thailand on Tuesday lifted a state of emergency in five provinces -- but extended it in the capital Bangkok and 18 other provinces, citing the potential for unrest and that 'war weapons' had not been recovered.
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| Is it too late for Thais to mend their corrupt ways? Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:32 PM PDT Corruption is now accepted as a part of everyday life in Thailand. If nothing is done to combat it, it will become a part of the Thai national character.
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| NZ anti-whaling activist given suspended jail term in Japan Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:19 PM PDT TOKYO, Wednesday 7 July 2010 (AFP) - A New Zealand anti-whaling activist was handed a suspended two-year prison term in Japan on Wednesday for offences relating to clashes with Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters.
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| Disney powers ahead with English schools in China: report Posted: 06 Jul 2010 10:18 PM PDT SHANGHAI, Wednesday 7 July 2010 (AFP) - Walt Disney plans to rapidly expand its language schools across mainland China with the aim of teaching English to 150,000 children by 2015, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
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