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- Foreigners among 14 killed in Nepal plane crash
- Solution to Beijing's traffic woes? The elevated 'super bus'
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- Harmonious living with rhythmic culture
- S.Korea pledges immediate retaliation against N.Korea
- Solution to Beijing's traffic woes? The elevated 'super bus'
- Philippines defends handling of bus hostage crisis
- Taiwan investors exit from sole China airline holding
- France's Carrefour getting out of Malaysia: minister
- Ringgit reflects economic strength, underlying sentiment: Zeti
- Survivor berates Philippines over hostage siege
- Plane crashes in Nepal with 15 on board: home ministry
- S.Korea detects 'massive' troop deployment in N.Korea
- Chinese envoy to visit Seoul for N.Korea talks
- China issues travel warning after Manila hostage-taking
- Miners rely on narrow lifeline as months-long rescue begins
- Taiwan woman charged with grandson's murder
- FACTBOX - High-profile U.S. missions to North Korea
- U.S. court rules against Obama's stem cell policy
- Philippines defends handling of bus hostage crisis
| Foreigners among 14 killed in Nepal plane crash Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT KATHMANDU, Aug 24 — Fourteen people, including four Americans, a Japanese and a British national, were killed when their small plane crashed in bad weather in Nepal today, an airport official said. The Angi Air plane, returning to Kathmandu after failing to land in Lukla in eastern Nepal because of bad weather, crashed near the outskirts of the ...
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| Solution to Beijing's traffic woes? The elevated 'super bus' Posted: 24 Aug 2010 05:10 AM PDT BEIJING: China's capital Beijing, recently named along with Mexico City as having the worst traffic jams in the world, is looking for solutions. One could be the elevated "super bus". The bus, due to be tested in the coming months in the western part of the city, travels on rails and straddles two lanes of traffic, allowing cars to drive under its passenger compartment, which holds up to 1,400 people. "We're going to start laying down test tracks along a six-kilometre (four-mile) stretch towards the end of the year," Song Youzhou, the chief executive of design firm Shenzhen Hashi Future Parking Equipment, said today. "From the second half of 2011, we're planning to test the bus with passengers on board," he said, noting that after a full year of trial runs, authorities would make a decision on whether to use the bus on a wide scale. Song said Hashi was in talks with three Chinese carmakers to produce the eco-friendly bus, which runs on both electricity and solar power. Authorities hope eventually to install 180km of "straddle bus" lines including a route to the capital's international airport, Song told the official Global Times. Song said the "super bus" could ease traffic congestion by up to 30%, as it does not take up actual road space, but special tracks would have to be put down, elevated bus stops built and new traffic signals developed. Only small and medium-sized vehicles will be able to pass under the bus, meaning drivers will have to be extra-vigilant. An alarm would sound if an oversized vehicle attempted to pass, the report said. Song said the bus had to be tested with car drivers in real-time situations to detect any possible problems. According to government data, Beijing is on track to have five million cars on its roads by year's end. The four million mark was passed in December. The head of the Beijing Transportation Research Centre, Guo Jifu, warned this week that traffic in the capital could slow to under 15km an hour on average if further measures were not taken to limit the number of cars. Private cars are currently kept off Beijing's roads for one day per week depending on licence plate numbers. Beijing's air is among the most polluted in the world, and the problem is getting worse amid high demand for private vehicles from its increasingly affluent residents. - AFP
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| Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:13 AM PDT A news agent hands out free newspapers in Hong Kong with headlines and photos about the bus hijacking crisis in Manila. Hong Kong plunges into mourning for the nine tourists killed in a Manila hijacking drama, with flags flown at half-mast and share traders holding a minute's silence. Photo courtesy: AFP
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| Harmonious living with rhythmic culture Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:03 AM PDT The famous 24-Festive Drum of Johor Bharu has gone through 22 years and I hope my children and grandchildren will not only be proud of it as a cultural symbol of Malaysian Chinese community, but as a common national cultural heritage of all Malaysians. I hope they will work hard and move forward together amidst the stirring drum beats!
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| S.Korea pledges immediate retaliation against N.Korea Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:03 AM PDT SEOUL, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - South Korea vowed Tuesday as part of a new military directive to retaliate immediately if North Korea fires across the disputed sea border, amid simmering tensions on the peninsula.
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| Solution to Beijing's traffic woes? The elevated 'super bus' Posted: 24 Aug 2010 12:02 AM PDT BEIJING, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - China's capital Beijing, recently named along with Mexico City as having the worst traffic jams in the world, is looking for solutions. One could be the elevated "super bus".
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| Philippines defends handling of bus hostage crisis Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:39 PM PDT MANILA, Aug 24 — Philippine authorities defended today their handling of a bus hostage crisis in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed, but missteps were seen as signs of deeper deficiencies in a country beset by security problems. Eight hostages and their disgruntled ex-policemen kidnapper were killed at the end of a day-long siege in the ...
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| Taiwan investors exit from sole China airline holding Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:46 PM PDT TAIPEI, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines and two other firms have terminated their investment in a Chinese cargo airline, the island's sole holdings in a mainland carrier, officials said Tuesday.
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| France's Carrefour getting out of Malaysia: minister Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:40 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - French retail giant Carrefour plans to sell its business in Malaysia, a minister said, amid speculation the firm will also offload its Singapore and Thai stores and exit Southeast Asia altogether.
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| Ringgit reflects economic strength, underlying sentiment: Zeti Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:40 PM PDT The strengthening Ringgit reflects the underlying sentient and the country's robust growth in the first-half of the year, said Bank Negara Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz.
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| Survivor berates Philippines over hostage siege Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:38 PM PDT HONG KONG, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - A Hong Kong woman whose husband and two daughters were among eight tourists killed in a bus hostage siege in Manila tearfully blamed Philippine authorities on Tuesday for the tragedy.
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| Plane crashes in Nepal with 15 on board: home ministry Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:37 PM PDT KATHMANDU, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - A Nepalese passenger plane heading for the Everest region with 15 people on board crashed in bad weather near capital Kathmandu early Tuesday, the home ministry said.
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| S.Korea detects 'massive' troop deployment in N.Korea Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:36 PM PDT SEOUL, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - South Korea has detected a "massive" deployment of North Korean troops and arms near the capital Pyongyang, Seoul's defence ministry said Tuesday.
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| Chinese envoy to visit Seoul for N.Korea talks Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:36 PM PDT SEOUL, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - A top Chinese envoy will visit Seoul this week to discuss ways to resume talks on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, South Korea's foreign ministry said Tuesday.
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| China issues travel warning after Manila hostage-taking Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:34 PM PDT BEIJING, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - China on Tuesday urged its citizens travelling to the Philippines to exercise caution, after eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a bus hijacking in Manila.
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| Miners rely on narrow lifeline as months-long rescue begins Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:31 PM PDT COPIAPO, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - Thirty-three Chilean miners found alive and in good spirits after more than two weeks trapped underground began receiving glucose and medications Monday but were not told it could take up to four months to free them.
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| Taiwan woman charged with grandson's murder Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT TAIPEI, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - A Taiwanese woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her 11-month-old grandson to death, almost decapitating the boy, a prosecutor and media said Tuesday.
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| FACTBOX - High-profile U.S. missions to North Korea Posted: 23 Aug 2010 11:09 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is likely to visit North Korea soon to secure the release of an American being held prisoner, a U.S. journal said on Tuesday.
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| U.S. court rules against Obama's stem cell policy Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. district court issued a preliminary injunction on Monday stopping federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, in a slap to the Obama administration's new guidelines on the sensitive issue.
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| Philippines defends handling of bus hostage crisis Posted: 23 Aug 2010 10:45 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine authorities defended on Tuesday their handling of a bus hostage crisis in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed, but missteps were seen as signs of deeper deficiencies in a country beset by security problems.
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