18 people dead as storm Fanapi sweeps across southern China |
- 18 people dead as storm Fanapi sweeps across southern China
- Afghanistan tackling almost 4,000 poll complaints
- Life between the curfews in Indian Kashmir
- China's Wen threatens to step up Japan row
- ANALYSIS - Australia resource rush to last years
- Athletes quit Commonwealth Games as criticism mounts
- HIGHLIGHTS - World leaders discuss U.N. poverty goals
- FACTBOX - The U.N. Assembly, beyond the boilerplate
- China AIDS activist goes on trial: state media
- Sultan Muhammad V official name of new Kelantan Sultan
- Hong Kong activists set sail for islands in China-Japan row
- UN secures 40 billion dollars for global health drive
- Two missing, thousands of homes flooded in S.Korea storm
- A-G returns police murder probe papers
- Irishman awed by miracles at Penang temple
- U.S. monitoring 11 Muslim sites for discrimination
- Gunmen attack Indonesian police, kill 3, after raid
- U.N. chief to launch women, children health drive
- Old, pressed flowers give climate clues: study
- Infrastructure players still beneficiaries of ETP
| 18 people dead as storm Fanapi sweeps across southern China Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:15 AM PDT BEIJING, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - Eighteen people were killed and 44 listed as missing after tropical storm Fanapi swept across southern China this week, with most casualties caused by flooding and mudslides, state media said Wednesday.
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| Afghanistan tackling almost 4,000 poll complaints Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:56 AM PDT KABUL, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - Afghanistan's electoral watchdog said Wednesday it was dealing with almost 4,000 complaints over the parliamentary election, which has been tainted by accusations of fraud and Taliban intimidation.
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| Life between the curfews in Indian Kashmir Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:41 AM PDT SRINAGAR, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - For much of the summer, Srinagar in Indian Kashmir has been a ghost town: all shops shut, streets deserted, and eerily silent. Until the curfew is lifted for just a few hours.
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| China's Wen threatens to step up Japan row Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:18 AM PDT BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao threatened more retaliation against Japan unless it releases a trawler captain whom Tokyo accuses of deliberately colliding with a Japanese coastguard ship near disputed islands.
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| ANALYSIS - Australia resource rush to last years Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:18 AM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia is in the midst of a modern gold rush as voracious Asian demand for resources stokes a boom in mining investment that should last years, setting it far apart from much of the rest of the developed world.
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| Athletes quit Commonwealth Games as criticism mounts Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:18 AM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Several big name athletes have pulled out of the Commonwealth Games citing security and health worries, adding to woes of an event meant to showcase India's ability to stand up with the likes of China on the world stage.
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| HIGHLIGHTS - World leaders discuss U.N. poverty goals Posted: 22 Sep 2010 01:18 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - World leaders called on Tuesday for greater efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals, or MDGs, to halve global poverty and hunger by 2015.
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| FACTBOX - The U.N. Assembly, beyond the boilerplate Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:10 AM PDT MOST MEMORABLE
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| China AIDS activist goes on trial: state media Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:04 AM PDT BEIJING, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - A 23-year-old Chinese man who contracted the HIV virus as a boy and campaigns for the rights of AIDS sufferers has stood trial in central China for damaging property, state media said Wednesday.
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| Sultan Muhammad V official name of new Kelantan Sultan Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:03 AM PDT The new sultan of Kelantan, Tuanku Muhammad Faris Petra, is to be officially addressed as Sultan Muhammad V, it was announced here today.
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| Hong Kong activists set sail for islands in China-Japan row Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:02 AM PDT HONG KONG, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - A group of Hong Kong activists set sail for a disputed island chain in the East China Sea on Wednesday, amid an escalating row between China and Japan over the territory.
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| UN secures 40 billion dollars for global health drive Posted: 22 Sep 2010 12:01 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday announced a 40-billion-dollar drive to improve the health of women and children, which he said would save millions of lives around the world.
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| Two missing, thousands of homes flooded in S.Korea storm Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:59 PM PDT SEOUL, Wednesday 22 September 2010 (AFP) - Two people went missing and thousands of homes were flooded when a record rainstorm hit parts of South Korea during a national holiday, the disaster control agency said Wednesday.
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| A-G returns police murder probe papers Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:58 PM PDT The Attorney-General's Chambers has returned to the police the investigation papers on the murder of a cosmetics queen and three other people because it feels further investigation has to be conducted on many aspects, according to its head of prosecution Datuk Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah.
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| Irishman awed by miracles at Penang temple Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:48 PM PDT Even foreigners are impressed by the miracles taking place at Kew She Kun Loon Keong temple in Penang!
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| U.S. monitoring 11 Muslim sites for discrimination Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:43 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it is monitoring 11 cases of potential land-use discrimination against Muslims, a sharp increase in cases under a federal law designed to protect religious minorities in zoning disputes.
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| Gunmen attack Indonesian police, kill 3, after raid Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:43 PM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - More than a dozen gunmen on motorcyles attacked a police station in western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing three officers, in an apparent revenge attack after police raided a nearby Islamic militant group.
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| U.N. chief to launch women, children health drive Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:43 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will announce on Wednesday a $40 billion launch to a plan to save the lives of 16 million women and children over the next five years, U.N. officials said.
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| Old, pressed flowers give climate clues: study Posted: 21 Sep 2010 11:43 PM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - Flowers picked up to 150 years ago in Victorian England show that old collections of pressed plants around the world can help the study of climate change, scientists said on Wednesday.
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| Infrastructure players still beneficiaries of ETP Posted: 21 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT Infrastructure players are still the beneficiaries of the government's massive investment plans under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP) unveiled yesterday, says OSK Research.
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