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- Clinton seeks clarification on China rare earths
- Nissan to recall two million cars over faulty engine system
- Indonesia tsunami death toll nears 350
- BoJ revises Japan growth down, sees end to deflation in 2011
- Govt successful in fighting corruption: Idris
- Hong Kong property scion ups ante in family feud
- Indonesia holds mass burial for volcano victims
- Death toll hits 65 in Afghan wedding building collapse
- Myanmar tells ASEAN Suu Kyi may be freed after polls: source
- Australians recount terrifying Indonesia tsunami ordeal
- How should the scandals be ended?
- Number of Chinese billionaires hits record high
- Pumpkin carving
- Myanmar's Suu Kyi "could be freed next month"
- Treaty row overshadows summit
- Indonesia tsunami: Warning system 'not working'
- Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘could be freed next month’
- Obama appeals to voters on TV show
- Final week
- 28 October 2010
| Clinton seeks clarification on China rare earths Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:29 AM PDT HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she would welcome any clarification of China's stance on rare earth minerals and was unaware of a Chinese vow not to use them as a bargaining tool. 
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| Nissan to recall two million cars over faulty engine system Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:31 AM PDT TOKYO, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - Japan's third-largest automaker Nissan Motor said Thursday it was recalling more than 2.1 million cars globally due to a faulty engine control system.
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| Indonesia tsunami death toll nears 350 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:30 AM PDT NORTH PAGAI, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - The death toll from a tsunami that pummelled remote Indonesian islands soared to 343 on Thursday as questions mounted over whether an elaborate warning system had failed.
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| BoJ revises Japan growth down, sees end to deflation in 2011 Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:29 AM PDT TOKYO, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - The Bank of Japan on Thursday revised downward its forecast for the nation's growth in fiscal 2010 to a median 2.1% from 2.6%, but said it saw deflation ending in fiscal 2011.
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| Govt successful in fighting corruption: Idris Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT Although it might not have been significantly reflected in the Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perception Index (CPI), the government has been successful in fighting corruption, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Senator Datuk Seri Idris Jala.
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| Hong Kong property scion ups ante in family feud Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:22 AM PDT HONG KONG, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - The eldest scion of one of Hong Kong's richest dynasties has agreed to walk away from a feud with his family if he is paid more than the 2.6 billion US dollars they have offered, a report said Thursday.
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| Indonesia holds mass burial for volcano victims Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT SIDOREJO, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - Disaster-prone Indonesia paused Thursday to bury victims of Mount Merapi's violent eruption, including an elderly spiritual leader appointed to hush the volcano's restless spirits.
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| Death toll hits 65 in Afghan wedding building collapse Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:18 AM PDT KUNDUZ, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - Sixty-five people, most of them women and children, died when a floor collapsed at a wedding in one of the most remote regions of northern Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.
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| Myanmar tells ASEAN Suu Kyi may be freed after polls: source Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:17 AM PDT HANOI, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - Myanmar's Foreign Minister Nyan Win has said that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi may be released after November 7 elections, an Asian diplomatic source said Thursday.
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| Australians recount terrifying Indonesia tsunami ordeal Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:16 AM PDT YDNEY, Thursday 28 October 2010 (AFP) - A group of Australian surfers have recounted a terrifying ordeal in Indonesia after a tsunami "like a million trucks" left them scrambling from their burning boat and tossed them around in killer waves.
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| How should the scandals be ended? Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:13 AM PDT Many people are wondering: How could there be so many scandals revealed by the Auditor-General Report every year? The problems does not lie in the shocking degree of the scandals, but why are these similar scandals repeating every year?
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| Number of Chinese billionaires hits record high Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:25 PM PDT SINGAPORE, Thursday 28 October 2010 (Bernama) -- China has produced 49 more billionaires in the past year, bringing the total to 128, up from 79 last year, China's Xinhua news agency quoted Forbes Asia as saying on Thursday.
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| Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:16 PM PDT Contestants sit with their carved pumkin creations at the Helix Hotel in Washington, DC. The Helix Lounge's Pumpkin Carving Contest gives would-be carvers a pre-scooped pumpkin, carving tools and two hours to fashion their scariest Jack-O-Lantern for a chance to win a free night's stay at the hotel.
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| Myanmar's Suu Kyi "could be freed next month" Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:56 PM PDT HANOI (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, could be released from house arrest next month, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said on Thursday. 
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| Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:40 PM PDT A row brewing among European countries over proposed changes to the Lisbon Treaty is threatening to overshadow a key summit.
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| Indonesia tsunami: Warning system 'not working' Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:37 PM PDT Rescue teams in Indonesia are still trying to reach 11 villages that are thought to have been devastated by a tsunami off the west coast of Sumatra.
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| Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘could be freed next month’ Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:30 PM PDT HANOI, Oct 28 —Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, could be released from house arrest next month, Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said today. Asked if his Myanmar counterpart, Nyan Win, had given any indication of when Suu Kyi would be freed during a regional summit in Hanoi, Natalegawa said: "Once the prison ...
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| Obama appeals to voters on TV show Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:11 PM PDT President Barack Obama has become the first sitting US President to appear on satirical TV show The Daily Show, alongside host Jon Stewart.
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| Posted: 27 Oct 2010 11:02 PM PDT Overview of the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. The six-month exhibition of culture and technology that saw record attendance, a parade of foreign leaders and a display of China's growing power, will end on October 31
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