War fears ease as N.Korea focuses on US engagement: analysts |
- War fears ease as N.Korea focuses on US engagement: analysts
- Iran quake kills seven, wrecks villages
- Philippines aviation safety chief quits after row
- 27 people charged in Panama poisoning
- China, Taiwan sign medical deal during talks
- Ipoh City Hall to insure 277 trees
- Cuepacs' annual grant increased to RM2m
- Ex-Sime Darby senior manager charged with graft
- FACTBOX - North Korea's nuclear programme
- China urges North Korea to accept nuclear monitors
- Russia, India urge dialogue on Iran nuclear programme
- Israeli air strikes target Gaza after rocket fire
- Belarus court jails 600 protesters for up to 15 days (UPDATED)
- China says Korean situation remains complicated
- Taiwan's TSMC to hike research spending by 40%
- S.Korea's Hynix says chip price slump will hit Q4 profit
- Marching towards the Battle for Putrajaya
- 21 December 2010
- Storms leave 47 sailors missing, six dead: Vietnam officials
- Asylum boat orphan taken into Australian care
| War fears ease as N.Korea focuses on US engagement: analysts Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:59 AM PST SEOUL, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - North Korea's unpredictable regime appears to be changing tack and reaching out again to the United States, analysts say, easing fears of all-out war with South Korea after a bout of sabre-rattling.
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| Iran quake kills seven, wrecks villages Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:58 AM PST TEHRAN, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Iran, wrecking villages, bringing down power lines, and killing up to seven people and injuring hundreds more, Iranian media reported on Tuesday.
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| Philippines aviation safety chief quits after row Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:35 AM PST MANILA, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - The Philippines' chief aviation regulator has abruptly quit, the government said Tuesday, after he blamed President Benigno Aquino for keeping the country on an international flight safety blacklist.
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| 27 people charged in Panama poisoning Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:23 AM PST PANAMA CITY, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - Twenty seven people have been charged in Panama in the 2006 mass poisoning that left 168 dead due to contaminated medicinal syrup, prosecutors said.
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| China, Taiwan sign medical deal during talks Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:22 AM PST TAIPEI, MySinchew 2010.12.21 (AFP) - Top envoys from China and Taiwan signed a deal on medical cooperation and discussed investment protection during talks Tuesday in Taipei, capping a year of unprecedented progress between the former rivals.
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| Ipoh City Hall to insure 277 trees Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST IPOH, Tuesday 21 December 2010 – The Ipoh City Hall is going to insure 277 trees!
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| Cuepacs' annual grant increased to RM2m Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST The annual grant for the Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) will be raised to RM2 million beginning next year, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
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| Ex-Sime Darby senior manager charged with graft Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:11 AM PST A former senior manager of Sime Darby Engineering Sdn Bhd pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to having received corrupt payment of RM200,000 over the sale and construction of a barge.
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| FACTBOX - North Korea's nuclear programme Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST Here is a look at the North's nuclear programme. 
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| China urges North Korea to accept nuclear monitors Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea should accept the return of international nuclear watchdog agency inspectors as a step towards defusing tensions on the Korean peninsula, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. 
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| Russia, India urge dialogue on Iran nuclear programme Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST NEW DELHI, (Reuters) - Indian and Russian leaders agreed on Tuesday that the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme should be resolved through dialogue, a joint statement said. 
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| Israeli air strikes target Gaza after rocket fire Posted: 21 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST GAZA (Reuters) - Israel carried out a series of air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian officials and witnesses said, after militants from the Hamas-ruled territory fired rockets into southern Israel. 
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| Belarus court jails 600 protesters for up to 15 days (UPDATED) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:59 PM PST MINSK, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - A Belarus court Tuesday jailed some 600 people for up to 15 days for taking part in protests against the re-election of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Interfax reported.
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| China says Korean situation remains complicated Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:45 PM PST BEIJING, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - China said Tuesday the situation on the Korean peninsula "remains complicated" and urged all parties involved to exercise restraint, after South Korea's live-fire drill on a flashpoint border island.
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| Taiwan's TSMC to hike research spending by 40% Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:29 PM PST TAIPEI, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's top contract microchip maker, said Tuesday it will raise research and development spending by nearly 40% to record levels next year.
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| S.Korea's Hynix says chip price slump will hit Q4 profit Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:28 PM PST SEOUL, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor says it expects computer memory-chip prices to fall further early next year and hit its fourth-quarter results this year.
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| Marching towards the Battle for Putrajaya Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:24 PM PST Today, people are talking about the economic scenario, including the government lack of transparency in contract distribution and unreasonable highway concession contracts, due to the lack of democracy.
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| Storms leave 47 sailors missing, six dead: Vietnam officials Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:53 PM PST HANOI, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - Forty-seven Vietnamese sailors were missing, most of them from a cargo ship and a fishing vessel, and six others were confirmed dead after storms hit the South China Sea, officials said Tuesday.
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| Asylum boat orphan taken into Australian care Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:46 PM PST SYDNEY, Tuesday 21 December 2010 (AFP) - Australian authorities on Tuesday said they were trying to find living relatives of a refugee orphaned in last week's horrific smash of an asylum-seeker boat which killed an estimated 48 people.
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