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- S.Korea tightens rules to curb illegal whale hunting
- Hong Kong democracy icon Szeto Wah dies at 79
- Russians advised to celebrate dry New Year holiday
- Lawyer slams Israel 'cover-up' of tear gas death
- Afghan envoys head to Pakistan for new stage in peace talks
- Taiwan set to lift ban on solo Chinese tourists
- Brazil's new president spends first full day in office
- S.Korea battles spread of foot-and-mouth, bird flu
- US ambassador to China hints at presidential bid: report
- Floods ‘of biblical proportions’ hit Australia’s northeast
- Japanese emperor greets New Year well wishers
- Cathay makes pay offer to pilots: report
- US to deploy new intelligence drone in Afghanistan: report
- Cuban cardinal confident of release of political prisoners
- Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim
- Israelis raid Gaza twice after rockets fired
- China to explore Mars with Russia this year
- Beijing traffic rules turn car showrooms into ghost towns
- Spanish downturn ends immigrants' dream of better life
- Spain holds Europe's fate in its hands in 2011: analysts
| S.Korea tightens rules to curb illegal whale hunting Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:08 AM PST SEOUL, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - South Korea said Sunday it will tighten rules on whaling and the processing of whale meat amid international pressure to curb illegal hunting of the endangered giant mammals.
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| Hong Kong democracy icon Szeto Wah dies at 79 Posted: 02 Jan 2011 12:07 AM PST HONG KONG, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - One of Hong Kong's most influential democracy campaigners, Szeto Wah, has died at 79.
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| Russians advised to celebrate dry New Year holiday Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:59 PM PST MOSCOW, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Russia's chief sanitary doctor advised the country's partying masses on Sunday to stay away from alcohol during the government-mandated 10-day New Year's holiday break.
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| Lawyer slams Israel 'cover-up' of tear gas death Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:58 PM PST JERUSALEM, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - The lawyer of the family of a Palestinian woman who died after being tear-gassed by Israeli troops at a West Bank protest accused the military on Sunday of a cover-up.
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| Afghan envoys head to Pakistan for new stage in peace talks Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:57 PM PST KABUL, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Afghan efforts to broker peace with the Taliban enter a new phase this week with the first scheduled visit of envoys to Islamabad, part of a growing recognition that the process hinges on Pakistan.
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| Taiwan set to lift ban on solo Chinese tourists Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:55 PM PST TAIPEI, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Taiwan is expected to lift its decades-old ban on visits by individual Chinese tourists from April in yet another sign of the island's fast-warming ties with China, officials and local media said Sunday.
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| Brazil's new president spends first full day in office Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:54 PM PST BRASILIA, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff began her first full day in office Sunday after pledging to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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| S.Korea battles spread of foot-and-mouth, bird flu Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:52 PM PST SEOUL, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - South Korea on Sunday reported seven new cases of foot-and-mouth disease as the country battles its worst outbreak of the highly contagious virus and its first avian influenza outbreak in more than two years.
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| US ambassador to China hints at presidential bid: report Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:50 PM PST WASHINGTON, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Jon Huntsman, the US ambassador to China, has hinted he is considering running for the Republican presidential nomination in comments made to Newsweek.
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| Floods ‘of biblical proportions’ hit Australia’s northeast Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:23 PM PST GLADSTONE, Jan 2 — Large parts of Australia's coastal northeast were flooded today in a spreading environmental disaster as thousands of residents fled their homes to avoid the runoff from a Christmas deluge. Queensland State Treasurer Andrew Fraser described the floods as a "disaster of biblical proportions" and said the ultimate cost would ...
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| Japanese emperor greets New Year well wishers Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:34 PM PST TOKYO, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Japan's Emperor Akihito appeared before tens of thousands of people at the imperial palace on Sunday, calling for world peace and wishing them a happy new year.
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| Cathay makes pay offer to pilots: report Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:26 PM PST HONG KONG, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Cathay Pacific has offered its pilots pay rises of up to 12 percent after they threatened to work to rule over Christmas, a report said Sunday.
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| US to deploy new intelligence drone in Afghanistan: report Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:25 PM PST WASHINGTON, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - The US military plans to to deploy a new intelligence drone in Afghanistan, which military experts say will allow US troops to monitor much larger operational theaters than before, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
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| Cuban cardinal confident of release of political prisoners Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:23 PM PST HAVANA, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - A top Cuban religious leader expressed confidence Saturday that many Cuban political prisoners remaining in jails will be released by the county's communist government "in coming months."
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| Catastrophic Australian floods claim first victim Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:21 PM PST BUNDABERG, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Devastating floods in northeastern Australia claimed their first victim Sunday, with the body of a missing woman recovered as the surging waters continued to rise and a fresh storm loomed.
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| Israelis raid Gaza twice after rockets fired Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:18 PM PST GAZA CITY, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - Israeli warplanes carried out two raids on the Gaza Strip early Sunday, wounding two people, Palestinian emergency services said.
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| China to explore Mars with Russia this year Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:17 PM PST BEIJING, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - China's first Mars probe is expected to be launched in October this year in a joint operation with Russia after a two-year delay, state media reported Sunday.
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| Beijing traffic rules turn car showrooms into ghost towns Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:16 PM PST BEIJING, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - For the past year, car showrooms in Beijing have been heaving with people keen to buy their slice of the country's new middle-class dream. But now they are deserted.
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| Spanish downturn ends immigrants' dream of better life Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:11 PM PST MADRID, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - After losing her job as a maid several months ago, 26-year-old Magaly Baez is preparing to return to Paraguay with her husband, an unemployed waiter, and their nine-month-old baby.
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| Spain holds Europe's fate in its hands in 2011: analysts Posted: 01 Jan 2011 11:09 PM PST MADRID, Sunday 2 January 2011 (AFP) - For financial markets the doomsday scenario in 2011 starts with Spain buckling under its debt and unleashing a Europe-wide crisis that dwarfs anything seen so far in Greece or Ireland.
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