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- Row as maid seen carrying Singapore soldier's pack
- South Koreans snap up seaweed amid nuclear fears
- Moroccans go online in search of love
- Should the world be more like Belgium?
- Baidu deletes nearly 3 mn works in copyright flap
- Special international conference to seek political solution for Libya
- No phantom voters in Sarawak electoral roll: EC
- Myanmar military rule ends, but army retains grip
- UN food body envoy stresses need for N. Korea aid
- Japan quake expert says atomic warnings not heeded
- VIDEO: Fears of escalating Mid East conflict
- VIDEO: Concert will honour Mikhail Gorbachev
- Japan upgrades nuclear safety standards after plant disaster
- S. Korea 2010 growth is fastest for eight years
- How should Malaysians respond to the nuclear crisis?
- Flooding in Thailand kills 11, strands thousands of tourists
- VIDEO: Security tight ahead of Cricket World Cup
- Nicaragua says will represent Libya at UN
- Syria's Assad to give first speech since protests
- WITNESS - Japan tsunami survivors at loss to restore life
| Row as maid seen carrying Singapore soldier's pack Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:07 AM PDT A photograph of a maid carrying a soldier's rucksack as she walked behind him has sparked outrage in Singapore and concern that recruits to its armed forces are a pampered lot.
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| South Koreans snap up seaweed amid nuclear fears Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PDT Nervous South Koreans are snapping up seaweed amid fears of radiation from Japan's stricken nuclear plant, companies said Wednesday.
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| Moroccans go online in search of love Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PDT (Morocco-AFP) - Moroccans are increasingly turning their backs on arranged marriages and instead surfing the net in search of love. Marriage is still held in high esteem in the mainly Muslim country and most people logging on are looking for life-long partners rather than brief encounters. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Should the world be more like Belgium? Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - This is a European country riven by ethnic tensions. Its public debt is almost as big as its total annual output and it's in the middle of a political crisis so deep that this week it passes Iraq as the modern-day state whose politicians have taken the longest to form a government. 
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| Baidu deletes nearly 3 mn works in copyright flap Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:43 AM PDT Chinese search engine giant Baidu said Wednesday it had deleted nearly three million works from its online library in a three-day blitz aimed at ending a copyright dispute with writers.
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| Special international conference to seek political solution for Libya Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:31 AM PDT A special international conference was held here Tuesday to discuss the situation on Libya and seek a political solution for the troubled country, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported.
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| No phantom voters in Sarawak electoral roll: EC Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:30 AM PDT The Election Commission has checked and verified thoroughly the Sarawak state electoral rolls to ensure that it is up to date and that there are no phantom voters.
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| Myanmar military rule ends, but army retains grip Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:25 AM PDT Myanmar's military handed power to a nominally civilian government after almost 50 years in power Wednesday, as the ruling junta was disbanded and a new president appointed.
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| UN food body envoy stresses need for N. Korea aid Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:17 AM PDT Visiting UN food agency officials on Wednesday stressed the need for major food aid for North Korea, while a cautious South Korea called for transparent distribution of any assistance.
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| Japan quake expert says atomic warnings not heeded Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:16 AM PDT A leading Japanese earthquake researcher said Wednesday he tried to alert the operator of the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to the risk of natural disaster, but his warnings were not heeded.
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| VIDEO: Fears of escalating Mid East conflict Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:59 PM PDT The past 10 days have seen the most serious escalation of violence in and around Gaza since Israel's major operation against Hamas over two years ago.
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| VIDEO: Concert will honour Mikhail Gorbachev Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:02 AM PDT Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will be honoured at a spectacular concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London to celebrate his 80th birthday.
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| Japan upgrades nuclear safety standards after plant disaster Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:05 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan upgraded its safety standards for nuclear power plants on Wednesday, the first official acknowledgement that norms were insufficient when an earthquake wrecked one of its facilities, triggering the world's worst atomic disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. 
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| S. Korea 2010 growth is fastest for eight years Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:27 PM PDT South Korea's economy grew 6.2 percent in 2010, its fastest expansion for eight years, the central bank said Wednesday after revising up its earlier estimate of 6.1 percent.
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| How should Malaysians respond to the nuclear crisis? Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:26 PM PDT | ||
| Flooding in Thailand kills 11, strands thousands of tourists Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:24 PM PDT BANGKOK, March 30 — Severe flooding in southern Thailand has killed 11 people and stranded thousands of tourists on resort islands, authorities said today, predicting more rain and issuing warnings for possible mudslides. Nearly a million people have been affected by more than a week of unseasonably heavy downpours across the region with tens of ... 
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| VIDEO: Security tight ahead of Cricket World Cup Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:28 PM PDT India and Pakistan are expected to come to a standstill on Wednesday as their cricket teams battle it out for a place in the World Cup final.
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| Nicaragua says will represent Libya at UN Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT MANAGUA (Reuters) - A former Nicaraguan leftist foreign minister who has been a sharp critic of U.S. governments will represent Libya at the United Nations after its delegate was denied a visa, Nicaragua said on Tuesday. 
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| Syria's Assad to give first speech since protests Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT DAMASCUS (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad will on Wednesday give his first public speech since pro-democracy protests in which more than 60 people have been killed erupted in southern Syria and swept through the country. 
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| WITNESS - Japan tsunami survivors at loss to restore life Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:34 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - "How was it?" 
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