French govt says China backs Lagarde for IMF head |
- French govt says China backs Lagarde for IMF head
- Two police killed, violence intensifies in Thai south
- Japan's Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors
- INTERVIEW - China c.bank adviser says U.S. should cut IMF voting share
- Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains
- Prince William and Catherine to meet Obama in London: palace
- Philippines braces for tropical storm Songda
- Lightning kills 29 Bangladeshis: police
- Govt to take over administration of Bernama TV
- Social networking can help expand market for Malaysian companies
- U.S. envoy makes groundbreaking trip to North Korea
- Blast occurs near Kazakh security police building
- U.S. Judgment Day forecaster sets new doomsday date
- Beyond bin Laden: Britain's fight against jihad
- Dozens of flights grounded as ash cloud reaches Britain
- Govt to help rebuild orphanage at safe location
- Bomb kills two police officers in Thai south
- Blast, fire at Iran refinery as Ahmadinejad visits
- Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains
- SPECIAL REPORT - Beyond bin Laden: Britain's fight against jihad
| French govt says China backs Lagarde for IMF head Posted: 24 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French Budget Minister and government spokesman Francois Baroin said on Tuesday that China supports Finance Minister Christine Lagarde as candidate to be the new head of the International Monetary Fund. 
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| Two police killed, violence intensifies in Thai south Posted: 24 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT NARATHIWAT, Thailand (Reuters) - A powerful bomb killed two police officers and wounded another in Thailand's deep south on Tuesday, police said, the latest deaths in an upsurge of violence in the area blamed on Muslim separatists. 
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| Japan's Tepco confirms meltdowns at 2 more Fukushima reactors Posted: 24 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of the nuclear power plant at the centre of a radiation scare after being disabled by Japan's earthquake and tsunami confirmed on Tuesday that there had been meltdowns of fuel rods at three of its reactors. 
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| INTERVIEW - China c.bank adviser says U.S. should cut IMF voting share Posted: 24 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States should reduce its dominant voting share in the International Monetary Fund, an adviser to the People's Bank of China said on Tuesday, helping to give emerging economies more of a say in deciding who will take the helm of the IMF. 
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| Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains Posted: 24 May 2011 12:54 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the cancellation of dozens of flights to and from Scotland on Tuesday but Ireland's Ryanair said it would protest against "unnecessary" restrictions. 
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| Prince William and Catherine to meet Obama in London: palace Posted: 24 May 2011 12:57 AM PDT Prince William and his new wife Catherine will meet President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at Buckingham Palace Tuesday as the US leader makes a state visit to Britain, the palace said.
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| Philippines braces for tropical storm Songda Posted: 24 May 2011 12:51 AM PDT Philippine President Benigno Aquino put state relief agencies on alert Tuesday and warned those living near the coast to get ready to flee as the country braced for a strong tropical storm.
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| Lightning kills 29 Bangladeshis: police Posted: 24 May 2011 12:51 AM PDT At least 29 people have been killed and dozens injured by lightning in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours as tropical storms and heavy rains swept across the country, police said Tuesday.
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| Govt to take over administration of Bernama TV Posted: 24 May 2011 12:35 AM PDT The government is to take over the administration of Bernama TV on June 1, Information, Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim said today.
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| Social networking can help expand market for Malaysian companies Posted: 24 May 2011 12:35 AM PDT Malaysian comsian companies interested in expanding their markets should not ignore the vast potential of social networking that accounts for 71 per cent of online activities across the nation.
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| U.S. envoy makes groundbreaking trip to North Korea Posted: 24 May 2011 12:23 AM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Rights envoy Robert King headed to destitute North Korea on Tuesday, the first official U.S. visit to Pyongyang in 17 months as Washington considers whether to resume food aid and as momentum builds to resume nuclear disarmament talks. 
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| Blast occurs near Kazakh security police building Posted: 24 May 2011 12:23 AM PDT ASTANA (Reuters) - An explosion occurred outside a holding cell operated by Kazakhstan's security services in the capital Astana on Tuesday, blowing out windows of nearby houses, local news agencies reported. 
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| U.S. Judgment Day forecaster sets new doomsday date Posted: 24 May 2011 12:23 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The evangelical Christian broadcaster whose much-ballyhooed Judgment Day prophecy went conspicuously unfulfilled on Saturday has a simple explanation for what went wrong -- he miscalculated. 
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| Beyond bin Laden: Britain's fight against jihad Posted: 24 May 2011 12:23 AM PDT BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - In a community centre in the British Midlands, 12 teenage boys -- all of south Asian descent -- watch intently as Jahan Mahmood unzips a canvas bag and pulls out the dark, angular shape of a World War Two machine gun. 
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| Dozens of flights grounded as ash cloud reaches Britain Posted: 24 May 2011 12:16 AM PDT Airlines halted dozens of flights on Tuesday after a plume of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland blew over Britain, even forcing US President Barack Obama to revise his travel plans.
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| Govt to help rebuild orphanage at safe location Posted: 24 May 2011 12:11 AM PDT Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today the government would provide an allocation to rebuild the landslide-damaged orphanage in Hulu Langat at a safe location.
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| Bomb kills two police officers in Thai south Posted: 24 May 2011 12:03 AM PDT Thai police said two officers were killed and another was wounded when a powerful bomb exploded beneath their truck in Thailand's violence-prone south on Tuesday.
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| Blast, fire at Iran refinery as Ahmadinejad visits Posted: 23 May 2011 11:52 PM PDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - An explosion blamed on a technical problem caused a fire at an oil refinery in Iran during a visit by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. 
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| Ash cloud hits Scottish flights, Ryanair complains Posted: 23 May 2011 11:52 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Ash from an Icelandic volcano forced the cancellation of dozens of flights to and from Scotland on Tuesday but Ireland's Ryanair said it would protest against "unnecessary" restrictions. 
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| SPECIAL REPORT - Beyond bin Laden: Britain's fight against jihad Posted: 23 May 2011 11:52 PM PDT BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) - In a community centre in the British Midlands, 12 teenage boys -- all of south Asian descent -- watch intently as Jahan Mahmood unzips a canvas bag and pulls out the dark, angular shape of a World War Two machine gun. 
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