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- Philippines on alert as Songda turns into typhoon
- EU agrees "stress tests" for nuclear reactors
- Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan
- North Korea leader's train arrives in Chinese capital
- Two German airports shut as volcanic cloud drifts
- Obsessed with the British Royal Family
- Indonesian cleric says US behind terror charges
- Sony Ericsson's Canada site hacked: company
- Hyundai says production improving after strike ends
- VIDEO: Bloodshed as Yemen violence flares
- VIDEO: Tornado devastation in US Mid-West
- How should a first-class university be?
- Chinese top foreign buyers of Singapore homes: report
- S.Korea lawmaker sentenced over lewd remarks
- Central China drought worst in over 50 years: reports
- Shunned by banks, small China firms hit pawn shops
- NZ winegrowers look to restore image after glut
- Buenos Aires: a graffiti artist's paradise
- Flour-making windmills give old Dutch icon a different spin
- Car bomb destroys police station in Pakistan, 2 dead
| Philippines on alert as Songda turns into typhoon Posted: 25 May 2011 12:24 AM PDT A fierce storm approaching the Philippines intensified into a typhoon on Wednesday, the government said, warning it would unleash heavy rains across the main island of Luzon.
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| EU agrees "stress tests" for nuclear reactors Posted: 25 May 2011 12:41 AM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European nuclear watchdogs have agreed the details of new safety checks on the region's 143 reactors to guard against crises similar to that at Japan's stricken Fukushima plant, the European Commission said late on Tuesday. 
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| Demand for personal Geiger counters soars in Japan Posted: 24 May 2011 11:38 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - With a nuclear plant just 240 km (150 miles) north of Tokyo still leaking radiation, demand for personal Geiger counters has skyrocketed in the Japanese capital and manufacturers are struggling to keep up with the demand. 
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| North Korea leader's train arrives in Chinese capital Posted: 24 May 2011 11:38 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il's armoured train reached Beijing on Wednesday, setting the stage for a summit with China's leaders that he will hope is a show of support from Asia's biggest economy for him and his isolated state. 
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| Two German airports shut as volcanic cloud drifts Posted: 24 May 2011 11:38 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Two German airports halted flights on Wednesday as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted across northern Europe, with parts of Scandinavia also facing a risk of disruption. 
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| Obsessed with the British Royal Family Posted: 24 May 2011 11:34 PM PDT Two billion people on the surface of this planet were following the Royal Wedding between Prince William and Kate Middleton. In Taiping, a young man with an unsuccumbed interest in the history of the British Royal Family, especially the coronation of the Queen, has become so much obsesses with the Royal Wedding.
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| Indonesian cleric says US behind terror charges Posted: 24 May 2011 11:28 PM PDT Radical Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges and accused the United States and liberal Muslims of trying to frame him.
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| Sony Ericsson's Canada site hacked: company Posted: 24 May 2011 11:27 PM PDT Hackers have attacked Sony Ericsson's Canadian eShop website, affecting 2,000 users, the latest online strike against the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant, a Sony spokesman said Wednesday.
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| Hyundai says production improving after strike ends Posted: 24 May 2011 11:27 PM PDT South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor said Wednesday its engine production was returning to normal after thousands of riot police broke up a strike at a key parts supplier.
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| VIDEO: Bloodshed as Yemen violence flares Posted: 24 May 2011 11:16 PM PDT At least thirty-eight people have been killed in renewed fighting between Yemen's security forces and armed members of the country's biggest tribe.
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| VIDEO: Tornado devastation in US Mid-West Posted: 24 May 2011 11:30 PM PDT Tornadoes sweeping the US Mid-West have struck near Oklahoma City, leaving at least seven dead and hitting vehicles on a section of motorway west of the Oklahoma state capital.
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| How should a first-class university be? Posted: 24 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT It should be noted that there are various kinds of the so-called world university rankings with their impartiality and objectivity widely questioned by scholars. If fact, the results vary since different agencies adopted different assessment criteria.
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| Chinese top foreign buyers of Singapore homes: report Posted: 24 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT Chinese nationals were the top foreign buyers of private property in Singapore in the March quarter, a report said Wednesday, the first time they have topped the list.
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| S.Korea lawmaker sentenced over lewd remarks Posted: 24 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT A South Korean lawmaker who allegedly said the country's female broadcasters should be willing to offer sex to advance their careers was Wednesday given a six-month suspended jail sentence.
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| Central China drought worst in over 50 years: reports Posted: 24 May 2011 10:17 PM PDT Central China's worst drought in more than 50 years is drying reservoirs, stalling rice planting, and threatens crippling power shortages as hydroelectric plants lie idle, state media said Wednesday.
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| Shunned by banks, small China firms hit pawn shops Posted: 24 May 2011 10:16 PM PDT China has some of the biggest banks in the world, but they turned their back on Jacky Wang when his small decorating firm needed a loan. So like many Chinese entrepreneurs, he turned to a pawn shop.
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| NZ winegrowers look to restore image after glut Posted: 24 May 2011 10:15 PM PDT Striding across her vineyard in New Zealand's picturesque Marlborough region, winemaker Jane Hunter pauses for a moment to reflect on the woes besetting the industry she pioneered.
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| Buenos Aires: a graffiti artist's paradise Posted: 24 May 2011 10:14 PM PDT A portrait of a murdered activist stares from the graffiti on the wall, a slogan makes a passer-by smile, a colorful pastiche turns visitors' heads: welcome to the city where the walls talk.
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| Flour-making windmills give old Dutch icon a different spin Posted: 24 May 2011 10:10 PM PDT At the tender age of 13, Nathan Voogd already had his dad Piet's permission to help "drive" the family's 165-year-old Dutch windmill called "De Hoop" (The Hope), which towers over the quaint southern Dutch town of Ouddorp.
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| Car bomb destroys police station in Pakistan, 2 dead Posted: 24 May 2011 09:21 PM PDT PESHAWAR, May 25 — Suspected militants drove a car packed with explosives into a police station in the Pakistani town of Peshawar today, killing two policemen and wounding 20 people, the latest attack since Osama bin laden was killed this month. The police station, where the office of the Criminal Investigation Department which also investigates ... 
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