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- VIDEO: Is today the day the world will end?
- VIDEO: Footballer takes action on Twitter
- VIDEO: Thousands defy Spain rally ban
- VIDEO: Gaddafi 'shows no sign of surrender'
- Diplomatic cables show joint U.S.-Pakistan intelligence missions
- Sixteen killed in NATO fuel truck blast in Pakistan
- 44 killed in Friday anti-regime protests in Syria: activist
- Penang Umno hopes for surprise at next general election
- From reluctant learner to an avid educator
- Syrian forces reported shot dead 30 in protests
- Tepco chief quits after US$15b loss on nuclear crisis
- Govt may remove subsidies gradually: economists
- VIDEO: Lavish plans for Ouattara ceremony
- Diplomatic cables show joint U.S.-Pakistan intelligence missions
- Mystery N.Korean visitor in China veiled by security
- IMF official calls for open chief selection process
- Saturday's end-of-world is the third predicted for May
- Netanyahu lectures Obama in Oval Office
- Strauss-Kahn starts New York house arrest
- French bashing is back - and US media love it
| VIDEO: Is today the day the world will end? Posted: 20 May 2011 11:19 PM PDT US atheists are to hold parties in response to an evangelical broadcaster's prediction that Saturday will be "judgement day".
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| VIDEO: Footballer takes action on Twitter Posted: 21 May 2011 12:04 AM PDT Legal proceedings are being taken by a professional footballer against Twitter for allegedly publishing information covered by a super-injunction.
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| VIDEO: Thousands defy Spain rally ban Posted: 21 May 2011 12:03 AM PDT Tens of thousands of Spanish protesters have defied a government ban and camped out overnight in a square in the capital, Madrid.
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| VIDEO: Gaddafi 'shows no sign of surrender' Posted: 20 May 2011 05:42 PM PDT It has been a bad week for Colonel Gaddafi - with more Nato bombardments, rumours of defections, and a call from the International Criminal Court for his arrest.
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| Diplomatic cables show joint U.S.-Pakistan intelligence missions Posted: 21 May 2011 01:09 AM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - U.S. special forces were embedded with Pakistani troops on intelligence-gathering missions by the summer of 2009, confidential American diplomatic cables showed, a revelation that could hurt the Pakistani military's public image. 
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| Sixteen killed in NATO fuel truck blast in Pakistan Posted: 21 May 2011 01:09 AM PDT LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed in northwest Pakistan on Saturday after a bomb attack claimed by a militant group hit a truck carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, the latest attack in an upsurge in violence since Osama bin Laden was killed. 
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| 44 killed in Friday anti-regime protests in Syria: activist Posted: 21 May 2011 12:28 AM PDT Security forces killed 44 people during anti-regime protests which swept Syria on Friday, with most of the casualties in the western province of Idlib and the central city of Homs, a human right activist told AFP on Saturday.
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| Penang Umno hopes for surprise at next general election Posted: 21 May 2011 12:26 AM PDT Penang Umno recognises the stiff challenge at the next general election but hopes that the people will serve a pleasant surprise. Liaison committee chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman said Umno and BN will not only be up against opposition parties but also the state election machinery.
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| From reluctant learner to an avid educator Posted: 21 May 2011 12:17 AM PDT From "I hate Chinese. It's useless" to "I wanna learn Chinese," Li Guang-yong now thinks learning Chinese is something fascinating and beneficial.
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| Syrian forces reported shot dead 30 in protests Posted: 20 May 2011 11:01 PM PDT AMMAN, May 21 — Syrian security forces shot dead at least 30 demonstrators yesterday during protests that broke out across the country in defiance of a military crackdown that has killed hundreds of people, a rights activist said. Other activists reported demonstrations elsewhere across Syria, a day after the United States told President Bashar ... 
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| Tepco chief quits after US$15b loss on nuclear crisis Posted: 20 May 2011 09:57 PM PDT TOKYO, May 21 — Tokyo Electric Power Co yesterday reported net loss of US$15 billion (RM45.4 billion) to account for the disaster at its Fukushima nuclear plant, marking the biggest loss in Japan by a non-financial company and prompting the company to warn its future was uncertain. Much-criticised president Masataka Shimizu, 66, resigned to take ... 
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| Govt may remove subsidies gradually: economists Posted: 20 May 2011 11:47 PM PDT While it is inevitable that subsidies have to be cut further, a bank-based economist believes the government can be counted upon to remove them gradually so as not to burden the poor and those in the lower income bracket.
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| VIDEO: Lavish plans for Ouattara ceremony Posted: 20 May 2011 11:20 PM PDT More than 20 heads of state are preparing to attend the inauguration of Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara.
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| Diplomatic cables show joint U.S.-Pakistan intelligence missions Posted: 20 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT The disclosure comes a day after another set of cables showed that Pakistan's powerful army chief not only tacitly agreed to the covert U.S. drone campaign against militants, but asked for "continuous Predator coverage" of the tribal areas by these aircraft. The army denied the contents. 
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| Mystery N.Korean visitor in China veiled by security Posted: 20 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT CHANGCHUN, China (Reuters) - A secretive convoy from North Korea travelled around the northeast Chinese city of Changchun on Saturday, in what may be the latest stop by the North's ruler Kim Jong-il as he seeks to shore up ties with his country's sole major supporter. 
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| IMF official calls for open chief selection process Posted: 20 May 2011 11:35 PM PDT A top International Monetary Fund official on Saturday called an open and merit-based selection process of a new head of the institution, adding that a quick conclusion of the process would be advantageous.
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| Saturday's end-of-world is the third predicted for May Posted: 20 May 2011 10:21 PM PDT An aging Christian fundamentalist has predicted that the Rapture -- phase one of the end of the world, when good Christians go up to heaven -- will happen on Saturday, but is not the only one to pinpoint this month.
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| Netanyahu lectures Obama in Oval Office Posted: 20 May 2011 10:21 PM PDT Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu lectured President Barack Obama in his own office Friday, warning him not to chase "illusions" of Middle East peace and opening a deep rift in US-Israel ties.
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| Strauss-Kahn starts New York house arrest Posted: 20 May 2011 10:20 PM PDT Former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn began his house arrest in New York late Friday after arriving from jail at an elegant apartment building just off Wall Street
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| French bashing is back - and US media love it Posted: 20 May 2011 10:19 PM PDT The US predilection for bashing the French, last evident when the Congressional dining room changed French fries to "freedom fries," is back, fueled by the story of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's alleged sexual assault.
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