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- Greenpeace blames paper company for tiger's death
- Worried by inflation, India hikes rates by 50 points
- China rail minister calls crash a 'bitter lesson'
- BP rebounds into $5.62-billion net profit in second quarter
- Yemeni army kills 10 al Qaeda militants
- Thailand's auto production to reach 2 million units next year
- China launches 2-month safety campaign after deadly train crash
- Anwar files application to interview condo owner
- Police offer rally video for TV screening
- Qatar, Saudi to lead growth in GCC
- Winemakers power vineyard with floating solar cells
- French archive showcases Islamic manuscripts
- Dalai Lama not serious about talks with Beijing-China paper
- VIDEO: Bangladesh school start-up success
- Transformation again
- Deadly Australian horse virus found in dog
- China seeks to muzzle reporting on train crash
- Blair says not a victim of phone hacking
- S. Korea flour aid trucks cross border to N. Korea
- Doctors 'hope to save' China crash girl's leg: Xinhua
| Greenpeace blames paper company for tiger's death Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:23 AM PDT A graphic video showing the last hours of a rare Sumatran tiger as it writhes in a trap in Indonesia exposes the gruesome toll of rampant rainforest clearing, Greenpeace activists said Tuesday.
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| Worried by inflation, India hikes rates by 50 points Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT India's central bank hiked interest rates by a higher-than-expected 50 basis points on Tuesday, its 11th increase since March last year as it struggles to combat near double-digit inflation.
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| China rail minister calls crash a 'bitter lesson' Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:05 AM PDT China's railway minister has called the deadly weekend high-speed train crash a "bitter lesson" and said a resulting safety crackdown would last for two months, the government announced Tuesday.
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| BP rebounds into $5.62-billion net profit in second quarter Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:04 AM PDT British energy giant BP rebounded into net profit in the second quarter of 2011, aided by high oil prices, after a huge loss last year in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, it said Tuesday.
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| Yemeni army kills 10 al Qaeda militants Posted: 26 Jul 2011 01:35 AM PDT Aden (Reuters) - Yemeni soldiers killed 10 al Qaeda militants when they attacked a military camp outside the Islamist-controlled city of Zinjibar on Monday night. 
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| Thailand's auto production to reach 2 million units next year Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:30 AM PDT The Thai Automotive Industry Association (TAIA) projected on Tuesday that the country's automobile production will reach some two million units next year, from about 1.8 million units this year, thanks to high domestic and overseas demand.
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| China launches 2-month safety campaign after deadly train crash Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:32 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's rail minister, facing public outrage over Saturday's deadly train crash, has ordered a two-month safety check on railway operations and apologised for the accident which killed 39 people, state media reported on Tuesday. 
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| Anwar files application to interview condo owner Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:24 AM PDT Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed an application to interview five witnesses before he takes his stand in his ongoing sodomy trial on Aug 8.
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| Police offer rally video for TV screening Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT Police are offering the video on the July 9 illegal rally for screening by any of the local television stations. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Khalid Abu Bakar said so far, only Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) had accepted the offer and screened the video.
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| Qatar, Saudi to lead growth in GCC Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:23 AM PDT Saudi Arabia, the largest Arab economy, is likely to be the second fastest growing GDP in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region this year, National Commercial Bank (NCB) said in a new study on the GCC economies.
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| Winemakers power vineyard with floating solar cells Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:55 PM PDT (USA-AFP) - For the Far Niente Winery located in California's Napa Valley, an acre of land is more valuable than gold, so finding space for solar panels is tough, and costly. The solution? To "float" the panels on their irrigation pond, using new "floatovoltaic" technology. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| French archive showcases Islamic manuscripts Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:50 PM PDT (France, Strasbourg-AFP) - France's National Library has launched a major programme to digitise its entire collection of Arabic and Persian manuscripts -- a collection which sheds an important light on the use of figurative and abstract art in Islamic culture. An exhibition showcasing some of the most central works in their collection will be running in Paris until the autumn. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Dalai Lama not serious about talks with Beijing-China paper Posted: 26 Jul 2011 12:01 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is not serious about talking with Beijing, but the government will never make any compromises with him to get him back to the table, a major Chinese newspaper said on Tuesday. 
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| VIDEO: Bangladesh school start-up success Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:28 PM PDT Villagers in an area of rural Bangladesh have opened a school which is attracting more and more pupils.
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| Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:25 PM PDT If the authorities are efficient, there would not be necessary to spend millions of ringgit on setting up the RCI. If more studies are conducted on the RCI report but the efforts are still unable to curb power abuse, it would then be a waste of time and money.
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| Deadly Australian horse virus found in dog Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:19 PM PDT A lethal bat-borne horse virus has been detected in a dog for the first time, authorities in Australia said on Tuesday, prompting fears it has jumped species.
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| China seeks to muzzle reporting on train crash Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:18 PM PDT China has banned local journalists from investigating the cause of a deadly high-speed train crash that has triggered public outrage and raised questions over safety, reports said Tuesday.
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| Blair says not a victim of phone hacking Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:18 PM PDT Former British prime minister Tony Blair Tuesday described phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. as "despicable", but said he did not believe it had happened to him.
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| S. Korea flour aid trucks cross border to N. Korea Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:17 PM PDT South Korean trucks loaded with flour aid for North Korea crossed the tense border Tuesday for the first time since the communist country shelled a frontline island last year.
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| Doctors 'hope to save' China crash girl's leg: Xinhua Posted: 25 Jul 2011 11:16 PM PDT A two-year-old girl who lost both parents in China's deadly weekend train crash will likely be able to keep her injured leg, state media quoted her doctor saying Tuesday.
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