China considers clampdown on illegal adoptions |
- China considers clampdown on illegal adoptions
- Bangladesh woman kills self, children after trial
- The last pride?
- New Thai govt to focus on pushing up people's income
- World Bank chief: Govts should deal with global debt woes
- Syrian tanks shell Latakia, death toll reaches 34
- India in uproar after anti-graft activist detained
- Q2 GDP growth to be marginally lower
- VIDEO: 'We're cut off': NZ snow causes chaos
- VIDEO: Mid-East orchestra's message of peace
- Formation of committee does not mean election system is bad: Muhyiddin
- Inquest into death of former MP begins
- HLIB downgrades MAS to 'sell'
- Probe finds pesticide link to Thai tourist deaths
- Young Tunisians spark a revolution in street art
- Europeans flock to Morocco for cheaper plastic surgery
- China's premier-in-waiting arrives in Hong Kong
- Polish bike courriers take to urban polo
- Japan's tsunami-hit towns fight to sustain folk arts
- Rebels encroach, but Libya capital seems unruffled
| China considers clampdown on illegal adoptions Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:24 AM PDT China is considering new rules to crack down on illegal adoptions in a bid to curb child trafficking, a welfare official said Tuesday, amid rising public outrage over child abduction cases.
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| Bangladesh woman kills self, children after trial Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:18 AM PDT Bangladeshi police said Tuesday they were investigating the death of a woman who jumped under a train with her four children after being reprimanded for an extramarital affair by a village court.
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| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:18 AM PDT The difference is, there are many gold medalists in China but Malaysia has only Chong Wei.
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| New Thai govt to focus on pushing up people's income Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's new government said on Tuesday it would focus on increasing people's income and holding down the cost of living rather than simply aim for higher economic growth through the promotion of exports. 
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| World Bank chief: Govts should deal with global debt woes Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - The World Bank called for national governments to seek long-term debt curbs on Tuesday to solve the current sovereign debt crises in Europe and the United States, but said it was too early for special action by the Group of 20 nations. 
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| Syrian tanks shell Latakia, death toll reaches 34 Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:15 AM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks opened fire on poor Sunni districts in Latakia on Tuesday, residents said, the fourth day of a military assault on the northern port city aimed at crushing protests against President Bashar al-Assad. 
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| India in uproar after anti-graft activist detained Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:48 AM PDT Indian police on Tuesday detained veteran anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare as he prepared to start a banned hunger strike against the government, provoking widespread outrage.
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| Q2 GDP growth to be marginally lower Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:46 AM PDT Malaysia's second quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to be marginally lower than the 4.6 per cent recorded in the first quarter of this year, says Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Mohamed Ariff.
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| VIDEO: 'We're cut off': NZ snow causes chaos Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:06 AM PDT New Zealand has been hit with what forecasters are calling a 'once-in-a-lifetime' winter storm, which has brought much of the country to a standstill.
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| VIDEO: Mid-East orchestra's message of peace Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:39 PM PDT An orchestra born out of conflict in the Middle East has performed on one of the world's most dangerous frontiers, the demilitarised zone on the Korean peninsula.
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| Formation of committee does not mean election system is bad: Muhyiddin Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:35 AM PDT The setting up of the Parliamentary Election Committee to discuss election reforms does not mean that the election system adopted all this while is bad, but merely to improve it further, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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| Inquest into death of former MP begins Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:34 AM PDT An inquest into the death of former Batu Sapi member of parliament (MP) Datuk Edmund Chong began here today.
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| Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:34 AM PDT HLIB Research has raised its target price for Malaysian Airline System Bhd (MAS) to RM1.65 on better optimism of its new management.
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| Probe finds pesticide link to Thai tourist deaths Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:15 AM PDT Thai authorities said on Tuesday four foreign tourists and a local tour guide who died mysteriously in the northern city of Chiang Mai may have been poisoned by unknown toxic chemicals or pesticides.
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| Young Tunisians spark a revolution in street art Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:59 PM PDT The toppling of Ben Ali's repressive regime in January paved the way for freedom of expression in all its forms. Some young Tunisians have recently started their own revolution, this time in street art. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Europeans flock to Morocco for cheaper plastic surgery Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:56 PM PDT (Morocco, Rabat-AFP) - In a growing trend, people from all over Europe and as far as the United States are flocking to Morocco for plastic surgery, preferring clinics in the affluent districts of Rabat to the ones they have back home. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| China's premier-in-waiting arrives in Hong Kong Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:55 PM PDT China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Hong Kong Tuesday as he looks to showcase himself ahead of a key leadership reshuffle in Beijing next year, and soothe tense relations with city officials.
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| Polish bike courriers take to urban polo Posted: 15 Aug 2011 11:52 PM PDT (Poland-AFP) - Poland's bike-riding mail courriers have adopted a very old-fashioned type of sport to persue in their free time: polo. But this urban version of the game is played on bicycles, rather than on horseback, and involves the use of old ski sticks for mallets. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Japan's tsunami-hit towns fight to sustain folk arts Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:12 AM PDT OFUNATO, Japan (Reuters) - The Urahama district of this northeastern Japanese coastal city had for centuries marked religious ceremonies, and mourned their dead, with a dynamic sword dance by masked men, accompanied by drums and flutes. 
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| Rebels encroach, but Libya capital seems unruffled Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:12 AM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rebels may have fought their way into Zawiyah, a strategic city a half hour's drive from the Libyan capital, but for many supporters of Muammar Gaddafi here the battle that may be a turning point may as well be a million miles away. 
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