Riot erupts in southwest China town - reports |
- Riot erupts in southwest China town - reports
- HLB completes integration with EON Bank
- Does Malaysia need to be too dependent on foreign labour?
- Proton open to strategic partnership: MD
- Australia refugee centres 'unprepared' for violence
- Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital
- VIDEO: Chilean miner: 'I was already dead'
- VIDEO: Singapore festival 'entertains the dead'
- VIDEO: Artists on Asian-American stereotypes
- VIDEO: Can England learn from LA riots?
- INSIGHT - China's microbloggers rattle the censor's cage
- Analysis - Pinched U.S. seen holding onto big Pacific presence
- Full bloom
- Korean politics: It's all about lunch
- VIDEO: Renting gardens in urban New York
- VIDEO: US calls for more Syria sanctions
- VIDEO: 'Barracks culture' in S Korea army
- VIDEO: Islamic hip-hop act tours Indonesia
- VIDEO: Tightrope topple - it's Odd Box
- Moderate quake strikes Philippines
| Riot erupts in southwest China town - reports Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:46 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese took to the streets of a southwestern town on Thursday, with some smashing police vehicles in the latest protest by citizens angered by the rough handling of local officials, according to news reports. 
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| HLB completes integration with EON Bank Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:24 AM PDT Customers of former EON Bank will be able to conduct transactions at all of its 145 branches redesignated as Hong Leong Bank (HLB) branches beginning today, with the completion of a major integration move between both banks.
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| Does Malaysia need to be too dependent on foreign labour? Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:23 AM PDT On our way forward, do we still need that many unskilled cheap foreign labour when Malaysia's next growth target is to become a high-income economy?
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| Proton open to strategic partnership: MD Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:23 AM PDT Proton Holdings Bhd is open to any form of strategic partnership for the benefit of Malaysian automotive industry, said Group Managing Director Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.
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| Australia refugee centres 'unprepared' for violence Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:14 AM PDT Australia's immigration detention centres were inadequately prepared and failed to anticipate violence, a report said Friday, following unrest and protests inside the facilities.
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| Japan heatwave kills four, sends 900 to hospital Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:13 AM PDT A blistering summer heatwave in Japan has claimed four lives and seen 900 people hospitalised this week, media said Friday, amid an energy saving campaign due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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| VIDEO: Chilean miner: 'I was already dead' Posted: 12 Aug 2011 12:16 AM PDT Two Chilean miners, Alex Vega and Victor Zamora, reveal how they felt during the first few days of being trapped underground.
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| VIDEO: Singapore festival 'entertains the dead' Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:11 PM PDT A festival that appeases the spirits of the dead who are believed to walk amongst us is taking place in Singapore.
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| VIDEO: Artists on Asian-American stereotypes Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:26 PM PDT A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington explores the nature of Asian American identity.
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| VIDEO: Can England learn from LA riots? Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT The dramatic scenes in England this week have brought back memories of the LA riots in 1992, where a billion dollars worth of damage was caused, with dozens killed and thousands injured.
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| INSIGHT - China's microbloggers rattle the censor's cage Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:14 PM PDT BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - When Chinese journalist Wang Keqin found himself cornered in the countryside two years ago by police who were trying to stop him looking into a rape case involving local officials, he looked online for help. 
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| Analysis - Pinched U.S. seen holding onto big Pacific presence Posted: 11 Aug 2011 11:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pacific Rim is unlikely to bear the brunt of U.S. plans to cut $350 billion in security spending, but the prospect of decreased American military outlays has nonetheless prompted soul searching in a vital region where China is rapidly expanding its forces. 
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| Posted: 11 Aug 2011 10:41 PM PDT Picture of the flowers of a pink lapacho (Tabebuia impetiginosa) in full bloom, taken at a square in Asuncion. There is a project to turn Asuncion into the "World Capital of the Lapacho," which includes planting 50.000 lapachos in emblematic sites across the Paraguayan capital.
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| Korean politics: It's all about lunch Posted: 11 Aug 2011 10:44 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - There's no such thing as a free lunch: that's the message from South Korea's president to residents of the capital Seoul where the midday meal has become a hot political issue. 
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| VIDEO: Renting gardens in urban New York Posted: 11 Aug 2011 08:59 PM PDT In a city like New York, green space comes at a premium. But now residents can rent a small garden nestled between two buildings by the hour, to do whatever they please.
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| VIDEO: US calls for more Syria sanctions Posted: 11 Aug 2011 10:53 PM PDT The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called on other countries to join US sanctions against Syria, in response to the authority's continued crackdown on anti-government protesters.
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| VIDEO: 'Barracks culture' in S Korea army Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:35 PM PDT A spate of deaths in South Korea's military, including a number of apparent suicides, have raised questions about the culture inside the country's armed forces.
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| VIDEO: Islamic hip-hop act tours Indonesia Posted: 11 Aug 2011 09:13 PM PDT American Islamic hip-hop group Native Deen is touring Indonesia on a "diplomatic mission", to help spread tolerance and faith through music.
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| VIDEO: Tightrope topple - it's Odd Box Posted: 11 Aug 2011 03:11 PM PDT A carrot-shaped proposal, baby pandas and a terrifying tightrope topple. It's the week's weird and wonderful video stories in Newsbeat's Odd Box with Natalie Jamieson.
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| Moderate quake strikes Philippines Posted: 11 Aug 2011 10:15 PM PDT A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale was detected in Mindoro, southwest of Manila in the Philippines, at 10.29 am today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department reported.
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