VIDEO: Heavy gunfire erupts in Tripoli |
- VIDEO: Heavy gunfire erupts in Tripoli
- VIDEO: Investigation into Red Arrows crash
- Biden tells China not to count out U.S. strength
- Myanmar regime offers olive branch to opponents
- Egyptian earns hero status with Israel flag protest
- Ousted Thai leader gambles on return to world stage
- Vietnam police crush anti-China protest
- Panic, policy cuffs could force new recession: analysts
- Vice President Biden tells China not to count out U.S. strength
- "Zero hour" for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up
- Biden tells China: US will never default on debt
- "Zero hour" for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up
- China's growing consumer class resist debt trap
- Native vineyard, Canada’s new destination for wine lovers
- Malaysia to bank on solar, biomass to reduce greenhouse gas emission
- Khairy accepts if he is not winnable candidate
- Body art
- Moroccan snails: from street food to upscale snack
- Chilean miner-preacher awaits US movie, book
- Fear fuels refugees' Australia dreams
| VIDEO: Heavy gunfire erupts in Tripoli Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT Explosions and sustained gunfire have been heard in parts of Tripoli, as rebels close in on the Libyan capital.
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| VIDEO: Investigation into Red Arrows crash Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT Investigators are trying to establish what caused a crash which killed an RAF Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging.
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| Biden tells China not to count out U.S. strength Posted: 21 Aug 2011 12:39 AM PDT CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday rejected views that American power is waning and said Washington would never default, wrapping up a China visit that has played down tensions between the world's two biggest economies. 
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| Myanmar regime offers olive branch to opponents Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:30 PM PDT Myanmar is seeking to shed its pariah image by reaching out to democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and other critics, analysts say, but more concrete reforms from the new regime remain elusive.
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| Egyptian earns hero status with Israel flag protest Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:23 PM PDT A lone protester became a hero to an exultant crowd of Egyptians and many more online by hauling down the Star of David flag atop Israel's embassy in Cairo after the border killing of Egyptian policemen.
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| Ousted Thai leader gambles on return to world stage Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:12 PM PDT With his sister barely in office, fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a high-stakes international charm offensive that analysts say threatens his allies' hold on power.
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| Vietnam police crush anti-China protest Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:06 PM PDT Vietnamese police detained at least 15 people during a crackdown Sunday on anti-China protesters who defied an order to stop an unprecedented series of rallies over a territorial dispute.
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| Panic, policy cuffs could force new recession: analysts Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:41 PM PDT Another punishing week in stock markets has left European and US leaders looking less and less able to staunch fears of recession that analysts say could turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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| Vice President Biden tells China not to count out U.S. strength Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:36 PM PDT Chengdu, China (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday rejected claims that American power is on the wane and told a Chinese audience that his government would never default, near the end of a trip that has stressed interdependence between the world's two biggest economies. 
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| "Zero hour" for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:36 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city's outskirts. 
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| Biden tells China: US will never default on debt Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:38 PM PDT US Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday that the world's biggest economy would never default on its debts, during a visit aimed at boosting Chinese confidence in America's beleaguered finances.
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| "Zero hour" for Gaddafi as besieged Tripoli rises up Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:35 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli through the night as opponents of Muammar Gaddafi rose up in the capital, declaring a final push to topple the Libyan leader after a six-month war reached the city's outskirts. 
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| China's growing consumer class resist debt trap Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:34 PM PDT The US credit crisis has brought to light a fundamental difference between thrifty consumers in China -- the largest foreign holder of US debt -- and their credit-loving US counterparts. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Native vineyard, Canada’s new destination for wine lovers Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:33 PM PDT Inside the Okanagan Valley, Canada's picturesque equivalent of Napa Valley, lies North America's first Aboriginal-owned and -operated winery. The Nk'Mip are pioneers in more ways than one. They've broken with the poverty and unemployment of many First Nations tribes to become a entrepreneurial force and arbiter of taste. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.
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| Malaysia to bank on solar, biomass to reduce greenhouse gas emission Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:22 PM PDT The best bet for Malaysia to reduce greenhouse gas emission lies in the use of solar and biomass, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili.
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| Khairy accepts if he is not winnable candidate Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:22 PM PDT Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin said he would accept the leadership's decision not to field him as a candidate in the coming general election if he is not considered a "winnable candidate."
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| Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:16 PM PDT Model Will Claybaugh poses after being painted by artist Alexa Meade during a performance at the Irvine Contemporary Gallery in Washington, DC..Meade, 24, paints over people so that they look like paintings, then photographs them either in a natural setting or with a painted background.
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| Moroccan snails: from street food to upscale snack Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:10 PM PDT Standing on the side of a road in a hectic north African capital may not be what most people would consider the ideal place to eat boiled snails.
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| Chilean miner-preacher awaits US movie, book Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:08 PM PDT Thousands of Los Angeles churchgoers chant "Hallelujah!" as Jose Henriquez, one of the famed 33 rescued Chilean miners, describes the ordeal soon to be made into a Hollywood movie.
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| Fear fuels refugees' Australia dreams Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:07 PM PDT Akhbar and his family fled a perilous existence in Afghanistan for an uncertain life in Malaysia and now dream of a better future in Australia under a controversial refugee swap deal.
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