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- Anger, disbelief in Greece over further cuts for debt funds
- Google wins Australian advert case
- Himalayan villagers tell of quake chaos, 110 dead
- DJ Hello Kitty thrills teenagers in Japan store
- Mitsubishi to triple market share through collaboration with Proton
- Court rejects AG Chamber's bid to stay leave of Jeyakumar
- Sept 29 hearing of Najib's application to set aside subpoenas
- VIDEO: How bank note paper is made
- VIDEO: Campaign to end China's shark fin trade
- Fear for jobs ignites "English crisis" in Japan
- Twin blasts in Russia kill policeman, injure scores
- Japan carrier unveils smartphone radiation gauge
- VIDEO: Palestinian UN bid 'will be vetoed'
- High Court shrikes out suit against BN Sec-Gen
- Bill Gates tops Forbes 400 list of richest Americans
- China military blasts US arms sales to Taiwan
- Japan typhoon kills 10, spares nuclear plant
- Najib's offensive
- VIDEO: Pope begins visit to Germany
- Innocent or guilty? Georgia executes Troy Davis
| Anger, disbelief in Greece over further cuts for debt funds Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:48 AM PDT Greeks on Thursday reacted with anger and disbelief at a new wave of austerity cuts enacted to keep the country in the eurozone as a public transport strike caused road chaos in Athens.
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| Google wins Australian advert case Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:45 AM PDT Global Internet giant Google won a court case against Australia's competition regulator Thursday over claims that sponsored links at the top of its search results were misleading to consumers.
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| Himalayan villagers tell of quake chaos, 110 dead Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:45 AM PDT Military helicopters on Thursday reached remote villages in northeast India cut off for four days by a strong earthquake which killed at least 110 people across four countries.
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| DJ Hello Kitty thrills teenagers in Japan store Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:44 AM PDT Japanese teenagers crowded a new Hello Kitty themed store in one of Tokyo's hippest areas on Thursday as the mouthless cat turned global icon of cuteness entertained them with her music-mixing skills.
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| Mitsubishi to triple market share through collaboration with Proton Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:02 AM PDT Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia Sdn Bhd expects the collaboration between Proton Holdings Bhd and Mitsubishi Motors Corp (MMC) will triple its market share in Malaysia by 2015, its chief executive officer Tetsuya Oda said.
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| Court rejects AG Chamber's bid to stay leave of Jeyakumar Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:01 AM PDT The High Court here today rejected the Attorney-General Chamber's application to stay a ruling granting Sungai Siput Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Michael Jeyakumar to challenge the rejection of his application for government funds for projects in his constituency.
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| Sept 29 hearing of Najib's application to set aside subpoenas Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:01 AM PDT The High Court is to hear on Sept 29 the application by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to set aside the subpoenas compelling them to testify as defence witnesses in the sodomy trial of Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
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| VIDEO: How bank note paper is made Posted: 21 Sep 2011 03:47 PM PDT The Landquart paper mill in Switzerland makes the paper for Swiss francs and euros as well as bank notes for many other countries. Production manager Marco Zeithen gave the BBC a tour.
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| VIDEO: Campaign to end China's shark fin trade Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:57 PM PDT There are calls in China for people to stop eating shark fin soup, which is endangering some shark species.
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| Fear for jobs ignites "English crisis" in Japan Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:04 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - It's eight in the morning in a Tokyo office building, and a dozen middle-aged Japanese businessmen sit inside small booths, sweating as they try to talk English to the instructors in front of them. 
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| Twin blasts in Russia kill policeman, injure scores Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:49 PM PDT Twin explosions killed a police officer and injured dozens of others as well as civilians in Russia's southern city of Makhachkalay, officials said Thursday.
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| Japan carrier unveils smartphone radiation gauge Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:24 PM PDT Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo is to unveil a smartphone with changeable "jackets" that measure bad breath, body fat and even radiation levels.
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| VIDEO: Palestinian UN bid 'will be vetoed' Posted: 21 Sep 2011 11:26 PM PDT Barack Obama has told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas he will veto his bid for UN membership, as he tried to persuade him to drop the plans.
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| High Court shrikes out suit against BN Sec-Gen Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:59 PM PDT The High Court here today struck out a RM218-million suit by an election material supplier against Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary general Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor and two others.
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| Bill Gates tops Forbes 400 list of richest Americans Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:59 PM PDT Microsoft founder Bill Gates has retained is top spot on the Forbes 2011 ranking of the richest people in America with US$59 billion.
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| China military blasts US arms sales to Taiwan Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:45 PM PDT BEIJING, Sept 22 — China's military today voiced its "utmost indignation" about US arms sales to Taiwan, warning that the Obama administration's latest sales plan would seriously impede Sino-US military exchanges. "The Chinese military expresses its utmost indignation and strong condemnation of this action that grave interferes in China's domestic ... 
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| Japan typhoon kills 10, spares nuclear plant Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT A powerful typhoon that barrelled through Japan and threatened the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant killed at least 10 people including a woman aged 101, officials and reports said Thursday.
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| Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT The announcement made by Najib on the eve of the Malaysia Day to repeal the Internal Security Act (ISA) and review other outdated laws was the first step taken to offset the impact of the Bersih 2.0 rally on 9 July this year.
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| VIDEO: Pope begins visit to Germany Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:36 PM PDT Pope Benedict begins his first official visit to Germany, the country of his birth. He has visited the country before but this is the first time the visit is being seen as offficial.
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| Innocent or guilty? Georgia executes Troy Davis Posted: 21 Sep 2011 10:12 PM PDT The southern US state of Georgia executed Troy Davis on Wednesday despite doubts over his 1991 murder conviction that made him a poster child for the global movement to end the death penalty.
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