VIDEO: EU moves to tackle cigarette fires |
- VIDEO: EU moves to tackle cigarette fires
- More expertise needed to combat money laundering: Hishammuddin
- G20 ministers pledge support for development
- Israelis, Palestinians have to make peace through talks
- Australian anxiety grows at talks of Europe's debts
- Malaysia has an edge over China for attracting rare earth downstream industry
- VIDEO: IMF urges speedy action on economy
- Vietnam inflation eases, growth slows
- VIDEO: Putin to address party congress
- VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman
- Chinese tourist seized, beaten up and driven home
- Bayer drug a "major new player" in prostate cancer
- Yemeni forces attack main opposition camp
- Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N.
- Collar bomb suspect lands back in Sydney
- Rio opens world's biggest music festival
- Singapore rejects calls to scrap tough security law
- Simenon's creative juices flow in Brussels
- Washington salutes Warhol with two major shows
- The maestros' magic, in their own words
| VIDEO: EU moves to tackle cigarette fires Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:38 AM PDT Cigarettes are one of the biggest causes of fatal fires in homes and have long been the subject of information campaigns to try and persuade people to dispose of them safely.
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| More expertise needed to combat money laundering: Hishammuddin Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:14 AM PDT The amount of money laundered worldwide is estimated between two and five per cent of the global Gross Domestic Product(GDP) annually, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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| G20 ministers pledge support for development Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:05 AM PDT The Group of 20 (G20) leading economies' finance and development ministers on Friday pledged to address development challenges as part of the global economic agenda, as developing countries worry about the spillover effect of debt crisis and slowing growth in advanced economies, China's Xinhua news agency reported.
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| Israelis, Palestinians have to make peace through talks Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:04 AM PDT Soon after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tendered his letter of application for full United Nations membership to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday morning, fresh proposals came out from international mediators calling for a resumption of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians within one month for a two-state solution.
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| Australian anxiety grows at talks of Europe's debts Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:04 AM PDT In the shadow of another looming financial crisis, Australia's leading economic decision makers have met to discuss the resource-rich nation's action plan and criticised the European indecision that is creating it, reports Xinhua news agency.
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| Malaysia has an edge over China for attracting rare earth downstream industry Posted: 24 Sep 2011 12:02 AM PDT Malaysia has a comparative advantage in attracting more downstream activities within the rare earth industry when compared to China as it has a very good legal and intellectual property system, said Dr Matthew James, Executive Vice-President of Strategy & Corporate Communications of Lynas Corporation Ltd.
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| VIDEO: IMF urges speedy action on economy Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:03 PM PDT International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has called for countries to "act now and act together" to keep on the path to economic recovery.
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| Vietnam inflation eases, growth slows Posted: 23 Sep 2011 11:02 PM PDT Vietnam's inflation rate eased for the first time in over a year in September, official estimates showed on Saturday, but economic growth was lower amid government efforts to rein in prices.
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| VIDEO: Putin to address party congress Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:46 PM PDT Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is to address delegates of his United Russia party later today, amid speculation that he may announce if he will run for president in the 2012 election.
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| VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Philip Pullman Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:02 PM PDT Author Philip Pullman speaks to Matthew Stadlen about the importance of storytelling, whether he believes in God, why he doesn't think about his audience and his favourite book.
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| Chinese tourist seized, beaten up and driven home Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:59 PM PDT A Chinese tourist in Beijing was dragged from his hotel room, savagely beaten, driven home and dumped unconscious at the roadside after being taken for a petitioner, state media reported Saturday.
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| Bayer drug a "major new player" in prostate cancer Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:12 PM PDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Germany's Bayer and Norwegian biotech Algeta that prolongs the lives of patients with advanced prostate cancer is a major step forward in treatment of the disease, cancer experts said on Saturday. 
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| Yemeni forces attack main opposition camp Posted: 23 Sep 2011 09:12 PM PDT SANAA (Reuters) - The main opposition protest camp in Yemen's capital Sanaa came under heavy mortar and sniper attacks on Saturday, hours after President Ali Abdullah Saleh returned from a three-month absence, protesters and medical staff said. 
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| Abbas stakes Palestinian claim to state at U.N. Posted: 23 Sep 2011 08:41 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked the United Nations on Friday to recognize a state for his people, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the world body as a "theater of the absurd" and said only direct talks could deliver peace. 
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| Collar bomb suspect lands back in Sydney Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:26 PM PDT An investment banker who allegedly attached a fake bomb around an Australian schoolgirl's neck was Saturday charged with extortion and kidnapping after his dramatic arrest and extradition from the US.
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| Rio opens world's biggest music festival Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:26 PM PDT About 100,000 people turned out Friday in Brazil for the start of the world's biggest music festival, Rock in Rio, featuring an all-star line-up including Rihanna, Katy Perry and Coldplay.
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| Singapore rejects calls to scrap tough security law Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:19 PM PDT Singapore has rejected a call by former political prisoners to scrap a British colonial law allowing detention without trial, saying it allows the government to fight serious security threats.
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| Simenon's creative juices flow in Brussels Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:18 PM PDT He had 33 homes, 10,000 women, penned 500 novels, yet despite such excess, Georges Simenon, the writer who dreamt up world-known super sleuth Inspector Maigret, worked to a rigorous ritual.
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| Washington salutes Warhol with two major shows Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:15 PM PDT Fifteen minutes of posthumous fame just keeps going for Andy Warhol, the undisputed giant of Pop Art who's getting not just one, but two major exhibitions in the US capital.
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| The maestros' magic, in their own words Posted: 23 Sep 2011 10:10 PM PDT They can move audiences to tears with their inspirational performances, but few can put their finger on that indefinable something that marks out a great conductor.
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