Vietnam urged to free anti-corruption journalist |
- Vietnam urged to free anti-corruption journalist
- Indonesians dump sandals over child rights
- Hong Kong man sentenced over police protest death
- Filipinos refuse to flee strife-torn Syria: FM
- China finds huge violations in audit on local debt
- New UK data 'shows higher risk of breast implant ruptures'
- Romney wins narrowest of victories in Iowa
- Australia endures third-wettest year on record
- Gingrich still alive after Iowa, plotting revenge
- Singapore PM faces 36pc pay cut, still world’s best paid
- North Korea military grows stronger, says think-tank
- Obama tells Democrats to brace for ‘big battle’
- Pentagon to unveil revised defence strategy
- China claims success in curbing racy entertainment
- VIDEO: South Sudan fighting kills hundreds
- VIDEO: Front runners celebrate Iowa results
- Seoul police to get tough with school bullies
- Adolescents
- Philippines flood victims, children want schools
- Malaysia poised for another year of growth: OBG
| Vietnam urged to free anti-corruption journalist Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:45 AM PST A press freedom group has urged Vietnam to free a reporter from a state-run newspaper who was arrested on suspicion of bribing a policeman after he wrote a high-profile expose of corruption among officials.
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| Indonesians dump sandals over child rights Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:40 AM PST Indonesians have dumped more than 1,200 pairs of sandals, flip-flops and slippers at collection points across the country in support of a teenage boy who is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.
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| Hong Kong man sentenced over police protest death Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:34 AM PST A Hong Kong man who staged a protest on the roof of a footbridge that inadvertently led to the death of a policeman was sentenced to 100 hours of community service on Wednesday.
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| Filipinos refuse to flee strife-torn Syria: FM Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:23 AM PST Most of the 10,000 Filipinos working in strife-torn Syria have refused to leave despite mounting violence in the country, the Philippine foreign minister said Wednesday.
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| China finds huge violations in audit on local debt Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:18 AM PST China said Wednesday it had uncovered 530.9 billion yuan ($84 billion) in misused funds in an audit of local government debts, as it moves to clean up "problem" financing.
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| New UK data 'shows higher risk of breast implant ruptures' Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:02 AM PST Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery chain has revealed that rupture rates on allegedly faulty French-made breast implants are seven times higher than previously thought, a report said Sunday.
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| Romney wins narrowest of victories in Iowa Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:53 PM PST Mitt Romney Wednesday won the first battle in the 2012 White House race, taking Iowa by a razor-thin margin to defeat Christian conservative Rick Santorum by just eight votes.
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| Australia endures third-wettest year on record Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:52 PM PST Australia endured its third-wettest year on record in 2011 as the disruptive La Nina weather pattern brought epic floods to the country, the Bureau of Meteorology said Wednesday.
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| Gingrich still alive after Iowa, plotting revenge Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:28 PM PST DES MOINES, Jan 4 — Bruised, battered and defiant, Newt Gingrich limped out of Iowa after a fourth-place finish in the state's Republican presidential contest on Tuesday. But he is still alive. Hit by plummeting poll numbers in recent days, Gingrich is likely now to hold on until the South Carolina primary on Jan. 21 and hope for the backing of ... 
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| Singapore PM faces 36pc pay cut, still world’s best paid Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST SINGAPORE, Jan 4 — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his ministers will see their pay slashed by about 36 per cent as the government responds to opposition complaints over their high salaries but Lee will remain the world's best-paid leader. Singapore pays its government members and civil servants generously to attract top talent to the ... 
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| North Korea military grows stronger, says think-tank Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST SEOUL, Jan 4 — North Korea's military is growing stronger even as its economy teeters on the brink of collapse, an independent think-tank said on Wednesday, calling for better measures to repel the threat from a country that has twice tested a nuclear bomb. Just over two weeks after the reclusive state's leader Kim Jong-il died, North Korea has ... 
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| Obama tells Democrats to brace for ‘big battle’ Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:12 PM PST DES MOINES, Jan 4 — As Republicans began voting to choose a nominee to face off against him, President Barack Obama sought to rally his Democratic supporters on Tuesday by telling them he had delivered on many promises and needed another term to accomplish more. Obama, whose path to the White House began with a win in Iowa four years ago, ... 
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| Pentagon to unveil revised defence strategy Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:56 PM PST WASHINGTON, Jan 4 — A review of US strategic interests that will guide Pentagon budget cuts in coming years is expected to propose keeping fewer troops in Europe and abandoning the goal of maintaining a force that can fight and win two wars simultaneously, administration officials say. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta will unveil the results of the ... 
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| China claims success in curbing racy entertainment Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:28 PM PST BEIJING, Jan 4 — A campaign to curb "excessive entertainment" by slashing the number of racy programs on Chinese satellite television channels has been successful, state media reported, after President Hu Jintao warned Western culture was out to attack China. The broadcast regulator ordered the two-thirds cutback in October, taking particular aim ... 
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| VIDEO: South Sudan fighting kills hundreds Posted: 04 Jan 2012 12:15 AM PST The UN says thousands of youths from a South Sudanese ethnic group involved in a dispute with a rival community have been repelled by government troops.
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| VIDEO: Front runners celebrate Iowa results Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:11 PM PST Preliminary results from the Iowa caucuses show Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney locked in a tie, with Ron Paul finishing third.
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| Seoul police to get tough with school bullies Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:28 PM PST Seoul police on Wednesday launched a special squad aimed at curbing mounting school bullying after two victims committed suicide last month, sending shock waves through South Korea.
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| Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:26 PM PST Adolescence can sometimes be seen as a time when children are developing physically at a faster rate than they are emotionally. Hence, what is perceived as adolescent misbehaviour is really an expression of the inability to cope with the demands of school, family and society.
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| Philippines flood victims, children want schools Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:24 PM PST Flood evacuees and pupils competed for space in southern Philippine schools Wednesday, with both wanting to use the buildings following the Christmas break, officials said.
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| Malaysia poised for another year of growth: OBG Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:09 PM PST With many of Malaysia's economic sectors having performed solidly over the past 12 months, the country is poised for another strong performance this year, says Oxford Business Group (OBG), a global publishing and consultancy company.
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