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- Singapore's donations to charities hit 10-yr high in 2011
- Afghanistan expects $4 billion in aid pledges at July conference
- Aung San Suu Kyi: a life of personal sacrifice
- Rare earth and politics
- VIDEO: Breivik trial: Closing arguments begin
- Accounting for pollution likely within a decade - group
- Traders charge Egypt big premiums for fuel shipments
- Myanmar unrest leaves 'more than 80 dead'
- Australians find huge mega-wombat graveyard
- Japan zoo hunts squirrels that fled in typhoon
- Hong Kong leader-elect sorry for illegal structure
- S. Korea, Japan, US begin drill amid N. Korea protest
- More than 80 dead in Myanmar unrest: government official
- World leaders weigh 'green' economy at Rio summit
- Asia's digital divide poses challenge for music industry
- New Zealand's 'night parrot' brought back from the brink
- VIDEO: New York heatwave as summer starts
- VIDEO: Fears rise over Cyprus bank debt
- VIDEO: US kite drama returns to Indian roots
- Exclusive - U.S. to slap "terrorist" label on Nigerian militants
| Singapore's donations to charities hit 10-yr high in 2011 Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:36 AM PDT Singapore's corporations and members of the public contributed a 10-year record high of tax deductible donations to charities with a total value of 896 million Singapore dollars (705.5 million U.S. dollars), up 15 percent compared to last year.
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| Afghanistan expects $4 billion in aid pledges at July conference Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:38 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Donor nations are likely to pledge a total of $4 billion in civilian assistance for Afghanistan at an aid conference in Japan next month, President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday. 
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| Aung San Suu Kyi: a life of personal sacrifice Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:20 AM PDT Aung San Suu Kyi's two-decade struggle has won her a place among the world's best-known voices against tyranny, but the Nobel laureate did not always appear destined for a life of political activism.
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| Posted: 21 Jun 2012 12:04 AM PDT Short-term economic benefits might not be able to cover a permanent waste management cost.
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| VIDEO: Breivik trial: Closing arguments begin Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:40 PM PDT Closing arguments begin in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted killing 77 people in two attacks in Norway last July.
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| Accounting for pollution likely within a decade - group Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:23 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Corporate and government accounting will likely reflect environmental profit and loss within a decade, thanks partly to progress made this week at a U.N. conference in Rio de Janeiro, backers of the plan told Reuters on Thursday. 
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| Traders charge Egypt big premiums for fuel shipments Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:16 PM PDT LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - Egypt's military rulers have secured record supplies of fuel worth at least $1.2 billion for the summer months, paying trading houses such as Vitol and Glencore above market prices to satisfy demand as political instability deepens. 
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| Myanmar unrest leaves 'more than 80 dead' Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT More than 80 people have been killed in a wave of communal violence in western Myanmar this month, a government official said Thursday, as local people said they still feared for their lives.
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| Australians find huge mega-wombat graveyard Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:41 PM PDT Australian scientists Thursday unveiled the biggest-ever graveyard of an ancient rhino-sized mega-wombat called diprotodon, with the site potentially holding valuable clues on the species' extinction.
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| Japan zoo hunts squirrels that fled in typhoon Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:40 PM PDT Zookeepers in Japan were Thursday hunting a group of squirrels that made a break for freedom under cover of a powerful typhoon.
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| Hong Kong leader-elect sorry for illegal structure Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:40 PM PDT Hong Kong's leader-elect on Thursday publicly apologised for an illegal glass canopy at his home, months after his election rival admitted to building an unauthorised basement.
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| S. Korea, Japan, US begin drill amid N. Korea protest Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:39 PM PDT South Korea, Japan and the United States Thursday began a joint naval exercise denounced by North Korea as a "reckless provocation".
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| More than 80 dead in Myanmar unrest: government official Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:38 PM PDT More than 80 people have been killed in a wave of communal violence in western Myanmar this month, a government official said on Thursday.
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| World leaders weigh 'green' economy at Rio summit Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:38 PM PDT World leaders attending a UN summit in Rio on Wednesday weighed steps to root out poverty and protect the environment as thousands of activists marched through the city center in protest.
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| Asia's digital divide poses challenge for music industry Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:37 PM PDT Technology is the new rock 'n' roll as smartphones and digital services transform the music industry. But for those companies helping change the way music is consumed, Asia presents big hurdles.
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| New Zealand's 'night parrot' brought back from the brink Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:32 PM PDT Flightless, slow-moving and at times more sexually attracted to humans than their own species, it's small wonder New Zealand's kakapo parrot is on the verge of extinction.
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| VIDEO: New York heatwave as summer starts Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:53 PM PDT A major heatwave is sweeping across New York as the first days of the summer begin.
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| VIDEO: Fears rise over Cyprus bank debt Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT Cyprus could be about to become the next EU country to get an emergency bailout from Brussels.
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| VIDEO: US kite drama returns to Indian roots Posted: 20 Jun 2012 11:09 PM PDT Two American filmmakers of Indian origin make a family drama set amid the sights and sounds of Ahmedabad's kite festival.
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| Exclusive - U.S. to slap "terrorist" label on Nigerian militants Posted: 20 Jun 2012 10:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is expected to formally apply a "foreign terrorist" label on Thursday to three alleged leading figures of the violent Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, officials said. 
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