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- VIDEO: Austrian village 'cloned' in China
- NASA 'space drink' found to smooth wrinkles and erase sun spots
- Air rage granny fined for punching passenger
- Cambodia 'to deport' notorious Russian paedophile
- Guessing game
- China says only it has right to monitor air pollution
- New Singapore carrier uses iPads to cut fuel cost
- VIDEO: FIFA concerns over painkillers
- Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan
- Japan PM urged to be cautious about nuclear restarts
- Seoul officials urged to dress down to beat the heat
- Pilot takes off on first solar-powered intercontinental trip
- Last minute guide to Euro 2012 championship
- From Hiroshima to Hawaii, artist Teraoka looks to Asia
- A new lease on life for Italy's last cowboys
- Rise of natural gas to prominence in global energy markets
- Dr M remains cool over Kit Siang's claim of financial scandals
- Rally probe panel holds second meeting
- China state papers warn US strategy risks rifts
- Lawyer sentenced to record 12 years in insider case
| VIDEO: Austrian village 'cloned' in China Posted: 05 Jun 2012 12:43 AM PDT The Alpine village of Hallstatt in the Austrian Alps has been recreated in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.
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| NASA 'space drink' found to smooth wrinkles and erase sun spots Posted: 05 Jun 2012 12:13 AM PDT The media has been buzzing this week about a NASA antioxidant-packed "space drink" that could smooth wrinkles and reverse sun spots. Science fiction or the fountain of youth?
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| Air rage granny fined for punching passenger Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:45 PM PDT A drunken grandmother who punched a passenger in the face on a Qantas flight to New Zealand was Tuesday ordered to pay the cost of the aircraft having to return to Melbourne.
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| Cambodia 'to deport' notorious Russian paedophile Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:45 PM PDT A Russian paedophile controversially pardoned in Cambodia's largest-known child sex scandal will be deported after he was arrested at the home of a teenage girl, police said Tuesday.
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| Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:43 PM PDT In short, as long as the Prime Minister does not announce the dissolution of the Parliament, the tiring guessing game will go on. After all, the mixture of true and false is not something unusual in politics.
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| China says only it has right to monitor air pollution Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:57 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official demanded on Tuesday that foreign embassies stop issuing air pollution readings, saying it was against the law and diplomatic conventions, in pointed criticism of a closely watched U.S. embassy index. 
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| New Singapore carrier uses iPads to cut fuel cost Posted: 04 Jun 2012 11:02 PM PDT Singapore's new long-haul budget carrier Scoot has taken off for the first time, using a novel way of saving fuel -- by replacing its in-built TVs with iPads.
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| VIDEO: FIFA concerns over painkillers Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:34 PM PDT Fifa's chief medical officer has said the "abuse" of painkillers is putting the careers and long-term health of international footballers in jeopardy.
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| Top al Qaeda strategist may have been killed in Pakistan Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:07 PM PDT PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Reuters) - Abu Yahya al-Libi, one of al Qaeda's top strategists and seen as the most prominent figure in the network after leader Ayman al Zawahri, may have been killed in a drone strike in northwest Pakistan, Pakistani intelligence officials said on Tuesday. 
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| Japan PM urged to be cautious about nuclear restarts Posted: 04 Jun 2012 09:50 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly a third of Japan's ruling party lawmakers are petitioning Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to be cautious about restarting nuclear reactors given safety concerns after last year's earthquake and tsunami, an organiser said on Tuesday. 
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| Seoul officials urged to dress down to beat the heat Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:40 PM PDT City hall officials in the South Korean capital Seoul are being urged to take off suits and don shorts to beat the heat during an energy-saving drive this summer.
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| Pilot takes off on first solar-powered intercontinental trip Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:22 PM PDT A Swiss adventurer took off Tuesday into the night skies above Madrid and headed for Rabat on the world's first intercontinental flight in a solar-powered plane.
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| Last minute guide to Euro 2012 championship Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:21 PM PDT (Poland-AFP) - No Euro 2012 tickets? No hotel? No idea how to get around? AFPTV has some top tips for football fans heading to Poland and Ukraine at the last minutes for the European football championship. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| From Hiroshima to Hawaii, artist Teraoka looks to Asia Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:18 PM PDT Japanese-born artist Masami Teraoka remembers the bombing of Hiroshima as the day when he saw two suns rising -- one in the east as usual, the other an orb burning eerily in the west.
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| A new lease on life for Italy's last cowboys Posted: 04 Jun 2012 10:15 PM PDT A few dozen horsemen roam the hills and plains of central Italy as the last of the "butteri" cow herders, proudly holding onto a tradition that has survived for 500 years.
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| Rise of natural gas to prominence in global energy markets Posted: 04 Jun 2012 07:57 PM PDT The historic shift of global energy markets toward increased use of natural gas will create new opportunities for economic growth and environmental progress, Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, said today.
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| Dr M remains cool over Kit Siang's claim of financial scandals Posted: 04 Jun 2012 07:48 PM PDT Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he was unperturbed by the claim of DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang that the truth would be out about all the alleged financial scandals during his 22-year premiership if Pakatan Rakyat forms the federal government at the next general election.
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| Rally probe panel holds second meeting Posted: 04 Jun 2012 07:40 PM PDT CID deputy director Datuk Abu Samah Mat today gave a briefing at the second meeting of the Bersih 3.0 rally independent probe panel which was short of two members who declined appointment citing health reasons and pressure of work, respectively.
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| China state papers warn US strategy risks rifts Posted: 04 Jun 2012 08:15 PM PDT BEIJING, June 5 — China's top newspapers warned today that the United States' plans to bolster its naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region threaten to widen rifts between the two big powers. The warnings came in the People's Daily – the main newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party – and Liberation Army Daily – the main paper of the nation's ... 
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| Lawyer sentenced to record 12 years in insider case Posted: 04 Jun 2012 07:57 PM PDT NEW YORK, June 5 — A lawyer whose inside information the government alleged fueled a 17-year-long insider trading scheme was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in federal prison, the longest term ever meted out in an insider trading case. The sentence of lawyer Matthew Kluger, who worked at some of the most prestigious law firms in the country, is ... 
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