VIDEO: Khan Academy reinvents distance education |
- VIDEO: Khan Academy reinvents distance education
- China forcing refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: report
- Michael Jackson's convicted doctor wishes he testified - lawyers
- Japan parliament passes sales tax rise; ruling party splits
- Ukraine court hears Tymoshenko appeal
- Learn to dance like a K-pop star
- WHSmith to open first Asian store in KLIA
- Najib congratulates Morsi on election victory
- Malaysian economy to stay vibrant in Q2: Stats Dept
- Women's rights law no match for Kurdistan tradition
- The abuse of freedom
- China warns EU against potential trade sanctions
- Husband in China forced abortion 'missing': family
- Bus fall from Nepal mountain road kills 10
- Austria backs towards closer Europe in debt crisis
- Final beam placed on World Trade Center building
- British police use smartphone App to snare rioters
- PM Noda faces crucial test in Japan sales tax vote
- Staff at S. Korea news agency end three-month strike
- Teens favor facetime over Facebook, US survey finds
| VIDEO: Khan Academy reinvents distance education Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:22 AM PDT Sumi Das reports on the Khan Academy which attracts more students each week than the Open University has had in its entire history.
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| China forcing refugees back to Myanmar conflict zone: report Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:36 AM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities are forcing back into Myanmar some of the ethnic Kachin refugees who have fled into China trying to escape civil war, and Beijing is denying basic care to many who remain, a human rights group said on Tuesday. 
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| Michael Jackson's convicted doctor wishes he testified - lawyers Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:35 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The physician convicted of killing Michael Jackson regrets not testifying on his own behalf while on trial last year, two defence lawyers said on Monday after visiting the jailed doctor on the third anniversary of the pop star's death. 
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| Japan parliament passes sales tax rise; ruling party splits Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:25 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda won on Tuesday lower house approval for his signature tax-increase plan, but enough ruling party rebels rejected the plan to threaten a break-up of the party which could trigger an early election. 
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| Ukraine court hears Tymoshenko appeal Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:09 AM PDT KIEV (Reuters) - Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday sought to have her conviction for alleged abuse-of-office overturned even as authorities readied other serious charges against her. 
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| Learn to dance like a K-pop star Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:39 AM PDT (Seoul-AFP) - South Korean pop music -- or K-pop -- has in the past decade drawn a massive fan base across Asia, and its influence continues to spread as it finds more fans in the West. But it takes a lot more than good looks and a great voice to make it as a K-pop star, and dance schools in Seoul are offering young men and women the chance to learn the latest K-pop dance moves. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| WHSmith to open first Asian store in KLIA Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:33 PM PDT Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi airports will be home to iconic United Kingdom-based retailer WHSmith when its first stores in Asia open their doors later this year.
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| Najib congratulates Morsi on election victory Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:25 PM PDT Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak congratulated the newly elected Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on his victory in the recent presidential election.
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| Malaysian economy to stay vibrant in Q2: Stats Dept Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:14 PM PDT Malaysia's economy is expected to remain vibrant in the second half of this year driven by strong domestic demand, says Statistics Department of Malaysia Chief Statistician Dr Abdul Rahman Hasan.
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| Women's rights law no match for Kurdistan tradition Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:07 AM PDT In June 2011, Iraqi Kurdistan passed a landmark law that criminalised female circumcision and domestic violence, but one year on, activists remain frustrated with its patchwork implementation.
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| Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:57 PM PDT It is even worse if we blindly indulge in the democratic ideal, but strangle the democratic spirit of tolerance!
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| China warns EU against potential trade sanctions Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:57 PM PDT Beijing on Tuesday warned the European Union that EU firms would suffer if it decides to take action against companies in China's solar and telecommunications sectors due to trade rows.
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| Husband in China forced abortion 'missing': family Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:41 PM PDT The husband of a Chinese woman whose forced abortion seven months into her pregnancy caused an uproar has disappeared, a relative said Tuesday, adding her family is being harassed on a daily basis.
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| Bus fall from Nepal mountain road kills 10 Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:33 PM PDT A speeding bus plunged off a mountain road in western Nepal into a deep ravine on Tuesday killing 10 people, police said -- the latest in a string of deadly accidents on the country's highways.
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| Austria backs towards closer Europe in debt crisis Posted: 25 Jun 2012 11:00 PM PDT VIENNA (Reuters) - Under fire from right-wing nationalists for helping out euro zone laggards, Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter stood before parliament this month to say why Europeans had to stick together. 
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| Final beam placed on World Trade Center building Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:48 PM PDT A final steel beam has been placed on World Trade Center Tower 4 ahead of its inauguration next year, making it the first rebuilt structure at the site of the September 11 attacks to be topped off.
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| British police use smartphone App to snare rioters Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:46 PM PDT British police on Tuesday loaded almost 3,000 images onto a smartphone App and invited the public to help them identify people suspected of taking part in last year's London riots.
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| PM Noda faces crucial test in Japan sales tax vote Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:45 PM PDT Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was Tuesday facing a sizable mutiny from his fractious party that could threaten his government, as lawmakers readied to vote on controversial tax bills.
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| Staff at S. Korea news agency end three-month strike Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:44 PM PDT Hundreds of journalists at South Korea's leading news agency have ended a three-month strike called to demand fair reporting free of political pressure, a union spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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| Teens favor facetime over Facebook, US survey finds Posted: 25 Jun 2012 10:43 PM PDT For all the time they spend online, and it's a lot, nearly half of US teenagers say they'd much rather spend time with friends in the real world, a major survey published Tuesday indicated.
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