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- Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart
- Malaysia a perfect training ground to manage diversity: Nazir
- Philippine officers fired in Arroyo copter case
- Haze: Outpatient dept must enhance operations
- VIDEO: Mexico's bullet-proof car business boom
- VIDEO: Syria 'lacks willingness' for peace
- Japan approves 2 reactor restarts, more seen ahead
- Egypt starts voting in run-off presidential vote
- Stuntman Nik Wallenda completes tightrope walk across Niagara Falls
- VIDEO: Japan PM Noda orders nuclear restart
- Liu Yang: China's first female astronaut
- Japan approves 2 reactor restarts, more seen ahead
- Egypt starts voting in run-off presidential vote
- VIDEO: Obama ends young migrant deportations
- VIDEO: Egyptians vote in election run off
- Canadian sisters found dead in Thai resort
- Fairytale world at Belgium sand sculpture festival
- Bollywood glitz comes to Singapore
- Tightrope
- 6 teenage Nepali girls commit suicide after failing in School Leaving Certificate exams
| Work begins on controversial Japan nuclear restart Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:27 AM PDT Japan started work to put nuclear reactors back online Saturday, despite public distrust of the technology after last year's meltdowns at Fukushima, the world's worst atomic accident since Chernobyl.
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| Malaysia a perfect training ground to manage diversity: Nazir Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:26 AM PDT Malaysia is a perfect training ground to learn how to champion and manage diversity of its people, said CIMB Group Holdings Bhd Group Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Nazir Tun Razak.
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| Philippine officers fired in Arroyo copter case Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:21 AM PDT Ten Philippine officers were fired and charged with graft for their role in the police purchase of two helicopters allegedly owned by then president Gloria Arroyo's husband, the government said Saturday.
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| Haze: Outpatient dept must enhance operations Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:04 AM PDT All outpatient departments at government hospitals are asked to enhance services and operations as respiratory and eye problems are expected to rise with the return of the haze.
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| VIDEO: Mexico's bullet-proof car business boom Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:50 AM PDT Mexico has seen an explosion of violence in recent years as gangs fight over trafficking routes and territories.
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| VIDEO: Syria 'lacks willingness' for peace Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:25 AM PDT The head of the UN team of observers in Syria says that escalating violence is limiting the mission's ability to operate.
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| Japan approves 2 reactor restarts, more seen ahead Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:51 PM PDT TOKYO, June 16 — Japan on Saturday approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on line after they were all shut down following the Fukushima crisis. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, his popularity ratings sagging, had backed the restarts for some time. He announced the ... 
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| Egypt starts voting in run-off presidential vote Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:13 PM PDT CAIRO, June 16 — Egyptians began voting today in a run-off presidential election that offers them a stark choice between a conservative Islamist and a former top military officer who was the last prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. It is a novelty for ordinary Egyptians, who are choosing their leader for the first time in a history ... 
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| Stuntman Nik Wallenda completes tightrope walk across Niagara Falls Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:07 PM PDT NIAGARA FALLS, New York, June 16 — Aerialist Nik Wallenda made a historic tightrope crossing over Niagara Falls today, stepping onto safe ground in Canada to wild cheers after completing his journey through wind and mist on a (5-cm) cable. Wallenda, a member of the famed "Flying Wallendas" family of aerialists, took a little more than 25 minutes ... 
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| VIDEO: Japan PM Noda orders nuclear restart Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:21 AM PDT Japan has announced that it will restart two nuclear reactors - the first to go back online since all the country's plants were closed following last year's Fukushima crisis.
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| Liu Yang: China's first female astronaut Posted: 16 Jun 2012 12:13 AM PDT As a child, Liu Yang had her sights set on becoming a lawyer and once wished to be a bus conductor, but decades later she is preparing to travel to space as China's first ever female astronaut.
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| Japan approves 2 reactor restarts, more seen ahead Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:17 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Saturday approved the resumption of nuclear power operations at two reactors despite mass public opposition, the first to come back on line after they were all shut down following the Fukushima crisis. 
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| Egypt starts voting in run-off presidential vote Posted: 15 Jun 2012 11:10 PM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians began voting on Saturday in a run-off presidential election that offers them a stark choice between a conservative Islamist and a former top military officer who was the last prime minister of ousted President Hosni Mubarak. 
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| VIDEO: Obama ends young migrant deportations Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:43 PM PDT US President Barack Obama has announced plans to end the deportation of illegal immigrants who came to the US as children.
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| VIDEO: Egyptians vote in election run off Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:47 PM PDT Egyptians begin voting in a two-day run-off election to choose their first freely-elected president.
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| Canadian sisters found dead in Thai resort Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:58 PM PDT The bodies of two Canadian sisters have been found in a hotel room on the popular tourist resort island of Phi Phi, Thai police told AFP Saturday, without revealing the suspected cause of death.
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| Fairytale world at Belgium sand sculpture festival Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:55 PM PDT The Belgian seaside resort of Blankenberge is hosting the world's biggest sand sculpture festival under the banner "Once upon a time in Dreamland", bringing to life fairy tale characters from, among others, the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Walt Disney, J.K. Rowling and Astrid Lindgren. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Bollywood glitz comes to Singapore Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:31 PM PDT The who's who of Indian cinema is in Singapore to attend Bollywood's glitziest annual knees up, the International Indian Film Academy weekend. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:29 PM PDT Aerialist Nik Wallenda, 33, tightropes across the 1,800 foot 2 inch-wide wire over the Niagara Falls, New York, the first person to have done so.
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| 6 teenage Nepali girls commit suicide after failing in School Leaving Certificate exams Posted: 15 Jun 2012 10:24 PM PDT At least six teenage girls have committed suicide across Nepal in the past three days after failing to pass the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination, whose results were published Wednesday evening.
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