Japan flags Chinese army's growing role as risk issue |
- Japan flags Chinese army's growing role as risk issue
- Being a parent may cut your risk of catching a cold
- Development, environmental protection and historical heritage
- S. Korea summons Japan envoy over islands claim
- Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots
- VIDEO: Beach volleyball hot ticket at Games
- Aleppo rebels say they stand firm in "regime's grave"
- Security in focus as Clinton heads to Africa
- U.N. team to tour flood-hit North Korea, no word from leader Kim
- Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots
- China to land first moon probe: state media
- Risda to follow FGVH's footstep
- Computer game aims to zap teen depression
- Moscow exhibition probes Chagall's Russian roots
- Australia smashes $500 mln Hong Kong drug ring
- 'Predictive policing' takes byte out of crime
- Getting under the skin of exiled artist Marc Chagall
- 31 July 2012
- Court rules arrest of cartoonist lawful
- Layoffs ease in Singapore
| Japan flags Chinese army's growing role as risk issue Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:04 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday flagged the Chinese army's growing role in shaping the country's foreign policy as a security risk, saying a sense of caution exists across East Asia about Beijing's apparent military expansion in the region. 
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| Being a parent may cut your risk of catching a cold Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:17 AM PDT A new study from Carnegie Mellon University in the US finds that being a parent may reduce your risk of catching a cold. Researchers attribute this to a possible link with "psychological or behavioral differences between parents and nonparents."
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| Development, environmental protection and historical heritage Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:38 PM PDT It is also why, the villagers are not only defending the cemeteries, but also a historical heritage.
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| S. Korea summons Japan envoy over islands claim Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:15 PM PDT South Korea summoned a senior Japanese diplomat Tuesday to protest his country's renewed claim to a disputed island in its latest defence white paper, the foreign ministry said.
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| Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:58 PM PDT SYDNEY, July 31 — Australian police today seized a record half a tonne of the drug ice and heroin worth up to A$500 million (RM1.6 billion) hidden in a shipment of terracotta pots from Thailand. Seven people, including four from Hong Kong, were arrested after a year-long investigation following a tip-off from US authorities, police said. The 306 ... 
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| VIDEO: Beach volleyball hot ticket at Games Posted: 30 Jul 2012 11:26 PM PDT Beach Volleyball is one of the big success stories of the modern Olympics and huge crowds have been turning out to watch games at London 2012.
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| Aleppo rebels say they stand firm in "regime's grave" Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:31 PM PDT ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - The Syrian military has stepped up its campaign to drive rebels out of Aleppo, where fighters said they were holding firm, vowing to turn the country's largest city into the "regime's grave". 
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| Security in focus as Clinton heads to Africa Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:01 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton departs this week on a trip that will take her both to Africa's newest nation, South Sudan, and on a visit to the continent's elder statesman, 94-year-old anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. 
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| U.N. team to tour flood-hit North Korea, no word from leader Kim Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:59 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - A United Nations team will visit North Korea from Tuesday to assess damage from recent floods with a view to developing an aid plan, a U.N. official said, although the North's new leadership is yet to make any detailed response to the disaster. 
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| Australia finds record drug haul among Thai terracotta pots Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:49 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police on Tuesday seized a record half a tonne of the drug ice and heroin worth up to A$500 million (334.8 million pounds) hidden in a shipment of terracotta pots from Thailand. 
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| China to land first moon probe: state media Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:20 PM PDT China will next year attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time, state media reported, in the latest project in the country's ambitious space programme.
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| Risda to follow FGVH's footstep Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:19 PM PDT The Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority (Risda) intends to follow the footsteps of Felda Global Ventures Holdings (FGVH) for listing on Bursa Malaysia in future.
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| Computer game aims to zap teen depression Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:19 PM PDT Long viewed as a contributing factor in teenage isolation, computer games are now being used to treat adolescent depression in an innovative New Zealand programme.
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| Moscow exhibition probes Chagall's Russian roots Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:18 PM PDT Once banned as "bourgeois", the work of painter Marc Chagall is enjoying a revival in the ex-Soviet Union with a new exhibition delving into the influence folk art and his Russian Jewish roots had on his work.
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| Australia smashes $500 mln Hong Kong drug ring Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:17 PM PDT Australian police have seized half a billion dollars' worth of crystal methamphetamine and heroin after smashing a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate, they said Tuesday.
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| 'Predictive policing' takes byte out of crime Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:14 PM PDT Crime fighters have long used brains and brawn, but now a new kind of technology known as "predictive policing" promises to make them more efficient.
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| Getting under the skin of exiled artist Marc Chagall Posted: 30 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT (Moscow-AFP) - Marc Chagall was one of the twentieth century's most successful artists, yet he spent most of his life exiled from Russia, considered too bourgeoisie for the USSR. Now an exhibition in Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery shines a light on the work of this artist, once banished from the country. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Court rules arrest of cartoonist lawful Posted: 30 Jul 2012 09:12 PM PDT The High Court here today ruled that the arrest and detention of cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar, popularly known as Zunar, by police two years ago was lawful.
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| Posted: 30 Jul 2012 08:53 PM PDT Employment creation strengthened in the second quarter of 2012 in Singapore, while layoffs eased for the second successive quarter.
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