French police make first arrests after Amiens riots |
- French police make first arrests after Amiens riots
- Indonesia president says corruption threatens economic growth
- Young immigrants seek to avoid deportation under new US program
- Syrian govt envoy praises China, Russia as ‘non-colonisers’
- Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat
- Japan considers deporting China activists to defuse feud - media
- Militants attack major Pakistan air base; 9 killed
- 3 killed in express bus accident
- Worldwide Q2 mobile phone sales down 2.3%
- Malaysian economy on right track of growth: Mukhriz
- Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat
- French police make first arrests after Amiens riots
- VIDEO: What next for UN's role in Syria?
- Consecrate time with family
- Singapore court awards Marcos millions to Philippine bank
- Thailand holds 'peace talks' with Muslim militants
- Vietnam officials 'seriously injured' in land row
- Severe economic challenges
- Fans cheer as Elvis's ex-wife, daughter join tribute
- South Korea's Hanwha chief jailed for four years
| French police make first arrests after Amiens riots Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:54 PM PDT PARIS, Aug 16 — French police arrested at least four people after riots this week in the northern town of Amiens in which 17 officers were injured, the first people they have detained so far, local authorities said today. A spokesperson for the local prefect's office said four people aged between 15 and 30 were detained in an overnight swoop in ... 
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| Indonesia president says corruption threatens economic growth Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:48 PM PDT JAKARTA, Aug 16 — Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said today corruption is on the rise, even in parliament, in his most explicit comments yet on a scourge that he warned threatened economic growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy. Corruption is widely seen as holding back the economy and Yudhoyono has been criticised for letting ... 
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| Young immigrants seek to avoid deportation under new US program Posted: 15 Aug 2012 09:16 PM PDT MIAMI, Aug 16 —Marlon Morraz, 19, an undocumented immigrant from Nicaragua, wasted no time in signing up for temporary legal status in the United States under the Obama administration's relaxed deportation rules that took effect on Wednesday. "Now is my chance," he said after picking up an application form at an immigration workshop hosted by a ... 
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| Syrian govt envoy praises China, Russia as ‘non-colonisers’ Posted: 15 Aug 2012 08:30 PM PDT BEIJING, Aug 16 — A Syrian government envoy praised China and Russia on their stance towards the bloody conflict engulfing her country in an interview published today during a visit to Beijing that she said would give officials a "real picture" of the crisis. Envoy Bouthaina Shaaban's interview with the state-run China Daily was the first public ... 
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| Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat Posted: 16 Aug 2012 01:01 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A passenger jet flying from New York to Moscow made an emergency landing in Iceland on Thursday after a caller claimed there was a bomb on board, a spokeswoman for Russian airline Aeroflot said. 
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| Japan considers deporting China activists to defuse feud - media Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:49 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan may deport 14 Chinese activists arrested for landing on a disputed island to try to defuse a worsening feud between Asia's two biggest economies, media and experts said on Thursday, but the risk of an escalating confrontation remains. 
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| Militants attack major Pakistan air base; 9 killed Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:28 AM PDT KAMRA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Islamist militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons fought their way into one of Pakistan's largest air bases on Thursday, the air force said, in a brazen challenge to the nuclear-armed country's powerful military. 
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| 3 killed in express bus accident Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:28 AM PDT Three passengers were killed while three others were seriously injured when an express bus lost control and turned turtle at Km121 Jalan Sandakan-Lahad Datu near Kampung Paris today.
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| Worldwide Q2 mobile phone sales down 2.3% Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:47 PM PDT Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached 419 million units in the second quarter of 2012, a 2.3 per cent decline from the second quarter of 2011, says Gartner Inc.
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| Malaysian economy on right track of growth: Mukhriz Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:02 PM PDT The Malaysian economy, which expanded at 5.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2012, is on the right growth track in the current period of uncertainties, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir said.
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| Jet on U.S.-Russia flight lands in Iceland after bomb threat Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:12 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - A passenger jet flying from New York to Moscow made an emergency landing in Iceland on Thursday after a phone call was made claiming there was a bomb on board, a spokeswoman for Russian airline Aeroflot said. 
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| French police make first arrests after Amiens riots Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:41 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - French police arrested at least four people after riots this week in the northern town of Amiens in which 17 officers were injured, the first people they have detained so far, local authorities said on Thursday. 
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| VIDEO: What next for UN's role in Syria? Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:19 AM PDT The BBC's Barbara Plett reports on the UN's future role in Syria, as the UN Security Council prepares to meet to discuss the observer mission.
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| Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT The Oxford Dictionary defines the word Consecrate as 'devote as sacred' and rightly so. We need to devote as sacred time with our family. Often time, due to our commitments, time with our family is being compromised.
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| Singapore court awards Marcos millions to Philippine bank Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Singapore's High Court has ruled that more than $23 million seized from the estate of late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos rightfully belongs to a Philippine bank.
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| Thailand holds 'peace talks' with Muslim militants Posted: 16 Aug 2012 12:00 AM PDT Thailand said Thursday it was holding peace talks with some Muslim insurgent groups in its violence-wracked south, in a policy reversal which follows a recent surge in militant attacks.
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| Vietnam officials 'seriously injured' in land row Posted: 15 Aug 2012 11:59 PM PDT Hundreds of villagers stormed a local government office in Vietnam, smashing furniture and seriously injuring two officials in connection with a land dispute, state media said Thursday.
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| Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:52 PM PDT Even worse, the general election must be held by April next year. Economic uncertainty and political chaos make the people more impatient and impetuous.
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| Fans cheer as Elvis's ex-wife, daughter join tribute Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:33 PM PDT Fans of Elvis Presley cheered as the singer's daughter and ex-wife appeared publicly at Graceland on Wednesday to thank them for their loyalty, 35 years after the music legend's death.
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| South Korea's Hanwha chief jailed for four years Posted: 15 Aug 2012 10:12 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court on Thursday jailed the head of the Hanwha Group conglomerate, one of the country's largest, for four years and sent him directly to jail, an unusually tough punishment for business leaders in the country. 
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