VIDEO: Ethiopia welcomes first Dreamliner

VIDEO: Ethiopia welcomes first Dreamliner

VIDEO: Ethiopia welcomes first Dreamliner

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:30 AM PDT

Ethiopia has become the second country after Japan to take delivery of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.


VIDEO: Long Tan memorial erected in Australia

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 02:54 PM PDT

Of all the gruesome conflicts of the Vietnam war, the battle of Long Tan is etched deeply in Australians' memories.


PPP proposes renaming of badminton stadium

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 12:04 AM PDT

The People's Progressive Party (PPP) has suggested that Stadium Badminton Cheras here be renamed Stadium Badminton Punch Gunalan.

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Palanival disappointed PSC not recruiting top Indian students

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:48 PM PDT

MIC President Datuk Seri G. Palanivel today expressed disappointment over the Public Services Commission's (PSC) recruitment statement of 21 graduates with first class honours, as no top Indian students were recruited.

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Royal Bengal tigers suffering from starvation

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:33 PM PDT

Many Royal Bengal tigers in the mangroves on Sunderbans are suffering from starvation, said an Alipore zoo official in the capital of Indian's eastern state of West Bengal.

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US has much to learn from Sikhs: Harvard professor

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:19 PM PDT

As the Sikh community in the United States is recovering from the Wisconsin temple tragedy, a Harvard professor said Sikhs have emerged as a role model for Americans who can learn from the dignity and generosity of the community, Press Trust of India reported.

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Thousands flee Syria, Damascus diarrhoea outbreak, says UN

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:21 PM PDT

GENEVA, Aug 18 — Syrians are pouring across the borders to escape fighting in their homeland and diarrhoeal disease has broken out in rural areas near Damascus, UN aid agencies said on Friday. More than 170,000 Syrians have been registered in the neighbouring countries of Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, the UN refugee agency said. Some 3,500 ...

Typhoon Kai-Tak wreaks havoc in S China province

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:42 PM PDT

More than 700 villagers in Qinzhou, a city in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, have been trapped in their homes by typhoon-triggered flooding, the local government said Saturday.

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Australia 'preparing' for Assange extradition to US

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:35 PM PDT

Australia confirmed Saturday that its diplomatic post in Washington had been preparing for Julian Assange's possible extradition to the US but played it down as "contingency planning".

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Total Recall gets red carpet treatment in London

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:32 PM PDT

(Britain-AFP) - Futuristic action film Total Recall received its UK premiere in London's Leicester Square on Thursday. Starring Colin Farrell and Kate Beckinsale, it's a remake of Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1990 classic of the same name. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Anwar to retire if he loses next polls

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:12 PM PDT

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim plans to end his 30-year political career if he fails to unseat Prime Minister Najib Razak at the next election, he said.

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Miss World beauty queens in China desert city

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:05 PM PDT

Beauty queens from all over the planet made final preparations to compete for the Miss World title Saturday in a Chinese mining city on the edge of the Gobi desert.

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Taiwan: Japan 'furtively occupying' disputed islands

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Taiwan has accused Japan of "furtively occupying" disputed islands in the East China Sea which are at the centre of a territorial row between Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei.

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Muslims embrace fast-breaking festival in NW China

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:42 PM PDT

After a month of fasting, hundreds of thousands of Muslims in northwest China's Qinghai Province went to mosques to celebrate the end of Ramadan on Saturday.

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VIDEO: Online entertainment boom in Dubai

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 11:10 PM PDT

Online companies are looking at ways of boosting their business during Ramadan, by offering more internet viewing services.


VIDEO: Can agreement be found on Assange?‎

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT

Foreign ministers from across the American continent will meet next Friday to discuss the impasse between the UK and Ecuador over Julian Assange.


China's Wen urges North Korea to let the market help revamp economy

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:50 PM PDT

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Premier Wen Jiabao encouraged North Korea to allow "market mechanisms" help revamp its economy, state media said on Saturday, and laid down other pre-conditions as China tries to wean its impoverished ally off its dependence on Chinese aid.

Graffiti

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:13 PM PDT

A view of the outdoor graffiti art exhibit 5 Pointz in Long Island City, New York. 5 Pointz is considered the world's premiere graffiti Mecca,, where aerosol artists from around the world paint on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building.

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World economy depends on Asia: Unctad

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:04 PM PDT

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) says the global economy situation will likely to depend more on Asia and the Asean Economic Community (AEC), Thai News Agency reported.

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Thailand faces ageing population

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:04 PM PDT

Thai former deputy prime minister Kosit Panpiumrat has warned that Thailand's population is ageing as the percentage of the elderly has increased and people of working age is declining, Thai News Agency reported.

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