China's single women compete for love and riches |
- China's single women compete for love and riches
- N. Korea launches rare attack on Chinese company
- Compensate businesses in event of water crisis: Ikhlas
- 35 years on, Voyager 'dancing on edge' of outer space
- Bring your own
- China pledges free movement in tense sea as Clinton visits
- 8 injured in central China cave-in
- Checks and balances
- Astro, Maxis to roll out consumer packages by year-end
- Demand spurs need for 28,000 aircraft over next 20 years
- S. Korea MPs urge physical castration for repeat rapists (UPDATED)
- VIDEO: Michelle fires up Obama faithful
- Taiwan president cleared in row over costly musical
- Cathay bans shark fin from cargo flights
- US university at forefront of design for the deaf
- Pakistan conflict fuels marijuana boom
- Film star glitz at Venice film festival
- Global youth unemployment to worsen: ILO
- UN welcomes Brahimi as new envoy, urging end to Syrian violence
- Worldwide economic prospects take toll on Asia Pacific outlook
| China's single women compete for love and riches Posted: 05 Sep 2012 12:12 AM PDT Young Chinese women in swishy dresses and strappy sandals sit in a row clutching forms that list their weight and measurements as they wait for an interview with the "appearance consultant".
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| N. Korea launches rare attack on Chinese company Posted: 05 Sep 2012 12:10 AM PDT North Korea on Wednesday launched a rare attack on a Chinese company which had denounced the communist state over a troubled joint venture deal.
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| Compensate businesses in event of water crisis: Ikhlas Posted: 05 Sep 2012 12:03 AM PDT The Selangor government must compensate business operators for losses incurred if a water crisis occurs in the state, said the president of Ikhlas, Mohd Ridzuan Abdullah.
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| 35 years on, Voyager 'dancing on edge' of outer space Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:57 PM PDT NASA's Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is nearing the outer boundary of the solar system and may already be "dancing on the edge" of outer space, the experts behind the pioneering craft said.
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| Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:51 PM PDT A Chinese parent carrying a desk as a child carries a stool before starting the first day of school in a village in central China's Hubei province, where more than 3,000 other students have to bring their own desks to school.
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| China pledges free movement in tense sea as Clinton visits Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:45 PM PDT China promised Wednesday to ensure freedom of navigation in the tense South China Sea and told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton it was willing to work on a code of conduct to manage disputes.
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| 8 injured in central China cave-in Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:34 PM PDT Eight construction workers were injured and another one remained trapped after a furniture market under construction collapsed in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday, company sources confirmed.
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| Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:33 PM PDT Some people stand on the moral high ground of democracy and rashly categorise those who are not in the same group with them as traitors and lackeys. They do not know that democracy is not about labeling others and criticism is not about calling names. On the contrary, democracy stresses on facts and reasoning, and criticism emphasises on tolerance and respect.
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| Astro, Maxis to roll out consumer packages by year-end Posted: 04 Sep 2012 11:02 PM PDT Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd and Maxis Bhd, which entered into a partnership today to provide the best of Astro TV and radio, high-speed broadband and voice to Malaysians, are to roll out their first phase consumer packages by year-end.
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| Demand spurs need for 28,000 aircraft over next 20 years Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:46 PM PDT Airbus' latest Global Market Forecast has identified the need for 28,200 passengers and freighters aircraft of 100 seats or more between 2012 and 2031 worth nearly US$4 trillion, reconfirming an upward trend in the pace of new aircraft deliveries.
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| S. Korea MPs urge physical castration for repeat rapists (UPDATED) Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:57 PM PDT A group of 20 South Korean lawmakers introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow for the physical castration of repeat sex offenders, amid public outrage at a spate of brutal sex crimes.
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| VIDEO: Michelle fires up Obama faithful Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:33 PM PDT US First Lady Michelle Obama has made an impassioned speech backing her husband, President Barack Obama, at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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| Taiwan president cleared in row over costly musical Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:15 PM PDT Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou and two top aides were cleared of wrongdoing in a controversy over a musical that cost millions of dollars in public money but was staged only twice, officials said Wednesday.
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| Cathay bans shark fin from cargo flights Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:13 PM PDT Cathay Pacific said Tuesday it would no longer carry unsustainably sourced shark products on its cargo flights, dealing a blow to Hong Kong's huge shark fin industry.
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| US university at forefront of design for the deaf Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:12 PM PDT With a funny anecdote, college football player Tony Tatum recently sparked a rousing round of applause. The only thing is, you couldn't hear much clapping. But you could see it.
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| Pakistan conflict fuels marijuana boom Posted: 04 Sep 2012 10:07 PM PDT Jam Bazaar in Pakistan is cramped with guns, pistols and marijuana, living proof of a booming market in what hawkers call the best medicine or "black gold" in the world.
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| Film star glitz at Venice film festival Posted: 04 Sep 2012 09:43 PM PDT (Italy-AFP) - A day at the red carpet of the 69th Venice film festival, from early morning to late at night, from die-hard fans, to the cleaners, drivers, journalists and photographers, film stars and guest. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Global youth unemployment to worsen: ILO Posted: 04 Sep 2012 09:07 PM PDT Unemployment rates among young people will increase to 12.9 percent by 2017, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in its latest report.
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| UN welcomes Brahimi as new envoy, urging end to Syrian violence Posted: 04 Sep 2012 08:48 PM PDT The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday welcomed veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi as UN-Arab League joint special representative on Syria and repeated calls for an end to violence in the conflict-torn country.
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| Worldwide economic prospects take toll on Asia Pacific outlook Posted: 04 Sep 2012 08:18 PM PDT Economic disruption, including possible recession in the U.S., the Eurozone crisis and the slowing of expansion in China have taken a toll on the confidence of CEOs in the Asia-Pacific region.
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