Japan PM Abe wants to replace landmark war apology - paper

Japan PM Abe wants to replace landmark war apology - paper

Japan PM Abe wants to replace landmark war apology - paper

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:51 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to replace a landmark 1995 apology for suffering caused in Asia during World War Two with an unspecified "forward-looking statement", a newspaper reported on Monday.

Ministry to launch RM100 mln oil palm replanting scheme Jan 1, 2013

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 12:47 AM PST

The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities will launch the Oil Palm Replanting Scheme starting Jan 1, 2013 with an allocation of RM100 million.

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Turkey, jailed Kurdish militant discuss disarmament - paper

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:03 PM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish intelligence officials have discussed the prospect of Kurdish militants disarming in talks with their jailed leader aimed at ending a conflict which has killed more than 40,000 people, a newspaper said on Monday.

VIDEO: Chavez suffers new complications

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:41 PM PST

The ailing Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, has suffered further complications after cancer surgery in Cuba.

China academics urge reform, warn of violence

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:54 PM PST

A group of Chinese intellectuals has called on the government to implement urgent political reforms and respect human rights or risk "violent revolution".

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Philippines fireworks injuries rise before New Year

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:08 PM PST

Philippine officials Monday reported more injuries from fireworks as the emergency services braced for a night of thunderous and sometimes deadly merrymaking to usher in the new year.

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2013 trend: dual-identity smartphones

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:06 PM PST

From next year, manufacturers will be incorporating processors that allow users to separate their business life from their personal life, or their personal life from their very personal life.

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Most women are 'in the dark' about pregnancy weight gain: study

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:05 PM PST

A new study finds that many women are in the dark as to how much weight they should gain during pregnancy.

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Be on the alert for these cyberthreats -- in 2014

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:05 PM PST

Murder by smartphone, bankruptcy via NFC or an automated military attack via malware are just some of the cyberthreats people should be on the alert for by 2014.

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In Indian student's gang rape, murder, two worlds collide

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:36 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One of hundreds of attacks reported in New Delhi each year, the brutal gang rape and murder of a young medical student in a private bus this month caught authorities and political parties flat-footed, slow to appreciate it had become symbolic of all the others.

An ambitious media practitioner

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:43 PM PST

The last day of 2012 is a day of farewell, a day to wave goodbye.

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Al Qaeda in Yemen offers bounty for U.S. ambassador

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:10 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemen-based branch of al Qaeda has offered a bounty for anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador to Yemen or an American soldier in the impoverished Arab state, a group that monitors Islamist websites said.

In Indian student's gang rape, murder, two worlds collide

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:53 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One of hundreds of attacks reported in New Delhi each year, the brutal gang rape and murder of a young medical student in a private bus this month caught authorities and political parties flat-footed, slow to appreciate it had become symbolic of all the others.

S. Korea approves restart of troubled nuclear reactor

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:05 PM PST

South Korea's nuclear watchdog on Monday approved the restarting of one of three reactors shut down for safety reasons, easing fears of power shortages during the harsh winter.

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VIDEO: Hillary Clinton has blood clot

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been admitted to hospital in New York with a blood clot, officials say.

VIDEO: Mascots schooled in Japan

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:06 PM PST

There is a mini-boom in the use of mascots in Japan and one woman is making it her mission to ensure they are of a high quality.

VIDEO: Local government reforms in Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:17 PM PST

In the troubled province of Helmand, Afghanistan, local government reform has been a notable success.

Dried squash holds headless French king's blood: study

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:28 PM PST

Two centuries after the French people beheaded Louis XVI and dipped their handkerchiefs in his blood, scientists believe they have authenticated the remains of one such rag kept as a revolutionary souvenir.

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India gang-rape victim's family want killers executed

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:26 PM PST

The family of a murdered Indian gang-rape victim will not rest until her killers are hanged, her brother said in an interview published on Monday.

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Cambodia battles to save rare Mekong dolphins

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:24 PM PST

The sight of two dolphins twisting playfully in the murky waters of the Mekong river elicits barely-stifled squeals of delight from a boatload of eco-tourists.

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