Exclusive: North Korea's Kim Jong-un asked for China trip - source |
- Exclusive: North Korea's Kim Jong-un asked for China trip - source
- Even more brutal leader takes over Mexico's Zetas
- Police: Insurgents kidnap, kill 3 Afghan soldiers
- Greek hopes of reform leeway face test in Berlin
- Report: Iran opposition leader has cardiac tests
- Vietnam jails bank director in finance probe
- Lance Armstrong Watches "Hero Status", Endorsement Potential Fade into Oblivion
- China deports Myanmar refugees amid fighting - group
- Australia's Victoria state bans coal seam gas "fracking"
- VIDEO: Kites used to monitor Beijing pollution
- Mitt Romney, John Kerry and Italians all Like To Save Taxes
- This Is What 'Dark Souls' On PC Looks Like Modded At 1080P With 16XAA
- Three Takeaways: Obama Launches Text Donations
- What Game Is Lance Armstrong Playing By Giving In To Doping Charges?
- Cholera outbreak worsens in Sierra Leone
- Students clash with police in Chile
- Rare adult immune disease in Asia
- Official: Armstrong faces ban, titles' loss
- VIDEO: The runaway 'accidental' millionaire
- VIDEO: The runaway 'accidental' millionaire
| Exclusive: North Korea's Kim Jong-un asked for China trip - source Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:20 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing next month to meet China's outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters on Friday.
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| Even more brutal leader takes over Mexico's Zetas Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:57 PM PDT
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| Police: Insurgents kidnap, kill 3 Afghan soldiers Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:03 PM PDT Police say insurgents have kidnapped three Afghan soldiers and another man from a bus in eastern Afghanistan and killed all four.
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| Greek hopes of reform leeway face test in Berlin Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:17 PM PDT
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| Report: Iran opposition leader has cardiac tests Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT An Iranian news agency is reporting the country's main opposition leader has returned home after medical examinations for a heart ailment.
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| Vietnam jails bank director in finance probe Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:14 PM PDT Domestic stock market slides $4bn after head of one of nation's largest banks arrested for violating state regulations.
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| Lance Armstrong Watches "Hero Status", Endorsement Potential Fade into Oblivion Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:09 PM PDT Ironically in the end, the man that fought ascending mountainous roads with his legs, and the man that fought cancer with all his heart and soul, decided not to wage further battle in a fight to clear his name against accusations of Performance Enhancing Drug (PED) use dating back to [...]
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| China deports Myanmar refugees amid fighting - group Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:20 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has forcibly returned scores of ethnic Kachins who have fled Myanmar because of civil war, putting them at risk of armed violence and abuse by Myanmar's army, a human rights group said on Friday. Up to 10,000 Kachins have sought refuge in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan after fighting between the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and Myanmar's government flared up in the middle of 2011 following a 17-year truce, according to aid groups. Diplomats say the conflict in Kachin state is one of the biggest tests for Myanmar's new civilian government's reform ...
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| Australia's Victoria state bans coal seam gas "fracking" Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:45 PM PDT PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's southeastern state of Victoria on Friday put a hold on hydraulic fracturing, a technique used to produce hard-to-reach gas deposits, and a halt on new coal seam gas exploration licenses.
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| VIDEO: Kites used to monitor Beijing pollution Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:37 PM PDT Two students from the US are trying to raise awareness of pollution by conducting workshops for Beijing residents on how to build air quality sensors.
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| Mitt Romney, John Kerry and Italians all Like To Save Taxes Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:19 PM PDT Photo credit: Wikipedia It's hard to believe Mitt Romney thought his attempts to halt the endless clamoring for his tax returns would succeed. Even for less wealthy candidates, public interest in candidate tax positions is hardly uncharted territory. Taxes and politics have always been linked, causing no end of sensitivities on both sides [...]
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| This Is What 'Dark Souls' On PC Looks Like Modded At 1080P With 16XAA Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:55 PM PDT Video Well I have to hand it to Neogaf's Durante who spent the last week preparing a fix for the PC version of Dark Souls which allows a higher internal resolution and a much better looking experience. The fix is detailed here. It's easy to implement, apparently, but as Durante points out it's [...]
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| Three Takeaways: Obama Launches Text Donations Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT The big news out of campaign land today was that the President Obama's campaign began accepting donations via text message. The launch was significant in that Obama's campaign became the first ever in the U.S. to try this new form of donation collection. While news reports today may have framed text donations [...]
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| What Game Is Lance Armstrong Playing By Giving In To Doping Charges? Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:05 PM PDT Cyclist Lance Armstrong visiting the NIH (National Institutes of Health). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Lance Armstrong announced Thursday night that he would not fight charges brought by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that he used performance-enhancing drugs. But it's far from a declaration of defeat by the seven-time Tour de France winner. In declining [...]
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| Cholera outbreak worsens in Sierra Leone Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:52 PM PDT At least 217 dead and about 12,000 cases reported, as Oxfam says disease had reached almost double emergency thresholds.
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| Students clash with police in Chile Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:08 PM PDT At least 113 students arrested after thousands clashed with police on Santiago's streets demanding better education.
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| Rare adult immune disease in Asia Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:55 PM PDT Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have identified a new disease among people in Asia that causes AIDS-like symptoms but is not associated with HIV.
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| Official: Armstrong faces ban, titles' loss Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:09 PM PDT Lance Armstrong called it quits late Thursday in his battle to end an investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, a move that will most likely mean a lifetime ban for the seven-time Tour de France champion.
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| VIDEO: The runaway 'accidental' millionaire Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:50 PM PDT A New Zealand man, dubbed the 'accidental millionaire', has been sentenced to more than four and a half years in jail for theft.
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| VIDEO: The runaway 'accidental' millionaire Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:50 PM PDT A New Zealand man, dubbed the 'accidental millionaire', has been sentenced to more than four and a half years in jail for theft.
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