China says strongly opposes North Korean nuclear test

China says strongly opposes North Korean nuclear test

China says strongly opposes North Korean nuclear test

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:32 AM PST

BEIJING, Feb 12 — China said today it strongly opposed North Korea's latest nuclear test and urged its ally to abide by its non-nuclear commitment and not take any actions that would worsen the situation on the Korean peninsula. "It is China's firm stance to realise non-nuclearisation for the Korean peninsula and prevent nuclear proliferation and ...

North Korea conducts third nuclear test, sparks condemnation

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:52 PM PST

SEOUL, Feb 12 — North Korea today conducted its third-ever nuclear test, a move likely to anger its main ally China and increase international action against Pyongyang and its new young leader, Kim Jong-un. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the test, saying it was a "clear and grave violation" of UN Security Council resolutions. South ...

Gun violence victims to attend Obama’s speech to Congress

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:03 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 — US President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats in Congress are bringing victims of gun violence to his State of the Union address tonight, providing faces and voices to the carnage that he wants to curb with new firearms restrictions. About two dozen victims, including a girl from Newtown, Connecticut — site of the December 14 ...

Obama may issue order defence against cyber attacks

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 09:41 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 — US President Barack Obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order aimed at improving the nation's defences against cyber attacks as early as tomorrow, according to sources familiar with the matter. The order, drawn up after Congress failed to pass cyber defence legislation last year, is meant to improve the protection ...

Pope’s sudden resignation sends shockwaves through Church

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:36 PM PST

VATICAN CITY, Feb 12 — Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church, including his closest advisers, yesterday when he announced he would stand down in the first papal abdication in 700 years, saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to run the Church through a period of major crisis. Church officials tried to relay a climate of ...

Attacks kill 12 in Iraq’s Mosul, say sources

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:20 PM PST

MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 12 — A suicide car bomber and unidentified gunmen killed at least 12 people in the Iraqi city of Mosul yesterday, police and hospital sources said, as sectarian and ethnic tensions build ahead of elections in April. The bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives up to a military checkpoint in Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad, and ...

Syria rebels seize dam, blast on Turkish border

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 07:01 PM PST

AMMAN, Feb 12 — Rebels have captured Syria's biggest hydro-electric dam and battled army tank units near the centre of Damascus, activists said as the opposition renewed an offer yesterday to negotiate the departure of President Bashar al-Assad. On the Turkish border, nine people were killed when a car arriving from rebel-held territory in ...

North Korea conducts third nuclear test, angering U.S., Japan

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:13 AM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of U.N. resolutions, angering the United States and Japan and likely to infuriate its only major ally, China, and increase penalties against Pyongyang.

Syrian rebels prepare for push on eastern oil city

Posted: 12 Feb 2013 12:11 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels are launching a major operation to take control of the strategic eastern city of Deir al-Zor after pushing out government forces from oil-producing areas around it, a rebel commander said.

Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula denounces "crusader" French in Mali

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:36 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemen-based offshoot of Al Qaeda urged Muslims to sacrifice themselves and their money to help fend off what it called the "Crusader war" in Mali, according to a statement posted online on Tuesday.

Family love awaits weary New Year traveller

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:59 PM PST

(People's Republic of China, Yibin-AFP) - AFPTV follows one migrant worker as she travels 1,000 miles across China to spend the Lunar New Year holiday with her family. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013.

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Karpal insists Anwar will be PM

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:57 PM PST

DAP chairman Karpal Singh today reiterated that opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be made prime minister should the opposition win the upcoming general election.

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Microsoft Surface Pro review roundup

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:42 PM PST

As Microsoft's latest product, the Surface Pro, finally hits the shops, the reviews of the company's latest attempt to redefine and rescue the PC market have been rolling out and, what's more, are overwhelmingly positive.

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Filipinos hoping Tagle will be next pope

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:13 PM PST

Bishops and all Catholics in the Philippines are hoping that a Filipino will be the next pope, a senior church figure said Tuesday, as he promoted the credentials of the country's only candidate.

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China support for N. Korea to survive nuke test: analysts

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 11:08 PM PST

China is unlikely to punish troublesome ally North Korea harshly for Tuesday's nuclear test, analysts say, even though Chinese state media had warned Pyongyang of a "heavy price" if it went ahead.

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What does North Korea's nuclear test reveal?

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:28 PM PST

North Korea's nuclear test opens a rare, limited window for expert evaluation of its atomic weapons programme, with an added urgency lent by Pyongyang's claim to have detonated a "miniaturised" device.

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North Korea blast jolts Obama ahead of State of Union

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:09 PM PST

North Korea's nuclear blast thrust President Barack Obama into an alarming new overseas crisis Tuesday, at the moment he hoped to use his annual State of the Union address to focus on jobs.

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North Korea carries out third nuclear test

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 09:31 PM PST

North Korea on Tuesday staged its most powerful nuclear test yet, claiming a breakthrough with a "miniaturised" device in a striking act of defiance to global powers including its sole patron China.

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North Korea conducts third nuclear test, sparks condemnation

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:29 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third-ever nuclear test on Tuesday, a move likely to anger its main ally China and increase international action against Pyongyang and its new young leader, Kim Jong-un.

Air pollution linked to low birth weight: study

Posted: 11 Feb 2013 10:32 PM PST

For pregnant women, breathing in air pollution from vehicles, heating and coal power plants increases the risk of having a low birth weight baby, an international study said Wednesday.

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