Court ruling deals blow to gay rights in Singapore |
- Court ruling deals blow to gay rights in Singapore
- Japan city mistakenly tweets N. Korean missile launch
- BN's manifesto to reduce cost of living achievable: lecturer
- China detains 12 for 'false' bird flu rumours
- French Senate approves crucial article of gay marriage bill
- Ex-N.Korea spy says Kim struggling to control military
- Vietnam jails official over 'hero' farmer eviction
- Asia Pacific REIT market value soars to new high
- China formally charges former rail minister with graft
- South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missiles
- Turkish energy min says too early to talk of Israeli energy ties
- "Very possible" Egypt will ask for bigger IMF loan -minister
- Sleaze-raking French website has political elite quaking
- Fear stalks Yangon's Muslims after Buddhist-led killings
- Who offers more meat?
- Death toll at 37 as Iran wraps up quake rescue
- Nokia Lumia 920 is the world's most popular Windows Phone
- HP launches power-efficient Moonshot servers
- Balkan folklore helps puts bite on bedbugs
- Want to be a sports star? Look in the mirror
| Court ruling deals blow to gay rights in Singapore Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:33 AM PDT Rights activists reacted with indignation on Wednesday after Singapore's High Court rejected a petition to repeal an archaic law criminalising sex between men. | ||
| Japan city mistakenly tweets N. Korean missile launch Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:30 AM PDT Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama were left red-faced on Wednesday after mistakenly announcing the launch of a North Korean missile to 40,000 followers on Twitter. | ||
| BN's manifesto to reduce cost of living achievable: lecturer Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:08 AM PDT The Barisan Nasional (BN) manifesto to reduce the people's cost of living is seen as more realistic and can be achieved in five years, said Prof Amir Hussin Baharuddin of Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). | ||
| China detains 12 for 'false' bird flu rumours Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:08 AM PDT China has detained at least 12 people for spreading false rumours about H7N9 bird flu, government statements showed Wednesday, as authorities sought to control "panic" with cases mounting. | ||
| French Senate approves crucial article of gay marriage bill Posted: 10 Apr 2013 01:07 AM PDT France's Senate on Wednesday approved the crucial first article of a bill granting gay couples the right to marry, clearing the way for a law that has sparked protests from conservatives and religious groups. | ||
| Ex-N.Korea spy says Kim struggling to control military Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:55 AM PDT A former North Korean spy who bombed a South Korean airliner said Wednesday that the North's leader Kim Jong-Un is struggling to control his military and using war talk to shore up support. | ||
| Vietnam jails official over 'hero' farmer eviction Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:53 AM PDT A Vietnamese local government official was jailed for two and a half years Wednesday for the destruction of the home of a farmer who became a national hero for resisting eviction, state media said. | ||
| Asia Pacific REIT market value soars to new high Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:49 AM PDT The Asia Pacific real estate investment trust's (REIT) market value leapfrogged the US$250 billion threshold during March to scale a new high of US$265 billion, said the Asia Pacific Real Estate Association (APREA). | ||
| China formally charges former rail minister with graft Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:41 AM PDT BEIJING, April 10 — China today formally charged former railways minister Liu Zhijun with corruption and abuse of power, state media said, the latest step in a graft investigation into the scandal-plagued railways. Liu faces either a lengthy jail sentence or possibly death. How severely he is dealt with will be an indicator of how seriously new ... 
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| South Korea increases surveillance as North moves missiles Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:40 AM PDT SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday there was "very high" probability that North Korea, engaged in weeks of threats of war, would launch a medium-range missile at any time as a show of strength despite diplomatic efforts to soften its position. 
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| Turkish energy min says too early to talk of Israeli energy ties Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:36 AM PDT ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said on Wednesday it was too early to talk of energy deals with Israel despite signs of reconciliation between the two countries, but said Turkey was open to energy cooperation in the future. 
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| "Very possible" Egypt will ask for bigger IMF loan -minister Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:31 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt might ask the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to increase its previously requested $4.8 billion (3.1 billion pounds) loan to cover its budget deficit, the country's planning minister said on Wednesday. 
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| Sleaze-raking French website has political elite quaking Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:20 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A fledgling investigative website has made its mark as the top French media exposing government sleaze, with its coup against a minister leaving national newspapers playing catch-up and other politicians quaking. 
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| Fear stalks Yangon's Muslims after Buddhist-led killings Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:13 AM PDT YANGON (Reuters) - An ultra-nationalist Buddhist creed is becoming more visible in Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, after monks from the apartheid-like movement helped stoke a wave of anti-Muslim violence in the central heartlands. 
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| Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:41 AM PDT To stay whole, BN's election manifesto subsumes diverse fields though there are a few portions which correspond to and pinpoint at Pakatan Rakyat's. As such, it inevitably carries more weight on people's welfare. | ||
| Death toll at 37 as Iran wraps up quake rescue Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:26 AM PDT Rescuers Wednesday wound up operations after pulling 20 people from the rubble of an earthquake that struck near the port city of Bushehr, killing 37 people but sparing Iran's sole nuclear power plant. | ||
| Nokia Lumia 920 is the world's most popular Windows Phone Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:18 AM PDT The latest data puts Nokia's premium Lumia 920 handset above rival manufacturers' handsets and above the Lumia 800, the flagship device for the last iteration of the now defunct Windows Phone 7 OS. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| HP launches power-efficient Moonshot servers Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:12 AM PDT Hewlett-Packard on Monday launched a Moonshot system that uses smartphone-style chips to power compact, efficient data center servers. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Balkan folklore helps puts bite on bedbugs Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:03 AM PDT It's been frozen, baked, suffocated and sprayed with toxins... and each time the bedbug bounces back, leaving tiny bite marks on legs or arms where it takes a blood meal. | ||
| Want to be a sports star? Look in the mirror Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:02 AM PDT The shape of a man's face can help predict his sporting acumen, according to a study on Wednesday that found Japanese baseball players whose faces were relatively broad rather than long were most likely to hit a home run. |
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