Government supporters rally in Cambodia as election tension rises

Government supporters rally in Cambodia as election tension rises


Government supporters rally in Cambodia as election tension rises

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 12:38 AM PDT

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Thousands of government supporters rallied in Cambodia on Sunday against comments allegedly made by an opposition leader about atrocities during the "Killing Fields" era, as the United States denounced moves to expel opposition lawmakers from parliament.

High heels don't cause bunions: study

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 12:17 AM PDT

High-heeled shoes are known to shorten calf muscles, cause pain, and even trigger migraines, but according to new research, they won't lead to bunions. For that, you can thank your parents.

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Summit opens new chapter in trans-Pacific cooperation

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 12:08 AM PDT

During their first summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barrack Obama increased mutual trust, reached consensus on an array of issues and mapped out a blueprint for China-U.S. ties, and these achievements signal the opening of a new chapter in cooperation across the Pacific Ocean, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi said Saturday.

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Hungary defences hold firm as Danube flood nears Budapest

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:58 PM PDT

Hungary's flood defences held firm Sunday morning as central Europe's worst floods in a decade moved through the northwest of the country toward the capital Budapest.

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Malaysia to outperform wealth creation forecast

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:47 PM PDT

Together with Indonesia, Malaysia is among growth leaders in the Asean community with fixed investment and consumption the two main pillars of this growth, but given its much smaller population the scale is less than in Indonesia, according to the Julius Baer Lifestyle Index.

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Consumers in crisis-hit Spain put brakes on spending

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:42 PM PDT

Spaniards are buying fewer cars, fewer clothes and even cutting back on smoking as a grinding recession and rising unemployment force them to slash spending, dealing a severe blow to manufacturers and shops.

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Cambodians hold mass protest over KRouge prison denial

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:39 PM PDT

About 10,000 Cambodians protested in the capital on Sunday to show their anger at an opposition leader who allegedly described a notorious Khmer Rouge prison as a Vietnamese invention.

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Economy, nuclear top agenda as Iran elects president

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:26 PM PDT

Iran elects on Friday a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose eight years in office have been marked by stiff Western sanctions over Tehran's controversial nuclear drive and the economic turmoil they have caused.

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London's Royal Academy presents Summer Exhibition

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:23 PM PDT

(United Kingdom, London-AFP) - Next week London's Royal Academy of Arts opens the doors of its Summer Exhibition, the world's largest show of open-submission contemporary art. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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China ex-railways minister tried for graft

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:46 PM PDT

China's former railways minister went on trial on Sunday charged with accepting millions of dollars in bribes, state media reported, in the first high-profile corruption case under President Xi Jinping.

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A new wave of gesture computing

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 11:16 PM PDT

WiSee could bring full gesture control to every appliance in every room of the home and all from the comfort of the living room.

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Parts of the internet set to disappear for Windows XP PCs

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:56 PM PDT

oogle's upcoming changes to the way that computers recognize and validate some websites could cause problems for Windows XP users.

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Turn content development into major industry: Najib

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:10 PM PDT

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has asked broadcasters to turn content development into a major industry, in line with the country's aspirations to be a developed nation by 2020.

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Redelineation study to begin year-end

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:52 PM PDT

An electoral boundary re-delineation study will begin at the end of the year, said Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar.

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Najib wishes Mandela speedy recovery

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 08:29 PM PDT

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak wishes former South African president Nelson Mandela, who is hospitalised again, will have a speedy recovery.

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Brother-in-law of Chinese Nobel winner jailed for 11 years

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:48 PM PDT

HUAIROU (China), June 9 — A Chinese court today sentenced the brother-in-law of jailed Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison on charges of fraud in a case that rights activists have called another example of official retribution on the Liu family. Supporters of Liu Hui say his case was trumped up, aimed at thwarting the ...
    


Two Koreas in first talks in over two years ‘without argument’

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:33 PM PDT

PAJU (South Korea), June 9 — North and South Korea opened their first official talks in two years today at a border village "without argument", the South said, building on an easing in tensions from nearly daily threats two months ago of impending nuclear war. The meeting in Pammunjon, where the armistice was signed in the 1950-53 Korean War, was ...
    


Bloggers rally against Singapore ruling

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:10 PM PDT

me 2,500 Singaporeans led by local bloggers staged a protest at the Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park Saturday, seeking the government to withdraw its new licensing requirement imposed on local news websites.

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Abe hints at possible tax hike delay

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:37 PM PDT

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday an upper house election will take place on July 21 and voiced the possibility of delaying a consumption tax hike scheduled for next year if the economy remains weak.

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98,700 affected by extreme weather in NW China

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 09:32 PM PDT

Torrential rain, hail and floods have affected about 98,717 residents in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region since Tuesday, local authorities said on Sunday.

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