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- Iran inserts fuel into nuclear plant core -TV
- Venezuela expropriates unit of US glassmaker Owens Illinois
- Up to 2,000 stage another anti-Japan protest in China
- Alone on the road to help the needy
- Learning from the American credit crisis
- Up to 2,000 stage another anti-Japan protest in China
- Well trained or well educated?
- Playing Chopin in Warsaw
- Hunt for Australians missing at sea after Indonesia quake
- Utar filmmaking star sparkling in international arena
- FACTBOX - World nears agreement on pact to share nature's riches
- Forestry takes centre-stage at U.N. talks on nature
- China urges calm after protests over Japan
- Taiwan sends in heavy equipment in search of typhoon missing
- Vietnam's rapid increase in boys a concern: UN
- Cebu Pacific makes record debut at Philippine bourse
- Nobel peace laureate's wife asks friends to collect prize
- PKFZ: Phang applies for stay of proceedings
- BN not taking opposition candidates lightly: Muhyiddin
- Another US-led strike in Afghanistan kills 25 civilians
| Iran inserts fuel into nuclear plant core -TV Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:50 AM PDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has started loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant, bringing it a step closer to realising its stated goal of becoming a peaceful nuclear power, state-run Press TV reported on Tuesday. 
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| Venezuela expropriates unit of US glassmaker Owens Illinois Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:57 PM PDT  CARACAS: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez late yesterday announced the expropriation of the local affiliate of the US-based glass maker Owens Illinois, accusing it of causing environmental damage and exploiting its workers. The company "has had years exploiting the workers, destroying the environment" in the western state of Trujillo, and "taking away the money of Venezuelans," Chavez said during a government event broadcast on radio and television. Chavez added that his government has "a list with more names" of companies that will be expropriated, but gave no further details. Owens Illinois Inc is the world's leading glass bottle maker with some 22,000 workers in 21 countries. The US company has been operating in Venezuela for 52 years, and has two plants that make bottles and containers for beer, drinks, food and liquor. In South America, aside from Venezuela, it also has operations in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and focuses on manufacturing glass containers, according to the company website. Since 2007, the Chavez administration has expropriated more than 347 companies in areas including electricity, banking, cement, steel, oil and food. And since 1999, when Chavez took office, the government has taken over some three million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land, in line with his so-called Bolivarian Revolution in which the firebrand leftist has aggressively sought to consolidate private assets under state control. 'No turning back' Later in the speech, Chavez threatened to nationalize privately-owned banks, but gave no names. Private banks "that do not want to collaborate in the national development should be taken over by the state without delay," Chavez said. "There is no turning back." Chavez said that banks needed to ease credit to build homes, of which there is a shortage in Venezuela. Since November 2009 the Venezuelan government either nationalised or dissolved about a dozen small and mid-sized banks. Chavez, just back from an international tour that took him to Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Syria, Iran, Libya and Portugal, also said that he had signed no new arms deals during his 11-day tour. "It is the first trip to Russia in which we talked about everything except armaments," he said. Between 2005 and 2007 Venezuela signed agreements with Moscow worth more than US$4 billion to buy Sukhoi jets, combat helicopters and automatic rifles. Bolstered by a previous US$2.2 billion Russian loan, Venezuela is buying T-72 tanks and an undetermined number of S-300 anti-aircraft missile defence systems. - AFP
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| Up to 2,000 stage another anti-Japan protest in China Posted: 25 Oct 2010 04:49 PM PDT  BEIJING: Up to 2,000 people demonstrated against Japan in the Chinese megacity of Chongqing today, a Japanese consulate official said, the latest in a series of protests amid tensions between the neighbours. "There are between 1,000 and 2,000 there now, including on-lookers, and several hundred are real protesters," an official at the Japanese consulate in the southwestern city said. "We're working as normal but we have strengthened security. There's police here too, and most of them are plainclothes police," said the official, noting that the demonstration had begun near the consulate. The series of anti-Japan protests were sparked by a simmering territorial row. The dispute erupted in early September when Tokyo arrested a Chinese trawler captain near a disputed island chain in the East China Sea claimed by both sides. Tokyo subsequently released the captain, but the incident angered China and sparked a rush of nationalism in a population that is still deeply resentful of Japan for its brutal World War II invasion and occupation of parts of China. - AFP
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| Alone on the road to help the needy Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:03 AM PDT 63-year-old Master Hui Hai was a talented man excellent in academic field while he was young. Nevertheless, he admitted that after he became a monk, he felt lonely for being creative, innovative and dedicated to become a useful person in the society.
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| Learning from the American credit crisis Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:59 AM PDT We must learn a lesson from the American credit crisis. Once we have an economic downturn, the household income will decrease and how are we going to settle the inflated household and personal loans?
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| Up to 2,000 stage another anti-Japan protest in China Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:48 AM PDT BEIJING, Tuesday 26 October 2010 (AFP) - Up to 2,000 people demonstrated against Japan in the Chinese megacity of Chongqing on Tuesday, a Japanese consulate official said, the latest in a series of protests amid tensions between the neighbours.
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| Well trained or well educated? Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:40 AM PDT Looking at the so-called education reform that brings constant changes to the education system, I would like to ask some questions: Would our students gain knowledge? Would they love the country? Or would they blindly study even harder as they are afraid of not being able to get the certificate?
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| Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:33 AM PDT (POLAND, Warsaw-AFP) - For the first time since Martha Argerich was catapulted to fame 45 years ago, the prestigious International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition has been won by a woman. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2010.
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| Hunt for Australians missing at sea after Indonesia quake Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT JAKARTA, Tuesday 26 October 2010 (AFP) - Rescuers launched a hunt Tuesday for a boat carrying a group of Australians which has gone missing after a powerful earthquake hit the west coast of Indonesia.
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| Utar filmmaking star sparkling in international arena Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:20 AM PDT Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (Utar) advertising student Lee Sheng Wang is a rising film-making star who got the world's attention when his three-minute educational documentary film showing the entire process of cochlear implant surgery won the silver award at the 2010 Commonwealth Vision Awards held at the Commonwealth Club in London on 14 October 2010.
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| FACTBOX - World nears agreement on pact to share nature's riches Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:17 AM PDT The access and benefit-sharing protocol aims to create a legal framework that would give nations much better control over their resources from trees to fungi and from fish to frogs that can lead to cures for cancer or new crops more resistant to climate change. 
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| Forestry takes centre-stage at U.N. talks on nature Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:17 AM PDT NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) - Delegates at a global U.N. meeting to preserve natural resources were on Tuesday trying to agree on ways to deploy about $4 billion in cash to help developing nations save tropical forests. 
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| China urges calm after protests over Japan Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:09 AM PDT BEIJING, Oct 26 — China's top internal security official told citizens to stick to the law in voicing their patriotism, state media reported today, after weekend protests against Japan that turned against the government. Zhou Yongkang, the ruling Communist Party's top law-and-order official, made the remarks in a meeting yesterday after the ...
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| Taiwan sends in heavy equipment in search of typhoon missing Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:05 AM PDT ILAN, Tuesday 26 October 2010 (AFP) - Taiwan's military airlifted heavy equipment to a disaster zone in the north of the island Tuesday as rescuers stepped up the search for 24 people still missing five days after Typhoon Megi.
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| Vietnam's rapid increase in boys a concern: UN Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:05 AM PDT HANOI, Tuesday 26 October 2010 (AFP) - Vietnam's population is increasingly imbalanced between men and women, threatening to leave young males without female partners, the United Nations said Tuesday.
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| Cebu Pacific makes record debut at Philippine bourse Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:04 AM PDT MANILA, Tuesday 26 October 2010 (AFP) - Philippine budget airline Cebu Pacific soared on its stock exchange debut Tuesday as it said its initial public offering had become a record for the country.
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| Nobel peace laureate's wife asks friends to collect prize Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:03 AM PDT BEIJING, Tuesday 26 October 2010 (AFP) - The wife of jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo has issued an open letter inviting his friends to go to Norway in December to receive the award on his behalf, an activist said Tuesday.
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| PKFZ: Phang applies for stay of proceedings Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:51 PM PDT Former Port Klang Authority (PKA) general manager Datin OC Phang, who is facing criminal breach of trust (CBT) charges, has applied in the Sessions Court here for a stay of proceedings until the completion of the case involving former transport minister Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik.
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| BN not taking opposition candidates lightly: Muhyiddin Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:50 PM PDT Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Barisan Nasional (BN) would not take the two opposition candidates from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) lightly in the Batu Sapi by-election.
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| Another US-led strike in Afghanistan kills 25 civilians Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:37 PM PDT KABUL, Oct 26: US-led forces have targeted a mosque in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 25 civilians during the airstrike, Afghan officials say.
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