| Australia allocates $2 mn more to fund Haneef inquiry | |
The Australian government has set aside an extra A$2.2 million (US$ 2 million) to fund the judicial inquiry into the way official agencies handled the terrorism case against Indian doctor Mohammed...
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| China races the clock as quake toll nears 12,000 |
Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) Rescuers are racing against time to reach and search for survivors a day after the strongest quake to hit China in more than three decades jolted the south-western province of...
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| Japan readies aid for Chinese quake victims |
Japan's government is assembling relief supplies as it awaits a request from China to dispatch rescue teams to earthquake-stricken Sichuan province, media reports said...
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| Strong aftershock rocks Chengdu in China |
Chengdu (China), May 13 (Xinhua) A strong aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, around 3.10 p.m. Tuesday following Monday's devastating quake that has killed around 10,000...
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| 37 tourists dead, 15 missing |
Chengdu (China), May 13 (Xinhua) At least 37 tourists have been killed and about 15 British tourists were reported missing following the earthquake in China's Sichuan province, emergency management office said...
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| Maternal death rate in Australia among the lowest |
Australia has one of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the world, with only 65 deaths being reported over a three-year period from 2003 to...
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| Food security high on agenda of BRIC, RIC troika in Yekatarinburg |
Yekatarinburg (Russia), May 13 : The issue of global food security is likely to dominate the agenda of the Foreign Ministers of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) when they meet in the Russian city of Yekatarinburg later this...
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| 1,300 rescuers reach China quake epicenter, death toll rises to 11,921 |
New Delhi, May 13 : At least 1300 rescuers have reached China's quake-ravaged Sichaun province, where the death toll is said to have risen to 11,...
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| Dalai Lama expects talks with China to resume next month |
Dharamsala, May 13 : Tibetan spiritual leader, The Dalai Lama, has said that he expects formal talks between his envoys and their Chinese counterparts to resume next...
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| China survivors dazed, fearful |
Troops surrounded Zhang's school, keeping frantic relatives back from rescuers working to free people from the rubble of the three-storey building. "My child, my child!" cried one woman, grabbing...
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| McCain warns India, China over warming |
WASHINGTON: Any expectations that a John McCain presidency will mean a seamless transition in US-India ties with a revival of the Bush-driven civilian nuclear deal will have to be tempered by a...
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| Japan orders TCI to drop J-Power stake bid |
Citing energy security risks, the government on Tuesday ordered The Children's Investment Fund, a British hedge fund, to drop a bid to raise its 9.9 percent stake in Electric Power Development Co. to...
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| Oz mag under fire for teen |
SYDNEY: An Australian fashion magazine is being investigated after it featured photographs of a topless 16-year-old female model. Auckland model Zippora Seven—described as New Zealand's answer...
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| Pakistan PM calls for final effort to salvage coalition |
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani called for a last-ditch effort to save his government on Tuesday, after refusing to accept the resignations of cabinet ministers from a...
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| Turkish parliament rejects no-confidence vote against PM |
ISTANBUL: Turkey's parliament has rejected a no-confidence vote against the prime minister for allegedly encouraging rough treatment of demonstrators on Labour Day. Recep Tayyip Erdogan's...
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| Myanmar accused of hoarding aid |
YANGON: The United Nations said on Tuesday that only a tiny portion of international aid needed for Myanmar's cyclone victims is making it into the country, amid reports that the military regime...
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| Bush nominates new US ambassador to Russia |
WASHINGTON: US President George W Bush on Tuesday nominated a new US ambassador to Russia, career diplomat John Beyrle, one day after talking to President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister...
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| Saudi prof to get 150 lashes for meeting woman alone |
LONDON: A Saudi Arabian man is to get 150 lashes and spend eight months in prison after he was caught meeting a woman without a chaperone in a coffee ...
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| 29,000 are still buried in China quake debris |
BEIJING: The full scale of Monday's earthquake began to emerge even as rescuers managed to get to the epicentre of the quake and other uncovered areas in southwest Sichuan province. Official...
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| Walls at China school gave way almost instantly |
JUYUAN, China (AP) - Experts say some buildings in China, like the high school that collapsed with hundreds of students inside, aren't made to handle earthquakes like the one that struck yesterday. ...
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| 7 bombs kill at least 45 in Jaipur, Indian |
There were no claims of responsibility, which is typical of terror attacks in India, but the junior minister for home affairs, Sriprakash Jaiswal, immediately said "foreign terrorists" were...
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| American mother accused of training kid to be dominatrix |
KANSAS CITY (MISSOURI): Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing a man and woman of training the woman's child to be a dominatrix, selling her sexual services and photographing some of...
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| Israeli police seize documents in Olmert probe |
JERUSALEM: Israeli police said they raided the offices of a government ministry on Tuesday, confiscating documents as part of a bribery investigation that has put Prime Minister Ehud Olmert under...
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| US offers aid to China |
Washington, May 13 (Reuters): The US plans to contribute $500,000 to help with earthquake relief efforts in China in anticipation of an appeal for aid by the International Red Cross, the White House...
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| Taiwanese-American Pleads Guilty to Spying for China |
The U.S. Justice Department says a Taiwanese-American man has pleaded guilty to spying for the Chinese government. The department says Tai Shen Kuo, 58, admitted in a Virginia court near Washington...
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| China moves quickly to deal with quake |
Relief soldiers carry out the injured in earthquake-affected Beichuan County, China, on Tuesday. The death toll from a powerful earthquake in China that toppled buildings, schools and chemical...
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| China quake a new skirmish in an old battle |
The tectonic battle between the Indian subcontinent and the Eurasia Plate has been raging for tens of millions of years, pushing the Himalayas higher and spurring countless earthquakes such as the...
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| Concern grows for China |
Authorities confirmed Tuesday that captive animals in two of China's major panda reserves were alive, according to Xinhua, China's official news...
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| Carmel woman worries for friends, family involved in China quake |
CARMEL, Ind. (WISH) - The news is only getting worse from Sichuan Province in China. The number of dead continues to grow and the number of homes destroyed is in the millions after a major...
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| Aid focused on Burma as China copes with quake |
GENEVA (AP) — International aid agencies are standing ready to help China recover from its massive earthquake, but the Chinese appear to have operations well in hand, officials said...
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| Glad to hear their kin are safe |
Zhang Yao (left) plans to start a fund for victims of the quake; Zhang Qian (centre) is relieved her family is safe and sound; and Huang Ke Fei tried for hours before he got in touch with his...
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| US Near Decision on North Korea Food Aid |
U.S officials say the Bush administration is nearing a decision on providing new food aid to North Korea. U.S.-North Korean talks on the issue, separate from discussions on Pyongyang's nuclear...
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| Stung by high gas prices, Americans opt for bicycles |
"Everyone that comes in the shop is talking about the gas prices," said Barry Dahl, who opened Barry's Bikes in Bismarck in April. He sold more than 50 bicycles in the first month, double the...
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| Economic jolt from China |
SHANGHAI, China — The earthquake that ripped through central China's Sichuan province, killing thousands, crumpling roads and factories and disrupting power and communication, will be only a...
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| Five More Viral Deaths Confirmed in China; Epidemic Said to Wane |
Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Five more viral deaths confirmed in China; epidemic said to wane BEIJING, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Five more Chinese children have died of hand-foot-mouth...
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| South Korea Offers A Kinder, Gentler DMZ |
The Korean demilitarized zone is one of the most forbidding places on earth. North Korean artillery positions stare across the border at South Korean and U.S. forces. The potential exists at any...
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| Quake Kills Dozens at Middle School in China |
Rescuers try to help a stranded student out of the debris at Wudu Primary School at Hanwang town in Mianzhu city, Sichuan Province, 13 May 2008 (photo released by Xinhua news...
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| China earthquake seen as having a limited impact on economy |
SHANGHAI, China - The earthquake that ripped through China's Sichuan province, killing more than 12,000 people, crumpling roads and factories and disrupting power and communication, will be only a...
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| U.S. citizen born in Taiwan admits spying for China |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen born in Taiwan pleaded guilty on Tuesday to passing national defense secrets to China for about $50,000, the Justice Department...
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| Rule change allows BlackBerry phones in South Korea |
A slight modification in South Korean telecom rules has finally allowed RIM to offer its BlackBerry phones to users there. Now, after an agreement with SK Telecom, BlackBerrys can be sold on the...
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| China's panda preserves reported safe |
CHENGDU, China -- All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote,...
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| Pak Interior Ministry against commuting Sarabjit |
ISLAMABAD: In a setback to Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan's Interior Ministry has recommended that his capital punishment should not be commuted to life imprisonment contending...
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| Tens of thousands dead or missing in China quake |
's biggest earthquake for a generation left tens of thousands dead, missing or buried under the rubble of broken communities Tuesday, unleashing a desperate nationwide relief...
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| China Tree Frogs Sing Ultrasonic Duets, Study Finds |
China stage intricate courtship musicals at frequencies far beyond the range of human hearing, according to a new study. A team of Chinese and American scientists found that the frogs communicate...
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| China must address rich-poor gap |
GENEVA — China must address a widening gap between its rich and poor if Beijing wants a "harmonious society," the World Trade Organization will report in a trade review of the Asian nation,...
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| China ready to accept foreign aid, not experts |
BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it was prepared to accept international aid in the form of money and material for victims of the earthquake. But the time was not opportune to allow relief teams ...
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| China cuts back post-quake torch relay after Internet fury |
has killed more than 12,000 people, and there are fears the death toll will rise further. Sun said the toned-down torch relay would help relief efforts and that collection boxes for quake victims...
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| IOC sends $1M in earthquake aid to China |
On a day when the torch relay began with a minute of silence in memory of Chinese earthquake victims, the International Olympic Committee pledged $1 million US in aid to help with relief efforts in...
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| English Teacher Feels Aftershocks in China |
May 13, 2008 · Rebecca Stormer of has been teaching English in China near where the earth quake hit. Another aftershock struck during the recording of this conversation earlier this morning....
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| Fears over panda outpost near quake centre in China |
Wildlife experts were worried today over the fate of a leading panda preserve close to the heart of the Chinese earthquake.The Wolong National Nature Reserve and panda breeding centre is the only...
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