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Maoist Attack Kills at Least 16 in India
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India Grows Impatient With Prime Minister Singh
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Million doses of fake aspirin from China seized in France
RENNES, France (AFP) - French customs officers have seized 1.2 million doses of counterfeit aspirin from China, the biggest haul of fake medicines ever in France and the EU, the economy ministry announced Saturday.The goods, seized May 17 in the northwestern port of Le Havre, were hidden in a cargo of tea that arrived from China, the ministry said in a statement. The powder was mostly glucose ...
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Landslide kills 7 in China
A landslide near a coal mine in northwest China killed seven people Saturday, government officials said. The landslide struck at 10 a.m. and buried a two-story dormitory housing workers at a coal mine in Cangcun Township, Shaanxi province, the Huangling County publicity bureau said. Twelve others were injured and rescue workers completed their search of the building by 10 p.m. The injured were ...
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Two young men committing suicide by ...
By Yu Runze, Sina English Two young men who agreed to commit suicide by burning the charcoals were rescued by police with the help of a psychological consultant on May 22. A client of the shrink surnamed Liu told him that he and another two young men planned to commit suicide in Changsha in the near future on May16 over QQ, a popular instant messenger in China. As Liu did not receive any ...
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Girl bullied by roommates had spleen ...
Lan Lan's school (Photo:Agencies) By Zhang Yujie, Sina English A primary school girl was beaten up by her three roommates for refusing to join their fight with boys over seats in a dining room in Changde, South China's Hunan Province on May 7. The brutal assault caused a spleen rupture and led to extirpation of the organ. The girl, named Lan Lan, recalled her nightmare in the morning ...
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Most handsome man on the planet He c...
Meet Ahmed Angel - the Iraqi medical student and part-time model who wants to take over the world. And with his gelled hair, piercing blue eyes and expert Photoshopping skills, the 18-year-old has been gathering followers at a phenomenal rate. Since it was created three months ago, Ahmed's bizarre photo album on Imgur has been viewed almost a million times. But very little is known about ...
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Chinese stars attend Cinema Against A...
Zhang Yuqi Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Yuqi attended amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS event in Cannes Thursday. Hollywood stars like Jessica Chastain, Stacy Keibler, Janet Jackson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Adrien Brody were also present. The gala, now in its 20th year, was held at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, just east of the Cannes Film Festival site. Models, including Karlie ...
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President Xi tours quake-hit Lushan c...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (C) talks with quake-affected residents at a temporary shelter for them in Lushan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 21, 2013. Xi made an inspection tour to hard-hit Lushan county and visited local residents from May 21 to May 23. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Lushan on April 20, killing at least 196 people. (Xinhua/Lan ...
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Ammas Multifaceted Empire Built on Hugs
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Sixth night of riots in StockholmStockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs as Britain and the US warned against travelling to the hotspots.
STOCKHOLM: Stockholm experienced a sixth straight night of riots early Saturday, with cars torched in several immigrant-dominated suburbs, as Britain and the United States warned against travelling to the hotspots. Nearly a week of unrest, which spread briefly Friday night to the medium-sized city of Oerebro 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of Stockholm, have put Sweden's reputation as an ...
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Syria rebels fight on as peace talks pressure mounts
Hezbollah-backed assault on a strategic central town as pressure grew on the opposition to attend a peace conference after the regime agreed to do so. The main opposition National Coalition has met in Istanbul for three days trying to overcome deep divisions over Russian and US proposals to convene a conference to which representatives of President Bashar al-Assad would be invited without any ...
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Marijuana waste helps turn pot-eating pigs into tasty pork roast
OLYMPIA (Washington): With Washington state about to embark on a first-of-its-kind legal market for recreational marijuana, the budding ranks of new cannabis growers face a quandary over what to do with the excess stems, roots and leaves from their plants. Susannah Gross, who owns a five-acre farm north of Seattle, is part of a group experimenting with a solution that seems to make the most of ...
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China to continue developing partnership with Ecuador
/enpproperty--> QUITO - The Chinese government's Special Envoy Chen Lei said Saturday that his country is willing to further develop bilateral strategic partnership with Ecuador during a meeting with Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ricardo Patino in Quito, the capital city of the South American country. Chen, also the minister of water resources, was here to attend Friday's ...
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Jumper kills 5-year-old in South Korea suicide
The old cliche about suicidal people being selfish just got some backing with the tragic death of a young girl. In a freak accident, a suicidal man in South Korea jumped to his death and landed on a 5-year-old. The man, 39, died ...
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The love hunter goes on the prowl in China
But Gao isn't a street-snap photographer. His job involves searching out potential wives for some of China's richest bachelors. The 25-year-old is one of China's premier "love hunters," a new breed of matchmaker who differentiate themselves from the more conventional end of the trade. "It all matters -- the girl's looks, her figure, temperament, height and ...
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Key step cleared to Switzerland-China free trade deal
BERNE, Switzerland -- Switzerland and China cleared the final hurdle Friday towards a landmark free-trade agreement, as Beijing seeks to underscore its growing global ties via deals with European ...
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New fighting in central Sudanese state between army and rebels
Sudanese army and rebels in a central state where insurgents launched a major attack last month, both sides said on Saturday. The government is grappling with an umbrella of rebel groups trying to move its fight to ...
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30 dead in Lebanon Sunni-Alawite clashes
THIRTY people have reportedly been killed in firefights in northern Lebanon between Sunni Muslims and Alawites - the Shi'ite offshoot sect to which Syrian President Bashar al-Assad belongs. Rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machineguns have all been used in six days of clashes in the port city of Tripoli in the deadliest violence to rock the country for years, security sources say. Most ...
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Lions all the more eager for victory in Australia after three defeats | Eddie Butler
Brian O'Driscoll scores for the British and Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia at the Gabba in 2001. Photograph: Darren England/Getty ...
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Western Aid Finances Afghan Projects From Silly to Sublime
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French soldier stabbed while on patrol near Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - A French soldier patrolling a business neighborhood west of Paris was stabbed in the neck on Saturday by a man who quickly fled the scene and is being sought by police, President Francois Hollande ...
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Hezbollah chief promises victory in Syria conflict
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast speech during a rally commemorating 'Liberation Day,' which marks the withdrawal of the Israeli army from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Mashghara village, Bekaa valley, Lebanon on May 25, 2013. ...
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South Korea aghast as more missiles fly
North Korea fired a sixth short-range missile into the East Sea on Monday, defying warnings from UN chief Ban Ki-moon and South Korea after a flurry of similar tests at the weekend. The latest firing was confirmed by the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said it was unclear if the North was testing guided missiles or rockets from multiple launchers. However, North Korea said Monday that ...
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Antony says no miracles to resolve India-China disputes
Noting that a spirit of cooperation and competition prevailed between India and China, Defence Minister A K Antony on Saturday said negotiations to resolve the disputes between the two will take their own time and he does not expect any "miracles"."It is cooperation and competitionnaturally. Both are neighbours and we have to work together. There are many areas where our ...
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Fiji needs to focus more on needs of the poor
Fiji is facing a major problem with informal housing or ‘squatter colonies’, especially on the outskirts of major cities such as Savu, which draw people in with the promise of jobs and prosperity. An ongoing effort by government to provide affordable housing for low-income earners is hampered by mismanagement, a lack of funds and the reluctance to evict non-payers from their homes.
Fiji is one of the more developed countries of the South Pacific island nations, but a large proportion of the population remain in poverty and exist through subsistence means rather than through formal integration with the national economy. Read more
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