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Iraqi Voters Cast Ballots in Delayed Elections
Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces are voting Thursday in provincial elections that officials delayed by two months because of security concerns. Tight security, including bans on vehicular traffic, is in place in Anbar province in western Iraq and Ninewah province in the country's south. Some 2.8 million people are eligible to vote in the polls to fill 69 provincial council ...
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Afghan Peace Talks Not Expected Thursday
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Secretary of State John Kerry spoke twice with Afghan President Hamid Karzai to ease his concerns. Preliminary negotiations between the U.S. and the Taliban had been expected to start on Thursday in Doha, Qatar, but now the start date is unclear. Mr. Karzai, apparently irked by the opening of a Taliban political office this week in Doha, canceled ...
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Seven hurt in China stampede at Beckham event
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Seven people were hurt in a stampede Thursday as hundreds of fans rushed to see football superstar David Beckham at an event in China's commercial hub Shanghai, police and local media said.Beckham, who was visiting Shanghai in his role as ambassador to the troubled Chinese Super League (CSL), expressed hope that the injured would recover quickly after the event had to be ...
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China used military in Xinjiang exiled Uighur leader
TOKYO (AFP) - Exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer claimed Thursday the Chinese government used military force in the latest episode of what she calls "ethnic cleansing" in the troubled province of Xinjiang.Twenty-one people, including police officers and officials, were killed in violent clashes in the ethnically divided region on April 23, officials have said.Chinese state media has ...
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Five injured in China stampede to see David Beckham
BEIJING // At least five people have been injured in a stampede after fans stormed a stadium gate upon the arrival of David Beckham at a Chinese university today. Shanghai-based Tongji University said on its official microblog that four university employees and one foreign student have been sent to hospital with injuries. The state-run news site Xinmin Net said nearly 1,000 fans had gathered ...
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World China jails 19 Uighurs for religious extremism
Uighurs , ?a Turkic-speaking Muslim people who call energy-rich Xinjiang home, chafe at Chinese government restrictions on their culture, language and ...
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Asian Stocks Tumble On Bernanke Comments China Worries
Asian stocks tumbled on Thursday, with investor sentiment hurt by Fed Chairman Bernanke's comments signaling the end of bond buying by the middle of next year and concerns over slowing growth in China. Speaking at a news conference after a two-day Fed policy meeting, Bernanke yesterday indicated that the Fed is moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program later this year as long as ...
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Government in wide-ranging negotiations with China - Muscat
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Flood traps 100 in NW China school
Over 100 middle school students and teachers are trapped in their school following a flash flood that occurred Wednesday in the city of Tianshui in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said Thursday. The Maiji Junior Middle School became isolated after a rainstorm washed away the only bridge linking the school, which is located in a mountainous area, to the outside, the ...
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China Vietnam should seek South China Sea solution Chinese President
Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang wave during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2013. Photo: Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China and Vietnam should push forward with seeking a political solution to the South China Sea issue.Xi and visiting Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang held three-hour-long talks ...
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Lawyers warn UN of New Zealand human rights failings
New Zealand's top legal representative body has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that the country needs stronger human rights protection after the government passed a series of laws that fail to meet its international obligations.New Zealand must take action in a number of areas to ensure it ceased to infringe or jeopardize human rights and the rule of law, the New Zealand Law ...
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New Zealand warned of gap in relations with Southeast Asia
New Zealand needs to step up links with Southeast Asian if it is to compete with other nations seeking to make the most of the region's opportunities, according to a report issued Thursday.New Zealand had been highly successful in engaging with Southeast Asia, having been a dialogue partner of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1975, and it had secured membership of ...
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Denuclearized North Korea was Kim Jong Ils dying wish says diplomat
North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il wanted to banish nuclear weapons from the Korean peninsula, Pyongyang claims, as it seeks to secure international ...
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Is China buying Egypt from the US
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 28, 2012. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) CAIRO, Egypt -- ...
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Taiwan market HTC launches HTC Butterfly S and HTC Desire 600
HTC has unveiled an updated version of its Butterfly family smartphone, the HTC Butterfly S, as well as a midrange model, the HTC Desire 600, initially for the Taiwan market. The two models will be available starting June ...
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West not sure it can bring Syria rebels to peace meet Russia
United States proposed putting together a peace conference in a bid to try to find an end to the civil war in Syria but the date for the talks has repeatedly been pushed back. At ...
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Chinas domestic film industry booms
film s to China jumped from 20 to 34. The figures show that Chinese films struggled to compete with their imported counterparts. However, so far this year things have been different. The domestic film market here is positively booming. China's domestic film industry has seen an extraordinary success in ...
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UNs Ban visits China to observe Low Carbon Day
General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon signs his name in Chinese and English during a visit to the Beijing Capital Museum for a low carbon and climate change themed exhibition on June 20, 2013. China observed the country's first Low Carbon Day on Monday. [Photo by Xu ...
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Italy edge spirited Japan to move into semis
Second-half substitute Sebastian Giovinco scored a dramatic 86th-minute winner here on Wednesday as Italy defeated Japan 4-3 in a pulsating Confederations Cup Group A ...
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Stampede over David Beckham injures 5 in China
David Beckham, center, and Tang Wensheng, left, chairperson of China’s Soong Ching Ling Foundation, walk with Chinese officials upon arrival for a charity event in Beijing Monday, June 17, 2013. Retired Beckham donated his teams’ jerseys he worn during his career and a Jaguar F-Type Sport car to the foundation to sell them for a charity in China. Beckham will be joined by his wife ...
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PH boxers Gabuco Petecio make the China Open finals
MANILA, Philippines-- Reigning world champion Josie Gabuco stunned hometown bet Ren Cancan as Filipino’s female boxers stayed undefeatedThursdayin the China Open in Guiyang, China. The reigning 48 kilogram world champion Gabuco defeated Cancan, a London Olympics silver medalist and tree-time world flyweight (51 kg.) champion via unanimous decision. Nesthy Petecio likewise brought down a ...
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New concerns about China growth
HSBC said Thursday that its "flash" index of manufacturing purchasing managers' sentiment fell to a nine-month low of 48.3 in June, as new export orders dropped sharply and production contracted for the first time in eight ...
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Bernanke and China send world stocks lower
world stock markets were deeply in the red as investors took fright at plans by the Federal Reserve to begin reducing the pace of stimulus toward the end of this year. A weak reading ...
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Australia splits hairs over Curly Dicks and Titswobbles
Local favorites like Curly Dick Road -- a place name in Meadow Flat in New South Wales which is stoutly defended by locals -- would likely remain, but those that could be considered offensive, such as Titswobble Drive, may be candidates for a future name ...
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Lions 2013 Scrum king Alex Corbisiero named in Warren Gatlands side for First Test against Australia on Saturday
The England prop was not even named in the original party but is preferred to his countryman Mako Vunipola in a position which had originally been earmarked for the injured Cian Healy.Corbisero is one of eight new test caps in a team led by Sam Warburton. George North has been declared fit to take his place on the wing while the in-form Jonathan Davies is named at centre in place of the injured ...
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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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