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Japan protests at S.Korean dailys A-bomb op-ed
South Korean conservative protestors hold anti-Japan placards during a rally at a downtown park in Seoul on Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japan on Thursday accused a South Korean newspaper of "dishonourable" behaviour for publishing an editorial suggesting the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were "divine punishment". -- PHOTO: AFP Japan accused a South Korean newspaper of ...
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Pyongyang willing to pursue dialogue N Korean envoy tells Chinese official
N Korean envoy Choe Ryong-Hae meets Liu Yunshan, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee Thursday A special envoy from North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un told one of China's top officials Thursday that Pyongyang is willing to pursue dialogue with key countries. Envoy Choe Ryong-Hae met Liu Yunshan, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo ...
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Theft from S. Sudan Presidents Office Inside Job
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- A spate of alleged thefts from the office of South Sudanese President Salva Kiir may have been an inside job, officials investigating how tens of thousands of dollars went missing from Kiir's office said Monday. Some $70,000 U.S. that was kept in the president's office to pay staff who do not have bank accounts, along with two laptops, went missing from ...
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China May Leading Index Signals Weaker Economic Growth Ahead
A leading indicator of Chinese economic activity rose marginally in May and at a slower pace than a month earlier, suggesting more sluggish growth for the ...
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Mitsubishi Motors to recall 9478 faulty vehicles in China
(MENAFN) China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) stated that Mitsubishi Motors plans on recalling 9,478 vehicles in China due to a potential safety hazard in the sunroof, reported Xinhua News.China's consumer quality watchdog also said that the problem was related to the installing of the sunroofs causing a possibility of the glass panel ...
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China- Continual rise in home sales
(MENAFN) A gradual rise in home sales in China is anticipated till the end of the year, real estate market experts said.China Times reported that real estate developers increased their sales target by the advent of the current year and that was reflected on the figures shown by Chinese real estate giants. At the top of the list came China Vanke Co whole sales stood at USD11.39 billion over the ...
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Chinas home price rise continues to slow
New home prices continued to see slower rises in Chinese cities last month, signaling that the government's recent tightening measures were showing effects, according to official data released Tuesday.Of a statistical pool of 70 major Chinese cities, 65 cities saw month-on-month home price rises in May, down from 67 cities in April, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a ...
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Taiwan market Taiwan Mobile to launch VoIP at M+
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will launch VoIP (voice over IP) services at M+ Messenger, its mobile instant message application, in July 2013, according to company marketing co-president Cliff ...
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CVIA China to purchase 30 million TV panels from Taiwan makers
China-based TV vendors are looking to procure about 30 million TV panels from Taiwan-based panel makers in 2013, according to the China Video Industry Association ...
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Taiwan makers see booming orders for smartphone tablet accessories
Taiwan-based handset component makers indicated that they have received increasing orders for accessories used in smartphones and/or tablets from overseas designers and/or trading firms, with Bluetooth keyboards, Bluetooth speakers, NFC (near field communication) devices and wireless power charging devices taking the largest ...
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Taiwan IC design houses reducing exposure in NAND flash controller market
As more NAND flash memory chips are designed into embedded applications, Taiwan-based IC design houses have shifted their attention away from the memory controller IC segment with some already diversifying their offerings to include solutions for non-memory products, and some looking to transform their core businesses, according to industry ...
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China Customs officials confiscate 213 bear paws
A total of 213 smuggled bear paws confiscated by China's Customs officials are shown in Manzhouli of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on June 17, 2013. The bear paws were smuggled from Russia and discovered in the tires of a Russian passenger van trying to enter China. To date, this is the biggest bear paw smuggling case in China. Two Russian suspects have been detained ...
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Fishing talks between Philippines Taiwan may violate one-China policy
The start of fisheries talks between the Philippines and Taiwan might violate the country's one-China policy and Manila should instead craft any future pact with Taipei as a local government of China, an international law expert said. Harry Roque, chairman of the centre for International Law, however, welcomed the decision of the two sides to avoid the use of force in fishing disputes -- a ...
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Taiwan county opens tourism office in Xiamen
Taiwan 's Penghu county has opened a representative office in China's coastal city of Xiamen. At the office's founding ceremony on Sunday, Wang Chien-fa, head of the county, said, "Xiamen's tourism industry has seen fast development, and we hope more people in the mainland will be attracted to visit Penghu with our promotion." Xiamen is a coastal city in ...
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Chinas Chongqing hit by summer heat wave
A man walks on a street in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, June 17, 2013. The highest temperature in Chongqing reached 39 degrees centigrade here on Monday. (Xinhua/Chen ...
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Food-safety offenders to receive harsher penalties in China
Shanghai has stepped up its punishment for those found to be endangering food safety by removing ceilings for fines and allowing the death penalty for severe crimes, a high official from Shanghai's top court said on Monday. "The threshold for sending food-safety lawbreakers to prison has been lowered. Stiff penalties both legally and economically will ensure criminals do not dare to ...
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Taiwan to ease rules on yuan bond issue this week- FSC sources
TAIPEI, June 18 | Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:59pm EDT TAIPEI, June 18 (Reuters) - Taiwan will ease rules for companies to sell China yuan bonds this week as it aims to compete with Hong Kong's Dim Sum Bond market, sources at the island's financial regulator said on Tuesday. Taiwan will waive the requirement for companies selling yuan bonds to get credit ratings before offering yuan ...
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China May home prices rise at fastest pace this year
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's house prices rose at the fastest pace this year in May from a year earlier, though the pace of gains eased from the previous month, highlighting the dilemma facing the central bank as it balances the need to support the economy against holding down housing ...
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Japan says G8 stance is sign of approval for Abenomics
British Prime Minister David Cameron (L) welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the first plenary session of the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, ...
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China foreign investment inflows rise 0.3 in May
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China received $9.26 billion in foreign direct investment in May, 0.3% higher than in the year-earlier period, according to a Xinhua news report Tuesday citing official data. The inbound investment took the total FDI that China attracted in the first five months of 2013 to $47.6 billion, 1% more than the country received in the same period of 2012. The rise in May FDI ...
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Hong Kong stocks off as China banks property down
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong stocks on Tuesday pulled back after a two-day rally amid uncertainty over the pace of the U.S. Federal Reserve's bond purchases, with Chinese property developers dropping after another strong monthly increase in home prices on the mainland. The Hang Seng ...
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Australia can lead the way for intersex people | Morgan Carpenter
guidelines . This has been possible as part of a government commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) inclusion, even while public awareness of intersex remains sketchy. You see, our lives are medicalised, and our voices rarely heard. This limited understanding was recently exemplified by a press agency report published globally this month: ...
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Monsoon rain kills 27 in northern India
The monsoon season has brought heavy rain to northern India, reportedly killing 27 people. Torrential rain has been falling in wide areas including the capital New Delhi. Landslides and swollen rivers have destroyed many houses and buildings in the northern state of Uttarakhand. State officials say roads were cut off, stranding residents and Hindu pilgrims. The officials say ...
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5-year-old girl raped and dumped near Indian metro station
A five-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by unidentified persons who later dumped her near a metro station, police said on Sunday. DCP (East) Maheshwer Dayal said the girl and her brother had gone to a place in Sikanderpur on Saturday, where some unknown persons abducted and raped her. The girl's family approached the police, who later found the victim in a semi-conscious ...
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Decontamination device leaking at Fukushima plant
(Photo:Agencies) Workers at the disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have found contaminated water leaking from a newly-installed filtering system. Tokyo Electric Power Company officials say the leak was discovered on Saturday during an inspection of the Advanced Liquid Processing System. The system can filter almost all types of radioactive material. The utility has been testing the ...
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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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