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India-China consensus big stride forward Li
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Monday described the consensus reached on various issues between China and India as "a big stride forward" and called for conducting dialogue in a "mature and sensible way". It was fair to say that the two sides had "arrived at multiple, significant outcomes", Li said in his statement to the media alongside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Both countries had ...
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Chinese Taipei win mens doubles TT title
Chinese Taipei's Chen Chien-An and Chuang Chih-Yuan upset Hao Shuai and Ma Lin from China to win the men's doubles title at the World Table Tennis Championships here. Chen and Chuang fought back from one game down to win three in a row but Ma, former Olympic Champion, and Hao Shuai took the fifth before the Chinese Taipei tandem sealed the victory Sunday by taking the sixth 11-8, reports ...
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India China border experts will meet soon
Special representatives of India and China will meet soon to discuss their disputed border where Chinese incursion sparked tensions recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Speaking to the media jointly with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Manmohan Singh said that while India and China have had differences, relations had been built steadily in the more recent times. He said both ...
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Australian construction industry to see slow recovery
The Australian building and construction industry will see a mixed recovery over 2015-16 after a number of challenging years, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA) forecasts released Monday. While the forecasts predict a positive growth for the industry, MBA reports that the current economic climate is creating headwinds that may impede the timing and strength of recovery. There's light ...
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Global prosperity not possible without development of India and China Premier Li Keqiang
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is on a three-day state visit to India, on Monday said that global prosperity would not be possible without the simultaneous development of China and India. Keqiang, who received a ceremonial reception at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here this morning, told media that the combined population of China and India is a third of the world's population, and therefore, both ...
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China-Indias large potential makes West anxious Daily
China and India's combined potential are large enough to make the West anxious but there are "many weaknesses in the bilateral relationship", a state-run Chinese daily has said. Said the Global Times in an editorial Monday, the second day of Premier Li Keqiang's India trip: "As China's new premier, his selection of India for his first overseas trip has widely been interpreted as a sign that ...
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Warner facing CA disciplinary hearing over vitriolic Twitter outburst ahead of Ashes
Australian opening batsman David Warner is facing a Cricket Australia (CA) disciplinary hearing for his vitriolic social media outburst at respected News Limited sportswriters Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn. Warner, whose captaincy aspirations have taken a hit, had been reported for breaching the code of behaviour of the CA, which will be deciding a date for the hearing ahead of this week's ...
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French daredevil climbs 564 ft Bailong Elevator sans safety net
French daredevil Jean-Michel Casanova scaled the 564 feet Bailong Elevator in China with no help from any machinery, safety net or safety equipment. Casanova's green-and-black sticky sneakers were the only help he needed in his dizzying feat. According to officials, Casanova climbed the huge steel tower in 68 minutes and 26 seconds, while spectators looked on in awe, the New York Daily News ...
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Valley Fever Raises Concerns in California Arizona
LOS ANGELES -- A longstanding health problem in California's Central Valley has worsened in recent years, leading health officials to order the relocation of 3,000 prisoners from two state prisons. But the disease affects much of the population in some rural communities and, while it often goes unnoticed, it sometimes can be devastating for patients. Dale Pulde is selling his California ...
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South Sudan Army Says Boma Retaken from Rebels
BOR, SOUTH SUDAN -- The South Sudanese Army (SPLA) has recaptured the town of Boma in Jonglei state after a brief battle with rebels led by David Yau Yau, SPLA officials said Monday. "The SPLA yesterday restored law and order to Boma and chased away the militia from Boma town," army spokesman Philip Aguer said. Four SPLA soldiers died in the fighting and 12 were wounded, Aguer ...
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Australias trading partner looking better
The outlook for Australia's major trading partners is good, with economic growth for most expected to pick up in 2014, the Reserve Bank of Australia says.The minutes of the RBA's May board meeting gave a positive assessment of the economic outlooks for China, Japan and the US.While growth in China is not expected to return to its stellar levels of recent years, the RBA board said the ...
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Chinas Zhang Jike retains mens singles title at table tennis worlds
Fourth seed Zhang Jike retained his men's singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships by beating third seed Wang Hao in an all-Chinese final here on Monday.Zhang's win was a repeat of the final at the 2011 Rotterdam World Championships and the 2012 London Olympic Games, where he defeated Wang to become the first men's singles world champion to win Olympic men's ...
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812 suspects arrested in joint Mekong patrol
A total of 812 drug crime suspects have been arrested as part of a joint anti-drug campaign by China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand on the Mekong River, the mission's headquarters reported on Monday.Launched on April 19, the ongoing two-month action has also seen the seizure of 1.93 tonnes of drugs and a batch of firearms and ammunition, said Lan Weihong, the Chinese spokesman at the ...
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EU solar duties against China mistake
solar panel s is a "grave mistake." Roesler told Welt am Sonntag newspaper in an interview on Sunday that punitive duties are the wrong instrument to deal with the dispute, adding that he expects the European Commission to prevent an ...
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China issues rainstorm alert for southern region
The city revived 50 millimeters of rainfalls with three hours on Sunday afternoon. The local meteorological authority raised the rainfall alert from yellow to orange, the second most serious level of the alert system. China has a four-color rainstorm alter system, with red as the most serious, followed by orange, blue and yellow. ...
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Bright Moon partnership reaffirms Chinas green aspirations
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) agency said Monday China is currently a strategic and significant player in the advancement of green transformation and sustainable development ...
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No new H7N9 cases in China for a week government
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in ...
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Taiwan moving to end southern fishing line
The Taiwan government is moving toward abolishing Taiwan's southern boundary for fishery protection, an act which would extend the formal operational area of the Navy, the Coast Guard and local fishermen further south within Taiwan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) toward the Philippines. The boundary is currently set at the latitude of 20 degrees north. In light of the recent fatal ...
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Chinese academics at NYU accused of taking bribes and revealing research to China medical company
(15 mins ago) Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a US-funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses, US federal prosecutors said yesterday. Professor Zhu Yudong and Yang Xing, a lab engineer, were to appear in court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. The third defendant, postdoctoral fellow Li ...
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Asia-Pacific Bond Risk Little Changed Credit-Default Swaps Show
The cost of insuring Asia-Pacific corporate and sovereign bonds from default was little changed today, according to traders of credit-default swaps. The Markit iTraxx Australia index held at 99 basis points as of 10:25 a.m. in Sydney, according to Westpac Banking Corp. The index fell yesterday for the fourth consecutive trading day after reaching a near two-week high on May 14, according ...
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Rabbi Abraham Cooper From Sudan to North Korea and Syria A Plea to President Obama to Activate His Atrocities Prevention Board
Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten "In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head. Yet while millions may draw inspiration and hope from survivor's ...
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North Korea releases detained Chinese fishing boat owner says
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea released a Chinese fishing boat on Tuesday after it was taken from waters between the two countries, the boat's owner said, in an incident that had proved a new irritant in ties between the often uneasy ...
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Abe defends controversial war shrine visit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended in an interview on Friday the right of Japan's leaders to visit a controversial shrine to war dead but hit back at critics who accuse him of revisionism. Amid the latest flare-up with China and South Korea over history, Abe quoted a U.S. scholar as comparing Yasukuni Shrine to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, which has a section for ...
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Japanese PM says he may meet with DPRK leader
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he may meet Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if it could help resolve the long-pending issue of Pyongyang's kidnapping of Japanese citizens. "If a summit meeting is deemed as an important means in considering ways to resolve the abduction issue, we must take it into consideration as a ...
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Australias Discovery says CFC others exploring new takeover
SYDNEY | Mon May 20, 2013 10:00pm EDT SYDNEY May 21 (Reuters) - Australia-listed copper miner Discovery Metals Ltd has opened its books to spurned private equity suitor Cathay Fortune Corp and others in an effort to attract a new takeover offer, potentially valuing it at A$195 million ($190 million), it said on Tuesday. Discovery, which has been ramping up output at its main project in ...
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Osaka sees first InterContinental hotel built
Osaka is a major travel destination within Japan and the wider Asian region for business travelers and leisure tourists alike. The city is an economic powerhouse and part of the backbone of the Japanese economy. It makes sense for InterContinental to finally open a hotel here then.
Osaka is the second command center of the Japanese economy after Tokyo, with a daytime and nighttime population that reflects the massive draw of the city as an economic powerhouse. Read more
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