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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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Crowds Protest as Indonesian Lawmakers Raise Fuel Prices
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China Railway to launch door-to-door services in Hainan other provinces
Rail freight volume in China dropped 0.7 per cent on year to 3.9 billion tonnes last year. Photo: EPA The central government plans to reform its railway freight industry to boost efficiency and drive down costs in the fragmented logistics sector. The reforms, which took effect on Saturday, are expected to simplify railway freight procedures and provide customers with better service. The ...
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G8 Leaders World Economic Prospects Still Weak
After the first day of their annual summit in Northern Ireland Monday, the G8 said significant policy actions taken by the eurozone, U.S. and Japan have reduced the risk of an economic downturn. The leaders said promoting growth and jobs remains their priority. They called the fight against long-term and youth unemployment critical. Earlier Monday, the United States and European Union said ...
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World Briefing | Asia Floods in India Kill at Least 23
Torrential rain and floods washed away buildings and roads, killing at least 23 people in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said Monday. More than a dozen people died in the ...
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Indonesia Chinas Guangxi to expand cooperation in exclusive economic zone
The governments of Indonesia and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have planned to widen cooperation in building exclusive economic zones in both countries, an Indonesian minister said here on Monday.The plan was unveiled at a meeting between Peng Qinghua, secretary of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region CPC Committee, and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the State of ...
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Eriksson Coaching in China his biggest challenge
It certainly recalled the memory of Sven-Goran Eriksson's memories from the "good old days" in Italy and England, when he was surrounded by journalists and fans."This will be one of the biggest challenges in my coaching career," Eriksson, who took rein of the Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Fuli 12 days ago, made his debut speech to more than 50 journalists here on ...
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US seeks credible steps by DPRK toward denuclearization
The US State Department on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to take "credible" steps toward concrete denuclearization before bilateral talks can take place."The key piece here is that they need to take credible steps to move toward concrete denuclearization," department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters at a regular press briefing.She said ...
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Proposed dialogue with US aims to create favorable external environment for DPRK
After the latest endeavor to resume high level talks with South Korea failed, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) stretched out an olive branch to the United States, signaling an important turn of Pyongyang's foreign policy.Earlier on Sunday, a spokesman for the DPRK's National Defense Commission proposed high-level talks with the United States "to defuse tension ...
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Moscow sees new dynamic of restarting six-party talks
Moscow saw "new dynamic" of restarting the stalled talks over the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday."We have paid attention to a number of statements made by leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) which might be an evidence of the new dynamic," spokesman Alexander Lukashevich told reporters.The trend ...
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Obama Park talk over phone on regional issues
US President Barack Obama on Sunday spoke with his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye over phone on regional issues, the White House said on Monday.The two leaders discussed situation on the Korean Peninsula, and agreed to maintain "close communication and coordination" in pursuing the "denuclearization" of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).The Sunday ...
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Korean Air Increases Frequency to Canada and China
Korean Air, South Korea’s flagship airline, has announced to increase frequency on its routes to Canada and China. From 20 June, the current five flights a week between Seoul/Incheon and Vancouver will be increased to daily flights, with flights to Toronto also increased to daily from 24 June. The flights between Seoul/Incheon and the Chinese destination Jinan will increase from four ...
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South Korea struggling without Japanese tourists
Recent economic and diplomatic issues within South Korea has resulted in a significant drop in tourist arrivals from Japan, according to new research data. Approximately 689,000 Japanese travellers visited South Korea during the first three months of 2013, a 22 percent decline in visitors compared with the same period last year, Channel News Asia reported. These figures stem from data ...
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Philippines Taiwan on way to mending relations
The Philippines and Taiwan are on the way to restoring their good relations after Friday's breakthrough fishery meeting aimed at preventing the recurrence of violent confrontations in overlapping waters, Manila's representative to Taipei said Monday. Representatives of the two countries are meeting again in early July to continue negotiating on fishing operations in their overlapping ...
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Im Not a Spy for China Snowden
Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the U.S. government's top-secret surveillance programs, fought back against his critics on Monday and denied allegations that he was a spy for China. Snowden told an online forum run by Britain's Guardian newspaper that he revealed the programs in part out of disappointment with President Barack Obama, who he ...
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Beijing hukou for Chinas migrant soldiers
The Beijing municipal authority issued a new policy for military conscription from universities in the Chinese capital city, the Beijing News ...
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Asia Markets Japan Korea stocks choppy as investors eye Fed
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese and South Korean stocks advanced Tuesday after wavering between gains and losses, as investors pondered whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will maintain its monthly bond ...
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Australia sees scope for more rate cuts minutes
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The Reserve Bank of Australia is ready to cut interest rates further if need be, according to the minutes from its June 4 meeting, released Tuesday. The RBA's policy board "judged that the inflation outlook as currently assessed might provide some scope for further easing, should that be required to support demand," the minutes said. The RBA left rates ...
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China Supercomputer Tianhe-2 Claims Fastest Computer Title
A Chinese supercomputer – the Tianhe-2 – has leapt to the top of the latest Top 500 List, which tracks the fastest supercomputers in the world. The Tianhe-2 (or ';Milky Way-2″), which became fully operational two years ahead of schedule, clocks in at an astounding 33.86 petaflops per second. A petaflop is one trillion calculations. The Tianhe-2 is over 20 billion times as ...
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Australia shares fall on high-yielders caution over Fed outcome
Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:40pm EDT (Adds details, comments, stocks on the move) SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.5 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by high-yielding stocks as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary meeting and clues to when it might start tapering its stimulus programme. Commonwealth Bank of Australia fell 0.5 percent while National ...
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Europe would pay price for arming rebels AssadSyrias President Bashar al-Assad warned on Monday that European powers would pay the price if they sent weapons to rebel forces seeking to topple him.
European powers would "pay the price" if they sent weapons to rebel forces seeking to topple him. "If the Europeans deliver weapons, then Europe's backyard will become terrorist, and Europe will pay the price for it," he was quoted as saying by German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine ...
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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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