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Cyberspace manhunt erupts over unsolved poisoning case in China
China Renewed interest in the mysterious unsolved poisoning of a Chinese student in 1995 has sparked a viral online campaign to solve the crime, but it is also a campaign that has become, at times, something more like a social media witch hunt.China is known for its heavy-handed control of the internet, especially where key sensitive subjects are concerned. An explosion in social media ...
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McCully confident of managing US China relationship
New Zealand's relationship with the US is on an excellent footing and Murray McCully says he's not concerned about possible tension as we align our trading future with China. The Foreign Minister had his first formal meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry last week and said the relationship is "out of political contention" and focused on building better co-operation. ...
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Anti-Muslim backlash on rise in UK
LONDON: Anti-Muslim hate crimes have been reported from various parts of Britain since Wednesday's murder of drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich. Organizations working to reduce hate crimes are reporting a 10-fold increase in the number of such attacks. Faith Matters, an organization that works to reduce extremism, said it has received 150 complaints of hate crimes in just 48 hours compared to ...
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Many dead in Philippines anti-terror opAt least seven Filipino marines and five militants were killed in a clash on Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to
Abu Sayyaf militants were wounded in the gunbattle that raged for an hour in a sparsely populated village on the fringes of the coastal town of Patikul in Sulu province, military spokesman Brig. Gen. Domingo Tutaan said. Reinforcement troops were hunting down the fleeing militants, who were believed to be led by Julaswan Sawadjaan, ...
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Over 260m victims of caste-based bias UN
UNITED NATIONS: More than 260 million people across the world are still victims of human rights abuses due to caste-based discrimination, a group of independent experts appointed by the UN warned on Saturday and asked South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to protect them. "This form (caste-based) of discrimination entails gross and wide-ranging human rights abuses, including ...
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MI5 wanted London killer to spy for them Friend
LONDON: Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the killing of an unarmed British soldier drummer Lee Rigby. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a BBC Television interview describing how Adebolajo may have become radicalized and alleging that Britain's security services tried to recruit him. Police ...
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Soldiers beheading opens floodgates for charity in UK
Lee Rigby, the British soldier who was beheaded in UK's Woolwich by two Islamist radicals was identified by them as a soldier for wearing a t-shirt with the name of the charity that helps soldiers in need. Now, the charity "Help ...
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French payout case IMF chief named key witness
Christine Lagarde said on Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was ...
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Wave of public rapes in Brazil stirs outrage
RIO DE JANEIRO: The attacks have stunned this city. In one, an assailant held a gun to the head of a 30-year-old woman while raping her in front of passengers on a bus. In another, a 14-year-old girl from a slum was raped on one of Rio's most famous beach stretches. In yet another case, men abducted and raped a working-class woman in a transit van as it wended through densely populated ...
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Uniformed soldier stabbed in Paris
Francois Hollande said. The soldier was patrolling in uniform with two other men as part of France's Vigipirate anti-terrorist surveillance plan when he was approached from behind around 6pm and stabbed in the neck with a knife or a box-cutter. Hollande, in the Ethiopian city of Addis Ababa, commented on the stabbing to say that the man was still on the run and police were exploring all ...
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1976 Apple model sells for $668000
BERLIN: An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 ($668,000). The computer, with a wooden keyboard, is being offered for sale along with a batch of ancient typewriters and a 1905 toy battleship. German auction house Breker said on Saturday an Asian client, who asked not to be named, bought the so-called Apple 1, which ...
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Chinas Communist Party defends secret police system
Communist Party has defended 'Shuanggui', its secret police investigating allegations of corruption against party officials. This came as a response to a controversy about the party's high-handed ways after a recent death in custody. The death of an employee of an investment company, Yu Qiyi, caused a major uproar online last April causing embarrassment to the party. Lin Zhe, an ...
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Militants ambush police convoy in Peshawar 6 dead
Six policemen were killed and a district police officer (DPO) and his guards injured when militants attacked their vehicles with rockets in the outskirts of Peshawar on Saturday. DPO Dilawar Bangash was along with his escort when his convoy was ambushed by militants near a check post . They were equipped with RPG-7 rockets and they targeted two vehicles. The attack destroyed one vehicle ...
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Myanmar state sets 2-child limit for Muslims
YANGON: Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbours after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said on Saturday. Local officials said the new measure - part of a policy that will also ban polygamy - will be applied to two Rakhine townships ...
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Revelers brave cold to fight AIDS at Vienna ball
VIENNA (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, singer Elton John and actor Hilary Swank joined thousands of costumed revelers on Saturday at Europe's biggest AIDS charity event, Vienna's Life ...
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Taiwan probe team returns slamming P...
A Taiwan investigation team sent to Manila to probe a fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Philippine coast guard returned to Taipei on Saturday, calling Philippines' attitude on a joint investigation "capricious." Chen Wen-chi, head of the Taiwanese investigation team, said the team has been negotiating with the Philippine government on a joint investigation, but the ...
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Maoist Attack Kills at Least 16 in India
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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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Macau economy punches way above its weight
Macau’s economy is set for a continued period of rapid growth over the next decade as Asia tops the charts in terms of revenue gained through gaming industries, but there is more to our little city-state than just casinos and hotels.
Macau is the Monaco of Asia. Although legally part of the Peoples Republic of China, this small little territory, just 29 kilometers squared and one of the most densely populated in the world, exists under the ‘one country, two systems’ policy of the Chinese government and therefore has its own internal legal system and political makeup. It is this which has enabled Macau, a tiny city-state with no natural resources, to develop one of the highest GDPs per capita in Asia, after Singapore. Read more
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