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Strong 6.2-magnitude quake strikes off Taiwan
april 29, 2011by latadmin
TAIPEI (AFP) – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan on Friday, the island's central weather bureau said, but…
Japan prime minister’s nuclear adviser resigns
april 29, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – A senior nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan submitted his resignation on Friday, saying the government had ignored his advice and...
Policy or not, many urban Chinese only want one child (Reuters)
april 28, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – For many young Beijing parents, debate about China’s restrictive “one-child” policy is far less pressing than the task at hand —...
Friendster evolves to escape Facebook’s shadow (AP)
april 28, 2011by latadmin
AP – Faded social networking site Friendster will soon delete nearly a decade’s worth of user photos, blog entries and other data in a revamp to set it apart...
Clashes kill 29 in northwestern Pakistan (AP)
april 28, 2011by latadmin
AP – A government official says a clash involving militants, tribesmen and security forces in Pakistan’s northwest has killed 29 people, most of them...
India: Activist Binayak Sen attacks sedition laws
april 28, 2011by latadmin
Indian human rights activist Binayak Sen has accused the government of misusing the country’s sedition laws “to silence voices of dissent”. In an...
‘Yeti hand’ replica is returned to Nepalese monastery
april 28, 2011by latadmin
A pilot from New Zealand has travelled to Nepal to return a replica of what is believed to be the hand of a yeti to a remote monastery in the Everest region. Mike…
A Grim Future for Japan’s Fisheries
april 28, 2011by latadmin
The wreckage of a 379-metric-ton tuna boat blocks the road to the deserted fish market in Kesennuma, once Japan’s largest port for bonito and swordfish. More...
Sri Lanka slams ‘fictional’ UN war crimes report
april 28, 2011by latadmin
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's foreign minister on Thursday denounced a UN-commissioned report on war crimes allegations as biased, malicious and tending towards...
India’s new cricket coach gets unfriendly welcome
april 28, 2011by latadmin
NEW DELHI (AFP) – India's newly-appointed coach Duncan Fletcher on Thursday got a taste of the challenges he faces when two senior former players said a...
