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The First-Lady Effect on China’s Fashion Labels
april 04, 2013by latadmin
By WEI GU The rally in China’s struggling home-grown fashion companies spurred by the country’s glamorous first lady has already started to fade. While...
Kiwis in quest to conquer unclimbed peak
april 04, 2013by latadmin
New Zealand could again see itself in the mountaineering history books if an expedition to an unclimbed Himalayan peak goes without hitch. Suitably named, Rob Frost and...
Kiwi military exit gets under way
april 04, 2013by latadmin
The New Zealand Defence Force has taken its light armoured vehicles out of active duty in Afghanistan ahead of the final pull-out of the provincial reconstruction team...
Indonesian special forces admit prisoner killings
april 04, 2013by latadmin
The Indonesian army says members of the country's Kopassus special forces were behind the murders of four prisoners suspected of killing a soldier. The four men...
North Korea: How serious is military threat?
april 04, 2013by latadmin
Pyongyang earlier renewed threats of a nuclear strike against…
China readies to fight new bird flu
april 04, 2013by latadmin
The death toll from a new strain of bird flu rose to five in China today as Beijing said it was mobilising resources nationwide to combat the virus, Japan and Hong Kong...
‘Stunning sight’ as grandson recreates 1933 Everest flight
april 03, 2013by latadmin
The grandson of one of the first men to fly over Mount Everest has spoken about the many challenges of…
Job in Afghanistan done, says Sir Jerry
april 03, 2013by latadmin
Now is the right time for New Zealand to be pulling out of Afghanistan, Governor-General and former chief of defence Sir Jerry Mateparae said on the eve of an official...
Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala dies
april 03, 2013by latadmin
Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, who won Oscars for her screenplays for A Room With A View and…
Pyongyang blocks access to key zone
april 03, 2013by latadmin
China calls for calm after escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday banned workers from the Republic of...
