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Confucius Statue Vanishes Near Tiananmen Square
april 22, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING — “When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them,” Confucius once said. Apparently, someone extremely powerful has taken the saying to...
As China’s Income Gap Grows, Tombs Are a Target
april 22, 2011by latadmin
CHENGDU, China — Ever since Deng Xiaoping signaled in 1978 that it was fine to get rich, much of China has seemed hell-bent on that goal. But some local...
Japan Announces Emergency Budget
april 22, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO — The Japanese government earmarked almost $50 billion in emergency spending on Friday for the first step in the country’s largest reconstruction...
US hands over terror suspect to Germany (AP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – The United States handed over to Germany on Thursday a suspected Islamic militant whose information provided to U.S. interrogators in Afghanistan led...
Pakistan army chief vows to defeat terrorism (AFP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Pakistan’s army chief General Ashfaq Kayani vowed to defeat terrorism and rejected the notion of Islamabad “not doing enough” in the...
Cambodian police crack down on rally in capital (AFP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Cambodian police wielding electric batons beat protesters, including elderly women, and detained 11 people in a crackdown Thursday on a Phnom Penh rally...
S. Lanka relent to India over IPL recall (AFP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Sri Lanka said on Thursday they had allowed their players to honour their Indian Premier League commitments to avoid embarrassing neighbours India.
Turkey: Kurdish candidates can run for parliament (AP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Turkey’s top election body on Thursday reversed a decision that had barred several Kurdish candidates from running in a parliamentary vote in June...
Japan seals off no-go zone around nuclear plant (AP)
april 21, 2011by latadmin
AP – Japan sealed off a wide area around a radiation-spewing nuclear power plant on Friday to prevent tens of thousands of residents from sneaking back to the...
S. Korea troops board ship after reports of attack
april 21, 2011by latadmin
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korean naval commandos Thursday boarded a Seoul-owned container ship in the Indian Ocean following reports of a pirate attack and found all...
