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US pullback poses great risks for Pakistan
From multibillion-dollar military aid to stealthy and secretive drone strikes, Pakistan, perhaps even more than Afghanistan, has been the central focus of America's 12-year war on Islamist ...
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Video 526 President Obama visits tornado-ravaged Moore Okla. Vietnam vet walks for the wounded
President Obama consoled victims who lost their homes to a tornado in Moore, Okla., and checked in on disaster response operations; and a Vietnam veteran inspires a town in California to help the most recent generation of veterans -- those who served in Iraq and ...
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Stressed cop shoots himself
An officer with the Jakarta Police shot himself in the head at his home in Pulo Gadung, East Jakarta, on Friday, allegedly due to stress.The officer, of brigadier rank and identified only as JM, 31, was a detective at the police's crime and violence unit.Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto explained that JM worked overtime on Thursday until Friday morning and went home at around 10 a.m. He ...
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Barcelona wins on pace to equal points record
With Lionel Messi injured and Brazil striker Neymar yet to arrive, Barcelona still had little trouble beating 10-man Espanyol to leave the Spanish league champions only one victory away from equaling the Spanish league's record point haul.Forward Alexis Sanchez scored in the 14th minute after a passing combination with David Villa. After the visitors had squandered several opportunities ...
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Neymar weeps in emotional last match with Santos
Neymar couldn't hold back the tears in his last match with Santos before joining Barcelona.Neymar cried profusely as the Brazilian national anthem was sung before the match against Flamengo on Sunday in the first round of the Brazilian league."It was very emotional," said Neymar as he bid farewell to his team and Brazilian football. "The movie of my life since I was a little ...
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Japan offers 51 bln yen loan to Myanmar
Japan on Sunday provided a fresh loan of about 51 billion yen (about $504 million) to help Myanmar's infrastructural development projects for Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ), official sources said.According to the notes exchanged between the visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Myanmar President U Thein Sein following their talks in Nay Pyi Taw, another loan was also provided ...
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Philippines Taiwan iron out details of probe
Did Taiwan set new conditions for helping the Philippines investigate the fatal shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman by Filipino coast guards? Or did Taipei simply try to clarify the rules of cooperation between Taiwanese and Filipino investigators? Justice Secretary Leila de Lima on Sunday denied Taiwan had set new conditions, but Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) chairman Amadeo R. ...
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Japan forgives debt boosts aid to Myanmar
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (centre L) stands next to Myanmar President Thein Sein (centre R) during a guard of honor at the president's residence office in Naypyidaw on May 26, ...
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Muslim lesbian couple from Pakistan defies life threats becomes first to get married in UK
LONDON: Britain has recorded its first ever Muslim lesbian couple to get married in a civil ceremony. Two former students from Pakistan -- Rehana Kausar, 34, and Sobia Kamar, 29, took their vows at a registry office in Leeds earlier this month. They have now applied for political asylum since homosexual relations are illegal in Pakistan. Relatives of the couple said to the Independent that the ...
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Asian stocks still shaky as Nikkei slides 3 percent
.N225 slid 3.0 percent in early trade on Monday, following on from a 3.5 percent slide last week in breath-taking volatility that no doubt left many investors ...
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Pakistan escape with close win
Pakistan claimed a thrilling two-wicket win against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday to clinch a two-match Test series 1-0.After the opener finished in a dramatic tie on Thursday, another close match was in store as Pakistan reached their victory target of 230 with just eight balls remaining.Wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal was Pakistan's hero, scoring 81 from 85 balls including 11 fours and two ...
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Singapore Stocks - Factors to watch on May 27
SINGAPORE, May 27 (Reuters) - Following is some company-related and market news which could have an impact on the local market. ----------------------MARKET SNAPSHOT @ 0008 GMT ------------ INSTRUMENT LAST PCT CHG NET CHG S&P 500 1649.6 -0.06% -0.910 USD/JPY 101.14 -0.16% -0.160 10-YR US TSY YLD 2.0107 -- 0.000 SPOT GOLD 1385.39 -0.01% -0.160 US CRUDE 93.53 -0.66% -0.620 ...
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Obama Visits Tornado-Hit Oklahoma Town Promises Aid
President Barack Obama views the devastation at Plaza Towers Elementary School caused by tornado and severe weather last week with school officials, May 26, 2013, in Moore, ...
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Colombia Rebels Reach Land Reform Agreement
Ivan Marquez, center, chief negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, is accompanied by fellow members of his team, during the peace talks with Colombia's government in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, May 26, ...
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Washington Week Focus on Scandals and Tragedies
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama visits a town devastated by a killer tornado and federal investigations continue into the cause of a major bridge collapse in Washington State and a freight train collision in Missouri. Congress is not in session this week so investigations into recent scandals continue to dominate the Washington political agenda. President Obama traveled Sunday to ...
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Barcelona gloats after beating Madrid to Neymar
Barcelona's coach and players have lauded Brazilian sensation Neymar after his decision to join the Spanish champion over fierce rival Real Madrid."We have to thank Neymar for making a choice with sport in mind over economics," Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova said on Sunday in reference to Neymar's snubbing of the reportedly larger salary Madrid had offered him.The ...
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Floods sweep across Kutai Kartanegara
Thousands of homes and public facilities in Tenggarong, the seat of Kutai Kartanegara (Kukar) regency in East Kalimantan were inundated on Sunday."Let us pray together so that the floods quickly recede in Kukar," Regent Rita Widyasari said.Kukar administration spokesman, Dafip Haryanto, said the flood was caused by heavy rainfall in the upstream area of Mahakam River that coincided ...
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Arts Education in Singapore Moves to Center Stage
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N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un sends Chinese leader handwritten letter
A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing’s efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions. North Korean vice Marshal Choe Ryong Hae’s three-day visit was seen as a fence-mending mission after ...
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N Korea’s bid to return to n-talks welcomed by Moscow
Russia regards as a ';positive development'; reports that North Korea is willing to return to six-party talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula, a Russian diplomat said. China’s Xinhua news agency and South Korea’s Yonhap reported Friday that Choe Ryong Hae, a special envoy for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, met Chinese President Xi Jinping and reaffirmed ...
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N Korea says will take ‘positive steps’ for peace
A North Korean envoy told China’s president on Friday that his reclusive country was willing to take ';positive actions'; to ensure peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, as China steps up diplomatic efforts to bring Pyongyang back to talks. But Choe Ryong-hae, a special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, made no offer to abandon North Korea’s nuclear ...
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N. Korea slams S. Korea leader as ‘confrontation maniac’
North Korea Friday accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of hurting the dignity of its leadership and slammed her as ';a confrontation maniac';. The warning came a day after Park denounced North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un for ';playing a gamble to escalate tension'; on the Korean peninsula. The North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, ...
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Korea commission to probe $20 billion river project
A South Korean government commission will probe a $20 billion effort to dredge, dam and beautify four major rivers that has been tainted by charges of environmental damage, cost-overruns and corruption. A statement from the prime minister’s Office on Friday said 20 officials and experts would be drafted onto the commission which will begin its work next month. Revitalising the Han, ...
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Air Liquide reveals deal in Chinese nylon production
French industrial gases group Air Liquide has won a ';major'; long-term contract with a group in China accounting for 12.0 percent of the production of nylon for the Chinese textile industry, Air Liquide said on Friday. The contract is to supply a site operated by Chinese Group Fujian Shenyuan involved in the production of nylon. The value of the contract was not divulged, but Air ...
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Search for China’s missing children goes online
It took dozens of volunteers half a year searching old Chinese maps and villages, but finally the online-organised group helped Luo Gang find where he was kidnapped 23 years ago — and his birth family. The search for China’s missing children — mainly boys abducted by traffickers to feed a traditional hunger for sons exacerbated by the one-child policy — is moving into ...
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Sri Lanka sees major tourism industry investment
Sri Lanka’s tourism industry, especially the cruising scene, is getting back on its feet following the war, with significant interest being shown by major cruise lines wanting to schedule Sri Lankan ports on Indian Ocean Cruises, while the local yachting scene is seeing exciting growth and a local cruise industry may be emerging from infancy.
Sri Lanka, following the long and devastating civil war, which lasted around two and a half decades, is now making renewed attempts to redevelop its tourist industry. The industry is extremely import to the economy of Sri Lanka and is a vital part of the country’s access to foreign currency reserves, but saw marked declines in tourist arrivals during periods in which the ongoing civil war was perceived to be increasing in intensity and violence. Read more
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