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• Beijing Olympics gold medal for auction on Taiwan website
A Beijing Olympics gold medal was put up for auction on a Taiwan website, but the seller or the website later removed the posting, a newspaper said Friday.
• Australia mulls 10 percent emissions cut by 2020
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's top climate change adviser said Friday the nation's greenhouse gas emissions should be cut by 10 percent of 2000 levels by 2020.
• Mine gas blast kills 10 in southwest China
Chengdu, Sep 5 (Xinhua) At least 10 people have been killed and eight are still missing in a coal mine gas blast in southwest China's Sichuan province early Friday, rescue operators said.
• China, Singapore agree on free trade accord
China and Singapore concluded negotiations on a free trade agreement, China's first with another Asian country, news reports said Friday.
• Sangakkara to undergo finger surgery in Australia
Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper and batsman Kumar Sangakkara is leaving for Australia later this week to undergo a finger surgery on his left hand, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said here Thursday.
• After assuming Presidency, Zardari
Islamabad, Sept 5 : PPP Co-chairman and presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari, who is expected to win tomorrow's presidential poll, will embark on his first ever visit as the head of the state to China on September 9.
• US frustrated over China
Washington, Sept.5 : Pentagon officials have claimed that China continues to resist disclosing details of its strategic nuclear weapons programs despite both governments having had several exchanges and discussions in the past two years.
• Poor design led to schools collapse in quake-hit South West China
New Delhi, Sept.5 : Poor design, the use of substandard materials and other defects are being blamed for the collapse of several school buildings during the May 12 earthquake in China's south-west Sichuan Province.
• London taxis are now made in China
London, Sept.5 : Another British icon has gone the Chinese way. We are talking about taxis.
• Subscribers in Taiwan care about content in mobile entertainment
In Taiwan, consumers care much more about content richness than screen size when using cellphones to enjoy mobile entertainment information, according to a recent survey by Market Intelligence Center ...
• Australia swears in first woman governor-general
Australia's 25th governor-general was sworn into office as the representative of Britain's Queen Elizabeth on Friday, with republicans holding out little hope that Australia will abolish the job any...
• Main Bank of China Is in Need of Capital
It has been on a buying binge in the United States over the last seven years, snapping up roughly $1 trillion worth of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed debt issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Th...
• Rising oil price could lead to China industrial restructuring
CHANGCHUN - Concerns of a surging oil price could mean the industrial restructuring and upgrading of China's industries, according to a United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) offi...
• Sharp Aims To Sell 5 Million Handset Units In China Per Year
and plans to differentiate itself in the market by going after top-end customers with high-end models, Masami Ohbatake, Sharp's general manager of overseas sales, said Friday. Ohbatake said Sharp ho...
• Gov. Granholm plans trade trip to Japan
DETROIT -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm plans to take a five-day trade trip to Japan later this month in which she will try to lure companies to the economically struggling state. Granholm told WWJ...
• Australia Considers Economic Costs of Fighting Climate Change
Australia's top climate adviser has unveiled the likely costs of an emissions trading program. Professor Ross Garnaut has proposed cautious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and recommends...
• BHP suspends Australia iron ore mining
suspended all its iron ore mining in Australia on Friday, shutting in a third of the country's production after the second mine worker death in the past 10 days, raising broader safety concerns in its...
• Aso, six others line up so far in Japan PM race
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Taro Aso, frontrunner to become Japan's next leader, faced a growing field of six would-be rivals on Friday, as the ruling party hoped a vibrant leadership ra...
• China Police Quell 2 Large Protests - Rights Group
dispatched large numbers of soldiers and armed riot police to quell two major protests, officials and a rights group said Friday, in the latest public discontent to rock the communist nation.
• Monsanto gets OK to export soybeans to China
has received regulatory approval in China for the importation of its Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans, the company said Thursday. This is welcome news to farmers, who say that as the standard of living...
• Air of corruption dogs Pakistani leader
ISLAMABAD : Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, is set to become president Saturday, an accidental ascent for a man known more as a wheeler-dealer than a leader. He will start his tenure ...
• China Understands Need To Seek Gas Price Hike
. Kalla told reporters after meeting Chinese officials Friday that "there was no exchanging of threats over the Tangguh negotiations." "Their energy requirements are very high. They need us and we ne...
• Taiwan shares open sharply lower
Taipei, Sept. 5 (CNA) The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened sharply lower Friday. The weighted price index was down 185.56 points at 6,227.07 on a turnover of NT$4.02 billion (US$126.57 millio...
• Tainted Chinese rice sold for making
Japan+ (AP) - TOKYO, Sept. 5 (Kyodo)(EDS: UPDATING WITH PRESS CONFERENCE, MORE INFO) A rice products company in Osaka sold imported rice from China and other countries that was tainted with high...
• Malaysia deploys navy to Somalia
Malaysia is sending three navy ships to the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels from piracy. The ships, carrying troops and helicopters, are expected to begin patrolling in the Gulf of Ade...
• 3 Killed in Pakistan Airstrike
Pakistani officials say at least three people have been killed in an airstrike in a tribal region near the country's border with AfghanistanWitnesses said they saw drone (unmanned) aircraft flying abo...
• Sompo Japan,Dai-Ichi Decide On Unit Mutual Stakeholding Amount
In April, the two companies outlined an operational tie-up to support sales activity. Under the latest agreement, Sompo Japan will buy new shares of Dai-Ichi Frontier Life Insurance Co. for
• China to float US$3.8 billion in one-year T-bonds
BEIJING - The Ministry of Finance said on Friday that it would float 25.99 billion yuan (US$3.8 billion) worth of book-entry treasury bonds, the 16th batch of its kind this year. This issue will brin...
• Vale wants China to pay more for iron ore
Vale wants China to pay more for iron ore By Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai, Javier Blas in London and Song Jung-a in Seoul Published: September 5 2008 13:41 | Last updated: September 5 2008 13:41
• Prosecutors summon ex-Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian over money laundering
Prosecutors on Friday summoned former Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian and former director of Taiwan's "Investigation Bureau" Yeh Sheng-mao for interrogation over missing documents allegedly imp...
• China organizes officials to learn, implement Scientific Outlook on Development
The Communist Party of China (CPC) will launch a 1.5-year campaign from this month to learn and implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau said here on...
• Envoys discuss North Korea
Beijing - Envoys from South Korea and Japan discussed North Korea's nuclear weapons programme on Friday, amid uncertainty over whether Pyongyang is preparing to reassemble key facilities. Officials sa...
• China’s steel mills shrug off iron ore rise
Big steelmakers in China on Tuesday shrugged off the impact of Monday’s record rise in iron ore prices, but the higher prices could increase cost pressures on smaller mills and hasten consolidation ...
• China to invest $3.1 bln in Tibet projects - Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will invest 21.17 billion yuan ($3.1 billion) by 2013 in a series of industrial projects to promote development in the restive and remote Himalayan region of Tibet, the offic...
• Japan plays down S. Korean reaction to description of Takeshima+
TOKYO, Sept. 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)Japan on Friday played down South Korea's reaction to an annual Japanese government report that describes a disputed island chain in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshi...
• Hirings exceed job separations for 1st time in 14 years in Japan+
TOKYO, Sept. 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)Hirings exceeded job separations in Japan last year for the first time in 14 years, indicating that the employment environment is improving, the government said Frid...
• Pakistan restores 3 judges ousted by Musharraf
Pakistan's law minister says three Supreme Court judges ousted by ex-President Pervez Musharraf have returned to the bench, but not the deposed chief justice. The move cements deep political div...
• Sabotage ruled out in gas cylinder explosion in northwest China
An investigation has ruled out the possibility of deliberate sabotage in the gas cylinder explosion that injured 10 in northwest China on Thursday. Police and work safety authorities confirmed the bla...
• China still on-side with Russia
substance. With the looming confrontation between Washington and Moscow over South Ossetia, the West itself seems to be getting lost in its tireless effort to renew the "Western civil war", which wa...
• Linc looks to & #36;1.5b China coal deal
Linc Energy Ltd says it is selling its Bowen Basin exploration tenements in Queensland to China's state-owned Xinwen Mining Group for $1.5 billion.Linc said it had signed a heads of agreement with...
• President Ahmadinejad due in China tonight
President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due in Beijing, China, on Friday night to attend inaugural of the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games. Besides attending the Paralympic Games' inaugural ceremony, ...
• Ford rules out New Zealand post
Kent coach Graham Ford has dismissed speculation linking him with taking up a similar role with New Zealand. Newspapers in New Zealand are suggesting Ford is on the shortlist to replace John Bracewel...
• China tested nukes for Pakistan, gave design
WASHINGTON: While an assortment of non-proliferation hardliners and hi-tech suppliers treat India with immense suspicion in the matter of nuclear trade predicated on tests, it turns out that the Un...
• Al-Qaida video threatens more attacks on Denmark
DUBAI: Al-Qaida has released a video featuring a senior commander who was rumoured to have been killed in Pakistan in July, threatening more attacks against Denmark after a suicide bombing on its e...
• Zardari set to sweep Pak Presidential elections
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's ruling PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari appears set to sweep tomorrow's presidential poll and would be expected to tackle problems like rising militancy and economic malaise after hi...
• China cuts Sept fuel imports on ample supply
SINGAPORE - China is slashing auto fuel imports in September after the Olympics as recent record purchases and high refinery runs filled domestic tanks to the brim, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.
• Japan defense report warns of China
TOKYO — In an annual defense review released Friday, Japan remains vigilant of China’s growing military power, including its development of an anti-satellite laser beam, but takes a less ...
• Chinese rice with high pesticide levels sold for edible use in Japan
TOKYO — A rice products company in Osaka sold imported rice from China containing higher-than-allowed levels of pesticide residue for edible use, along with products made from the rice, the far...
• Why the Paralympics matter
The Paralympics celebrate 60 years of competition in Beijing, and the British team are out to grab a top three spot in the medal table. Ahead of the action, BBC Sport presenters and pundits explain w...
• Air strike kills seven in west Afghanistan
Seven people, including two children, were killed in an air strike in western Afghanistan on Friday that was aimed at the house of a Taliban commander, a district official said. There was no immediat...
• China bans mass prayers during Ramadan in restive province
Beijing, September 5: Authorities in China's Muslim-populated far northwest province of Xinjiang are seeking to prevent mass prayers and the distribution of religious material as part of a security c...
• Monkey leads Tokyo police on chase
TOKYO : Japan's most-wanted fugitive has been eluding police for nearly a month. He slips urban dragnets. He runs through crowded train stations, shocking commuters. He even urinates in public.
• Cambodian Senate president returns home from China visit
Cambodian Senate President Chea Sim arrived in Phnom Penh on Friday after paying an official visit to China. Chea Sim was welcomed by some Cambodian senior officials and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia...
• Aso Announces Possible Bid for Japan PM
Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taro Aso speaks at the ruling party's general meeting in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda resigned late Monday after less ...
• AOL Chief Plots Return to China
Posted on: Friday, 5 September 2008, 03:00 CDT By Davis, Anita Norman Koo is convinced the portal giant can crack the world's biggest web market by targeting new users. By Anita Davis PROFILE Mention...
• New book says US spied on Iraqi PM
WASHINGTON: The United States spied on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his government even as President George W. Bush vowed a strong relationship with the Iraqi leader, according to a new ...
• 3,259 legal aid agencies established in China
By the end of 2007, China had established 3,259 legal aid agencies in the vast majority of the counties and regions, according to a statement by Minister of Justice Wu Aiying on the fifth anniversary ...
• Ina in a hurry to win over Japan boss Okada+
MANAMA, Sept. 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Junichi Inamoto is determined to win over Japan boss Takeshi Okada after getting a surprise call-up for Saturday's crunch World Cup q...
• N. Korea tells Japan of delay in launching abduction probe panel+
panel+ (AP) - TOKYO, Sept. 5 (Kyodo)(EDS: UPDATING WITH NAKAYAMA'S REMARKS AT 9TH-12TH GRAFS) North Korea has told Japan that it will be suspending the launch of a reinvestigation panel concerni...
• Beijing talks aim to break North Korea nuclear deadlock
Negotiators from South Korea, Japan, the US and China today convened a hastily-arranged meeting in Beijing to discuss the deadlock over the dismantling of North Korea's nuclear programme.In February l...
• Unpopular Japan PM scores with parting shot
TOKYO (Reuters) - Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was unpopular with voters but T-shirts printed with his huffy parting shot are now a hit.
• Former foreign minister seeks Japan leadership
Brash, right-leaning former foreign minister Taro Aso announced today that he will run for ruling party president in a move that would put him on track to take over as Japan’s next prime minister.Mr...
• 200 protesters arrested at Republican convention
ST. PAUL, Minnesota: Police surrounded and arrested about 200 protesters on Thursday night after a lengthy series of marches and sit-ins timed to coincide with Sen. John McCain's acceptance of the...
• Australia stocks lose 2 pct as risk aversion grips
risk aversion seized investors amid signs of worsening global economic health, with miners and financial firms leading the declines. Banks sank, with National
• Tikiphone To Launch South Pacific
Alcatel-Lucent in Paris has announced that Tikiphone, French Polynesia's sole mobile telephone service provider, will "soon" launch Tahiti's and the South Pacific's first 3G+ network. That l...
• Global stock markets still jumpy
Fears about a global economic slowdown have continued to weigh on stock markets around the world, with Japan's main share index falling nearly 3%. Lack of confidence was evident across Asia with mark...
• Japan fails to meet FY 2007 rice import quota required by WTO+
TOKYO, Sept. 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)Seiichi Ota, Japan's farm minister, said Friday that Tokyo was unable to meet in the year ended March the "minimum access" quota of rice imports required under World...
• Reporter caught masturbating on bus
A HONG Kong television reporter who quit his job after he was arrested for masturbating naked on a bus said he was only trying to "ease his stress''. Chiu Yu-kit, a former journalist at Asia Televis...
• Detroit mayor gets jail in sex case
DETROIT - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was bounced from office on Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to jail and put an end to the sex scandal that embarrassed this chronically strugg...
• Asia Pacific server market continues momentum, says Gartner
In the second quarter of 2008, Asia Pacific server shipments posted another healthy growth of 15.6% on year. Revenues increased 5.4% on year, according to Gartner. Server revenues totaled US$2.01 bill...
• Critics dismiss Thai referendum
A national referendum proposed by Thai PM Samak Sundaravej has been dismissed by critics as a stalling tactic. Mr Samak announced the plan on Thursday, in an effort to defuse the ongoing political ...
• Ten killed, eight missing in China mine explosion
BEIJING: A coal mine gas blast in southwest China's Sichuan province early Friday killed 10 people, and left eight others missing, state media reported. The explosion occurred at 2:52 am in a mi...
• Mix-up of brides due to power cut
A black out at a crowded mass marriage venue here at an auspicious moment when about 40 grooms had to simultaneously tie the 'mangal sutra' around their bride's neck led to a mix up with two of the...
• Former Bangla PM Khaleda Zia may be released next week
DHAKA: Detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, languishing in prison for over a year on graft charges, may be freed on bail by next week, her lawyers have claimed. However, she wi...
• China provides cash aid to hurricane-hit Cuba, Jamaica, U.S.
The Chinese government announced on Friday that it is providing cash assistance to the governments of Cuba, Jamaica and the United States, the three countries hit by Hurricane Gustav. According to the...
• China ready to dazzle again at Paralympics - Feature
Beijing - The Olympic atmosphere is suddenly back in Beijing: "Two Games with equal splendour" have been promised by the organizers when the 13th Paralympics begin on Saturday evening with what promis...
• Taiwan stocks fall 1.64 pct to lowest level in 2 years
Taiwan stocks continued to fall on Friday over Wall Street's steep drops overnight, hitting the lowest level in two years, according to media reports reaching here Friday from Taipei. The benchmark we...
• China expected to become world
China is expected to become the world's largest economy in 2050, said Nobel laureate in economics, "the father of Euro" Robert Mundell in a speech entitled "Construction of Northeast As...
• 2 officials sacked after China farmers riot+
BEIJING, Sept. 5 (AP) - (Kyodo)Two local officials have been sacked after two people were killed in clashes between police and farmers in southwest China earlier this year, state-run media repor...
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