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• China accuses Dalai Lama of `separatism' in anniversary speech
China Thursday accused the Dalai Lama of showing 'his nature of separating the nation' in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.
• Australia secure Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with six-wicket Auckland win
Australia secured the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy on Thursday with a six-wicket win against New Zealand in the fourth one-day international played here.
• Australia-New Zealand film festival holding "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective"
"Indian Film Festival 2010" in Australia and New Zealand is holding special "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective".
• 40,000-yr-old site in Australia may hold world's southernmost traces of early human life
Reports indicate that Australian archaeologists have uncovered a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, which they believe is the world's southernmost site of early human life.
• After Indians, now Canadian assaulted in Australia
After a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney Tuesday, reports here said.
• Russian Prime Minister Making Brief, Important Visit To India
Russia's Putin to India for 1st Time as PM Russia Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to discuss several bilateral issues during a brief visit to India. The Russian prime minister is no stranger...
• Delhi's Centuries-old Transportation Vehicles On Last Legs
Since the mid-17th century Mughal emperors began ruling from Shahjahanabad - now known as Old Delhi - a common mode of transportation has been the animal-drawn carriage or "tonga". The once-ubiquitous...
• Pressure Piles On Chinese Government To Scrap Divisive Household Registration System
Chinese Legislative Session Opens With Focus on Improving People's Well-Being Critics are calling on the Chinese government to overhaul the hukou household registration system. They say it deprives mi...
• South Korea Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged
(MENAFN) South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate at a record low Thursday amid international sovereign debt concerns and as the institution prepares for a leadership change, Bloomberg re...
• Eleven Tigers Starve To Death At China Zoo
(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) At least 11 tigers have died of hunger and malnutrition in a Chinese zoo so far this year, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, local media reported on Thursday, ...
• Return-it Depot Thanks North Shore Customers For Recycling
from 10am to 2pm. The Depot, located at 235 Donaghy Avenue in North Vancouver (behind Capilano Mall), offers full deposit refunds on all empty, ready-to-drink beverage containers. They also accept end...
• China Crescent Enterprises, Inc. Concludes Shanghai Conference With Tribute To The Late Major General Hugh G. Robinson
CCTR ) today released an on-demand Webcast presentation to summarize the highlights of the Shanghai Sales Conference that concluded today. The conference was organized to provide China Crescent techno...
• South Korea Delegation To Israel Seeks Cleantech Collaboration
Israel is beginning to acquire standing as a world center for development of renewable energy technologies. A large and high-ranking delegation from South Korea is in the country for a comprehensive, ...
• Taiwan Justice Minister Resists Presidential Order On Executions
Taipei- Taiwan's justice minister indicated Thursday she would not authorize executions despite a demand from the president that she do so in line with the law. The minister, Wang Ching-feng, has come...
• Stocks Slide After Inflation Jumps In China
Overseas markets were mixed after China said its inflation rate jumped 2.7 percent in February from 1.5 percent in January. Rapid inflation could force China to raise interest rates. That, in turn, co...
• Motorola Bringing Bing To China, Via Android
With Google's future in China uncertain, Motorola and Microsoft cut a deal to put the software giant's Bing search engine on Android handsets in China. In a
• Japan Weakens Climate Bill After Industry Pressure
How are companies managing their climate-change risks and is there a better way to do it? Felix Salmon will tackle the topic regularly on The Climate Desk, a soon-to-be-launched website.
• China Increases Security In Tibet To Prevent Protests
BEIJING — For a second straight year, the Chinese government has increased security across parts of the vast Tibetan plateau to dissuade any Tibetans from holding protests this week to mark the ...
• Afghanistan And Pakistan Pledge Cooperation
Taliban militants who use the mountainous and often lawless border region between them as a sanctuary. “It is the responsibility of our two governments that for the future generations, we remov...
• Stocks Retreat At The Start; China Concerns Weigh
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened modestly lower on Thursday after China reported a steep hike in inflation and fresh data showed the U.S. jobs market still on less-than-firm footing. The D...
• Crude Oil Dips On China Tightening Fears
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude oil futures came under pressure early Thursday as Chinese economic reports fueled concerns that Beijing might further tighten access to money to cool growth, leading to...
• 360-degree Video Panoramas Open New Window To China
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- As technology marches on, 360- degree panoramas which were once static images (such as Quicktime VR) have evolved into the realm of video. Thus you can now pan and zoom in a cir...
• European Shares Lower; China Concerns Hurt Miners
By Harpreet Bhal LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - European shares were slightly lower at midday on Thursday, with miners weak on fears of policy tightening in China, while Volkswagen led carmakers higher....
• India, China Make Mark On Forbes Rich List
According to the latest Forbes rich list, China now has more billionaires than any country outside the US. India's billionaires, however, are richer. Eight made the Top 100 and two, Mukesh Ambani and ...
• Japan, S. Korea To Hold Team Event In Sept.+
TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)The Japan Golf Tour Organization said Thursday a team event will be held between Japanese and South Korean players in a suburb of Seoul on Sept. 10-12. The $70...
• Vatican Frets Over Condom Machines In Rome School
ROME: A Rome high school has incurred the ire of the Catholic Church after its decision to install condom-vending machines for students. Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the pope's vicar for Rome, has...
• China Ministry Of Commerce Pledges Support For Tibetan Economy
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Thursday it had signed an agreement with the Tibetan Autonomous Regional Government on Wednesday on boosting the region's economy....
• China To Test Index Futures System During Coming Weekends
BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX) has said it will test the stock index futures system during the coming weekends of March 13-14 and March 20-21...
• Kim Jong Il Inspects Huichon Industrial Establishments
Kim Jong Il (front R), top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), inspects the industrial establishments in Huichon City, in this picture released by DPRK's official news agency K...
• Thailand Sets Up Center To Facilitate Tourists During Mass Rally
BANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A tourists assistance center is set up to facilitate tourists during an upcoming mass anti- government rally, said the National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT) under the st...
• Pakistan To Help Afghanistan Toward Stability
ISLAMABAD, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan will extend help to achieve peace and stability in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Thursday. Addressing a joint press conference with A...
• Pakistan, Afghanistan To Boost Connectivity, Cooperation
ISLAMABAD, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday agreed in a joint communique to boost communications network, bilateral trade and enhance cooperation in education, agriculture and...
• Philippine President Declares State Of Calamity In South
COTABATO, Philippines, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday declared state of calamity in the southern Philippines. But Arroyo's spokesperson, Ricardo Saludo,...
• Thousands In S Philippines Flee As Troops Attack Abu Sayyaf Gunmen
COTABATO, Philippines, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of terrified Philippine civilians fled on Thursday as Philippine security forces staged an assault on Al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf gunmen in volatil...
• Security Beefed Up At Thai Gov't House
Nattawut Saikua (C, front), spokesman for the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), talks about the preparation of this weekend's rally during a press conference in Bangkok, capital o...
• Asia-pacific Stages Strong Showing In List Of World's Billionaires
SINGAPORE: The Asia-Pacific region staged a strong showing in the latest list of the world's super-rich compiled by Forbes magazine, as the number of billionaires from the region jumped 80 per cent co...
• Japan Tuna Brokers Rally Against Bluefin Trade Ban
TOKYO: Tuna brokers at Japan's largest fish market protested a proposed international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna Thursday, saying it would unfairly hit Japan and its massive tuna market.
• Integration Provides Better Health Outcomes - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia
The Government's new hospital funding package is a welcome first step in the health reform process, but will be better served when complemented through implementation of a preventive health strategy t...
• Pharmacy Swine Flu Trial Moves Into Phase Ii - Pharmaceutical Society Of Australia
swine flu vaccination program trial conducted in Tasmania by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Department of Health and Human Services has proved popular with the community. Phase II of ...
• Report Reveals Drug Diversion Success - University Of Queensland, Australia
Queensland drug-users experience significant positive outcomes from drug intervention, according to a UQ study in which almost half of the participants reduced drug use following diversionary tactics....
• Us Pastor To Be Prosecuted For Shooting Cats In Taiwan - Summary
Taipei - Taiwan police on Thursday turned an American pastor over for prosecution for allegedly shooting stray cats with an air gun, killing at least one cat and injuring another. "After questioning h...
• Taiwan Justice Minister Under Fire Over 'no Execution' Vow
TAIPEI: Taiwan's justice minister Thursday faced mounting calls from politicians and activists to resign after she vowed not to allow any death sentences during her term. Wang Ching-feng said Wednesda...
• China Orders Journalists To Retrain In Communist Theory
press freedom and introduce a new training system that requires journalists to train in Marxist and communist theories of news.Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press andPu...
• Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks Return To Wwii Battlefield In 'pacific'
Y ou might think after “Saving Private Ryan” and “Band of Brothers” that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks would have nothing left to say about World War II. You would be wrong. ...
• China Overheating Fears Grow, Spurring Tightening Talk
Chinese consumer inflation spurted to a 16-month high in February and a raft of economic data displayed broad-based strength, providing fresh arguments for policy tightening sooner rather than lat...
• Japan, Brazil To Jointly Help Mozambique Develop Agriculture+
Mozambique's tropical savanna is as wide as 550,000 square kilometers, or 1.4 times larger than Japan's land area, and has soil and weather conditions similar to those of Brazil's cerrado, or "inacc...
• Japan Coast Guard Obtains Arrest Warrant For Antiwhaling Activist+
TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)The Japan Coast Guard on Thursday obtained an arrest warrant for a member of antiwhaling group the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society on suspicion of trespassing o...
• India 'close Friend' But Pak 'conjoined Twin', Says Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD: In a delicate balancing act, President Hamid Karzai on Thursday described India as a "close friend" while referring to Pakistan and Afghanistan as "conjoined twins." In remarks appare...
• China Npc: Haier Working With Ge On Rural China Appliance Sales</font>
. Haier has been a main beneficiary of government policies to subsidize the purchases of appliances and electronics by China's rural residents. Last year, the company's sales to rural areas rose by ...
• china Npc: Haier: Cooperating With Ge On Rural China Appliance Sales</font>
. Haier was in talks with GE in 2008 to buy GE's appliance unit. Yang said Thursday that Haier didn't buy at the time because the price for the unit was too high. She said the price now would likely...
• China Npc: Haier Working With Ge On Rural China Appliance Sales</font>
. Haier has been a main beneficiary of government policies to subsidize the purchases of appliances and electronics by China's rural residents. Last year, the company's sales to rural areas rose by ...
• china Npc: Haier: Cooperating With Ge On Rural China Appliance Sales</font>
. Haier was in talks with GE in 2008 to buy GE's appliance unit. Yang said Thursday that Haier didn't buy at the time because the price for the unit was too high. She said the price now would likely...
• China Fully Supports Copenhagen Accord, Fm Spokesman Says
China said on Thursday that it fully supports the Copenhagen Accord, and its stance of supporting the Accord is clear and consistent.Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the remarks at a regular n...
• 23 Dead, 5 Missing In Nw China Landslide
Soldiers carry the body of a victim at the site of a landslide at Shuanghuyu Village in Zizhou County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, March 11, 2010. The landslide, which occurred early Wednesday...
• China Closely Watches Results Of Iraqi Election
China was watching closely the results of the general election in Iraq, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang said here Thursday.Qin said at a regular press briefing that China was paying close attentio...
• China Vows To Clean Up Judiciary After Conviction Of Supreme Court Vice President
China's Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said Thursday that courts will take actions on judicial corruption to prevent abuse of judicial power after a former vice president of the supreme court was jailed ...
• Karzai Welcomes Pakistan's Reconciliation Assistance
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai , second from left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, second from right, attend talks on bilateral issues in Islamabad, Pakistan, 11 Mar 2010
• Bloody Indonesia Festival Pits Men, Horses In Battle
del.icio.us The remote Indonesian island of Sumba has just wrapped up its pasola festival, an annual event that pits hundreds of spear-wielding horsemen in a series of violent battles. It is the nigh...
• China Quickly Condemns Dalai Lama's Support For Uighurs
Chinese officials quickly reacted with anger to a speech by exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in which he expressed sympathy with the people of East Turkestan.
• Best Practice Adopted Worldwide From Norway To Australia
/PRNewswire/ -- Over 100,000 practitioners now have access to Best Practice, the latest product from the BMJ Evidence Centre, which provides information for healthcare professionals at the point of...
• China Accuses Dalai Lama Of 'separatism' In Anniversary Speech
Beijing, March 11 : China Thursday accused the Dalai Lama of showing 'his nature of separating the nation' in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.
• Japan Revises Down Q4 Growth Figures
(MENAFN) The Japanese government said that it has revised fourth-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth down, due to slightly weaker corporate capital expenditures and private inventories, Xinhua...
• Applied Materials Expands Equipment Manufacturing Capability In Taiwan
(MENAFN - Asia Pulse) Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest supplier of equipment to the semiconductor, flat panel display (FPD) and solar photovoltaic (PV) industries, today announced the open...
• Lloyd's Chairman Visits Japan, So. Korea; Urges Closer Ties
Article Reprints Lloyd's Chairman, Lord Levene, visited Japan and South Korea last week where he opened the new Lloyd's Japan office and hosted an event with Korean Re, titled -
• China Tells United States To Do More On Climate Change
Article Reprints China told the United States on Wednesday to make stronger commitments on climate change and provide environmental expertise and financing to developing nations. China's top climate ...
• Star's Priorities Outrage Australia
Australia 's Twenty20 skipper, to choose between her and his job. One wrote on a news website: "Clarke should be sacked for putting his high-maintenance fiancee above his duties to international cr...
• China Orders Reporters Trained In Marxist Theory
BEIJING China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theories of news, a media official said, citing pro...
• China To Test Journalists On Marx, Party History
Beijing - China is to require new journalists to pass tests on Marxist theory and the Chinese Communist Party amid a drive to improve standards and ensure closer adherence to government media policies...
• Toyota Subsidiary Daihatsu Recalls Around 275,000 Cars In Japan
TOKYO - Daihatsu Motor, a subsidiary of Toyota, said Thursday it will recall around 275,000 vehicles in Japan due to faulty brake lamps and loose bolts in the suspension system. The move comes as Dai...
• Asian Stocks Lacklustre As Spike In China Inflation Tempers Economic Confidence
BANGKOK, Thailand - Asian stock markets posted tepid gains Thursday as China's burst of inflation tempered confidence in the regional economic rebound. European shares opened lower. Most Asian benchm...
• Sig Combibloc Blazes Green Trail In China
The first FSC-labelled cartons are to be launched onto the Chinese market, said SIG Combibloc as it seeks to raise awareness of sustainability issues in the global economic powerhouse.
• Urbanizing China Long Way From Residence Reform
Despite a push for reform ahead of this week's annual legislative meeting, the household registration, or hukou, system is likely to stay in place for the near future, slowing China's rapid urbanizati...
• Tigers Starve To Death At China Zoo
At least 11 tigers have died of hunger and malnutrition in a Chinese zoo so far this year, the Year of the Tiger in the lunar calendar, local media reported on Thursday. China's wild tiger populati...
• China Sunergy Announces Financial Results For The Fourth Quarter And Full Year 2009
/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Sunergy Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: CSUN) ("China Sunergy" or the "Company") a specialized solar cell manufacturer based in
• Eruption Of Okinawa Anger Could Threaten Japan-u.s. Ties: Okinawa Group+
Okinawa group+ (AP) - TOKYO, March 11 (Kyodo)(EDS: UPDATING) A group of Okinawa prefectural assembly members urged Cabinet ministers Thursday to move the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station ...
• Etihad Expands Codeshare Flights In Australia
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has increased the destinations available for passengers travelling to Australia by expanding its codeshare agreement with Qantas.
• Malaysian Court Orders Muslim Convert Husband To Return Baby To Wife
KUALA LUMPUR: An ethnic Indian Hindu woman, who has been embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her Muslim convert husband, was given custody of her 22-month-old child by a Malaysian High Court ...
• taiwan Government Aims To Decide On Nan Shan Deal By End June</font>
behind the consortium by the end of March, and complete the review by the first half of this year if all the papers required are submitted," Hwang said. Despite warming official relations between
• Fitch Affirms Taiwan Concord Securities Corp.</font>
: Fitch Ratings has today affirmed all ratings of Taiwan's Concord Securities Corporation (CSC). The Outlook on its Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and National Long-term Rat...
• taiwan Government Aims To Decide On Nan Shan Deal By End June</font>
behind the consortium by the end of March, and complete the review by the first half of this year if all the papers required are submitted," Hwang said. Despite warming official relations between
• Thai Pm Secretary-general To Negotiate With Protestors During Mass Rally
BANGKOK, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) meeting on Wednesday decided to appoint Korbsak Sabhavasu, secretary-general to Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, t...
• Thai Pm Rules Out Coup Ahead Of Mass Anti-gov't Rally
BANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Thai government will do everything it can to prevent chaos during a mass rally and will definitely not let a coup happen, Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva said Thursday. The pr...
• Thai Gov't Well Ready Of Maintaining Law, Order During Mass Rally
BANGKOK, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The peace-keeping operations command is established at the 11th Infantry Regiment in capital Bangkok to control the anti-government rally, Deputy Prime Minister in charge...
• Pacific Fibre Plans International Fibre Cable Connecting Oz, Nz And Us
A newly formed company called Pacific Fibre is seeking funding to build a 5.12Tbps capacity fibre-optic cable connecting Australia, New Zealand and the USA which is planned to be ready for use in 2013...
• Taiwan Shares Open Higher
The Taiwan Stock Exchange's main index opened higher Tuesday than its previous close, moving up 0.13 points at 7,762.40 on a turnover of NT$2.206 billion (US$69.18 million). The weighted price index g...
• Australia Brush Aside Nz
Fourth One-Day InternationalAucklandNew Zealand 238 (B B McCullum 61) v Australia 202-4 (C L White 50 no, R T Ponting 50)Australia beat New Zealand by 6 wkts (D/L Method)
• China Tells Israel To Stop Settlement Plan
BEIJING: China on Thursday joined international condemnation of Israel’s plan to build 1,600 new homes in east Jerusalem and called on the Jewish state to put an end to the settlement project.
• New Partnership For Give2asia And Shanghai Roots & Shoots Helps U.s. Donors Support Youth & Environment Programs In China
Give2Asia, a leading U.S. philanthropic services nonprofit, and Shanghai Roots & Shoots, a China-based program of the Jane Goodall Institute, today announce a fiscal sponsorship that enables U.S. ...
• Australia Wins Odi Series Vs Nz
Chasing 200 runs to win off a rain-reduced 34 overs, Australia scored 202-4 in the 32nd over. Earlier, before the rain came, the visitors bowled out New Zealand for 238 in just the 45th over. Austra...
• Is Australia Entering A China-driven 20-year Resources Boom , An Industrial Info News Alert
PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A senior executive of the Reserve Bank of Australia has recently predicted that Austral...
• Seiko Epson Aims At Huge Growth In Sales Of Innovative Application Products
Japan-based Seiko Epson first introduced its innovative application products to the Taiwan market in 2009 and only generated revenues of NT$1 million (US$31,456) from these new products last year, but...
• China Accuses Dalai Lama Of 'separatism' In Anniversary Speech
Beijing - China on Thursday accused the exiled Dalai Lama of showing his desire for "separating the nation" in a speech to mark the 51st anniversary of a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. In his ...
• Applied To Beef Up Display, Solar Equipment Production In Taiwan
Applied Materials has announced the opening of its newly-expanded Tainan Manufacturing Center, Taiwan. The nearly 15,000-square meter facility will enhance Applied's capability to serve its flat panel...
• Epson Expects Quartz Component Sales To Grow 25% In 2010
Epson expects sales of its quartz components in the Taiwan market to grow 25% in 2010 after sales of such products recorded a 30% increase in 2009, according to the company.
• Ibm To Launch Ex5-series Servers At The End Of March
IBM Taiwan will launch its eX5-series servers featuring IBM's MAX5 chipset which can support six-times the capacity of the current maximum memory allocation of 256GB, according to the company.
• Australian Writers Lash Out At China Over Visa Refusal
Books, literature More than 90 Australian authors have signed a letter decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he is HIV-positive, a move t...
• Bank Of China Plans New Share Offering
BEIJING — Bank of China said Thursday it wants to issue more shares in Hong Kong soon, an offering that could strengthen its balance sheet by some $7.7 billion. Many of China’s big banks ...
• A.i.g.'s Sale Of Its Taiwan Unit In Regulatory Limbo
HONG KONG — American International Group has managed to agree to jumbo asset sales this month, but a smaller disposal — that of its Taiwan life insurance unit, Nan Shan Life — remain...
• Thailand Braces For Political Rallies In Capital
Thailand ’s seemingly unending political crisis is likely to reach another moment of tension this weekend with huge opposition rallies that organizers say they hope will paralyze the city and br...
• Analysis - India's Steel Needs Spell Less Iron Ore For China
India's export taxes on iron ore and plans to ramp up supplies to domestic steel mills will cut shipments to key buyer China in the long term, and aid miners wrangling for a steep hike in term prices,...
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