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Yusen Logistics Expands Trans-Pacific LCL Services
Yusen Logistics has expanded its direct less-than-containerload services by adding two new routes to its network, including a twice-weekly service from Shanghai to Los Angeles and a weekly multi-country consolidation service from Singapore to Los Angeles.The Shanghai Direct LCL Service is the first ...
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Microsoft expands Windows Azure in Asia Pacific
Welcome to Microsoft Pri0: That's Microspeak for top priority, and that's the news and observations you'll find here from Seattle Times technology reporter Janet I. ...
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Buck stops with Minister in China meat saga - Greens
NZ meat stopped at Chinese border costing millions (0:55) The Green Party says it's a "joke" the Minister for Primary Industries is blaming staff for New Zealand meat exports being stuck at China's border. Minister Nathan Guy has not ruled out job losses after he said his department was to blame for millions of dollars worth of beef and lamb being stranded in ...
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China Silicon Valley nonprofit boosts ties Video
Why Silicon Valley is important to China and what San Jose and the region is doing about it, according to Victor Wang of Hanhai Investments and zPark Venture, and Kim Walesh, San Jose's Economic Development. Interviewed by Senior Technology Reporter Cromwell Schubarth after they spoke at the Silicon Valley Business Journal's International Business Forum on May 23. Victor Wang of Hanhai ...
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China April oil demand up 2 vs. year ago Platts
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- China's apparent oil demand climbed by 2.1% to average 9.66 million barrels per day in April compared to a year earlier, according to a Platts analysis of Chinese government data released Thursday. But apparent demand for oil in April was the lowest level since August 2012, the analysis showed. Refinery runs fell 3% in April compared with March, but were up ...
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Financial stocks fall on Fed China data
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks were down in premarket action Thursday, tracking a drop in the broader global markets on concerns the Federal Reserve will reduce its bond-buying program and a reported drop in China's manufacturing index for May. The Financial Select Sector SPDR ...
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Booklet Published to Foster Closeness With Church in China
An Italian publisher dedicated to the missions has published a booklet to aid in prayer for the Church in China, as May 24 is the World Day of Prayer for the Church ...
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Indian doctor in UK gets 12 years in jail for raping and filming patients with camera inside his watch
Royal Wootton Bassett used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients. Detectives investigating likened the timepiece to that in a James Bond ...
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Six ways to bridge the Silicon Valley-China gap
What's your company's strategy for doing business with China? Not news: Chinese investment is pouring into Silicon Valley, and local companies are going after a piece of that action. News: This morning I spoke with six executives at that business crossroads who delivered six tips on bridging cultural and economic divides between Silicon Valley and China. Those were just some of the tasty ...
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Report At Least 1 London Terror Suspect is of Nigerian Descent
A picture of victim Drummer Lee Rigby, of the British Army's 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is displayed with flowers left by mourners outside an army barracks near the scene of his killing in Woolwich, southeast London May 23, ...
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White House Fact Sheet on Counterterrorism Policy
Fact Sheet: U.S. Policy Standards and Procedures for the Use of Force in Counterterrorism Operations Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hostilities Since his first day in office, President Obama has been clear that the United States will use all available tools of national power to protect the American people from the terrorist threat posed by al-Qa’ida and its associated ...
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LIVE Obama Speaks on Counterterrorism
2001, we were shaken out of complacency. Thousands were taken from us, as clouds of fire, metal and ash descended upon a sun-filled morning. This was a different kind of war. No armies came to our shores, and our military was not the principal target. Instead, a group of terrorists came to kill as many civilians as they could. And so our nation went to war. We have now been at war for well ...
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China WPT tournament 2013 to be held in Hainan in October
"Our goal is to make Jeju a gambling mecca...we want to bring the biggest tournaments here...WSOP [World Series of Poker], Poker Stars, Red Dragon, we already signed up WPT [World Poker Tour] and ATP [Asian Poker Tour]. We want to bring the big tournaments to ...
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China clears Boeing 787s for nations airlines Boeing
NEW YORK (AFP) - Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said Thursday, a move that opens up a large potential market to the US aerospace giant."I can confirm that the Civil Aviation Administration of China has granted type certification for the 787 Dreamliner," a Boeing spokesman said in an email.Chinese airlines have yet to take delivery of the ...
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China Pakistan to deepen strategic co-op
/enpproperty--> ISLAMABAD - China and Pakistan have agreed to cement their strategic partnership and deepen comprehensive strategic cooperation in various areas, according to a joint statement issued Thursday during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the South Asian nation. The statement said both sides are satisfied with their relationship, which contributed to peace and stability ...
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Taiwan-US trade relations forum to take place in Kaohsiung Friday
TAIPEI -- The fifth annual Taiwan-U.S. Commercial Forum will take place in Kaohsiung Friday, focusing on the development of bilateral trade relations and the prospects for further economic cooperation, the organizers said ...
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Taiwan to be theme country for Spanish film festival this summer
TAIPEI -- Taiwan has been chosen as the theme country of the 10th Asian Summer Film Festival in Spain to be held July 9-14, the Ministry of Culture said ...
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The 4 hedge funders losing big in the Japan rout
There's one big winner, too. FORTUNE -- The "Abe Trade" just hit a major bump. Toward the end of last year, a number of large hedge funds began piling into Japan. Driving the bet was the country's new prime minister Shinzo Abe, who said he favored flooding Japan's markets with cash from its central bank in order to finally pull its economy out of its perpetual slump. ...
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Portraits of Uighurs Chinas Embattled Muslim Minority
A woman takes a break from her afternoon work in the fields to pray.(Eleanor Mouseman) China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region is the country's largest province, a vast land mass bordering seven countries that is almost as large as Mongolia. The region is the traditional home of the Uighur people, one of China's 55 official ethnic minority groups and one, along with the Tibetans ...
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IAEA Delivers Final Report to Japan After Initial Review of Plans to Decommission Fukushima Daiichi
Two IAEA experts examine recovery work on top of Unit 4 of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on 17 April 2013 as part of a mission to review Japan's plans to decommission the facility. (Photo: G. ...
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Britain names soldier killed in London by suspected Islamists
Manchester United fan and a drummer in the military band, he had also served in Germany and Cyprus but was at the time of his death working in London. "An extremely popular and witty soldier, Drummer Rigby was a larger than life personality within the Corps of Drums and was well known, liked and respected across the Second Fusiliers," said a statement from the ministry of defence. ...
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London attackers were Britons of Nigerian origin Report
LONDON: British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. Local media named one of the two suspects as British-born, 28-year-old ...
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UN World Bank Say Development is Key to Congo Peace
GOMA -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been visiting the war-weary city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), accompanied by the president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim. Both men stressed they see investing in development as the way out of Congo’s conflicts. The front lines outside Goma were silent on Thursday morning as Ban and Kim conducted their ...
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New Standards Approved for Extractive Industries
New performance standards have been announced (5/23) for oil, gas and mining companies, requiring them to be much more transparent in their business dealings. to De Capua report on extraction industries The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative approved the new performance standards at a meeting in Sydney, Australia. Created in 2003, the initiative includes government, ...
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Slaughter of Horses in Australia Described as Inhumane
Canberra, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Animal rights groups described as inhumane and cruel the governmental procedure to slaughter thousands of wild horses in the outback, 300 kilometers southeast of Alice Springs city. The Australian organization of animal defenders said that the killing of 100,000 individuals by shooting them from a helicopter will make those wounded suffer a lingering death, ...
South Korea Focus
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South Korea's tool for northern diplomacy
A 66 square kilometre industrial complex just over the border is an important part of reconciliatory efforts between South Korea and the North. It is important to the economy as well, but its diplomatic significance runs far deeper.
The Kaesong Industrial Complex is the only industrial special administrative region that still exists as a joint agreement between North and South Korea. Following the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan, relations between the two countries deteriorated significantly, with South Korea accusing the North of the attack and the North subsequently denying involvement. Read more
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