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Warner reported for beaching Code of Behaviour
Cricket Australia (CA) Sunday said David Warner has been reported for breaching their Code of Behaviour. Warner is alleged to have breached Rule 6 which is "Unbecoming behaviour, regarding comments posted on his twitter account". The rule states that "players and officials must not at any time engage in behaviour unbecoming to a representative player or official that could (a) bring them or ...
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The Latest Images from Syria
This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens shows Syrian rebels preparing to repel an attack by government forces, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 19, ...
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Rebels Army Clash in Eastern DRC
Fresh fighting has erupted in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between the army and rebel group M23 -- the first clash between the sides in nearly six ...
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India China Pledge to Overcome Border Tensions
NEW DELHI -- The leaders of Asian giants India and China say they will take steps to build greater mutual trust a month after a tense dispute over their shared border. With words like friendship, peace and consensus, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, meeting in New Delhi, set out to move past the standoff that dominated headlines just weeks ago. ...
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North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles
North Korea has launced two short-range missiles Monday, according to data from the South Korean Ministry of Defense. Over the past few days, Pyongyang has launched a total of 6 missiles, 3 Saturday, 1 Sunday and 2 Monday. The ballistic missiles, fired into the Sea of Japan, are believed to be of the KN-02 type. Pyongyang routinely test-launches ...
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Chinas maritime industry to keep growing
A new government report, made public on Monday, has predicted that China's maritime industry will see relatively fast growth in the next 17 years.The country's maritime industry is expanding fast and will reach a stable stage in 2030, said the report issued by the China Institute for Marine Affairs, attached to the State Oceanic Administration.In 2012, the maritime industry reported a ...
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China Tajikistan establish strategic partnership
Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon at the signing of a joint announcement to establish a strategic partnership, after their talks in Beijing, capital of China, May 20, 2013. Photo: XinhuaChina and Tajikistan established a strategic partnership on Monday, pledging to boost bilateral cooperation.The announcement was made during talks held between ...
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Scenery of terraced fields in central China
Farmers work at the terraced fields at the Xinhua County of Loudi City, central China's Hunan Province, May 19, 2013. (Xinhua/Liu ...
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China Comes To Ukraine
Ai Weiwei, Forever Bicycle, 2012; Photo: PinchukArtCentre, by Dmytro Baranov Just like its economy, the Chinese art scene has been booming for the past few years. In the absence of any productive strategic partnership between Ukraine and China, as well as any noticeable political or economic ties, art is a fresh way to connect the two cultures. "China China," - which promises to be ...
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Danone looks to milk China demand surge
Danone has struck two deals with the China Mengniu Dairy Company in a bid to take advantage of surging demand for internationally-branded milk and ...
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South Korea says North Korea fires 6th projectile into waters
A mock Scud-B missile of North Korea, right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at the Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul. North Korea fired short-range projectiles into its own eastern waters Monday for a third straight day, South Korea said. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated ...
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Binay urges Taiwan to protect Filipino workers
Vice President Jejomar Binay. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines -- Vice President Jejomar Binay has called on Taiwan to assure the protection of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) there amid reports of attacks against Philippine nationals, an apparent backlash following the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman earlier this month. In a letter to Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Manila, Binay ...
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Top 10 points from India-Chinas joint statement
Two sides agreed to consult the other parties with a view to establishing a Joint Study Group on strengthening connectivity in the BCIM (Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar) ...
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China suspects presumed guilty until proven innocent
A police officer stands guard on Tiananmen Square: police and prosecutors are often placed under enormous pressure to find suspects guilty. Photograph: Diego ...
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All Japan All the Time
A Free Video Presentation The evils of this deluge of paper money are not to be removed until our citizens are generally and radically instructed in their cause and consequences, and silence by their authority the interested clamors and sophistry of speculating, shaving, and banking institutions. Till then we must be content to return, quo ad hoc, to the savage state, to recur to barter in the ...
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Top Secret The Battle for the Pentagon Papers Is a Hit in ... China
A poster for the December 2011 run of "Top Secret" in China (LA Theatre Works) A little less than two years ago, the play, "Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers," came to China by way of Los Angeles, playing to mostly student audiences in small theaters in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. I took in one performance on the campus of Peking University that felt ...
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India China ink 8 agreements on trade water resources
India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the ...
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North Korea launches missiles off east coast for third day
North Korea fired a short-range missile off its east coast Monday, marking the third consecutive day of launches, South Korean officials said. The North fired the missile between 11 a.m. and noon, local time, into the ocean, Yonhap News Agency reported. The country fired three missiles into the same location Saturday and a fourth Sunday. "North Korea again launched a short-range ...
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Former Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf granted bail in Benazir assassination case
Pervez Musharraf became the first former army chief to be arrested, breaking an unwritten rule that the top ranks of the military are untouchable, even after they have ...
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Two tourists killed in Turkey hot-air balloon collision
ISTANBUL: A Brazilian and a Spanish tourist died on Monday and 23 other people were hurt after two hot-air balloons collided in a beauty spot in central Turkey, officials said. The accident occurred over Cappadocia's sculpted rock formations when one balloon collided with the basket of another balloon above and crashed to the ground, the governor of Nevsehir province, Abdurrahman Savas, ...
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At least 12 dead in China blast
AT least 12 people died and 11 were missing Monday after a blast destroyed an explosives workshop in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, state media said. The explosion scattered rubble up to 200 metres away, killing at least a dozen people at the factory owned by the Poly Explosives (Jinan) Company in Shandong's Caofan township, the semi-official China News Service ...
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Indian and Chinese Premiers Pledge Cooperation on Border Issues
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Exclusive - Japan panel warns of dangers if debt unaddressed
Reuters © Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso attends the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi May 4, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan ...
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China trying to manage exposure of corruption online
Reuters © Liu Tienan, then head of the National Energy Administration and deputy chairman of China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), attends a news conference about Spring Festival transport in Beijing in this January 8, 2012 file photograph. The latest bureaucrat to fall from grace thanks to the Internet was Liu Tienan, sacked from his job last week as deputy chief ...
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Cannes Diary India and China have a strong presence
While many stars come to the French Riviera to party, the main business of Cannes is business itself. Selim El Azar, the chief executive of the Qatar-based Gulf Film, and Abdulaziz Al Khater, the new head of the Doha Film Institute, are both in Cannes this week to shake hands and make deals. Also on the sales-pitch circuit is the directing legend Martin Scorsese, drumming up interest in his ...
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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