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DPRK says missiles launch part of normal military training for self-defense
Beijing, May 20 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Monday that the country' s missiles launch is only part of normal military training for self-defense, the official news agency KCNA reported. The army military training, as a powerful deterrent to cope with the U.S. and the South Korea' s machinations of starting a nuclear war, "is the legitimate right of a ...
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India seeks market access to lower trade gap with China
India Monday asked China to provide greater market access to help lower the widening trade deficit that rose to $29 billion in 2012. During a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh voiced India's concern on the widening trade gap. "I conveyed to Premier Li our concerns about the trade deficit and sought increased market access to China for our exports ...
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India China seek early end to border dispute PM
India and China favour early resolution of their border dispute and want peace to be maintained on the frontier until then, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. Manmohan Singh also told the media along with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang that they had "wide ranging and candid discussions" on all matters of mutual concern and realised there was "a great deal of meeting of minds". The two ...
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Australia should help Dubai fraud man
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has suggested the 10-year jail sentence imposed on Australian businessman Matthew Joyce in Dubai is harsh by Australian standards and the government should be doing everything it can to ...
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Chinas growth upsets Australian treasury forecasts
China's surprising growth in recent years has contributed to throwing Australian treasury economic and revenue forecasts out of whack, Secretary to the Treasury Martin Parkinson told economists at a budget briefing in Sydney Tuesday.The briefing was called to explain the context of errors in recent economic and revenue forecasts, which are currently undergoing extensive review.Parkinson ...
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India-China discussions specific without shying away from anything
International News: India and China held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything", External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here ...
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4 dead in C China crane collapse
Four people were killed and another seriously injured in a crane collapse on Tuesday morning in Central China's Hubei Province, local authorities said. The accident occurred around 10:30 am at a construction site in the village of Shuangli, Yuanan County, sources with the county government said. The roughly seven-story crane collapsed while being dismantled, killing three people on the ...
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PLA Navy warships return from West Pacific training
A People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy fleet returned to a military port in east China's Fujian Province on Tuesday after finishing a 16-day training session in the West Pacific Ocean.The training session included combat readiness patrols, open sea mobility exercises and comprehensive offense and defense exercises, as well as drills related to offshore supply operations and rescue ...
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Chinese premier calls for substantial progress in China-India cooperation
Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh agreed Monday in New Delhi to further consolidate the Sino-Indian strategic cooperative partnership for peace and prosperity and to push for fresh and substantial progress in bilateral cooperation.In his meeting with Singh, Premier Li said China and India are important neighbors and partners by nature.He noted that ...
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Deadly jellyfish may have stung tragic parents
Australia , leaving their young children orphaned on the beach, may have been killed by the Irukandji jellyfish - one of the world's most venomous ...
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China market Online advertising valued at CNY18 billion in 1Q13 says Analysys
Providers of online advertising services in the China market generated total revenue of CNY18 billion (US$2.89 billion) during the first quarter of 2013, falling 14.5% on quarter but growing 28.3% on year, according to China-based consulting company Analysys ...
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China may extend giant panda census
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - China may extend a nationwide census for wild giant pandas that was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013, as an earthquake disturbed one of the pandas' major habitats last ...
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Taiwan tourists cancel Philippines plans
/enpproperty--> BORACAY, Philippines - Taiwan tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to Kalibo International Airport ...
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Indian media highlight China-India economic ties
/enpproperty--> NEW DELHI - India media have highlighted trade and economic relations between India and China during their coverage of Chinese ...
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African youths hone acrobat skills in N China
Students from Nigeria practice acrobatics in Wuqiao county, North China's Hebei province, May 20, 2013. Eight Nigerian students, 14 to 18 years old, began a one-year training course at a local acrobat school, where more than 300 African students have been studying since 2002. Wuqiao county is known as the "home of acrobatics" with more than 1,500 acrobats and 60 troupes. ...
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M5.6 quake hits SW Ryukyu Islands Japan
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan at 08: 25:54 GMT Tuesday (16:25:54 Beijing Time), the U.S. Geological Survey ...
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No plans by Cricket Australia to curb player social media use after David Warner Twitter rant
Australia Cricket Australia said on Tuesday it had no immediate plan to curb the use of social media by players after a Twitter rant by David Warner, but suggested it could happen in the future.Opening batsman Warner is due to face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday night into an alleged code of conduct breach after a heated tirade at two top cricket writers.He faces sanctions ranging from a ...
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Saudi Arabia executes crucifies 5 Yemenis for murder SPA
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed and crucified five Yemenis convicted of murder and forming a gang which carried out robberies across several towns in the conservative Muslim kingdom, the interior ministry said. The five were executed in the southwestern town Jizan, it said, quoted by state news agency SPA, bringing the number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year to 46, according to an AFP ...
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Taiwan cancels flight to Boracay
(1 hr 9 mins ago) Taiwanese tourists to Boracay, a world-renowned resort in central Philippines, have started canceling hotel reservations since Taiwan issued an advisory against traveling to the country after Philippine Coast Guards killed a Taiwan fisherman. Percy Malonesio, head of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to Kalibo International Airport, said on Tuesday, "We ...
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Wave of attacks kills at least 95 in IraqThe bloodshed is still far shy of the pace scale and brutality of the dark days of 2006-2007 when Sunni and Shiite militias carried out retaliatory attacks against each other in a cycle of violence that left the
BAGHDAD: A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq today, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years. The bloodshed is still far shy of the pace, scale and brutality of the dark days of 2006-2007, when Sunni and Shiite militias ...
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Taiwanese investigation team arrives in Philippines
An investigation team from Taiwan arrived in the Philippines Thursday morning to look into the death of a 65-year old Taiwanese fisherman who was shot by a Philippine Coast Guard last Thursday, May 9, 2013. The investigation team, which consists of representatives from the Taiwanese government's justice, police and maritime departments will work with their local counterparts to determine ...
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Philippines says Taiwan vessel aggressor of shooting incident
A video of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on the maritime incident with last week that resulted in the death of a 65-year old Taiwanese fisherman has been turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), the Manila Bulletin quoted government sources as saying on Thursday. According to local media, the contents of the said video documented the circumstances prior to the actual ...
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Philippine pivot in the South China Sea
By Richard Javad Heydarian MANILA - After three years of inconclusive bilateral negotiations with China and a year of precarious diplomatic brinkmanship under Cambodia's chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines has sought new ways to resolve its territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Despite earlier hopes that China's leadership ...
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Japan tips its hand via North Korea
By Peter Lee The big story in Asia affairs today is a little trip that was supposed to stay a secret: the dispatch of Isao Iijima, adviser to Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to meet with senior officials in North Korea, thereby breaking the united US/South Korean/Japanese front in negotiations with Pyongyang. It is the first instance of an overt divergence between Japanese and US ...
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China premiums for refined copper hit 7-month high
Tue May 21, 2013 4:35am EDT * Domestic premiums at around 500 yuan/T over Shanghai front-month contract * One producer takes more than 10,000 T from spot market, adds pressure * Availability of bonded stocks falling By Polly Yam HONG KONG, May 21 (Reuters) - Premiums paid by Chinese buyers of physical refined copper have risen to a 7-month high after domestic producers cut output following a ...
North Korea Digest
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North Korea's navy integral to sea border security
The North Korean Navy is an integral part of the country’s armed forces and the 46,000 men and woman that man it are the part of the defense force most often in international and North Korean news media.
The North Korean Navy is part of the Korean People’s Army Naval Force and makes up the country’s maritime defense capability. Because the navy is primarily concerned with defense, it operates as a ‘green water’ rather than a ‘blue water’ navy, which means it is capable of carrying out missions and activities offshore but not at extended ranges such as the Chinese Navy, which is much larger and includes air craft carriers, battle ships and destroyers. Read more
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