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Kevin Rudd: Tomorrow's Pax Pacifica

CJNews Spread - 3 hours 2 min ago

Although the relationship between China and the United States is critical to Asia's future, the concept of a 'G-2' is never going to fly in the region. The task today is to recognise the realities of

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Tai chi improves balance in Parkinson's patients: Study

CJNews Spread - 7 hours 16 min ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - People with Parkinson's disease who practiced the Chinese martial art tai chi for six months showed better balance than counterparts who did other forms of exercise, said a US study

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Shanmugam begins introductory visit to China

CJNews Spread - 7 hours 35 min ago

Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam will meet Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing during his introductory visit to China beginning on Thursday.Related StoriesNUS seeks to increase tuition fees for in

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Egypt will not be swayed by aid in NGOs case: PM

CJNews Spread - 14 hours 23 min ago

CAIRO (REUTERS) - Egypt said on Wednesday it will not be swayed by aid to change course in a probe of foreign-funded pro-democracy groups and NGOs, a case that has strained ties with the United States

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Britain to buy new military plane despite cuts

CJNews Spread - 14 hours 33 min ago

LONDON (AFP) - Britain will order a new Boeing C-17 military transport plane, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, after a programme of defence cuts freed up the required funds. Related Sto

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Led by China, global art market hits new record

CJNews Spread - 15 hours 33 min ago

PARIS (AFP) - Global art auction sales surged to a record US$11.5 billion (S$14.3 billion) last year despite the weak world economy, with China cementing its spot as the top market, research showed on

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Putin warns of 'acting like a bull in china shop' in Syria

CJNews Spread - 15 hours 40 min ago

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday cautioned against outside interference in the Syrian conflict and warned against behaving 'like a bull in a china shop'. Related Stori

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Aid sent by helicopter as thousands remain cut off in Europe

CJNews Spread - 15 hours 53 min ago

SARAJEVO (AFP) - Bosnian authorities sent helicopter deliveries of food and medicine to iced-in villagers on Wednesday as Europe's 12-day-old killer cold snap tightened its frigid grip on the continen

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Murdoch's firm settles 9 phone hacking lawsuits

CJNews Spread - 16 hours 5 sec ago

LONDON (AP) - Nine more phone hacking lawsuits against Rupert Murdoch's News International have been settled, including a case brought by comedian Steve Coogan, his lawyer told Britain's High Court on

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Maldives police fire tear gas to break up protests

CJNews Spread - 16 hours 12 min ago

MALE (REUTERS) - Police in the capital of the Maldives fired tear gas and used batons against protesters angry at the ouster of former President Mohamed Nasheed who said he was forced to resign 'at gu

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Maserati to recall 222 cars in China

CJNews Spread - 18 hours 17 min ago

BEIJING (AFP) - Italian luxury car maker Maserati will recall 222 vehicles in China due to a defective rear light, China's quality watchdog said on Wednesday.

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Taiwan's Love features Taiwan-China romance

CJNews Spread - 18 hours 43 min ago

TAIPEI (AP) - Taiwan and China may be drawing closer, but a pair of star-crossed lovers from opposite sides of the Taiwan Strait encounter huge difficulties in communicating with each other in a new T

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US to send second ship to bolster Philippines

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 23:58

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States will soon give a second Coast Guard cutter to the Philippines as part of efforts to boost the ally's military amid tensions at sea with China, officials said on Tu

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Airline industry split over EU carbon charges

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 23:10

BRUSSELS (AFP) - A split widened within the aviation industry on Tuesday over EU charges for carbon emissions, as Europe's low-cost carriers accused Chinese and United States rivals of 'gunboat' diplo

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Greece hit by 24 hour general strike against budget cuts

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 13:10

ATHENS (AFP) - Greece was gripped by a 24 hour general strike on Tuesday, called by the country's biggest unions to fight a new wave of austerity measures being negotiated with the European Union (EU)

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Pakistani woman saved after 31 hours under rubble

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:29

ISLAMABAD (AP) - Rescue workers on Tuesday pulled a 65-year-old woman out alive after she was trapped for 31 hours in the rubble of a collapsed factory in an eastern Pakistan city, as the death toll f

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Romania's spy chief in talks on forming government

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:01

BUCHAREST (AFP) - Romania's incoming prime minister, spy chief Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, began talks on Tuesday to form a new government a day after the dramatic resignation of his predecessor amid ange

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Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed quits after police mutiny

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 11:49

MALE, Maldives (AP) - Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judge. Related StoriesEurope sends in ice break

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Swedish PM wants Swedes to work until age 75

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 11:42

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt wants Swedes to consider working until the age of 75 and to be ready to switch careers after 50, he said in an interview published in daily D

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Europe sends in ice breakers to battle big chill

CJNews Spread - Tue, 02/07/2012 - 11:30

BELGRADE (AFP) - Authorities used everything from ice-breaking explosives to tractors on Tuesday to overcome Europe's big freeze, as dozens more died of hypothermia and tens of thousands remained cut

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The Tank Man 6-4

Mark Roswell aka Da Shan

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