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Jail for Malaysian snake smuggler
Mr Wong was arrested after airport staff was alerted to his broken bag on a conveyor belt A notorious wildlife trafficker has been sentenced to six months in jail in Malaysia for attempting to smuggle 95 boa constrictors in his luggage. Anson Wong,
Independents secure overhaul of parliament - The Australian
The Hindu Independents secure overhaul of parliament The Australian The three rural independents are in final talks with Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott in Canberra. INDEPENDENT MPs have flexed their political muscle to force Labor and the Coalition to
Malaysia jails 'Lizard King' snake smuggler
Malaysia jails man who smuggled 95 snakes on a plane Mr Wong was arrested after airport staff was alerted to his broken bag on a conveyor belt A notorious wildlife trafficker has been sentenced to six months in jail in Malaysia for attempting to smuggle
Mainland tourists to Taiwan surpass 2.14 million
XIAMEN -- Chinese mainland visitors traveling to Taiwan surpassed 2.14 million as of July, according to figures announced Monday during the 6th Cross-Strait Travel Fair in southeastern coastal province Fujian. 'Taiwan has become one of the most desired
Video: Divorce ceremonies on rise in Japan
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Australians flee flooding
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Japanese whale meat activists guilty but free
THE court battle in Japan over whale meat that overtook Greenpeace's anti-whaling campaign has climaxed with suspended sentences for its two activists. Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were yesterday found guilty of theft and trespass by the district court
RP probe team leaves for HK to get hostage victims’ statements
A team of probers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) left for Hong Kong at 4:50 p.m. on Monday to get the statements of two of the survivors of the August 23 hostage-taking incident in Manila.
India must take adequate precaution with regard to China: PM
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RP probe team leaves for HK to get hostage victims' statements
MANILA, Philippines -- A team of probers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) left for Hong Kong at 4:50 p.m. on Monday to get the statements of two of the survivors of the August 23 hostage-taking incident
Shomei Tomatsu: the man who changed Japanese photography for ever | Sean O'Hagan
Sometimes brilliantly surreal, always with an unsparing documentary eye, Tomatsu's images capture a country in the flux of postwar change At first glance, it looks like a skinned cat or dog, perhaps even a suckling pig hanging outside a roadside
Frenchman tried for raping 10 Thai girls
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CEB starts flights to Beijing
MANILA, Philippines-Cebu Pacific on Sunday mounted its first flights to Beijing, China, making the budget carrier the second Philippine company to serve the route. In a statement, the Gokongwei-led company said it began its Manila- Beijing service on
Australia on high alert after floods
Towns in Australia remain on high alert as flood waters continue to rise. Emergency crews across the state of Victoria in southern Australia were mopping up damage as flood waters continue to rise, after fierce storms. Residents of at least two
Frenchman tried for raping 10 Thai girls
A 61-year-old Frenchman appeared in a Paris court on Monday charged with raping or sexually assaulting 10 Thai girls aged between six and 11. Jean-Claude Chamoux was arrested after police burst into his hotel room in the Thai resort of Pattaya in 2005
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'Kim Jong-il's China visit was about economy'
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BEIJING ― Just like many Chinese experts, Jin Jingyi, professor of international politics at the Department of Korean Studies an..
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Sumi Rubber Indonesia to Build Golf Ball Plant in Indonesia
Sept. 6, 2010 -- P.T. Sumi Rubber Indonesia, a manufacturing subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. in Kobe, Japan, has recently decided to establish a new golf ball production factory in Indonesia to expand its production capacity to meet the
Qantas flight to Manila returns to Australia
SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian plane bound for the Philippines returned to Sydney for safety reasons on Monday after an indicator light came on in the cockpit, an airline spokeswoman said. The Boeing 767 carrying 158 passengers turned back after the
PoK issue: India conveys concern to China |
BEIJING: India has conveyed to China that it was concerned about Chinese presence in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Indian ambassador S.Jaishankar, who met Chinese vice minister for foreign affairs Zhang Zhijun on Friday, also expressed New Delhi's
PoK issue: India conveys concern to China |
BEIJING: India has conveyed to China that it was concerned about Chinese presence in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. Indian ambassador S.Jaishankar, who met Chinese vice minister for foreign affairs Zhang Zhijun on Friday, also expressed New Delhi's
Chinese pilots lied about records
Chinese pilots lied about flying records Henan Airlines employed pilots who lied about their history, it has emerged China is checking the qualifications of all its commercial pilots, after it emerged that more than 200 of them lied about their
Indonesia detains 22 migrants
Indonesian police have detained 22 migrants from Afghanistan and Iran who were trying to reach Australia. The 21 Afghans were carrying papers from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees indicating they had been recognised as asylum seekers, though they
Greenpeace 'Tokyo Two' anti-whaling activists found guilty
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki have both been found guilty of theft and trespass after intercepting a box of whale meat Two anti-whaling activists were today found guilty of theft and trespass while attempting to expose embezzlement in Japan's heavily
Briton arrested in Cambodia on child sex
A 50-year-old British man has been arrested for a second time in Cambodia on suspicion of sexually abusing underage girls, one as young as 11, police said on Monday. Michael Julian Leach, from London, was arrested at a guesthouse near Phnom Penh on
Eyewitness: Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand
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Japan detects first case of superbug
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Saudis demand justice in Thai murders
Saudi Arabi lashed out at Thailand on Monday for promoting a senior police officer charged in the two-decades-old murder of a Saudi businessman, saying it had been patient enough but now wants a series of "terrorising and horrible crimes" solved. Saudi
China needs 'carrier-killer' missile: pr
China needs a "carrier-killer" missile deterrent as a counter-balance to US naval supremacy in the Pacific, the state-controlled press said on Monday. "China undoubtedly needs to build a highly credible anti-carrier capability," the Global Times said in
