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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT

World Briefing | Asia: Japan: Official Says He’ll Keep Job

Japan: Official Says He’ll Keep Job Japan’s most influential political leader, Ichiro Ozawa, said Monday that he would keep his formal job as the No. 2 leader of the governing Democratic Party after prosecutors decided not to charge him in a
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:28:00 GMT

'The Cove' Breaks Into Japan

The filmmakers behind "The Cove" have been open about their goal: not to win an Oscar – though they wouldn’t mind – but to stop the dolphin slaughter that the ry depicts. They may have moved one step closer to that goal with the news that the
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:27:00 GMT

North Korea's Kim pledges to remove nuclear weapons

North Koreas leader pledged again to remove nuclear weapons from the peninsula, a news report said on Tuesday, and also sent his top nuclear envoy to Beijing in a move that could bode well for stalled disarmament talks. While Kim Jong-il has made, and
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:15:00 GMT

Race motive 'clear' in some Indian attacks: Australian FM

SYDNEY: Australia's foreign minister on Tuesday told parliament some of the recent violence against Indian students had clearly been racially motivated and had 'considerably damaged' the nation's reputation. Stephen Smith offered his government's
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 07:13:00 GMT

Aussie in Jakarta jail asks PM to help

AAP An Australian man who has spent 18 months in a squalid Jakarta jail without trial has pleaded for help from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Robert James McNeice, a 44-year-old dual citizen of Australia and New Zealand, was arrested in Indonesia in August
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:50:00 GMT

Leopard receives CT scan at Taipei Zoo

shows a 16-year-old leopard, Meili, going through a CT scan at the Taipei Zoo February 8, 2010. The leopard was going through its second CT scan after a 40cm tumor was found and immediately removed via surgery from the leopard's chest late last year.
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:42:00 GMT

Brisbane soldiers arrive in East Timor

Soldiers from Brisbane's 8th and 9th Battalion have arrived in East Timor. The 78 soldiers will replace a contingent of more than 250 Australian soldiers who have been serving in the International Stabilisation Force. 72 soldiers from the
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:41:00 GMT

Taking an 'inner-tube taxi' to Thailand

Burma is one of the world's most closed and internationally isolated states, and yet a steady stream of people and goods make their way across the Thai-Burmese border each day. Standing in Thailand, on the edge of the river Moei, it would be possible,
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:32:00 GMT

Toyota recalling Prius in Japan for brakes

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:22:00 GMT

Chinese Advocate of Quake Victims Sentenced Over E-Mails

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese activist who sought to shoddy construction that he contended had contributed to deaths in China's devastating 2008 earthquake has been sentenced to five years in prison for subversion, his lawyer said Tuesday. The charges
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:12:00 GMT

Australia miner admits China name bungle in mega-deal

Australian miner Resourcehouse Tuesday admitted giving the wrong name for a Chinese company involved in a 60 billion US dollar coal deal, but insisted the agreement was legitimate. Resourcehouse said it had struck the deal, touted as an Australian
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 06:07:00 GMT

Australia miner admits China name bungle in mega-deal

China jails quake activist for five years on subversion charges

BEIJING: China on Tuesday sentenced a rights activist to five years in prison after convicting him of subversion for compiling documents, including a list of children who died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, supporters said. Tan Zuoren had also produced
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:51:00 GMT

Chinese quake activist sentenced

China quake activist sentenced on subversion charges A Chinese activist who had investigated whether shoddy construction contributed to deaths in the Sichuan quake in 2008 has been sentenced to five years' jail. Tan Zuoren was formally charged for
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:35:00 GMT

Toyota recalls Prius in Japan

Toyota is recalling its popular Prius and two other hybrid models in Japan to fix faulty brakes, plunging the auto giant deeper into crisis as lawsuits in the United States pile up. Toyota, facing a barrage of complaints ranging from unintended
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:33:00 GMT

China jails quake activist for subversion

In a sign of Beijing's renewed hard line against dissent, a Chinese activist has been jailed for five years after he investigated whether shoddy construction contributed to deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in the devastating 2008 earthquake. The
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 05:14:00 GMT

Two die, two hurt in Thai ambush attacks

Suspected militants have shot and killed a government official and a teacher in the latest ambush attacks in Thailand's restive south, police say. They said a 41-year-old Muslim district leader in the Raman area of troubled Yala province was killed when
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:56:00 GMT

Toyota recalls new Prius in Japan

Toyota says it is recalling the new Prius in Japan for braking problems. Toyota says it will inform Japan's Transport Ministry on Tuesday it is recalling the Prius gas-electric hybrid that went on sale last year. The recall will include two other hybrid
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:56:00 GMT

Two die, two hurt in Thai ambush attacks

Thain takes up the reins at CIT

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:45:00 GMT

Global warming smashes Australia's food bowl dream

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:44:00 GMT

Australia cuts visa applications for hairdressing, cookery students

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Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:44:00 GMT

China jails Sichuan quake activist Tan Zuoren for subversion

China Power denies mega-deal with Palmer firm

China Power International Development has denied media reports that it had agreed to buy 30 million tonnes of coal annually for the next 20 years from Hong Kong IPO candidate Resourcehouse, the iron ore and coal company controlled by Queensland
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:35:00 GMT

China jails Sichuan quake activist Tan Zuoren

China Power denies deal with Palmer firm

Toyota widens hybrid recall in Japan

Toyota Motor Corp said it would recall its flagship Prius hybrid in Japan for braking problems and that it had halted shipments of two other hybrid models to check for similar problems. The world's largest automaker is already under fire for two other
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:30:00 GMT

Qld tourism industry targeting Chinese travellers

The number of Chinese visitors to Australia has tripled in the past decade, while Japanese arrivals more than halved. (AAP Image: Narelle Bouveng) Tourism authorities say Queensland needs to seize on the rapid rise in visitor arrivals from China. Figures
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 04:01:00 GMT

Seoul presses for royal documents

SEOUL (Kyodo) Seoul is working to secure the handover of hundreds of volumes of Korean royal , including official records of the royal family, that were looted during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap News Agency reported
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:54:00 GMT

Business community donates 2,000 cherry trees to Shanghai

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) The Japan Cherry Blossom Association and the Japanese business community in Shanghai have donated 2,000 cherry trees to the city to promote bilateral good will. The trees will be planted at Dongfang Luzhou, a 380-hectare multipurpose
Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:54:00 GMT

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