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  • $149,990 donation for Green Olympics
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    ... international companies donated $149,990 to support tree planting in Beijing, said the Ministry of Commerce on its website.

  • India beat Canada 3-1 in Azlan Shah hockey
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    Ipoh,the young Indian outfit shed off their clumsy performance to post a comprehensive 3-1 win over Canada in the Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament here Sunday.

  • Myanmar cyclone toll rises to 28,458
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    Yangon, (Xinhua) The toll in Myanmar's cyclone disaster Sunday rose to 28,458 from the earlier figure of 23,335, the state-run television channel reported.

  • Global warming brings tropical birds to Hong Kong
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    The sighting of two rarely seen tropical birds in Hong Kong could be due to climate change, bird experts here have said.

  • Beijing to standardise 5,174 public toilet plates
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    Beijing, (Xinhua) Beijing is to standardise the city's toilet direction plates ahead of the Olympic Games, according to Beijing Youth Daily. The plates, already in use in some places, feature white male and female characters on a blue background, the paper quoted officials with the city government.

  • Malaysians gift Indian mother of seven home and warmth
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    Community leaders, a corporate group and newspaper readers in Malaysia have pooled in resources to help an Indian origin mother of seven who was thrown out of her house recently.

  • Earthquake measuring 5.7 jolts Taiwan`
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    An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan early Sunday morning, but there was no report of damage or casualties.

  • Olympic torch to pass through Quanzhou, Xiamen
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    Fuzhou (China), (Xinhua) The Olympic flame will start its relay Monday in Quanzhou and Xiamen, the home city of millions of overseas Chinese and a special economic zone in China's southeastern Fujian Province.

  • Stifled by regime, Myanmar cyclone victims suffer in silence
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    Traumatized by the ordeal of surviving Cyclone Nargis, few people have anything to say. But it is also fear bred by 46 years of repression by military regimes that keeps them quiet.



  • Japanese foundation resumes funding food for pandas in China
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    Chengdu (China), (Xinhua) A Japanese non-government foundation has resumed funding for bamboo plantation in China's southwestern province of Sichuan as part of an effort to protect the Giant pandas. Bamboo is an important food for these animals.

  • Afghan, NATO forces say eight insurgents killed in combat
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    Afghan and NATO forces killed eight insurgents and captured four in combat operations in the south-eastern region of the country, officials said Sunday.

  • G8 labour ministers discuss climate change, social issues in Japan
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    The labour ministers of eight of the world's most powerful economies gathered in the central Japanese city of Niigata Sunday for a three-day summit on labour issues.

  • Philippines raises alarm over dengue fever, 108 dead so far
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    The Philippines' health department Sunday raised an alarm over dengue fever in the country, where 108 people have died so far of the disease.

  • Malaysian Indian lawmaker in trouble with government
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    Malaysian Indian lawyer-lawmaker Karpal Singh has said he fears for his life following the government's moves to prosecute him for questioning a decision taken by the Sultan of Perak.

  • China launches jumbo jet company
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    China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday - a step forward in the country's quest to become less dependent on Boeing and...

  • Asian clubs on the radar, says Superleague chief
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    ... amp;amp;Next we would like to get a club from Japan and China and later India is also on the radar,& he said. &This is going to turn out to be a great TV sport while passionate fans of the...

  • US tries to break Pak deadlock over judges
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    The US on Sunday pitched-in to break the deadlock between Pakistan's ruling PPP and main ally PML-N on reinstating judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, ahead of Monday's ...

  • Myanmar cyclone shatters homes and dreams of families
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    As the cyclone raged around him, Ko Zaw Min clung to a tree with one arm while clutching his newborn son with the other.

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