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By By JAMES KANTER, on May 16th, 2013 Ten carriers are accused of not providing required emissions data and not participating in a permit system that entitles airlines to emit greenhouse gases in European airspace.
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> When a Chengdu blogger created a White House petition last week against a controversial petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, the young woman wasn’t expecting a response from security agents back at home. She was contacted days after the city of Chengdu mobilised thousands of police officers and security agents to quell a protest against the 40 billion yuan (HK$50 billion) plant – now in its final construction phase – that eventually fizzled out on May 4. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 13th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A proposed reorganisation of bus routes in North District is on hold because local politicians are unhappy about the plan to axe a loss-making route to Kowloon. Without an agreement, the reshuffle – designed to improve resources – may not be introduced this summer, as planned. The proposal was submitted by the Transport Department and Kowloon Motor Bus. In Fanling yesterday, members of the North District Council generally supported the plan covering 22 bus routes, but were unhappy about a change in the service between Sheung Shui and Kwun Tong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 10th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Exposure to air pollution raises the risk of resistance to insulin, a typical warning sign of diabetes, according to a study of almost 400 German 10-year-olds. Insulin resistance climbed by 17 per cent for every 10.6 micrograms per cubic metre increase in ambient nitrogen dioxide and by 19 per cent for every 6 micrograms per cubic metre increase in particulate matter. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Indonesian anti-terrorist police have detained two men suspected of planning a bomb attack on the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta on Friday in the wake of fresh violence against Muslims in Myanmar, officials said. The suspects were arrested late on Thursday travelling by motorbike in a busy residential area in the south of the capital with five assembled pipe bombs, national police spokesman Boy Rafli Amar said in a statement. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police say death toll in Bangladesh building collapse has surpassed 500. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Carson Yeung Ka-sing, owner of English football club Birmingham City, lost his bid on Friday to halt his money-laundering trial in Hong Kong. Yeung earlier applied for a permanent stay of his proceedings, citing the prosecution’s abuse of process. The 52-year-old is accused of laundering HK$720 million between 2001 and 2007. His lawyer argued that a fair trial was not possible because the defence was unable to secure various documents and evidence from witnesses by reason of delay and the lapse of time. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Pakistan’s main government prosecutor on the Benazir Bhutto murder case, in which ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf is under house arrest, was shot dead in Islamabad on Friday, police said. State prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar was shot multiple times by gunmen as he was driving to the next hearing in the murder case of the former prime minister, who was assassinated more than five years ago. His bodyguard was also wounded in the attack and a woman killed when Zulfiqar lost control of his vehicle, police said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — The money-laundering trial against Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung began Friday with allegations of vast sums of money flowing through the businessman’s bank accounts despite his then-meager income as a hairdresser. Prosecutor John Reading outlined his case as the trial began in earnest. Hong Kong District Court Judge Douglas Yau had dismissed a last-ditch attempt by Yeung — on the initial day of the scheduled hearing — to have the case dismissed on the grounds he would not receive a fair trial. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday, finding renewed strength from a fall in U.S. jobless benefit claims and an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank intended to boost the region’s ebbing economy. Investors jittery over the state of the U.S. economy took heart from a U.S. Labor Department report that said applications for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in more than four years. That calmed fears that intensified Wednesday following the release of reports showing lackluster hiring and factory output.
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladeshi police arrest engineer they say consulted on building construction; toll now 487. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The US called on Thursday for North Korea to grant amnesty and immediately release a Korean-American sentenced to 15 years’ hard labour for “hostile acts” against the state. Kenneth Bae, 44, a Washington state man described by friends as a devout Christian and a tour operator, is at least the sixth American detained in North Korea since 2009. The others eventually were deported or released without serving out their terms, some after trips to Pyongyang by prominent Americans, including former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police: Lead prosecutor in case involving Pakistan’s former military ruler shot to death. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The 28-year-old grandson of Deng Xiaoping has become a low level official in Guangxi Autonomous Region, state media reported on Thursday. Deng Zhuodi has recently become the deputy head of Pingguo county, a two hour-drive northwest of the regional capital Nanning, China News Service said. The county famous for its aluminium has a population of over half a million people. Deng is the first among the second generation descendants of Deng Xiaoping to assume a political office. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> US President Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart vowed on Thursday to put trade back at the core of their relations and to work together in the drug war as Mexico rolls out a new security strategy. After almost seven years of bloodshed by drug gangs that has left 70,000 people dead, the two leaders sought to turn the spotlight back on their US$500 billion economic bond as they met in Mexico City’s historic National Palace. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> After China’s online community posted startling photos of luxury cars bearing military licence plates – flouting new restrictions that came into effect on Wednesday, China’s nationalist tabloid newspaper The Global Times promptly fired back against what it called “excessive” supervision. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Global Times blasts social media’s ‘excessive’ supervision of luxury military vehicles
By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China will likely use its growing power to try to force its way with Japan but it is doubtful that Beijing will enter a Cold War-style confrontation with the United States, a study said on Thursday. The report by the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace aims to be the most comprehensive unclassified assessment of China’s rise and its impact on the US-Japan alliance in the years ahead. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Warren Buffett accumulates Twitter followers even faster than he makes money. The 82-year-old “Oracle of Omaha” joined the service and sent his first tweet on Thursday, picking up more than 45,000 followers in just under 45 minutes. “Warren is in the house,” Buffett said under the handle “WarrenBuffett.” The handle was not officially verified by Twitter, but was confirmed by Fortune magazine, which hosted Buffett for a live webcast Thursday. It was billed as the first social media event for the notoriously technology-averse billionaire. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 3rd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ah Sam is one of about 35 people who sleep in front of the Jade Market, part of the Tung Chau Street Temporary Market in Sham Shui Po, one of the poorest districts in Hong Kong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 2nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BOSTON (AP) — Officials: Remains of Boston bombing suspect who died after police gunbattle are claimed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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‘I am scared’: Chinese creator of White House petition seeks help after police visit
<!– google_ad_section_start –> When a Chengdu blogger created a White House petition last week against a controversial petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, the young woman wasn’t expecting a response from security agents back at home. She was contacted days after the city of Chengdu mobilised thousands of police officers and security agents to quell a protest against the 40 billion yuan (HK$50 billion) plant – now in its final construction phase – that eventually fizzled out on May 4. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading ‘I am scared’: Chinese creator of White House petition seeks help after police visit
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