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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official’s comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy. Regional Fed chief James Bullard said in a speech Tuesday that the Fed should continue its monthly $85 billion in bond purchases, which drives down interest rates and thus encourages lending and spending, to help spur the U.S. economic recovery. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Low-cost European airline Ryanair is looking at introducing flights between Israel and Poland to cater for Israeli schoolchildren visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. “It seems that every Israeli child has to go to Poland to go and see Auschwitz. We can help them with that,” said the carrier’s deputy chief executive, Howard Millar. Although Ryanair is based in Dublin, it has expanded across Europe and has in the last 12 months become Poland’s number-one airline, according to a results statement published on Monday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea has sent a top military official to China as a special envoy of leader Kim Jong-un, at a time of strained relations between Pyongyang and its allies in Beijing, state media reported. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ai Weiwei, China’s most renowned dissident artist, has released a new heavy metal song as the first part of his The Divine Comedy music album on Wednesday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says that a “special envoy” for leader Kim Jong Un has left for China. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> German software giant SAP said it intended to employ hundreds of people globally with autism as software testers and programmers over the next seven years. The company, which has already launched pilot projects in India and Ireland, said the move aimed to find workers “who think differently”, leading to innovation. By 2020, one per cent of SAP’s currently 65,000-strong workforce is expected to be affected by autism, a company spokesman told AFP. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Cavaliers win NBA Draft lottery and No. 1 overall pick. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> May marks the start of the monsoon season, when umbrellas and wellington boots are everywhere and sunshine is a novelty. Tropical cyclones and typhoons will soon follow, dominating the skies and news channels. Here we look at some of the wettest and driest days since 1990. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Infographic: Rain patterns in Hong Kong
By , on May 22nd, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Japan reports trade deficit jumped to $8.6 billion in April as import costs surged. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Japan reports trade deficit jumped to $8.6 billion in April as import costs surged
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Police in a Guangdong city said early on Wednesday that they had arrested a man accused of injuring six children and one woman with a butcher knife, ending a manhunt that gripped the province the evening before. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Guangdong manhunt ends with arrest of man suspected of chopping schoolchildren
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Judiciary Committee approves landmark immigration bill offering citizenship to millions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Landslides and flooding were reported early on Wednesday as Hong Kong braced for more rainfall under a black rainstorm warning that was issued at 4.10am and will be in effect until 10am. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Black rainstorm warning shuts schools and courts as rain pummels Hong Kong
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> MOORE, Okla. (AP) — Weather service confirms tornado that hit Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Weather service confirms tornado that hit Oklahoma was a top-of-the-scale EF-5
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BOSTON (AP) — San Francisco Bay Area picked to host 50th Super Bowl in 2016. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV: ex-President Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad aide rejected from presidential ballot. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Iranian state TV: ex-President Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad aide rejected from presidential ballot
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Senior marine staff would not be questioned as part of the internal investigation into the Lamma ferry tragedy unless new information came to light, the city’s transport chief insisted yesterday. His remarks came in the face of criticism about the limitations of the Marine Department investigating itself. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Minister backs immunity for inquiry
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Flying high above Europe’s economic crisis, a lightning-fast pigeon named Bolt became the world’s most expensive racing bird when his Belgian breeder sold it for €310,000 (HK$3.1 million) to a Chinese businessman. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Prize racing pigeon sells for record €310,000 to Chinese businessman
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong’s low birth rate has fallen further in the past five years, with the number of one-child families outpacing two-children households for the first time, a survey shows. Of 1,518 married or cohabitating women aged 15 to 49 surveyed by the Family Planning Association in its latest five-yearly study, 37.5 per cent had one child and 32 per cent had two children. The average number of children per household reached a record low of 1.12 last year, compared with 1.49 in 2007 and 1.6 in 2002. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading For the first time, one-child families are in the majority, survey shows
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Ma Qiang is angry that mainland media have dubbed his Mars dream a hoax. The 39-year old former policeman from Dujiangyan, Sichuan, signed up for the Mars One project in the Netherlands last month, becoming one of the first volunteers to be screened for a journey of no return scheduled in a decade. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Chinese look to Mars mission to fulfil dreams – and to escape
By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Guatemala’s top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings. The ruling on Monday threw into disarray a process that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first guilty verdict for genocide against a former Latin American leader. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Asia stocks rise as Fed official backs easy policy
<!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after investor confidence was boosted by a Federal Reserve official’s comments that the U.S. central bank should stick with its super-easy monetary policy. Regional Fed chief James Bullard said in a speech Tuesday that the Fed should continue its monthly $85 billion in bond purchases, which drives down interest rates and thus encourages lending and spending, to help spur the U.S. economic recovery. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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