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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Jack Lew was the senior budget adviser to President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton. He was Obama’s chief of staff. Now he is the US treasury secretary. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The incongruous appearance of a multimillion-dollar yacht at a North Korean fishery station is being cited as evidence that Kim Jong-un has inherited his late father’s taste for the trappings of wealth, and that he’s found a way to get around UN sanctions to satisfy them. Spotted in the background of photos of Kim published by the state-run KCNA news agency, the vessel was identified by the NK News web site on Tuesday as a 29-metre Princess 95MY. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 19th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday following a rough patch in relations between the communist allies and Pyongyang’s surprise weekend call for dialogue with the US North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan arrived for talks at the Foreign Ministry with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui that were expected to focus on bilateral relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Thousands of people have voiced support for a boycott of a July 1 music festival featuring K-pop stars and local bands after it was condemned as a political tool to keep young people away from the annual pro-democracy rally. However, the Performance Industry Association (PIA) which is organising the Hong Kong Dome Festival, says it is in fact an alternative protest – against the city’s lack of major venues. Boycott campaign aside, the 18,000 tickets are now sold out. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed on Tuesday the city-state’s findings that he committed suicide as “a sham and a cover-up” for a murder. “I am not surprised by the state’s findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated suicide,” Mary Todd, mother of the late electronics engineer Shane Todd, told AFP by email from the United States. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> “Adopting and handling abandoned infants at one’s own will is forbidden,” a circular, issued by seven government departments, said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — The price of U.S. benchmark oil rose slightly Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 5 cents to $97.82 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Monday, the contract fell slightly after it climbed to $98.74, its highest level since mid-September, as stock and commodity markets wait for Fed policymakers to meet this week. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A stranded dolphin died on Monday morning in Sanya City, Hainan province, after being manhandled by tourists who used it as a photo prop. The dolphin was first discovered at 6pm on Sunday evening stranded near Sanya’s Dadonghai beach resort, reported China Daily and Hainan news site Hinews.cn. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose during the first five months of this year, the government announced on Tuesday, paced by strong increases from the European Union and United States. Incoming FDI, which excludes financial sectors, rose 1.0 per cent to US$47.6 billion (HK$369.4 billion) from January through May, the Commerce Ministry announced. It was also up 0.3 per cent in May to US$9.26 billion (HK$71.9 billion) from the same month last year, the ministry said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Former soccer player David Beckham has more than 400,000 followers only a day after making his official Sina Weibo debut. “Hi I am David! Welcome to the OFFICIAL David Beckham Sina Page! Talk to you soon!” the Englishman wrote in his first post, which has been shared by more than 50,000 people. “Thank you for coming to Sina!
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world’s most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture. A trans-Atlantic free trade agreement was first considered three decades ago but was knocked down by France in the 1990s. Europe has now managed to get Paris onside, opening the way to a deal that could boost the EU and US economies by more than US$100 billion (HK$776.0 billion) a year each. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korea’s top envoy on North Korea left on Tuesday for a meeting in Washington with his US and Japanese counterparts, two days after Pyongyang proposed direct, high-level talks with the United States. After Washington, Cho Tae-yong will travel on to Beijing – where he is likely to overlap with a visit by North Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Kye-gwan, to the Chinese capital. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> TOKYO (AP) — Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday. Asia’s biggest benchmark, Japan’s Nikkei stock average, shed early gains to fall 0.6 percent by mid-morning in choppy trading, to 12,956.78. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.7 percent to 21,075.01, while South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 0.1 percent to 1,885.77. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s foreign minister has a new ride. In a ministerial first in more than three decades, Wang Yi has chosen a locally manufactured Red Flag limousine, the same brand Mao Zedong rode to inspect parades. “Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi’s official car is a Red Flag H7 sedan,” the ministry wrote in a microblog post, which showed an image of the newly developed vehicle. Wang’s previous official car was a foreign brand. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The marches, organised mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, blocked streets and halted traffic in more than a half-dozen cities, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, where demonstrators climbed onto the roof of Brazil’s Congress building and then stormed it. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 18th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A man loudly ranted about national security, the CIA and international spying while on a flight from Hong Kong to the US on Monday, causing passengers to tackle him and bind his hands and feet. Passengers said the FBI met United Airlines Flight 116 as it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, one of the major airports serving New York City, and escorted the man away. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Treasury Secretary updates signature on US banknotes
<!– google_ad_section_start –> Jack Lew was the senior budget adviser to President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton. He was Obama’s chief of staff. Now he is the US treasury secretary. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Treasury Secretary updates signature on US banknotes
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