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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 –> “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 –> 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 –> 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 –> 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 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Air pollution from 196 coal-fired power stations in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei caused 9,900 premature deaths in 2011, with the province, a big coal consumer, deserving most of the blame, according to a new study. The study looked at the health impact of burning the fossil fuel to generate electricity. The research was co-authored by Greenpeace and American air pollution experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The decisions of two district councils to use their HK$100 million government grants on community projects of their choice have renewed a debate over whether taxpayers’ money is going into advancing the people’s interest or that of politicians. The 18 district councils each have a one-off grant of HK$100 million from Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to improve neighbourhood facilities. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> An Afghan police chief survived a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy that wounded three officers early on Monday, officials said. It was the latest apparent attempt on a commander’s life in an intense Taliban assassination campaign. Broken glass and the charred remains of the bomber’s car were strewn in a main road in the provincial capital of Lashkar Gah after the attack. Helmand provincial Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Elham sustained only minor injuries when the car bomber struck as he was on his way to his office at about 7am. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Two weeks after apologising for their embarrassing defeat against Uzbekistan and days after losing to the Netherlands, the Chinese national soccer team humiliated themselves again in a thrashing by Thailand on Saturday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading China’s soccer team reaches new low in ‘vicious circle’
By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse pledged on Sunday to proceed with the first-ever provincial polls in the island’s former war zone but his government said the powers of the elected council will be clipped. The ruling coalition had promised to share limited power with Tamils, pointing to elections to local councils, after the military crushed separatist Tamil rebels in May 2009 and ended 37 years of ethnic bloodshed. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The crackdown came just two hours after Erdogan issued an ultimatum to protesters to leave Gezi Park, the epicentre of nationwide protests, ahead of a rally of his ruling party in the city on Sunday. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Turkey police storm protest camp in Gezi park after Erdogan ultimatum
By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The students, who had arrived in France only two months ago, were allegedly attacked by three local men who were visibly drunk and previously known to the police, a ministry statement said. Two of the alleged attackers have been detained and are now in police custody. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Six Chinese students in France attacked in violent ‘xenophobic’ act
By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> “Long live Rowhani,” tens of thousands of jubilant supporters chanted as security officials made no attempt to rein in crowds — joyous and even a bit bewildered by the scope of his victory with more than three times the votes of his nearest rival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 16th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG — It’s probably for the best that Edward Snowden didn’t turn up at a weekend rally in support of him here in this former British colony. Having declared that he has faith in Hong Kong’s rule of law, and that he believes the courts and people of the semiautonomous Chinese territory will decide his fate, he might have been distressed by legislator Claudia Mo’s downbeat remarks. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By By NATASHA SINGER, on June 15th, 2013 A wealthy Web marketer was known for acts of generosity. But the government, which has charged him with defrauding customers, sees him in a different light.
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The breakthrough, which came after 13 hours of tense talks, should enable Britain to hail the start of the transatlantic trade discussions when the leaders of the Group of Eight rich countries hold a summit meeting tomorrow in Northern Ireland. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Beijing will maintain its policy of peaceful interactions with Taipei, following a high-level meeting between leaders of the Communist Party and Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang, analysts say. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on June 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The annual festival involving savouring the delights of dog meat hotpot, lychees and strong liquor on the Summer Solstice is a cherished tradition among Yulin locals. Thousands of diners are expected to crowd food streets and enjoy the feast. Animal protection activists estimate more than 10,000 dogs are killed during the festival. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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July 1 pop festival ‘is no plot to ruin rally’
<!– 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 –>
Continue reading July 1 pop festival ‘is no plot to ruin rally’
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