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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, a Japanese mayor said in comments reported on Tuesday, days after he provoked a storm by labelling second world war sex slaves a military necessity. In a remark that provoked a sharp response from Seoul, further stoking tensions, Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto said the South Korean military used women for sex during the Vietnam war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 21st, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Israeli soldiers patrolling the disputed Golan Heights along the border with Syria fired back after coming under fire overnight, an Israeli Defence Forces statement said on Tuesday. “Overnight, shots were fired at an IDF patrol on the border in the central Golan Heights, damaging a military vehicle,” said a statement on the army’s website. No one had been wounded, it added. “In response, IDF forces returned precise fire at the source of the gunfire. They reported a direct hit,” the statement added. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said yesterday he would overhaul Iraq’s security strategy as a two-day wave of violence killed at least 75 people including 24 police, bringing the month’s death toll from unrest to 352. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A collapsing structure injured 23 workers on Monday at a Cambodian factory producing garments for a top Western brand, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about regional industrial safety. At least 23 workers were injured at a Cambodian factory that produced garments for a top Western brand on Monday, police said, the latest incident to raise concerns about industrial safety in the region. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 14 people including a senior local politician, officials said. Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after the bomber, who was wearing a police uniform, blew himself up in the centre of Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of Baghlan province. “I collected information from different hospitals and the death toll is 14. Another nine people are wounded,” said Zubair Akbary, the provincial public health director. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during the second world war were a military necessity, polls issued on Monday said. Up to 200,000 “comfort women” from Korea, China, the Philippines and elsewhere were forcibly drafted into brothels catering to the Japanese military during the second world war, mainstream historians say. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> North Korea fired another short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the latest in a series of missile drills that have been condemned by South Korea and UN chief Ban Ki-moon. The latest firing – the fifth in three days – was confirmed by a spokesman for the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, who said it was unclear if the North was testing guided missiles or rockets from multiple launchers. “We are still checking on the precise nature of these tests,” the spokesman said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Armed with empty suitcases and same-day return tickets, an army of mainland Chinese is descending on suburban outlet shopping malls and international fashion chains in Hong Kong, turning cheap into the new chic as luxury falls out of favour. Wealthy Chinese used to stop over in Hong Kong for a few days to pick up a Louis Vuitton bag or a wristwatch for up to 40 per cent less than in Beijing or Shanghai. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A Danone Group joint venture has agreed to take a stake worth about HK$3.6 billion in China Mengniu Dairy, marking a comeback for the French company in China where food scares have hit consumer confidence. China Mengniu, one of the country’s largest dairy producers, also said on Monday it would set up an 80 per cent-owned joint venture with Danone to develop a chilled yoghurt product portfolio in China, Hong Kong and Macau. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 20th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> China’s human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country’s poultry industry more than 400 billion yuan (HK$500 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said according to state media Monday. The sector has been losing an average of one billion yuan a day since the end of March, the Beijing Times said, citing Li Xirong, head of the National Animal Husbandry Service. H7N9 avian influenza has infected 130 people in China, killing 35, since it was found in humans for the first time, according to latest official data. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 18th, 2013 
No 10 denies that “anyone in Downing Street” made comments reported in several newspapers describing Tory activists as “mad, swivel-eyed loons”.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Osaka’s abrasive mayor on Friday hit back at US criticism of his remarks on wartime sex slavery, claiming American troops abused Japanese women during their seven-year occupation. Washington denounced as “outrageous” comments earlier this week by Toru Hashimoto, who said “comfort women” forced to provide sex to Japanese troops during the second world war were a military necessity. “Mayor Hashimoto’s comments were outrageous and offensive,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters, urging Tokyo to work with its neighbours to address the past issue. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Chinese Premier Li Keqiang embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip since taking office, heading to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany as Beijing seeks to address security and economic disputes. Li’s journey follows one by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Russia and three African nations in March after the two men assumed their new positions, concluding China’s once-a-decade leadership transition. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The actor Paul Shane, famous for starring in the 1980s BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi!, has died, his agent has confirmed.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The Boston bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid, describing victims of the attack as “collateral damage”, US media report.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
Analysis suggests schools are facing an uphill battle to recruit head teachers, with one in four having to re-advertise jobs.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III goes on display in Leicester on the first stop of a national tour.
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By , on May 17th, 2013 
The driver of a speedboat which crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing the safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say.
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Osaka mayor says South Korean troops guilty of sex abuse
<!– google_ad_section_start –> South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, a Japanese mayor said in comments reported on Tuesday, days after he provoked a storm by labelling second world war sex slaves a military necessity. In a remark that provoked a sharp response from Seoul, further stoking tensions, Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto said the South Korean military used women for sex during the Vietnam war. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
Continue reading Osaka mayor says South Korean troops guilty of sex abuse
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