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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close at a record high Tuesday. “A combination of further improvement of economic performance and low inflation in the US should keep risk appetite buoyant,” said analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong in an email commentary.
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The men who beat Malcolm Shabazz to death not only punched and kick him but also used a bat or stick during the attack, Mexico City’s top prosecutor said on Tuesday. Prosecutor Rodolfo Rios said the two waiters arrested in the case had served the grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X and a friend at the Palace bar near Plaza Garibaldi. Shabazz’s friend, Miguel Suarez, told investigators that the two had consumed about a dozen beers and then the waiters demanded they pay a tab of 15,000 pesos, or about US$1,200, Rios said. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog has launched a criminal investigation of its former chief following complaints of excessive spending when giving tens of thousands of dollars in gifts to mainland Chinese and other officials. The Asian financial center’s anticorruption agency and Department of Justice said Tuesday there was “sufficient basis” to open an investigation into allegations of possible bribery and misconduct by Timothy Tong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong ranks behind only the United Arab Emirates as the most popular place - where professionals working abroad want to stay longer, a survey has found. The city is also in the top 15 most popular destinations in the world for what the report calls an “emerging global professional class”. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Investigators believe about 20 young, ethnic Somali men left Minnesota from 2007 to 2009 to go to Somalia to fight for al Shabaab, which the United States designated a terrorist organisation. Three men who cooperated with investigators were each sentenced to three years and a fourth man was sentenced to 12 years in prison. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Israel’s prime minister is under fire again for a costly lifestyle at taxpayers’ expense, just as his government is slashing welfare benefits and raising taxes to cope with a huge deficit. Israeli media took aim Tuesday at reports that the expenses of Benjamin Netanyahu’s office have soared nearly 80 per cent since he took office in 2009. Netanyahu and his family split their time among three homes, including an official residence. The cost of maintaining them came to roughly US$905,000 last year. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s corruption watchdog is launching a criminal investigation of its former chief who spent tens of thousands of dollars on gifts for mainland Chinese officials. The anticorruption agency and the Department of Justice said Tuesday there was “sufficient basis” to open an investigation into allegations of possible bribery and misconduct by Timothy Tong. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Five Shenzhen-bound flights -three from Shenzhen Airlines, two from Juneyao Airlines and China Eastern Airlines- have taken emergency measures on Wednesday morning after receiving separate threats between 8am and 9.33am, according to the airlines. It was not clear what specific threats were made. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Is it all over for the giant inflatable Rubber Duck that has attracted thousands of admirers to Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour? Conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman’s creation, which made its debut in the harbour the week before last, lies deflated in the water. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture was due to remain at the Ocean Terminal for a month but was last night pictured lying on its side. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The UN Food and Agricuture Organisation has just published a report on the promotion of entomophagy – the consumption of insects as food. It is a practice that has been around for millenia. Artistotle having waxed lyrical on cicada many a centuries ago. Not only do insects contain great nutritional values, but they have also proven to be more environmentally friendly than raising some livestock. Here we look at some of the more popular insects consumed around the world. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Increasingly tough financial sanctions, an arms embargo and other international restrictions on trade with North Korea have significantly delayed expansion of Pyongyang’s illicit nuclear arms programme, according to a confidential report by a UN panel of experts. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A hawkish Chinese general has possibly opened a Pandora’s box on territorial disputes in East Asia by saying that the Ryukyu Islands including Okinawa do not belong to Japan. Luo Yuan, a People’s Liberation Army two-star general, has said that Japan could not rightfully claim sovereignty over the islands, because they had started paying tribute to China half a millenium before they had done so to Japan. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 15th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> A jury on Tuesday dealt another defeat to casino mogul Sheldon Adelson in his nine-year fight with a Hong Kong businessman, awarding the former consultant US$70 million for helping Las Vegas Sands secure a lucrative gambling licence in Macau. But Las Vegas Sands says it won’t be paying up anytime soon. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> LAS VEGAS — A Hong Kong businessman hit a $70 million court-awarded jackpot Tuesday when a jury agreed that he had helped the casino empire run by billionaire Sheldon Adelson get a gambling foothold in the People’s Republic of China. This is the second time in five years that jurors have awarded consultant Richard Suen a sizable sum in the bitter dispute. A jury’s 2008 finding for Suen was thrown out on appeal. Adelson’s lawyers vowed Tuesday to appeal the latest verdict. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials: America’s Cup races will go on despite sailor’s death during training run. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Russia expelled a US diplomat yesterday after saying he had been caught red-handed with disguises, special equipment and wads of cash as he tried to recruit a Russian intelligence agent to work for the CIA. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The mainland has launched a research rocket to gather high-altitude scientific data, with the experiment attracting widespread public attention because it was visible in the evening sky across many provinces. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> European authorities have raided the offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil as part of a probe into suspected manipulation of prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> The highest-ranking international military commander in Afghanistan has categorically denied any US or Nato responsibility for the deaths of at least 17 women and children after nearly seven hours of intensive airstrikes near their compound in eastern Afghanistan, in a new twist to a case that has greatly raised tensions. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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By , on May 14th, 2013 <!– google_ad_section_start –> Manila will send a senior envoy to Taiwan to apologise for the death of a fisherman killed by the Philippine coastguard, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister David Lin said last night at a briefing attended by Antonio Basilio, the Philippines’ representative in Taipei. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Asia stocks up as US small business mood improves
<!– google_ad_section_start –> BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close at a record high Tuesday. “A combination of further improvement of economic performance and low inflation in the US should keep risk appetite buoyant,” said analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong in an email commentary.
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