The Square Kilometre Array – one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century – will be hosted by both Africa and Australasia.

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Nations to share giant telescope

A London patient is confirmed as having rabies after being bitten by a dog in South Asia, the Health Protection Agency says.

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Rabies case confirmed in London

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA in its hunt for Osama bin Laden was sentenced Wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason in a ruling by tribal agency authorities in northwestern Pakistan, officials there said. Read full article > >

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Pakistani doctor who helped CIA locate bin Laden sentenced to prison for treason

Two Asian Android-based micro-PCs offer users an alternative to the British-designed project.

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Raspberry Pi’s budget challengers

An annular eclipse, in which the Moon does not fully block out the light from the Sun, begins across east Asia, and is due to reach the western US later.

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Sun starts ‘ring of fire’ eclipse

Refugees from Africa and South Asia are rebuilding their livelihoods after last summer’s devastating flood that ruined 10,000 acres of land.

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BEIJING — Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who emerged at the center of a diplomatic row between the U.S. and China, was at Beijing’s airport Saturday afternoon in the company of American diplomats and was about to leave for an uncertain new life in the United States. Read full article > >

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Chen Guangcheng leaves Beijing hospital, headed for U.S.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — When scholars gathered at Harvard last month to discuss the political tumult convulsing China’s ruling Communist Party, a demure female undergraduate with a direct stake in the outcome was listening intently from the top row of the lecture hall. She was the daughter of Xi Jinping, China’s vice president and heir apparent for the party’s top job. Read full article > >

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Chinese communist leaders denounce U.S. values but send children to U.S. colleges

The colleges training British workers in Asian cuisine.

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SEOUL — For much of the previous decade, South Korean leaders encouraged private companies to do business with the authoritarian North, seeing the joint ventures as a chance for both profitmaking and peacemaking. But South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has used a series of increasingly aggressive measures to cut off those deals, in the process forcing South Korean companies into bankruptcy and leaving business executives bitter about Seoul’s policy U-turn. Read full article > >

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South Korea’s businesses pay the price for Lee’s tough policy toward the North

KABUL —Afghan commanders have refused more than a dozen times within the past two months to act on U.S. intelligence regarding high-level insurgents, arguing that night-time operations to target the men would result in civilian casualties, Afghan officials say. Read full article > >

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Afghan commanders show new defiance in dealings with Americans

There is a quiet realization that American factories need subsidies to survive globally — especially to compete with Asian and European companies that routinely receive government assistance.

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Subsidies Aid Rebirth in U.S. Manufacturing

W hen the human rights lawyer Chen Guang­cheng escaped ­extra-legal house arrest and beatings and found his way to the U.S. Embassy last month, he became an instant hero on the Chinese Internet. How had he escaped? How could a single blind man tear such a hole in the government’s pervasive blanket of weiwen, or stability maintenance? Many called it a “miracle”; stories of “China’s blind spiderman” went viral. Eventually someone who had helped Chen tweeted an account. Chen had done merely this: “In nineteen hours climbed eight walls, jumped a dozen or so irrigation ridges, fell down a few hundred times, injured a foot, and finally crossed a stream that got him out of the village.” Read full article > >

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America’s outdated view of China

While you're frying up some eggs and bacon, we're cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today's food holiday. Open up a little envelope of love on May 8, also known as National Empanada Day ! From Western Europe to Latin America to Southeast Asia, these little stuffed pastries are a favorite to eat, no matter if you bake, fry or simply wrap bread around your favorite filling. Similar to calzones, empanadas originated in Portugal and spread out across Europe. They were mentioned in a Catalan cookbook in 1520, particularly with a filling of the seafood persuasion. These “small pies,” sliced into savory portable wedges, made their way to Latin America, the Philippines and even Indonesia via Spanish and Portuguese travelers. As a result, the dish is still a favorite today in all of these areas. Try a sweet or savory filling (or both) to get your empanada fix. One thing is for sure: no matter if you like sugar or spice, this day will end with all things nice.

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National empanada day

Says she is “betting on” South Asian country.

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