China-Pakistan railway link has been initiated after Chinese officials were asked to carry out research to identify a location for railway connectivity between Pakistan and China. Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif had announced in June that they would like to build new road and rail links to Kashgar in China and establish a Sino-Pakistan economic corridor. The Dawn reports that people were ...
Chinas nuke plant opening cancelled amid protests over health hazards
A nuclear power facility opening in China has been cancelled in response to the opposition by a majority of residents. A planned facility to process nuclear fuel in Jiangmen of Guangdong province with an investment of up to 37 billion yuan was the first industrial park planned in South China for nuclear fuel production. The Chinadaily.com reports that the 229-hectare Longwan Industrial Park ...
Thailand beat Australia in womens volleyball tournament
Thailand defeated Australia 3-1 on the first day of the 10th international women's volleyball tournament (VTV Eximbank Cup 2013) in Vietnam's northern Ninh Binh province. Australia failed to take advantage of their height and lost to Thailand 20-25 and 21-25 in the first and second set Saturday, reports Xinhua. Entering the third set, Australia rallied back strongly, beating Thailand 25-20. ...
Kevin Rudds sister wants Putin-style homosexuality ban in Australia
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's sister wants a Vladimir Putin-style ban on schoolchildren being taught about homosexuality introduced in Australia. Loree Rudd believes Putin's hardline view on homosexuality is more enlightened than Western leaders. According to the Courier Mail, the 62-yeard-old, who has just returned from Russia, said that there should be a law in Australia protecting ...
Former Miss Universe Australia Jesinta Campbell regrets having breast implants
Former Miss Universe Australia Jesinta Campbell, who is the new face of Wonderbra, has revealed that she regrets undergoing breast augmentation as a teen. Instead, the model urges young women to love what they have. Campbell, one of Australia's rising television stars, has revealed she had a procedure to increase her AA cup breasts to a B cup. She told The Sunday Telegraph that it's a ...
John Kennedys daughter tipped as next U.S. ambassador to Japan
Daughter of late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, will become ambassador to Japan. Kennedy, an attorney and strong backer of President Barack Obama, will take up the post as Washington is grappling with trade issues with its top Asian ally. Sources said that the 55-year-old will become the first woman to assume the high-profile post, if the U.S. Senate approves her ...
4 officials to share duties over ten Ashes games following workload concerns
Four match officials will reportedly share duties over ten Ashes matches after concerns were raised over umpires' workloads by both England and Australia following the controversies surrounding the decisions regarding England's Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad. The two Ashes rivals have raised their concerns with the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the six-month workload faced by ...
Toll in China landslide rises to 43
The death toll in a landslide that occurred earlier this week in southwest China's Sichuan province has risen to 43, authorities said. The landslide occurred Wednesday in Sanxi village, Xinhua reported. Officials said 10 bodies have been identified, while 118 people were still missing. Most of them were tourists. "So far, no sign of life has been detected at the scene," said Ma Kun, head of ...
Typhoon Soulik kills two in Taiwan
Typhoon Soulik has left two people dead, one missing and 104 others injured since it hit the northern part of Taiwan Saturday, authorities said. The island's disaster emergency centre said one victim was a police officer who was hit on the head by a falling brick and died after hospital treatment failed, Xinhua reported. The other was a 54-year-old woman who fell from the top floor of a ...
Ashes England close to a famous win
England are set to draw first blood in the Ashes with Australia struggling at 174 for six going into the fifth day of the Trentbridge Test, needing another 137 for victory. Ian Bell scored a gritty 109 and along with Stuart Broad (65) stretched England's second innings to 375, gaining a healthy 311 lead on a tricky wicket. Australia began their chase well before losing the advantage by the end ...
Sacked Arthur plans to sue Cricket Australia
Sacked Australia coach Mickey Arthur has hired legal counsel and is planning to sue Cricket Australia (CA) for his dismissal three weeks ago. Arthur, who was sacked just 16 days before the start of the Ashes, was replaced by former Australian player Darren Lehman. The Weekend Australian newspaper reported Saturday that Arthur had been offered a cash settlement by CA and that he received no ...
The Ashes England v Australia day five ? live | Daniel Harris
BST Anyone any ideas as to how to spend the next 40 [forty] minutes? Once I've finished shaking my legs, I might pace. Let's all pace ...
Workers from across the country land in South China to help harvest rice
Top: A worker works in the field. Bottom: Bags of rice are seen piled up by the field. Photos: IC Thousands of workers have arrived in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region since July, kicking off an annual frenzy of rice harvesting that usually lasts about one month.Guangxi has seen a harvest increase this year, with a sown acreage in the first half year of 23 million mu (1.53 million hectares), up ...
Myanmar to North Korea I can?t quit you baby
Thailand -- Reviled military rulers. A citizenry cowed in fear. Economies strangled by American sanctions. Just a few years ago, North Korea and Myanmar had much in common. Today, riding a warp-speed reform movement cheered on by ...
Australia add final twist to amazing Test
James Anderson led England to the brink of victory in the first Investec Test as he took three of the last four wickets to fall in a steadfast spell of fast bowling on a wonderful final day at Trent Bridge. But the brink was not enough. After an extended morning session, at lunch an epic Test match was still not over. Australia, nine down, needed 20 to pull off a staggering victory. The ...
Ashes Test Live cricket score England vs Australia - Haddin stands in the way of England triumph
James Anderson has picked up nine in the match to put England on the cusp of victory. Catch the live action of the final day of the first Test between England and Australia at Trent Bridge, ...
ALI?s China project 50 complete
Three years after breaking into mainland China's residential property market, Ayala Land Inc. reported it was halfway through its first project--a 19-tower residential complex project in Tianjin Eco-City. The project is moving slower than targeted given the slowdown in the Chinese economy but residential sales are proceeding well, without the need to cut prices, said ALI chief finance ...
Israel led air strike in Syria on July 5 ReportUS officials say Israel targeted advanced anti-ship cruise missiles near Syrias principal port city in an air attack carried out earlier this month The New York Times reported.
WASHINGTON: US officials say Israel targeted advanced anti-ship cruise missiles near Syria's principal port city in an air attack carried out earlier this month, The New York Times reported. The officials say the attack on July 5 near the city of Latakia targeted a type of Russian-made missile called the Yakhont that Russia had sold to ...
Pak Christian man gets life term for sending blasphemous SMSs
Mian Shahzad Raza of Toba Tek Singh district slapped the sentence and a Rs 2 lakh fine on Sajjad Masih on Saturday. Masih, a resident of Pakpattan district, was arrested in December 2011 for allegedly sending blasphemous mobile phone messages to Muslim clerics of Gojra in Toba Tek Singh, some 200 kilometres from Lahore. The judge heard the case in the district jail and handed down the sentence ...
JK Rowling unmasked as secret crime novelist
Robert Galbraith to great critical acclaim. "I had hoped to keep this secret a little longer because being Robert Galbraith has been such a liberating experience," she told 'The Sunday Times' after the newspaper uncovered the true identity of the author. "It has been wonderful to publish without hype or expectation, and pure pleasure to get feedback under a different ...
Hollande says France must do more to maintain train lines
derailment near Paris left six people dead. "We must do much more to maintain traditional lines, existing lines," Hollande said during a Bastille Day interview with top television channels. The SNCF state rail company said the accident at Bretigny-sur-Orge on Friday was the result of a faulty track and the transport minister complained of under-funding for outdated regional train lines ...
Indonesia warns planes of haze
Indonesian Transport Ministry has issued a warning to planes passing Indonesian territory of the danger of haze from forest fires in Sumatra island, a minister said here on Monday. Indonesian Transport Minister E.E. Mangindaan said that his ministry already issued a warning letter to aviation firms about the danger of the haze, saying that the fire has expanded and endangered flight. "The ...
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