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Family spending on sports linked to Olympic success
Average yearly expenses related to sports per household in Japan, which had been decreasing year by year after the Sydney Olympics, had been rising since Japan's success at the Athens Olympics, a rece...
Jinggoy to meet with Saudi envoy, visit jailed Pinoys in KSA
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada will soon meet with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the Philippines Mohammed Ameen Wali to discuss his proposed bilateral labor pact b...
Lingerie-clad teens given free drinks
TWO underage sisters dressed only in lingerie were hauled out of a bar by their mother after allegedly being served free alcohol by bar staff. The girls, aged 16 and 17, were enticed to sit on the v...
Negroponte to visit Vietnam, Cambodia, HK
ong Kong for talks with his counterparts, the State Department said Wednesday. The visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's number two to the region from September 10 to 18 was "for discuss...
Iran to put 750 ind. plans into operation soon
LONDON, August 28 (IranMania) - Concurrent with the Government Week (August 23-30), 750 industrial and mining projects will go on stream in Iran with 18,830 trillion rials ($1,07 billion) worth of inv...
Iran kicks off production of locally built sub
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AP - Iranian state TV says the country has launched production of a domestically built submarine capable of firing missiles and torpedoes.
Charity group sets up support center for family caregivers
Taipei, Aug. 27 (CNA) A charity organization has set up Taiwan's first support center for family caregivers to provide them with professional psychological counselling and assistance in caregiving. Th...
Bank Of China Sees 2nd Half Risks After 1st Half Net Up 43%
(3988.HK), the smallest of China's Big Four state-run banks by assets, reported Thursday a better-than-expected 43% rise in first-half net profit from a year earlier on strong growth in interest an...
Lost War in Afghanistan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- You don't have to be born in the West or be a Westerner to hate the Taliban. Most of us in the Middle East and the larger Muslim world have grown sick and tired of t...
Still a long road ahead
Making a call not to treat autistic individuals as disabled, the Ministry of Health yesterday admitted that medical intervention seems still a long way off and much-needed treatment seems to be trappe...
German MP slams Israeli military threats against Iran
Israel A leading German legislator of the opposition The Left (Linke) party on Thursday lashed out at Israel for repeatedly threatening Iran militarily. Addressing a press briefing at the German parli...
Show of strength
Killing of French troops shows more brazen Taleban
Obama: World must press Iran before Israel responds
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Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday the world must pressure Iran in a "serious way" over its nuclear program before Israel feels compelled to deal with situation itself.
South Korea`s SK Group to spend US$3.5 bln on IT sector in h..
Seoul (ANTARA News/) - SK Group, South Korea's third-largest conglomerate, said today that it plans to invest 3.8 trillion won (US$3.5 billion) in the information technology sector to expand communica...
Set up separate land commission for indigenous people
Speakers at a workshop yesterday urged the government to establish a separate land commission for the indigenous people in order to ensure their welfare. At present, 85 percent of indigenous people ar...
Muslim militants kill three in Jammu region
(Reuters)
Reuters - Suspected Muslim militants who slipped across the border from Pakistan into Indian Kashmir killed two civilians and an army officer in the Hindu-majority region of Jammu on Wednesday, police said
Russia isolated as allies withhold support
Russia was dealt a humiliating blow by its own allies today after a specially convened summit in Tajikistan withheld support for the Kremlin’s recognition of the independence of the two breaka...
Taiwan shuts down for air raid drill
By John Whitesides, Political CorrespondentDENVER (Reuters) - Democrats prepared a grand celebration on Thursday for Barack Obama, who will accept a historic presidential nomination with a speech that...
Climate change poses security threat to Indonesia
Rizal Sukma, JakartaIn his speech on foreign policy marking the 63rd anniversary of Indonesia's Foreign Ministry on Aug. 19, President Susilo Yudhoyono spoke about Indonesia and the global crises. He ...
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: At Least 6 Die in Attack on..
The police say a suicide bomber used a car laden with explosives to attack a police station in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers.
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