http://www.cdeclips.com/China Daily RSSCopyright © 2008- China Daily Hong Kong Limited, All Rights Reservedhttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/ChinaDaily_RSS_asia_pacific.xmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:22 GMThttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/china_daily_logo.jpghttp://www.cdeclips.com/BEIJING — Chung Un-chan, the ROK's prime minister, filed his resignation on Thursday, holding himself responsible for the government's failure last month to get parliamentary approval for a bill to scrap a project to develop a new administrative city, the ROK's Yonhap News Agency reported.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48770http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4877030 Jul 2010 09:31:58 +0800ISLAMABAD — Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday hampered recovery efforts at the site of a Pakistani plane crash that killed all 152 people on board a day earlier, a senior police officer said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48773http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4877330 Jul 2010 09:31:56 +0800NEW DELHI — British Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed a plain-speaking streak during a tour of Turkey and India that raises questions over whether it is down to youthful inexperience or a bold new approach to diplomacy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48774http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4877430 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800MINGORA, Pakistan — About 150 people have been killed by flashfloods and bad weather in Pakistan in the last week, with the country's northwest and Baluchistan provinces bearing the brunt of the storms, officials said on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48775http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4877530 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800TOKYO — A Japanese shipping company maintained on Thursday that its oil tanker was likely attacked in the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier, dismissing reports it may have been hit by a freak wave.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48772http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4877230 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800TOKYO — Robotic wheelchairs, mechanical arms and humanoid waiters are among the cutting-edge inventions on show at a robotics fair in Japan, a country whose population is ageing rapidly.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48768http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4876830 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800ISLAMABAD — A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather on Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48676http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4867629 Jul 2010 09:41:59 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — Staff at the Jenolan Caves west of Sydney have added a new out-of-this-world attraction — a tour in the Star Trek language Klingon.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48702http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870229 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — Britain and the United States are considering sending representatives for the first time to the anniversary ceremony of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the UK-based Daily Graph reported.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48704http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870429 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800China Daily/AgenciesISLAMABAD - A commercial Pakistani passenger plane with more than 150 people on board crashed in bad weather on Wednesday in hills near the capital, Islamabad, an aviation spokesman said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48664http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4866428 Jul 2010 16:11:50 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — China will face mounting foreign pressure in defending its interests on its seas as the United States flexes its muscles in the Asia Pacific, experts said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48633http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863328 Jul 2010 09:07:58 +0800By Zhang TingBeijing — The dozens of Chinese workers being held by police at a Philippine mine are safe, China's embassy in Manila said on Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48634http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863428 Jul 2010 09:07:57 +0800By ZHANG CHUNYANBISHKEK — Kyrgyzstan's interim government said on Tuesday international donors had agreed to supply $1.1 billion in aid over the next 30 months to help the Central Asian state recover from the worst violence in its modern history.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48635http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863528 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800AgenciesCANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard suffered twin setbacks on Monday after a poll showed her lead slashed ahead of an Aug 21 election.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48556http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855627 Jul 2010 09:23:57 +0800AgenciesPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal sentenced the former Khmer Rouge chief jailer on Monday to 35 years in prison.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48557http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855727 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesMANILA, Philippines — Members of the clan suspected in one of the worst massacres in Philippine history are believed to be behind the weekend shooting death of an aide for a key witness to the killings, officials said on Monday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48558http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855827 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — Japan is set to allow exports of missile interceptors it is developing jointly with the United States, Kyodo news agency said, relaxing its ban on arms exports.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48559http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855927 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesKANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A speeding bus flipped over on Monday in southern Afghanistan, killing 26 people who were on board, Afghan police said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48561http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4856127 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — A sailboat largely constructed from 12,500 recycled plastic bottles docked in Sydney Harbour on Monday, after four difficult months crossing the Pacific Ocean on a journey meant to raise awareness about the perils of plastic waste.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48552http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855227 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesCANBERRA — Australia won't be able to meet its targets for reducing carbon gas emissions without charging polluters, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Friday as she announced her government's climate change policy ahead of elections next month.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48435http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843524 Jul 2010 13:08:57 +0800AgenciesKABUL — Arif Sakhi preened and posed his well-oiled muscles to win the "Mr Afghanistan" crown earlier this year, but behind that perfectly sculpted physique his vital organs were breaking down under the strain of steroid abuse.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48431http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843124 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesKUALA LUMPUR — Men in polygamous relationships find it difficult to meet the needs of all their wives and children, and the result is unhappy and cash-strapped families, according to a landmark Malaysian study.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48432http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843224 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesNEW DELHI — India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48433http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843324 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — He lacks dress sense, can't cook to save his life and badly flunked delivering his first policy speech. Meet Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan — as seen by his wife. These and other domestic insights are revealed in a new book by the woman Kan has called his "opposition in the home", entitled What on Earth will change in Japan after you become prime minister?http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48361http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836123 Jul 2010 09:21:57 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — The expansion of a major East Asian forum to include the United States and Russia has been seen as a counterweight to the growing influence of China.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48364http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836423 Jul 2010 09:21:57 +0800By CHENG GUANGJIN and ZHANG CHUNYANTOKYO — Japan's ruling party plans to call on the government to declare a "fiscal emergency" and urge it to consider scrapping budget reserves in the fiscal year from next April to cope with tight fiscal conditions, the Yomiuri newspaper said on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48366http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836623 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Police in Kyrgyzstan have detained a brother of deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev, authorities said on Thursday, in a morale-boosting victory for efforts to round up the former leader's entourage.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48370http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4837023 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesMAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Women living in Afghanistan's safest region are retreating behind the veil amid fears they are being stalked by a resurgent Taliban determined to trample their rights.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48371http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4837123 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesMANILA — Indie film director Jim Libiran was looking for personal salvation when he gatecrashed Philippine cinema with a movie tackling Manila's violent gangland culture.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48362http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836223 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesNEW DELHI — A daily, goose-stepping display of choreographed aggression by soldiers on the India-Pakistan border has been toned down because of knee injuries to the participants, a report said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48360http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836023 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesBeijing — China on Wednesday expressed its latest opposition to joint drills between the United States and Republic of Korea (ROK), which Seoul-based media reported will hold the exercises in the Yellow Sea by early September.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48259http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4825922 Jul 2010 09:23:58 +0800By Li Xiaokun and Ai YangUNITED NATIONS — The United Nations blacklisted a US-born Muslim cleric as a member of al-Qaida on Tuesday, just days after the United States put him on its own blacklist, diplomats said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48295http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4829522 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — Washington and Seoul will launch a military drill on Sunday targeting Pyongyang in the Sea of Japan, delaying a similar move in the Yellow Sea after opposition from Beijing over the joint exercise.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48189http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4818921 Jul 2010 09:28:59 +0800By Li Xiaokun and Ai YangBeijing — Japan's Defense Ministry is considering dispatching border security and coastal monitoring units to islands in Okinawa Prefecture, a move likely to draw protests from Beijing.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48218http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821821 Jul 2010 09:28:56 +0800By Qin JizeSYDNEY — An Australian company Tuesday said it had developed a laser tracking system that will stop chunks of space debris colliding with spacecraft and satellites in the Earth's orbit.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48219http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821921 Jul 2010 09:28:45 +0800AgenciesJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia's top Islamic body declared on Tuesday that Muslims can drink civet coffee — the world's most expensive coffee — which is extracted from the dung of civet cats.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48213http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821321 Jul 2010 09:28:45 +0800AgenciesKOLKATA, India — A probe into a rail crash in eastern India that claimed more than 60 lives focused Tuesday on why a packed express train hurtled at high speed into a station where it was scheduled to halt.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48217http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821721 Jul 2010 09:28:45 +0800AgenciesKABUL - Afghans want responsibility for the country's security by 2014, President Hamid Karzai told an international donors' conference on Tuesday, appealing for more control of $13 billion earmarked for development.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48177http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4817720 Jul 2010 15:44:36 +0800AgenciesSAINTHIA, India — A speeding express rammed into the back of a stationary passenger train in east India on Monday, killing more than 60 people and leaving 165 injured, many of them in critical condition.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48139http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813920 Jul 2010 09:27:57 +0800AgenciesISLAMABAD — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a raft of aid projects for Pakistan on Monday aimed at defusing anti-American sentiment and shoring up anti-terrorism efforts.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48140http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4814020 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesKABUL — The goal is to transform Afghanistan into a modern nation, fueled by a US-led effort pouring $60 billion into bringing electricity, clean water, jobs, roads and education to this crippled country. But the results so far — or lack of them — threaten to do more harm than good.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48141http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4814120 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — An armed man wearing nothing but a holster and standing on top of a billboard brought an Australian city to a standstill during a lengthy altercation with police.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48133http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813320 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard leapt ahead in a key opinion poll on Monday and sealed a vital deal with the Green party, underlining her as early favorite for the Aug 21 election.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48137http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813720 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesKunming — People at the lowest levels of poverty in Asia will soon have access to small loans to help them build better lives.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48138http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813820 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800By Cheng GuangjinNEW DELHI - At least 52 people were killed and over 100 injured in another major rail accident in two months in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal in the wee hours Monday, said police.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48092http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4809219 Jul 2010 15:16:01 +0800XinhuaBEIJING — Seoul has developed a long-range cruise missile capable of reaching nuclear sites and military targets in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), as well as Beijing and Shanghai.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48053http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805319 Jul 2010 09:34:57 +0800By Li XiaokunTOKYO — Tokyo's Ginza district is usually abuzz with shoppers and office workers, but high above its skyscrapers nature-lovers have created a home for real busy bees — the ones that make honey.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47994http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799417 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesCANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to call an election on Saturday taking advantage of a rebound in support for her Labor party, narrowly ahead in opinion polls, and a robust economy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47998http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799817 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesTEHERAN — Iran was Friday probing twin suicide bombings in a crowded Shi'ite mosque which killed 27 people in a southeastern province.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48001http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4800117 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesMANILA — Troops on Thursday scoured jagged coastlines on the Philippines' eastern seaboard in search of dozens of fishermen who went missing after a ferocious typhoon battered the country, killing 37 people.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47947http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4794716 Jul 2010 10:29:47 +0800AgenciesTEHERAN — An Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted by CIA agents a year ago returned home from the United States early on Thursday saying he was pressured to lie about Iran's nuclear program.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47948http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4794816 Jul 2010 10:29:47 +0800AgenciesCANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard sought to sell her Labor government's economic credentials on Thursday, warning that the conservative opposition's policies could risk a robust economy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47949http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4794916 Jul 2010 10:29:47 +0800AgenciesKUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia is sending military personnel to Afghanistan for the first time to provide medical and humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged country, officials said on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47950http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4795016 Jul 2010 10:29:47 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — The Washington Post reported on Thursday that Shahram Amiri was paid more than $5 million by the CIA to provide intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47951http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4795116 Jul 2010 10:29:47 +0800AgenciesMUMBAI — New stars are emerging in Bollywood, with fresh talent currently more popular with cinema audiences and studios than established names as the industry hunts for a successful formula.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47876http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4787615 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesSINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific consumers are the world's most prolific online shoppers and many rely on Internet reviews when making purchases, research firm Nielsen said this week.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47877http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4787715 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800Agenciesseoul — South Korea will screen bachelors seeking brides from overseas following the fatal stabbing of a Vietnamese woman by her mentally ill husband eight days after she arrived, an official said Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47878http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4787815 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — An Australian man was lucky to be alive after drunkenly scaling the fence of a crocodile enclosure and trying to take a five-meter (16-foot) beast named "Fatso" for a ride, police said Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47879http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4787915 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — Japan's consumer electronics maker Sanyo has launched the world's first cooker that can turn rice grains into bread — an innovation that it hopes will be a hit across Asia.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47880http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788015 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesMANILA — Typhoon Conson ripped across the Philippines on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people as it destroyed shanty towns and brought the nation's capital to a standstill.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47881http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788115 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesNEW DELHI — India has accused Pakistani intelligence services of overseeing the 2008 militant attacks on Mumbai, a report said on Wednesday ahead of a major meeting between the rival nations.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47882http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788215 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesSEOUL — The military of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is scheduled to hold talks on Thursday with the US-led United Nations Command, the first since the sinking of a warship sent regional tensions soaring.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47883http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788315 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenceTEHERAN — An Iranian nuclear scientist who surfaced in Washington more than a year after Teheran claimed he had been abducted by US spies is on his way home, Iran's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47886http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788615 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesNUSA DUA, Indonesia — Representatives from 13 "tiger-range countries" are meeting in Indonesia this week to draft a global recovery plan ahead of a summit in Russia in September.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47806http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780614 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — Japan's government said on Tuesday it had to press on with tax reforms to cut a huge public debt despite a stunning election setback, and was looking to two opposition parties to help drive policy change.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47809http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780914 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — Australia said on Tuesday it is still in talks with East Timor over a regional asylum-seeker center, despite a rejection by the country's parliament that dealt the pre-election policy a severe blow.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47810http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781014 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesNepal's president has asked parliament to choose a new prime minister by simple majority vote, officials said Tuesday, in an attempt to break the Himalayan nation's political gridlock.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47814http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781414 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesQUANG TRI, Vietnam — Something resembling a broken green plate suddenly catches Staff Sergeant Mike Overton's eye.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47763http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776313 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenciesNAGOYA, Japan — The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament opened under a cloud of controversy on Sunday as Japan's national sport grapples with a widespread betting scandal.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47764http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776413 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — Japan faced political gridlock after the ruling party's thrashing in an election on Sunday, which could thwart efforts to curb a huge public debt and get the economy in shape. It also put Prime Minister Naoto Kan's job at risk.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47765http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776513 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenciesWELLINGTON — New Zealand anti-whaling activist Pete Bethune is afraid someone will die in the "ugly war" between conservationists and Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47766http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776613 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenceTOKYO — Japanese were voting on Sunday in an upper house election that could deliver a major blow to Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government, stalling efforts to curb a huge public debt and putting the prime minister's job at risk.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47694http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769412 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800AgenciesCOLOMBO — Sri Lankan demonstrators marched to Russia's embassy on Friday to express gratitude for support against a UN war crimes panel, the subject of a fourth day of protests that have cracked open a rift with the world body.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47639http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4763910 Jul 2010 11:12:20 +0800AgenciesSEOUL — The UN Security Council's adoption on Friday of a statement on the sinking of a Republic of Korea (ROK) warship could shift the focus to nuclear disarmament talks, said a political expert.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47641http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4764110 Jul 2010 11:12:20 +0800Agencies — China DailyNAGOYA, Japan — Toyota Motor Corp is open to raising the wages of workers in China, where a series of strikes have disrupted its operations, the automaker's president said on Friday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47608http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4760810 Jul 2010 11:12:19 +0800AgenciesMUMBAI — Osama bin Laden is coming soon to a movie screen near you.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47575http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757509 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesSEOUL — The president of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, appointed a close confidant as chief of staff on Thursday in a bid to turn around his political fortunes midway through his term.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47579http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757909 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — More than 100 people showed up and thousands more listened via the Internet to a recent suicide prevention workshop in Japan, a country where more than 30,000 people kill themselves every year.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47580http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758009 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — Holding the hands of his two daughters, visiting Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday led them to his Chinese counterpart, President Hu Jintao, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47496http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749608 Jul 2010 09:57:57 +0800By Qin JizeDILI — East Timor is likely to reject Australia's proposal to build an asylum-seeker processing center on its shores, the country's deputy prime minister said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47498http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749808 Jul 2010 09:57:53 +0800AgenciesGHAZNI, Afghanistan — Police said Wednesday six Afghan soldiers were killed in a NATO air strike in Afghanistan, while the military announced the deaths of another three foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47495http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749508 Jul 2010 09:57:53 +0800AgenciesASTANA — Swimming on the steppe? In Kazakhstan's showpiece capital, it seems nothing is impossible.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47491http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749108 Jul 2010 09:57:52 +0800AgenciesBANGKOK — Thailand on Tuesday extended by three months a state of emergency across about one-quarter of the country, including Bangkok, due to lingering fears of unrest following deadly protests.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47414http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741407 Jul 2010 09:45:57 +0800AgenciesCHIBA, Japan — Japan's judo queen Ryoko Tani, after years of deftly putting her opponents to the mat, is among a lineup of celebrity candidates hoping to join the rough and tumble of politics.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47415http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741507 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800AgenciesJAKARTA — Two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the office of a news magazine which has been embroiled in a dispute with Indonesian police over an article about alleged corruption, police said Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47416http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741607 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — A boat made from 12,500 plastic bottles will leave New Caledonia for Sydney this week on the final leg of a voyage across the Pacific to raise environmental awareness, organizers said Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47417http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741707 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled a new asylum policy on Tuesday aimed at allaying voter fears about rising numbers of boatpeople ahead of elections, with the centerpiece a possible East Timor processing center.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47409http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4740907 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800AgenciesMANILA — Philippine police commandos rescued a Chinese national held captive for about 18 months by a group of Islamist militants on a remote southern island, the head of national police said on Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47410http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741007 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800AgenciesNEW DELHI — The wedding, to be celebrated in sumptuous Indian style, was due for June and everything was progressing smoothly until the groom suddenly lost interest.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47406http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4740607 Jul 2010 09:45:27 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — Australian rockers Men At Work were Tuesday ordered to pay 5 percent of profits from iconic hit Down Under for ripping off Girl Guide ditty Kookaburra, escaping much heavier compensation.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47407http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4740707 Jul 2010 09:45:27 +0800AgenciesMANILA - Philippine security forces rescued a kidnapped Chinese Monday evening in southern province of Sulu, local officials said Tuesday morning.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47343http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4734306 Jul 2010 15:46:17 +0800XinhuaBeijing — Beijing has been busy these days balancing relations with its two giant South Asian neighbors — the envoy of the Indian prime minister met Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday while Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari arrives Tuesday for high-level talks expected to cover economic and security ties.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47339http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4733906 Jul 2010 09:37:57 +0800By Ai Yang and Wu JiaoSAN'A — Yemeni Shiite rebels opened fire late on Sunday on government troops sent to quell fighting between the rebels and pro-government tribes, a government official said, threatening a truce in the country's civil war.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47341http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4734106 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — Japan's ruling Democratic Party is likely to fall short of a majority but hit Prime Minister Naoto Kan's target of 54 seats in a July 11 upper house election, the Mainichi newspaper said, an outcome that would complicate policymaking but could help Kan keep his job.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47336http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4733606 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800AgenciesMELBOURNE, Australia — A man pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he deliberately started one of the deadly wildfires that swept through southern Australia last year.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47337http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4733706 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800AgenciesSHANGHAI — When former president of Colombia Andres Pastrana visited a primary school in Tibet last Tuesday, one thing he and his wife noticed were a roomful of little Tibetans learning English.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47338http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4733806 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800By Fu JingTOKYO – Toyota started recalling more than 90,000 luxury Lexus and Crown vehicles Monday in Japan over defective engines - the latest setback for the automaker beset with quality problems.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47264http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4726405 Jul 2010 16:02:32 +0800AgenciesQINGTONGXIA, Ningxia — When Pakistani Special Forces member Zafar Niazi took part in an anti-terror drill jointly conducted by China and his country during the weekend, he thought it was going to be easy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47199http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719905 Jul 2010 09:18:59 +0800By Li XiaokunNEW DELHI — No one is saying the words "bad monsoon" yet, but the slow advance of India's crucial rainy season is being followed anxiously after a dry 2009 wiped out crops and fuelled food price rises.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47255http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4725505 Jul 2010 09:18:57 +0800AgenciesSYDNEY — Australia's new Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sunday vowed not to let "political correctness" get in the way of tackling immigration, signaling a tough line on the issue.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47259http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4725905 Jul 2010 09:18:57 +0800AgenciesMUMBAI — Bollywood's Aamir Khan is back behind the camera after the success of his comedy "3 Idiots", with a biting satire on the tensions between rural and urban India, politicians and the media.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47256http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4725605 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800AgenciesBeijing — China and Pakistan will officially start their third joint anti-terrorism exercises on Saturday, in the latest sign of the two nation's commitment to crackdown on terrorists of the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), who are hiding along the Sino-Pakistani border.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47193http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719303 Jul 2010 11:34:57 +0800By Qin Jize and Ai YangCANBERRA — Australia ended a damaging dispute with global miners on Friday by dumping its planned "super profits" tax for a lower resources rent tax backed by big miners, clearing a major hurdle to calling an early election.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47195http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719503 Jul 2010 11:34:56 +0800AgenciesNARATHIWAT, Thailand, — Suspected Muslim insurgents ambushed security forces in southern Thailand on Thursday night, setting off a roadside bomb and firing guns to kill five members of a patrol, an officer said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47196http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719603 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesSEOUL — Two army majors from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were sentenced to prison on Thursday in the Republic of Korea for plotting to assassinate a high-profile defector who once mentored the DPRK's leader.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47132http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4713202 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800Agencies