http://www.cdeclips.com/China Daily RSSCopyright © 2008- China Daily Hong Kong Limited, All Rights Reservedhttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/ChinaDaily_RSS_world.xmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:39 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 +0800By CHENG GUANGJINBeijing — A top military officer has warned the Chinese military to keep a close eye on the changing situation amid a large-scale naval exercise in the South China Sea, held at the same time as a joint Washington-Seoul drill, State media reported on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48771http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4877130 Jul 2010 09:31:57 +0800By Ai Yang and Li XiaokunChina has provided aid to more than 160 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and in the South Pacific since 1950. The nearly 2,000 aid projects include agriculture, construction, transport, medical care and education, according to figures from the Ministry of Commerce.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48749http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4874930 Jul 2010 09:31:57 +0800By Peng Yining, Cao Li and Wang YanISLAMABAD — 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 +0800AgenciesWARSAW, Poland — An unusual 3-D film created by Polish historians shows the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II, bringing the city's wartime history home to young people often unaware of the extent the destruction.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48767http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4876730 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — 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 +0800AgenciesBRUSSELS — Paul Ilegems, a retired professor of art history, has a vision of heaven. It involves a simple Belgian pommes frites stand where "human souls ascended eat their fries undisturbed."http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48769http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4876930 Jul 2010 09:31:47 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — 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 +0800AgenciesNEW 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 +0800AgenciesMINGORA, 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 +0800AgenciesISLAMABAD — 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 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — The time is not ripe for China and the United States to resume their military talks despite Washington's will to do so, Chinese experts say. But they believe future talks will occur. Their comments came after the US renewed its call to restart stalled military exchanges with China.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48706http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870629 Jul 2010 09:41:57 +0800By Zhang Ting and Zhang ChunyanLOS ANGELES — British energy giant BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court for the first time Thursday during a session in Idaho that sets the stage for a potential trial of the century.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48709http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870929 Jul 2010 09:41:56 +0800AgenciesLONDON — WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret US military documents, telling journalists that the website was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48710http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4871029 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800AgenciesLONDON — London will be ready a year ahead of schedule to stage the 2012 Olympics, officials said on Tuesday, as Olympic greats gave Games venues a test run two years to the day before the festivities open.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48707http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870729 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800AgenciesRICHMOND, Virginia — A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48701http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870129 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +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 +0800AgenciesPHILADELPHIA — Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48703http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870329 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/AgenciesBRUSSELS — He listens to English radio on the way to work. He watches CNN during dinner at home. And he reads an English newspaper at bedtime.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48705http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870529 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800By Fu JingISLAMABAD - 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 CHUNYANLONDON — Seeking to win a key ally outside Washington and a booming business partner to spur Britain's fragile economic recovery, David Cameron heads to India on Tuesday to lead his country's most brazen charm offensive in decades.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48640http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4864028 Jul 2010 09:07:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — BP's embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will be replaced by American Robert Dudley on Oct 1, the company said Tuesday, as it reported a record quarterly loss and set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the devastating Gulf of Mexico oil spill.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48637http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863728 Jul 2010 09:07:51 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — Leaked documents on the Afghanistan conflict, including accusations that US ally Pakistan is helping the Taliban, further complicate President Barack Obama's strategy at a time of mounting doubt over the war effort.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48638http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863828 Jul 2010 09:07:51 +0800AgenciesHANOI, Vietnam — The French defense minister has agreed to help Vietnam modernize its military on a historic visit to the former colony, state media reported on Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48639http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863928 Jul 2010 09:07:51 +0800AgenciesMADRID — A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras on Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors and the family of the donor.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48631http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863128 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800AgenciesNAGYKOVACSI, Hungary — On the way home from a hard day's work, Ferenc Nagy often gets the urge to pop into his favorite boozer for another round of binge reading.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48632http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863228 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800AgenciesBISHKEK — 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 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — Developing countries once again urged rich nations to keep their promise to help them in the fight against climate change.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48636http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863628 Jul 2010 09:07:50 +0800By CHENG GUANGJINLONDON - BP PLC said Tuesday that embattled Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward will step down on October 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley, and that it has set aside $32.2 billion to cover the costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48595http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4859527 Jul 2010 15:58:20 +0800AgenciesBAGHDAD - Two car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala killed 25 people on Monday, Iraqi police and hospital officials said. Sunni extremists are suspected.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48593http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4859327 Jul 2010 15:52:29 +0800AgenciesLONDON — BP is expected to install an American troubleshooter as chief executive on Tuesday, replacing Tony Hayward, who has come under fire for his handling of the worst oil spill in US history.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48560http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4856027 Jul 2010 09:23:57 +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 +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 +0800AgenciesHILLA, Iraq — The hapless lion and snake both died in an Iraqi heat wave, but for the jugglers, clowns, fire-eater and other circus performers, the show in ancient Babylon had to go on.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48553http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855327 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Archaeologists say they have discovered a monument similar to Stonehenge near the ancient British stone circle, dubbing it the most exciting find at the site for 50 years.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48554http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855427 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK — She loves the taste of blood, hates the sun, and, if you ask, will tell you she died in a train accident back in 1892: Meet Seregon O'Dalley, a would-be vampire living in New York.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48555http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855527 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 +0800AgenciesBRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday formally adopted a package of new sanctions against Iran, targeting the country's foreign trade, banking and energy sectors.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48562http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4856227 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesBRASILIA — Brazilian native Indians on Sunday took 100 workers hostage at the construction site of a hydroelectric plant in the southern Amazon region, local media reported.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48563http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4856327 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesBeijing — Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Sunday warned some countries not to "internationalize" the territorial dispute over the South China Sea that Beijing faces with its neighbors, following comments by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the issue at a regional security meeting.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48462http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4846226 Jul 2010 09:36:59 +0800By Li Xiaokun and Zhang TingBEIJING ­— The United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) began a large joint naval exercise off the east coast of Korean peninsula on Sunday, sparking warnings of nuclear war from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48484http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848426 Jul 2010 09:36:57 +0800By Zhang Chunyan and Tan YingziBERLIN — The death toll from a stampede at a "Love Parade" techno music festival in Germany rose to 19 on Sunday and police pursued an investigation into how the mass panic occurred.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48487http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848726 Jul 2010 09:36:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — These aren't your average family snapshots.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48488http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848826 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK ­— A former Chinese doctoral student in the United States must decide by Tuesday whether to accept a plea bargain or continue fighting charges that have mistakenly seen him branded a potential "terrorist".http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48485http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848526 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800By Chen WeihuaHAVANA — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has been warning of an impending war and on Saturday he dressed for it, donning a green military shirt that was once his typical dress, in his latest public appearance after four years in seclusion.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48486http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848626 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesSAINT-NAZAIRE, FRANCE — France will build at least two high-tech amphibious assault ships for the Russian navy, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Friday, on a visit to a western shipyard.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48482http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848226 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesMEXICO CITY — A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48483http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848326 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesHANOI — The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday threatened the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) with a "physical response" to planned weekend naval exercises as tensions with Pyongyang rose in the aftermath of the sinking of a ROK warship.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48415http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4841524 Jul 2010 13:08:59 +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 +0800AgenciesCARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called an emergency Defense Council meeting overnight on Thursday, after cutting ties with Colombia over accusations Venezuela was harboring hundreds of leftist rebels.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48438http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843824 Jul 2010 13:08:57 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — More and more new Chinese immigrants in the United States are trying to get the best of both worlds — citizenship in the US, for its stable social system and better living environment, and employment in China, with its prospering economy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48439http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843924 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800By Tan YingziWASHINGTON — Britain's former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been invited to testify at a US congressional hearing on the release of the Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, a Senate source said on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48440http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4844024 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesHANOI — Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday to discuss bilateral exchanges and cooperation.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48441http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4844124 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800XinhuaWASHINGTON — For more than a decade, Northwest Airlines repeatedly failed to follow federal safety orders but wasn't held accountable by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a government report.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48436http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843624 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK — Brazil's Green Party presidential candidate is hoping her use of social media will help boost her low poll numbers before October's election as she seeks to close the gap with the two front-runners.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48437http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843724 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +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 +0800AgenciesLONDON — It might be the inspiration of the Tour de France, the traffic or the unexpectedly hot weather, but London has gone cycle crazy this summer — and biking cafes are now the coolest spots in town.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48434http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843424 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 CHUNYANUNITED NATIONS — UN chief Ban Ki-moon will host a ministerial meeting here in September in a bid to break the stalemate in ongoing disarmament negotiations, a Western diplomat said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48368http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836823 Jul 2010 09:21:57 +0800AgenciesNEW DELHI — India has a legitimate role to play in stabilising Afghanistan but peace can not be brought to the region without help from its nuclear-armed rival Pakistan, US envoy Richard Holbrooke said on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48365http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836523 Jul 2010 09:21:56 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — 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 +0800AgenciesJAKARTA — The United States announced on Thursday it was resuming military ties with Indonesian special forces after a 12-year pause, during a visit by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Jakarta.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48367http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836723 Jul 2010 09:21:31 +0800AgenciesUNITED NATIONS — UN humanitarian activities in Somalia are severely underfunded, hurting Somalis who are outside areas controlled by Islamist rebels, a senior UN official said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48369http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836923 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 +0800AgenciesPARIS — A pair of reclusive clouded leopard cubs were born two months ago in a rare birth in captivity for the species and are doing well, a Paris zoo said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48363http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4836323 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 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday the most comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul since the Great Depression, vowing to stop risky behavior on Wall Street that imperiled the US economy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48323http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4832322 Jul 2010 15:56:13 +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 YangWASHINGTON — Britain could start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan as early as next year, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48294http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4829422 Jul 2010 09:23:57 +0800AgenciesGaza Strip — Some of the hundreds of Gaza factories idled by Israel's blockade are cranking up rusty machines to can tomatoes, mix concrete and press pills again now that Israel is allowing in raw materials for the first time in three years.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48290http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4829022 Jul 2010 09:23:57 +0800AgenciesBeijing — Like a scene out of a science fiction movie, a laser beam fired from a ship shot down four unmanned vehicles in a secret test carried out off the California coast.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48291http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4829122 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800China Daily/AgenciesTEHERAN — A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook southern Iran early Wednesday, killing one person, injuring dozens and damaging houses in four villages near the town of Lamerd, media reports said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48293http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4829322 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesUNITED 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 +0800AgenciesPARMA, Italy — It's a modern-day version of Marco Polo's journey halfway around the world — but is anyone at the controls?http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48287http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4828722 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — Russian beachgoers got a shock when they saw a donkey soaring in the blue skies over the balmy beaches on the Sea of Azov in southern Russia last week, police said on Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48288http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4828822 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesVIENNA — Colorful, creative and a little bit crazy. The fight against AIDS can be all that as activists demonstrated on Tuesday at the Global Village on the sidelines of the World AIDS Conference in Vienna.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48289http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4828922 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800AgenciesLONDON - With new British Prime Minister David Cameron making his first trip to Washington for bilateral talks with US President Barack Obama, the director of one of Britain's leading think-tanks has highlighted the more cautious nature of the partnership since the coalition government came to power.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48245http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4824521 Jul 2010 14:37:50 +0800XinhuaBEIJING — 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 — Countries including the United States and India should not politicize outbound investment by Chinese enterprises or abuse investment protection tools to shield their own industries and jobs from the financial crisis, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48190http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4819021 Jul 2010 09:28:57 +0800By Ding QingfenBeijing — Twenty-three media officials from 14 developing countries, including nine at the ministerial level, gathered on Tuesday for a workshop in China.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48194http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4819421 Jul 2010 09:28:56 +0800By Wu JiaoFARNBOROUGH, England — Interest around two jet fighters co-produced by China and Pakistan is taking off on the first day of their international debut. Some even say the JF-17 Thunder fighters were a major attraction of the Farnborough International Airshow, which ended here on Sunday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48214http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821421 Jul 2010 09:28:56 +0800By Zhang HaizhouBeijing — 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 +0800AgenciesFARNBOROUGH, England — Chinese planes can make a "significant impact" on the world arms market, said an expert of a leading think tank.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48215http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821521 Jul 2010 09:28:45 +0800By Zhang HaizhouKOLKATA, 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 +0800AgenciesMONROVIA, Liberia — The unlikeliest of activists — a rampaging elephant that locals claimed was supernaturally possessed — has aired rural Liberians' frustrations with the country's profitable timber industry.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48212http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4821221 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 +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 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — Fifteen years after a divisive decision to normalize relations with Vietnam, the United States is finding to its surprise that the one-time foe has quickly emerged as one of its growing partners.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48136http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813620 Jul 2010 09:27:57 +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 GuangjinBERLIN — Around 2 million people descended on a long swath of Germany's fabled autobahn Sunday after it was closed to cars and trucks to make way for a giant street festival, organisers said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48130http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813020 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesFARNBOROUGH, England — Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner touched down in Britain on Sunday on its first trip outside the United States, thrilling hordes of eager planespotters who came out to see the breakthrough carbon-composite plane.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48131http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813120 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Spicy, steaming hot, scooped up in naan bread and washed down with a cold beer, there are few dishes more favored by the British than curry for a takeaway or a late-night meal after the pubs shut.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48132http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813220 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 +0800AgenciesFROMELLES, France — The remains of the last of 250 Australian and British soldiers whose bodies were discovered in a mass grave were being reburied on Monday on the 94th anniversary of the bloody World War I battle of Fromelles.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48134http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813420 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesGENEVA — United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that there were signs of progress on nuclear non-proliferation talks, and urged top lawmakers to step up pressure to advance the agenda.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48135http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4813520 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +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 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — Russia's oil-producing region of Bashkortostan rubberstamped President Dmitry Medvedev's choice of its new head on Monday, formally ending 17 years of rule by one of the last independence-minded leaders of the 1990s.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48142http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4814220 Jul 2010 09:27:09 +0800AgenciesNEW 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 +0800XinhuaTEHERAN — Iran blamed the West and Israel on Saturday for twin suicide bombings which killed at least 27 people, despite condemnation of the attack by the European Union, United Nations and United States.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48057http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805719 Jul 2010 09:34:57 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — 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 XiaokunBEIJING — For the second time in three years, China has shot down one of its dysfunctional satellites with a missile, US-based Foreign Policy magazine reported in its latest issue. The destruction of the satellite, which reportedly happened in January, shows China's defensive missile ability, the magazine said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48056http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805619 Jul 2010 09:34:56 +0800By Li XiaokunGuilin — As countries continue to move toward more liberalized trade, governments need to consider the effects that has on the poor, said a Chinese expert.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48054http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805419 Jul 2010 09:34:31 +0800By Cheng GuangjinGuilin — China's balanced development is helping it achieve the goals it set at the beginning of the millennium, said a representative of the United Nations.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48055http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805519 Jul 2010 09:34:31 +0800By Cheng GuangjinRADWANIYAH, Iraq — A suicide bomber targeting anti-al-Qaida militiamen killed 43 people west of Baghdad on Sunday in Iraq's deadliest single attack in more than two months as four more people died in other violence.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48058http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805819 Jul 2010 09:34:31 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — Engineers monitored a newly-capped oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday amid cautious optimism the months-long spill behind the worst environmental disaster in US history has been finally contained.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48059http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805919 Jul 2010 09:34:31 +0800AgenciesGRUNWALD, Poland — Thousands of fans of the Middle Ages on Saturday donned their tabards and lowered their visors to relive the heady days of 1410, when a Polish-Lithuanian army smashed the Teutonic Knights.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48049http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4804919 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesHELSINKI — Divers have found bottles of champagne some 230-years-old on the bottom of the Baltic which a wine expert described on Saturday as tasting "fabulous".http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48050http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805019 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesMontreaux, Switzerland — Director Roman Polanski, freed this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request, made his first public outing on the weekend to see his wife perform at the Montreaux Jazz Festival.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48051http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805119 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Britain was "very unlikely" to introduce a ban on Muslim women wearing face-covering veils despite widespread public support for such a move, Immigration Minister Damian Green said.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48052http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805219 Jul 2010 09:34:30 +0800AgenciesLONDON — A bitter row over the gossipy memoirs of top British politician Peter Mandelson is threatening to overshadow the Labour party's election of a new leader to replace Gordon Brown.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47992http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799217 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesMADRID — Award-winning Spanish illustrator Miguel Gallardo has overcome the limitations imposed by his daughter's autism by doing what he does best — drawing.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47993http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799317 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesTOKYO — 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 +0800AgenciesHOUSTON — Oil is no longer spewing into the Gulf of Mexico –at least temporarily–as BP Plc said it choked off the flow from its undersea well that ruptured in April and caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47995http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799517 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesLOS ANGELES — Republican Meg Whitman has caught Democrat Jerry Brown flat-footed with an aggressive push for Latino voters in the California governor's race, making quick inroads with a traditionally Democratic constituency in an incendiary year for US immigration politics.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47996http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799617 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesPARIS — A public prosecutor extended the custody of four men close to France's richest woman for 24 hours to enable further questioning about suspected tax evasion and money laundering, a spokeswoman said on Friday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47997http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799717 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 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Afghanistan next week for a crucial conference that US officials hope will clarify the long-term goals of an expensive, unpopular and increasingly uncertain war.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47999http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799917 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Afghan forces should be able to take control of several provinces from Western troops by next spring, a senior British official said on Thursday, scaling back a previous British and NATO goal of starting handovers in 2010.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48000http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4800017 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 +0800AgenceWASHINGTON — US Pres­ident Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the 60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping overhaul of US financial regulations, all but ensuring that he soon will sign into law one of the top initiatives of his presidency.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47885http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788515 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesTEHERAN — 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 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON - A US government document reveals that the Obama administration is planning to cut the US nuclear stockpile by up to 40 percent by 2021.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47843http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4784314 Jul 2010 16:40:01 +0800AgenciesMYSTIC, Connecticut —Artifacts of a battle between a Native American tribe and English settlers, a confrontation that helped shape early American history, have sat for years below manicured lawns and children's swing sets in a Connecticut neighborhood.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47805http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780514 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +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 +0800AgenciesLONDON — More than a fifth of the British population are missing out on access to public services and employment opportunities because they do not use the Internet, the government's digital champion said on Monday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47807http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780714 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesPAMPLONA, Spain — "It's a different dimension ... it's like floating," said Texan Larry Belcher, as he sought to put into words the feeling of being chased by a pack of thundering bulls.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47808http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780814 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 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — BP robots attached a new, tighter-fitting cap on top of the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak, raising hopes that the crude could be kept from polluting the water for the first time in nearly three months.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47811http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781114 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesHAVANA — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared on state-run television for the first time in nearly a year on Monday, looking alert and healthy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47812http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781214 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesKAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan police have found an unexploded suicide vest and made several arrests after 76 soccer fans were killed by two bomb attacks while they were watching the World Cup final on television.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47813http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781314 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 +0800AgenceBEIRUT — Four years after a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, the UN forces keeping them apart in southern Lebanon are under mounting strain amid fears of a fresh conflict and hostility from villagers.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47767http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776713 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenceKAMPALA, Uganda — Bomb blasts ripped through two separate bars packed with soccer fans watching the World Cup final in Uganda's capital Kampala, killing at least 64 people and signaling a possible link to Somali Islamists.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47769http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4776913 Jul 2010 10:51:31 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Jacky Wang has been living in Britain for more than eight years and dreams of settling here permanently. But the reality is he may have to go home soon, as Britain, under a new government, has begun limiting immigration.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47692http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769212 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800China DailyBeijing / London — A controversial plan by the British coalition government to cap the number of skilled immigrants from non-EU countries seems unlikely to stop enthusiastic Chinese from pursuing higher education in the UK.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47693http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769312 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800CHINA DAILYTOKYO — 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 +0800AgenciesLONDON — British police were under investigation on Sunday over the death of Raoul Moat after their dramatic armed standoff ended with them firing a stun gun at him and the fugitive shooting himself dead.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47695http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769512 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800AgenciesHANGA ROA, Chile — Tourists and scientists poured onto remote and mysterious Easter Island ahead of Sunday's solar eclipse, a mixed blessing of sorts for the tiny Pacific outpost.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47696http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769612 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 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON - The Obama administration announced that it has decided not to label China a currency manipulator in a semi-annual currency report released Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47586http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758609 Jul 2010 10:05:59 +0800AgenciesBeijing — Repeatedly delaying in a joint military drill between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is a strong-arm tactic, an political expert said on Thursday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47582http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758209 Jul 2010 10:05:57 +0800By Li XiaokunMOSCOW — The Russian girl accused by the United States of acting as a Kremlin agent and branded by the media as a flame-haired femme fatale is "no Mata Hari" but an average young woman, her mother said on Wednesday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47583http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758309 Jul 2010 10:05:57 +0800AgenciesKISLOVODS, Russia — Alexander Khloponin may be Russia's biggest optimist.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47584http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758409 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesBERLIN — It won't come as much of a consolation to heartbroken German fans, but at least Paul, Germany's now world-famous "Octopus oracle", has maintained his perfect record.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47585http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758509 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +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 +0800AgenciesPAYERNE, Switzerland — An experimental solar-powered plane completed its first 24-hour test flight on Thursday, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all night.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47576http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757609 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesSHAMWARI GAME RESERVE, South Africa — Tranquilizing an African elephant is no easy task: its herd will try to revive it. A drugged lion will be killed by its pride. And a furious rhino can simply storm through sedation.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47577http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757709 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesLOS ANGELES — From an ornate Egyptian sarcophagus to the striking preserved remains of a howler monkey wearing a feathered skirt, a new exhibition in Los Angeles is unraveling the mysteries of mummies.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47578http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757809 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 — China's Foreign Ministry hosted a cultural program for European diplomats, aiming to present traditional Chinese culture's influence on contemporary Chinese foreign policies.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47581http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4758109 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800By AI YANGBEIJING — 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 JizeWASHINGTON — After warm White House talks, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was to meet late on Wednesday with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, before heading to the UN for talks with UN chief Ban Ki-moon.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47497http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749708 Jul 2010 09:57:57 +0800AgenciesDILI — 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 +0800AgenciesLONDON — The British Film Institute (BFI) has called on the public to adopt an Alfred Hitchcock movie in a bid to raise the 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) it needs to restore nine of the master's works.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47493http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749308 Jul 2010 09:57:53 +0800AgenciesPORTO ERCOLE, Italy — The bones of Renaissance master Caravaggio went on public display for the first time on Sunday in this Tuscan port after lying in an unmarked grave nearby for four centuries.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47494http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749408 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 +0800AgenciesLONDON — Londoners and tourists will get the chance to play open-air table tennis at city landmarks this month in a campaign to get a million more people playing sports in the run up to the 2012 London Olympics.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47492http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4749208 Jul 2010 09:57:52 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — China is calling for fair treatment of Chinese companies participating in the US market.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47411http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741107 Jul 2010 09:45:57 +0800By MA LIYAOBANGKOK — 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 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — China rejected US criticism of its sentencing of an American geologist for spying and collecting state secrets on Monday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47412http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741207 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800By MA LIYAOBeijing — China said on Tuesday that the new sanctions on Iran should not be expanded unilaterally and all relevant parties should continue to work together to create favorable conditions for the resumptions of talks.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47413http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4741307 Jul 2010 09:45:28 +0800China Daily/AgenciesNEW 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 +0800AgenciesMOSCOW — The glitzy casinos of Monte Carlo and the posh Alpine ski resorts of Courchevel and St Moritz have become familiar with the Russian accent.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47408http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4740807 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 JiaoWARSAW — Moderate conservative Bronislaw Komorowski narrowly won Poland's presidential election, raising pressure on the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk to deliver on economic reforms.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47340http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4734006 Jul 2010 09:37:57 +0800AgenciesSAN'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 +0800AgenciesMEXICO CITY — Mexico's main opposition party, which ruled the country for most of the last century, claimed victory in Sunday's state elections marked by a blood-stained campaign.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47342http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4734206 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK — American Joey "Jaws" Chestnut wolfed down 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes to claim his fourth consecutive world title on Sunday in one of the planet's most bizarre sports: competitive eating.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47335http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4733506 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 +0800AgenciesJERUSALEM — When US President Barack Obama meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, media handlers will try to convey a cozier image of the relationship than at their last encounter.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47260http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4726005 Jul 2010 09:18:56 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — Many fishing boats signed up to skim oil sit idle in marinas. Some captains and deckhands say they have been just waiting around for instructions while drawing checks from BP of more than $1,000 a day per vessel. Thousands of offers to clean beaches and wetlands have gone unanswered.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47261http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4726105 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — The latest hopes to clean up oil near the spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico are riding on a massive new skimmer.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47262http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4726205 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +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 +0800AgenciesSANGE, Congo — A tanker hauling fuel on a rural eastern Congo highway overturned, gushing oil and exploding in a massive fireball that killed about 230 bystanders, including many who had been watching the World Cup in flimsy roadside shacks, officials and witnesses said Saturday.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47257http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4725705 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800China Daily/Xinhua/AgenciesBEIJING — As the European debt crisis unfolded, the euro slumped and Germany reportedly threatened to quit the euro zone, 70-year-old Romano Prodi should have been the one fretting most.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47258http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4725805 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800By Fu JingBeijing — 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 +0800AgenciesHOUSTON, Texas —Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well still several weeks away.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47194http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719403 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — Researchers have found a pattern of genes that predicts with more accuracy than ever before who might live to be 100 or older — even if they have other genes linked with disease.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47191http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719103 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama told Latino and other groups that Republicans are being excessively partisan during an election year, and accused the opposition party of delaying reform of the immigration system.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47192http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719203 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama will say on Thursday that the toughest-ever US sanctions on Iran aim to strike "at the heart" of the Islamic Republic's ability to develop and fund its nuclear programs.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47134http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4713402 Jul 2010 15:37:46 +0800AgenciesBEIJING — A top Chinese military official on Thursday objected to the proposed joint military exercise between the United States and the Republic of Korea in the Yellow Sea.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47133http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4713302 Jul 2010 09:57:57 +0800By Ma LiyaoBeijing — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began her official visit to Central Europe and the Caucasus region on Thursday, a move the host countries hope demonstrates their national interests will not be undermined by an improving Russian-US relationship.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47131http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4713102 Jul 2010 09:57:57 +0800By AI YANGSEOUL — 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 +0800AgenciesHAVANA — Elian Gonzalez says he's not angry at his Miami relatives who fought to keep him in the United States during a nasty international custody battle a decade ago, and is thankful "a large part of the American public" supported him being reunited with his father in Cuba.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47126http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712602 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800AgenciesSIENA, Italy — It takes a year for the 17 districts that make up the quiet Tuscan town of Siena to ready themselves for a medieval race that lasts little more than a minute. But it's worth it.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47127http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712702 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800AgenciesANCHORAGE, Alaska — It's an unlikely collaboration: A 21-year-old aspiring artist in Europe is working with a 75-year-old Fairbanks linguist to carry on a dying native Alaskan language.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47128http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712802 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800AgenciesJOHANNESBURG — They may be wrapped up in winter wear, but fans of the South American quartet of teams within striking distance of glory have brought a dash of Latin color to the first football World Cup on African soil.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47129http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712902 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800AgenciesBERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's marathon struggle to get her presidential candidate elected has severely weakened her and could force a policy shift, including changes to government austerity plans.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47130http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4713002 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800Agencies