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Fun at Temple Fair: Soft ceramic art

Asia-Pacific

Train mishap in India

Over 100 feared dead in ferry accident

More than 100 missing passengers were feared to have been trapped inside an overloaded ferry when it sank off the east coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Chinese naval drill legitimate

China dismissed Japan's concerns about Chinese naval ships traveling through international waters in the Okinawa Islands, saying it is just a regular drill.
Sony appoints new president, CEO

Sony Corp. announced the 51-year-old Kazuo Hirai is appointed as the new president and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer on April 1, 2012.

Immigrants pray for blessings from god of water

Cuba starts oil drilling in deep waters

A Spanish oil company has started drilling the first well in Cuban deep waters by using a Chinese-made oil rig, the company said Thursday.
Panetta sees Israel could attack Iran

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Israel could attack Iran this spring, the Washington Post reported here on Thursday.
Facebook shoots for $5b in mega-IPO

Facebook filed Wednesday to raise a targeted $5 billion in a hotly anticipated initial public offering, setting the stage for Silicon Valley's biggest-ever IPO.

Serbia: 11,000 trapped by severe weather

Ukraine cold spell death toll rises to 101

38 more deaths from a cold snap have been registered in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing to 101 the toll.
Lafarge to cut 460 jobs globally

Lafarge, a French leading firm of building materials, is planning to slash 460 posts worldwide including 90 jobs in France this year, the company said Thursday.
Russia, NATO to stage anti-missile drills

Russia and NATO will stage joint anti-missile exercises despite their ongoing dispute over the European anti-missile defense system.

Yemen's Saleh signs deal to quit

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a deal on Wednesday under which he will step down after 33 years in power and 10 months of protests against his rule that brought the country to the brink of civil war.

World population hits 7 billion

Afghanistan:
A decade of war

Afghanistan marks 10 years since the start of the US-led war against the Taliban Friday amid heightened security and questions over what the next decade will hold.

Apple's Jobs dead at 56

Apple Inc co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, counted among the greatest American CEOs of his generation, died on Wednesday at the age of 56.

First Boeing Dreamliner

All Nippon Airways' first Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down in Tokyo early on Wednesday with hundreds of aviation fans welcoming the carbon-composite plane.

9/11 ten years on

What to do on last day of Earth?

Op Rana

There is more to Iran than meets the eye

Chen Weihua

Luxury shoppers ring alarm bells

Zhu Yuan

Individual efforts count in social progress

Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear programme even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Syrians storm embassy in Cairo

A crowd of Syrians stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo smashing furniture and equipment and setting fire to parts of the building.

Moscow warns of Syria veto

Russia shot down suggestions from some UN Security Council members on a draft resolution of an imminent deal aimed at stopping Syria's upheaval.

Chinese naval drill legitimate

China dismissed Japan's concerns about Chinese naval ships traveling through international waters in the Okinawa Islands, saying it is just a regular drill.

Middle East

Barak says to consider attacking Iran if sanctions fail

Syrians storm embassy in Cairo

A crowd of Syrians stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo smashing furniture and equipment and setting fire to parts of the building.
Moscow warns of Syria veto

Russia shot down suggestions from some UN Security Council members on a draft resolution of an imminent deal aimed at stopping Syria's upheaval.
Iran warns of revenge over oil sanctions

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack.

Over 1400 injured in Cairo's clashes

China sends work team to Libya

China's Ministry of Commerce is to send a work team to Libya to exchange views on China's participation in the African country's post-war reconstruction.
Racial differences narrow slightly

There was more representation of blacks in the middle class in South Africa last year, indicating that racial differences had narrowed -- although slightly.
Kenya retains benchmark lending rate

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Wednesday retained the benchmark rate to 18 percent in an attempt to ease inflation.

Train mishap in India

More than 100 missing passengers were feared to have been trapped inside an overloaded ferry when it sank off the east coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG).

China dismissed Japan's concerns about Chinese naval ships traveling through international waters in the Okinawa Islands, saying it is just a regular drill.

Sony Corp. announced the 51-year-old Kazuo Hirai is appointed as the new president and CEO, replacing Howard Stringer on April 1, 2012.

Immigrants pray for blessings from god of water

A Spanish oil company has started drilling the first well in Cuban deep waters by using a Chinese-made oil rig, the company said Thursday.

US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Israel could attack Iran this spring, the Washington Post reported here on Thursday.

Facebook filed Wednesday to raise a targeted $5 billion in a hotly anticipated initial public offering, setting the stage for Silicon Valley's biggest-ever IPO.

Serbia: 11,000 trapped by severe weather

38 more deaths from a cold snap have been registered in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing to 101 the toll.

Lafarge, a French leading firm of building materials, is planning to slash 460 posts worldwide including 90 jobs in France this year, the company said Thursday.

Russia and NATO will stage joint anti-missile exercises despite their ongoing dispute over the European anti-missile defense system.

Columnists

Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear programme even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.

Barak says to consider attacking Iran if sanctions fail

A crowd of Syrians stormed the Syrian embassy in Cairo smashing furniture and equipment and setting fire to parts of the building.

Russia shot down suggestions from some UN Security Council members on a draft resolution of an imminent deal aimed at stopping Syria's upheaval.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday that Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack.

Over 1400 injured in Cairo's clashes

China's Ministry of Commerce is to send a work team to Libya to exchange views on China's participation in the African country's post-war reconstruction.

There was more representation of blacks in the middle class in South Africa last year, indicating that racial differences had narrowed -- although slightly.

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Wednesday retained the benchmark rate to 18 percent in an attempt to ease inflation.

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