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Asia-Pacific
Sick and elderly people are being encouraged to take up a free A//H1N1 flu vaccine when it becomes available across New South Wales (NSW) next week as part of Australia's biggest ever vaccination program.
New Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said the world’s richest nations must lead others in reducing greenhouse-gas pollution that scientists blame for global warming.
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a reception was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday evening.
A pall of red dust blown in from the Outback clogged the skies over Sydney on Wednesday, diverting international flights, disrupting ferries and prompting a spike in emergency calls from people suffering breathing difficulties.
An East Asian community of nations - akin to the economically powerful European Union - was floated by Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, but the idea was dismissed by Chinese political experts who said it cannot be realized in the near future and poses too many difficulties.
Against a backdrop of razor wire and machine guns, beauty therapists at Malaysia's first "jail spa" quietly tend to their customers under the watchful eye of uniformed wardens.
The US green industry leaders are lauding that Chinese president Hu Jintao's announcement of cutting carbon intensity has shown the country's comment in reducing global warming gases and restructuring its economy.
Britain is readying plans to deploy more troops to Afghanistan should Washington pursue a larger ground campaign, as advocated by the US and NATO commander there, the British army's commander said on Tuesday.
President Hu Jintao is urging China and the US to deepen cooperation and properly deal with "sensitive issues."
Chinese President Hu Jintao met his US counterpart Barack Obama here on Tuesday to exchange views on bilateral ties and other important issues of common concern.
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