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Economic cooperation priority for Sino-Pakistani relations
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is currently in Islamabad for a two-day visit. During Li's planned four countries trip, India was his first stopover, which shows that China attaches great importance to big developing neighboring countries. But similar importance has also been paid to countries that are playing a vital role in South Asia such as Pakistan. Despite the deadlock between India and ...
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China Pakistan to work on energy ties
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday on his first official visit to Pakistan, marking the second leg of Li's first overseas tour since taking office.The trip, which came on the heels of the election of Pakistan's new prime minister Nawaz Sharif, reaffirms the time-tested all-weather friendship between China and Pakistan and serves the interests of the two ...
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US may end Myanmar sanctions after landmark visit by its leader
A key US senator on Tuesday backed an end to sanctions on Myanmar after a landmark visit by the country's reformist leader, signaling a new normalization in relations despite rights concerns.President Thein Sein, a general-turned-civilian who ended Myanmar's long isolation from the West, met lawmakers at the US Capitol one day after the first White House summit by a leader of his ...
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Chicken mangosteen curry papaya salad soft-shell crabs–Thai cuisine reworked for the Filipino palate
CLASSIC Chicken Satay with peanut sauce and cucumber relish While researching on Thai cuisine in Bangkok, executive chef Cheryl Pineda observed that the locals liked to mix their viands and chicken with mangosteen. That inspired her to create her version of the chicken mangosteen curry. The extract of the mangosteen's purple rind is infused in the curry sauce. This gives the chicken ...
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Wagner Kudo propel Kashiwa into Asian Champions League quarterfinals
Closer to the goal: Jorge Wagner celebrates after Kashiwa's second goal on Wednesday. Reysol defeated Jeonbuk Motors 3-2 to reach the Asian Champions League quarters. | ...
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Sri Lanka says no Rolls Royce at CHOGM
"I’m drawn to cinema because I have absolute faith in its transformative power, in its ability to raise human awareness," says Nandana ...
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China to lend $580 mln for Sri Lanka development projects
COLOMBO | Wed May 22, 2013 12:11pm EDT COLOMBO May 22 (Reuters) - China Development Bank Corporation will lend $580 million to Sri Lanka to help implement key infrastructure projects, a government document released on Wednesday showed. The loan will bring CDB's total lending to Sri Lanka to more than $1.4 billion. China's increasing influence in the island nation has stoked ...
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Official Says Treasury Department Had No Role in IRS Targeting
The Treasury Department's number-two official said his agency played no role in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. The U.S. tax collecting agency has revealed it subjected Tea Party and other conservative groups seeking non-profit status to extra scrutiny from 2010-2012. In a prepared statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, ...
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North Korean Envoy Meets With Chinese Official in Beijing
A senior North Korean military official sent to China as a special envoy has met with a top Chinese official, at a time of strained relations between the two traditional ...
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Fresh Clashes Conflicting Claims in Afghanistans Helmand Province
Fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan government forces has erupted in a highly-volatile corner of Helmand province but the extent of the violence is ...
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Mt Tangkuban Parahu unmonitored due to stolen equipment
Activity at Mount Tangkuban Parahu in northern Bandung City, West Java, has not been monitored since Tuesday as monitoring equipment installed in Ratu crater has been stolen. The equipment stolen included a seismograph and its battery. "Mt Tangkuban Parahu last erupted between February and March with the center of eruption in Ratu crater," said head of Vulcanology and Geological ...
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Monroes photos for Prague exhibition stolen
A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen. Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media says the photos, stolen late Monday, were to be on display starting May 30 at the Prague Castle. Titzova says mannequins and display cases which were part of the exhibition also disappeared. There was no word Wednesday whether the ...
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Pope issues first appeal for Chinese Catholics
VATICAN CITY -; Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict ...
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Indian-origin men jailed in Malaysia
Singapore, May 22 : A court in Malaysia has sentenced two Indian-origin men to separate jail terms for brutally assaulting a Nigerian that led to his ...
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Myanmar reforms push economic expansion growth to accelerate IMF
Myanmar's economy expanded 6.5 percent last year and is set for further modest acceleration, the IMF estimated Wednesday, as sweeping reforms herald hopes of a renaissance for the impoverished nation.At the end of a mission to the fast-changing nation, the IMF predicted the economy would grow 6.75 percent in the 2013/14 financial year, driven by gas production and investment."The ...
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Asian shares mixed Tokyo ends at 5-year high
A visitor takes a picture of an electronic stock board on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a strong lead from Wall Street as markets awaited testimony from the US Federal Reserve chief, but Tokyo stocks finished at their highest level in five years. AP PHOTO/ITSUO INOUYE HONG KONG--Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday ...
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Big Asian AFC start by Malditas
The Philippine Malditas, as promised by their coach, are creating a stir in the Asian AFC Women's Qualifying. The Malditas crushed higher-ranked Iran, 6-0, Tuesday at the start of Group B play at the Bangabandu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Beefed up by several United States-based standouts who have NCAA Division 1 experience, the Malditas dominated the match right from the ...
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Indonesias natural riches highlight international biodiversity day - in pictures
International Day for Biological Diversity . The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is touring Indonesia to document the country's rich biodiversity and call for protection for its biodiverse ...
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U.S. Senate leader eases pressure on Myanmar
Thein Sein and said he's seen significant progress in political and economic reforms. However, he also said he had concerns about the security situation in Myanmar. McConnell, R-Ky., who sponsored legislation that placed economic sanctions on Myanmar, said he wasn't going to press the issue further because of political reforms. "I will not be making an effort to renew those ...
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Christian Science Monitor In Myanmar a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
Days after communal violence rocked central Myanmar in late March, leaving more than 40 people dead and raising tensions in the mostly Buddhist country, a group of Muslims and a group of Buddhists decided enough was ...
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NBC FBI Kills Man Linked to Boston Bombing Suspect
MIAMI -- An FBI agent shot and killed a Florida man with suspected links to the Boston Marathon bombings early on Wednesday, NBC News reported. NBC said the suspect was being questioned and was originally cooperative, but was fatally shot after attacking the agent. ...
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Syrian Troops Show Strength Ahead of Peace Talks
AMMAN -- The Syrian government says it has made significant progress in recapturing territory from opposition forces, even as it apparently prepares to take part in planned peace talks next month. The government offensive against the former rebel stronghold Qusair comes ahead of a peace conference next month aimed at bringing both sides in the conflict to the negotiating table. Some ...
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FBI Shooting in Florida May Be Related to Boston Bombings
The incident occurred in the city of Orlando. A local newspaper, The Orlando Sentinel, said a friend had identified the dead man as 27-year-old Ibragim Todashev. The friend told local media Todashev was being investigated as part of the Boston bombings and knew suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev because both were martial-arts fighters. The FBI said only that one of its agents was involved in a ...
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Chinas premier begins two-day Pakistan visit
ISLAMABAD // China's premier began a two-day visit to Pakistan yesterday by praising the relationship between the two Asian powers. Premier Li Keqiang said "the tree of China-Pakistan friendship" was planted decades ago, nurtured by successive leaders and "is now exuberant with abundant fruits". Both sides are typically effusive in describing their alliance, underlying ...
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Jokowi objects to unauthorized biography movie
Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has objected to a movie on his life. "Frankly speaking, I'm not keen [on the idea]," he said on Tuesday as quoted ...
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Laos looking ahead
The new stock exchange in Laos may be a sign of changes to come in our otherwise centrally-run economy.
Laos is one of the poorest countries in South East Asia, but as the globally economy recovers and commodity prices pick up, the country looks set for a future of relatively strong growth, if not widespread prosperity, and this has been exemplified in the government’s recent decision to open a stock exchange in the country, which it is hoped will bring much-needed capital flowing into the country to fund investment projects in industry and infrastructure, catalysts for further growth in the economy. Read more
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