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Japan's education bill to discriminate against Koreans, critics say
Tokyo- The Japanese government has come under fire for a tuition-fee-waiver programme approved Friday, which critics say would discriminate against Korean students if North Korean schools in the country are excluded. A House of Representatives commi...
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As summer sets in, India says 33% of its groundwater undrinkable
New Delhi As India braces for the torrid summer heat for the next 6-8 months, with daytime temperatures already touching 40 deg.C in parts of the eastern Indian state of Orissa, officials have admitted that the crucial groundwater...
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Striking Vietnam workers trickle back as company gives in
Hanoi - Four hundred striking workers at a South Korean-owned garment factory returned to their jobs Friday in Vietnam after the company accepted most of their demands, but another 400 continued to hold out for back pay. The strike was taking place a...
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Name of China's president scares off scammer
Taipei - The mention of China's President Hu Jintao was enough to stop a Chinese would-be phone scammer from swindling money out of a Taiwanese university student, local media reported Friday. The unidentified Chinese man told the Taiwanese student i...
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Chihuahua cheats python that Jack Russell didn't
Sydney - A Chihuahua was saved from the jaws of a 3-metre-long python, months after it made a meal of a Jack Russell terrier in the same back garden in far-north Australia, a newspaper reported Friday. This time, the dog's owner, Keri Stewart, witnes...
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Drugs giant Bayer to invest further in Asia-Pacific
Singapore - Bayer Schering Pharma Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer AG, on Friday said it would continue to invest heavily in the Asia-Pacific region as it aimed to increase its workforce and sales in emerging markets l...
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Ministers need to listen to students on European university reforms
Vienna - European education ministers admitted Friday that they need to listen more to university students and teachers, as their Vienna conference on higher education reform was accompanied by demonstrations. The ministers' meeting marked the 10th y...
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First same-sex weddings held in Mexico
Mexico City - Five same-sex couples got married Thursday in Mexico City in the first such weddings ever held in the country. Civil Registry director Hegel Cortes described the ceremony at the Old Mayoral Palace in the city's historic centre as an hi...
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Sarkozy plans major shake-up in French nuclear industry
Paris - President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to shake up the French publicly operated nuclear industry in April to quell the open, bitter rivalry between the heads of two nuclear agencies. The state will bring order into this situation, Sarkozy told the...
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Laos and US discuss comprehensive concord
Vientiane - A high-ranking US diplomat held talks on cooperation with communist Laos during a two-day visit to the South-East Asian country this week, state media reports said Friday. Kurt Campbell, US assistant secretary of state in charge of East A...
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Indian minister: Maoist problem more serious than jihadi terrorism
New Delhi - The Maoist insurrection presents a graver problem to India than Islamist jihadi terrorism, Home Minister P Chidambaram said Friday. Maoist rebels were operating in 200 of India's districts and were virtually in control of 44 of those, C...
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Alleged rapist and murderer of 9-year-old girl is silent in court
Leipzig- A 39-year-old man went on trial Friday for the murder of a 9-year-old girl, who was raped and dumped in a river in a town near Leipzig last July. The defendant, charged with murder, sexual abuse and the coercion of children, remained silent...
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Papoulias sworn in as Greek president
Athens - Karolos Papoulias was sworn in as Greece's president Friday at a ceremony in parliament. The 81-year-old former Socialist foreign minister and member of parliament, will serve a second five-year term, after winning majority support in a parl...
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Stephen Moyer's ridiculous romance
Stephen Moyer thought his relationship with 'True Blood' co-star Anna Paquin was ''ridiculous'' because they will have to work together even if they split up in real life.
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Police rescue kidnapped Indian businessman in Philippines
Manila - Police officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said Friday. Remmi Kumar Chonkria, 33, was rescued Thursday during a police raid on his abdu...
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