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The dire manners and “uncivilized behavior” of some Chinese tourists abroad are harming the country's image, said a top official who lamented their poor “quality and breeding,” according to state-run...
Updated : 2013.05.17 15:50
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A remote Alaska volcano continues to erupt, spewing lava and ash clouds. The Alaska Volcano Observatory said Thursday a continuous cloud of ash, steam and gas from Pavlof Volcano has been seen 20,00...
Updated : 2013.05.17 12:44
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Almost two-thirds of Europe's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and most feel discriminated against, an EU report said Friday, the In...
Updated : 2013.05.17 12:00
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at his Black Sea residence in Sochi on Friday, the Kremlin said. The Kremlin did not specify the agenda of the ...
Updated : 2013.05.16 20:30
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Economic losses from disasters since 2000 are in the range of $2.5 trillion, a figure at least 50 percent higher than previous international estimates, according to a U.N. report released Wednesday. ...
Updated : 2013.05.16 11:29
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Two U.S. congressmen strongly criticized an outspoken Japanese politician Wednesday for openly backing Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean and other Asian women during the World War II. Osaka Mayor...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:44
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The White House on Wednesday released 99 pages of emails on last year's deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, in hopes of putting an end to an issue that opposition Republican...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:40
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The U.N. General Assembly approved an Arab-backed resolution Wednesday calling for a political transition in Syria, but more than 70 countries refused to vote “yes” because of its support for the mai...
Updated : 2013.05.16 09:39
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AUCKLAND -- South Korea and New Zealand have signed an agreement to recognize the validity of driver's licenses issued by each other, the South Korean Embassy here said Wednesday. Under the agreemen...
Updated : 2013.05.15 21:20
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ROME (AFP) ― Beetles, caterpillars and wasps could supplement diets around the world as an environmentally friendly food source if only Western consumers could get over their “disgust”, the U.N.’...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:55
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SITTWE, Myanmar (AFP) ― Rescuers were on Tuesday searching for 58 missing Rohingya Muslims whose boat capsized in western Myanmar as they fled a looming cyclone, state media said, as the storm threat...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:41
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MEXICO CITY (AFP) ―Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano spewed a new column of ash late Tuesday, with some of the material falling on three towns while glowing rocks landed on the towering mountain’s slo...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:41
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MOSCOW (AP) ― A U.S. diplomat was ordered Tuesday to leave the country after the Kremlin’s security services said he tried to recruit a Russian agent, and they displayed tradecraft tools that seeme...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:40
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GENEVA -- The head of South Korea's weather agency was elected as a member of the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council at a Council meeting in Geneva on Wednesday, allowing Sou...
Updated : 2013.05.15 20:19
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TOKYO (AP) ― An outspoken nationalist mayor said the Japanese military’s forced prostitution of Asian women before and during World War II was necessary to “maintain discipline’’ in the ranks an...
Updated : 2013.05.14 20:37
