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Rescued Chinese hostage dies in Philippines

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MANILA, Philippines – A Chinese man rescued after being held captive by al-Qaida-linked militants for three months in the southern Philippines has died of kidney complications just days after he was freed, police said Tuesday. Oscar Lu died in a Philippine... »

Hello 2010

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Article by WN Guest Writer Daniel Escurel Occeno In the Chinese calendar the Year 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. The Chinese culture also believes in the Three Kings or the Three Wise Men. Wisdom is more important than gold, but I am forty-nine years old »

RP eyes Taiwanese beach vacationers for holidays

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By Ayen Infante 11/27/2009 The country targets attracting more travelers from Taiwan in time for the long vacation during the Chinese New Year in 2010, according to the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco). »

Businesses in Albay endorse casino operation

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By Rhaydz B. Barcia, Correspondent LEGAZPI CITY: The opposition of the Diocese of Legazpi against the proposed casino is in vain after the Albay Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce Inc. »

China Scraps Rule Mandating Censoring Software

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BEIJING - Chinese officials retreated on Thursday from a plan to install so-called anti-pornography software on every computer sold here, saying instead that internet cafes, schools and other public places must use the program, but that individual consumers will be spared. The industry and information technology minister, Li Yizhong, said the notion that the... »

China lifts blockade around plague-stricken town

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BEIJING – A blockade around a remote northwest Chinese town where deadly pneumonic plague killed three people and sickened nine was lifted after no new infections were reported, an official said Sunday. The blockade of Ziketan in an ethnically Tibetan area... »

Costly U.S. campaign expected in Afghanistan

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As the Obama administration expands U.S. involvement in Afghanistan, military experts are warning that the United States is taking on security and political commitments that will last at least a decade and a cost that will probably eclipse that of the Iraq war. Since the invasion of Afghanistan eight years ago, the United States... »

Typhoon Morakot hits China coast

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Typhoon Morakot has hit the coastal areas of the Chinese mainland, where... »

Nearly one million people flee China typhoon

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BEIJING (AFP) – China rushed nearly one million people out of harm's away as Typhoon Morakot slammed into its coast Sunday after triggering Taiwan's worst flooding in 50 years, leaving at least four people dead. After also leaving tens of thousands trapped in Taiwan, the powerful storm landed in China's Fujian province at 4:20... »

Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area

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TOKYO—A strong... »

China coast battered by typhoon

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A child was... »

Bangladesh targets snake charmers

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The Bangladesh health ministry has said it is planning to give new training to traditional healers and snake charmers. The move follows a survey by the ministry into snake bites, the largest ever... »

England pull out of badminton world championships

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HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – England have pulled out of the world badminton championships starting here Monday over concerns about the squad featuring Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson being targeted by a terrorist act. »

China Evacuates 1 Million as Typhoon Hits

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Chinese authorities have evacuated one million people from China's eastern coast as Typhoon Morakot pounds the region. »