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Philippine President optimistic of higher tourist arrivals this year
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III prepares to make the ceremonial ringing of the bell to start the trading at the Philippine Stocks Exchange at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines Tuesday March 6, 2012. <File photo: AP/Newsis> MANILA (Xinhua) — Philippine President Beningo S. Aquino III…
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Sri Lanka gets ‘first ever eBook store’
This Jan. 26, 2012 photo, shows a webpage on Amazon.com featuring Kindle e-book readers on a computer screen in Miami. <File Photo: AP/Newsis> COLOMBO (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka has opened its first eBook store BookHUB providing a different reading experience to book lovers, an official statement said here on Tuesday.…
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Sri Lanka to shut down some embassies in Europe
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa listens to a question during a meeting with foreign correspondents in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. <Photo DB=AP/Newsis> COLOMBO (Xinhua) — The Sri Lankan government has decided to shut down some of its embassies in Europe, the Sri Lankan External Affairs Ministry said on…
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“China’s Pompeii” may get UNESCO recognition
Archaeologists stand near the ruins of Laosi Town at Yongshun County in central China’s Hunan Province, Nov. 21, 2010 <Photo DB=Xinhua> CHANGSHA, China – A bid has begun to have the ruins of Laosi town, known as China’s Pompeii for the site’s well-preserved cultural landscape and relics, recognized with a…
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Bird flu detected in another farm in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Xinhua) – Two days after the detection of bird flu in a poultry farm, the flu virus has been found in another farm in the same place in Lalitpur district in Nepali capital Kathmandu Valley. The farm has been sealed after the confirmation of the virus on Sunday. The fresh…
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China: Rebalancing or end of miracle?
High-rise buildings in the central business district are seen in the backdrop in Beijing, China. China lowers growth target to 7.5%. What does it say about the economy? China’s downgrade of its 2012 real GDP growth forecast to 7.5 percent from 8 percent, the target for the previous eight years,…
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I was like an animal living with animals: woman
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted at the third General Assembly session of the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948. At the outset, it came as repentance for infringements on human rights during World War II, but included the official abolition of slavery. Now, there is no country…
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23 children under nine have HIV in Fiji
Some 23 children under 9 years old in Fiji are HIV positive, according to the Fiji Network for Positive People on Wednesday. The network’s advocacy coordinator Joeli Colati told media that the major mode of transmission is from mother to child for these cases while a case reported in 2000 was…
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Students in Nepal appear for school graduation test
The School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examination which is the final examination of high schools students in Nepal started from Tuesday. A total of 528,257 students are appearing for the examination. Out of the total number, there are 229,751 boys and 216,233 girls who will appear the exams as regular examinees.…
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Discount stores face obligatory shutdowns on Sundays, holidays
Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) plans to force discount stores to close two days per month on either Sundays or holidays in line with the revision of a related law. The city government said Tuesday it had recommended its 25 district offices to designate these days to order large-sized discount chains…
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