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 Moscow (AFP) Aug 12, 2009 
Russia successfully launched a Chinese communications satellite from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan overnight, Russian news agencies reported Wednesday. The AsiaSat-5 satellite is due to detach from the Proton-M rocket at 0502 GMT Wednesday, space officials quoted by RIA Novosti said. The satellite is due to provide communications service to East and South Asian states, officials ... read more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2009The international community has limited leverage over Myanmar because of the ruling junta's close links with its powerful neighbours China, India and Thailand, analysts say. The reclusive state sparked global outrage when it extended the house arrest of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi for 18 months Tuesday, but analysts said its ties with the three Asian nations acted as a buffer to any fore ... more
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Hong Kong court to deliver verdicts on media mogul Jimmy Lai
What we know ahead of Jimmy Lai's national security verdicts Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party announces dissolution China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation wave CORRECTED: Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong Philippines says fishermen injured in China Coast Guard encounter Exhibition of Franco-Chinese print master Zao Wou-Ki opens in Hong Kong EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai verdict set for Monday 
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Geneva (AFP) Aug 12, 2009China's foreign minister warned on Wednesday that there was a "looming danger" of an arms race in outer space, as he urged countries not to deploy missile defence systems that could undermine global security. "The practice of seeking absolute strategic advantage should be abandoned," Yang Jiechi told the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. "Countries should neither develop missile defen ... more  
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 13, 2009Taiwan began airlifting nearly 1,000 people found alive in a cluster of villages flattened by muddy landslides, as survivors recounted the horror of watching their homes vanish. The island-wide death toll from Typhoon Morakot rose to 107 early Thursday following Taiwan's worst flooding in half a century over the weekend, with entire villages submerged in water and mud. The latest toll in ... more  
Kalmhout, Belgium (AFP) Aug 12, 2009An endangered Chinese tree has flowered in a Belgian arboretum, an event seldom seen anywhere in Europe, the garden's curator said Wednesday. The Emmenopterys henryi, billed as "one of the most strikingly beautiful trees of the Chinese forests" has brought flower lovers flocking to the Kalmthout Arboretum in the northern province of Antwerp and will do so for up to a month, the site's curato ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Aug 11, 2009Japan's opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama, seen as the likely next prime minister, said Tuesday he would seek to boost ties with China and would refrain from visiting a controversial Tokyo war shrine. Hatoyama, who leads the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), said he would look to the future in building diplomatic ties in Asia while acknowledging the past, alluding to Japan's aggression during ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2009China's military launched Tuesday its largest ever tactical military exercise, involving 50,000 heavily-armoured troops in a long-distance deployment spanning thousands of kilometres, state press said. The live-fire manoeuvres named "Stride-2009" will involve a division each from the Shenyang, Lanzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou regional military commands and will last for two months, Xinhua news ... more  
Chishan, Taiwan (AFP) Aug 12, 2009Typhoons pummelling East Asia have killed at least 85 people, with rescuers in Taiwan battling to find survivors of a mudslide that may have buried about 100 villagers. A total of 62 people were confirmed dead in Taiwan and 58 were listed as missing, not counting the mudslide victims, after Typhoon Morakot unleashed the island's worst flooding in half a century over the weekend. At least ... more |
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