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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's special envoy on North Korea Jack Lang is seen during a hearing at the National Assembly in Paris, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009. Lang said France will not recognize North Korea soon.
(photo: AP / Jacques Brinon)
Controversial French MP praises 'courage' of migrants illegally headed for Britain
The Daily Mail
| Controversial: Jack Lang has demanded urgent humanitarian aid for migrants in Calais | The French MP for Calais has praised the 'courage' of migrants who trek thousands of miles across Europe to sneak illegally into Britain. | Former culture minister Jack Lang also called for urgent humanitarian a...
JULY 27 , 2008 , QUEZON CITY , PHILIPPINES - QUEZON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ( QCPD ) SERVICE CAR PARKED ALONG BATASAN AREA
(photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
8 armed men killed in shootout with Quezon cops
Inquirer
| CANDELARIA, Quezon, Philippines—(UPDATE 2) At least eight suspected members of a criminal gang were killed early Monday in an alleged shootout with local policemen manning the Commission on Elections mobile checkpoint here. | Police said the shootout happened in front of the Philippine National Po...
Anwar wants judge removed
The Star
| newsdesk@thestar.com.my | KUALA LUMPUR: In an unexpected move, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim applied to recuse the High Court judge presiding over his second sodomy trial on grounds that his two rulings concerning news reports of the case raised an elem...
Don't respond to illegal moneylenders
The Star
| JOHOR BARU: Members of the public have been reminded not to be enticed by posters, banners and leaflets put up by illegal moneylenders here offering cash for the coming Chinese New Year. | Johor MCA public services and complaints bureau head Chia S...
Chongqing's former police director on trial
China Daily
| Prosecutors allege ex-official took bribes to protect gangs | CHONGQING: Another former senior police official in this municipality is facing charges of accepting bribes from mafia-style gangs and providing them protection. | The trial follows on t...
Death sentence for 'White House boss'
China Daily
| A former official in East China's Anhui province nicknamed "the director in the White House" was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve yesterday for taking bribes, and retaliating against and framing an innocent person. | The sentence was han...
Court of Appeals
WN / Sweet Radoc
CA allows FG to present affirmative defenses in media suit
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines -- The Court of Appeals ordered the Makati Regional Trial Court to hear First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo's 'affirmative defenses' before pushing through wit...
Toyota - Luxury Cars - Exhibition
WN / Farida Azzawi
Oh, What a Feeling: Watching Toyota Flunk for Once
The New York Times
| Life, goes the cliché, is just high school writ large, and in the senior class of automakers, Toyota was the straight-A student who wrecked the curve for everyone. Name th...
New President of Toyota Motor Corp. Akio Toyoda speaks during a press conference by the world's biggest automaker's new executives at a Toyota showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Toyoda, 53, promised a nimbler Toyota that will be more responsive to regional needs in his first public appearance as head of the Japanese automaker his grandfather founded.
AP / Koji Sasahara
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Missed signs in Toyota recalls
Kansas City Star
Itsuo Inouye The Toyota Motor Corp. headquarters stands in Toyota, central Japan, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Japanese media sharply criticized Toyota President Akio Toyoda Saturday as...
Fonseka taken into custody by Sri Lankan military police: aide
Indian Express
| Sri Lanka's defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka was on Monday night arrested by the military police, a fortnight after he suffered defeat at the hands of incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa. | A close aide of the former Army Chief...
Huge recovery effort revives China's quake zone
The News & Observer
| WENCHUAN, China -- Couples gather near dusk to practice ballroom dancing by the new cultural center, twirling leisurely in the heart of a city so devastated by the 2008 Sichuan earthquake that leaders had planned to simply seal it off and rebuild e...
Bus plunges down ravine in south China, killing 7
The News & Observer
| BEIJING -- A bus collided with a sport utility vehicle Monday and plunged down a mountain ravine in southern China, killing seven people and injuring 50, state media reported. | At least 53 people were on the bus, which was traveling on a highway i...
Politics
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
(photo: AP / Greg Baker)
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
Asia Times
| By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. | This is particularly in light of the deterioration of bilateral ties due to issues ranging from the value of the ...
Business
Haikou skyline, Hainan Province, China
(photo: Public Domain / Anna Frodesiak)
Hainan fears real-estate bubbles - again
Asia Times
| By Stephen Wong | SHANGHAI - Money has flooded into the tropical Chinese island province of Hainan for property speculation in the few weeks since the central government unveiled a plan to turn it into an international tourist resort. | More than 100 developers, including publicly listed China Vanke, Agile Property and Poly, are believed to be in...



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