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Australian ex-FM calls Karzai 'enormous disappointment'
AFP, Published on 18/04/2012
» Australia's longest-serving foreign minister on Wednesday declared that Hamid Karzai had been an "enormous disappointment" as Afghan president, describing him as weak and misleading.
Herbal remedy blamed for high cancer rate in Taiwan: study
AFP, Published on 10/04/2012
» A toxic ingredient in a popular herbal remedy is linked to more than half of all cases of urinary tract cancer in Taiwan where use of traditional medicine is widespread, said a US study Monday.
Abortion curb restores birth sex ratio in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 31/01/2012
» Taiwanese health authorities said Tuesday that tougher checks on illegal gender-selective abortions prevented nearly 1,000 terminations of female foetuses last year.
China steps up surveillance of Tibetan monasteries
AFP, Published on 31/01/2012
» A top official in Tibet's capital has asked authorities to dispatch police to monasteries and step up security on main roads after violent clashes in Tibetan-inhabited areas left at least two dead.