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Kerry to visit China this week, then SKorea
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet senior officials in China late this week, and then stop in Seoul for talks with South Korean leaders, the State Department announced Monday.
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China replaces US as top crude oil buyer
Business, Reuters, Published on 12/05/2015
» SINGAPORE: China overtook the United States as the world's top importer of crude oil for the first time in April, and its purchases are expected to remain strong despite a slowing economy, with far-reaching consequences for global oil and commodities markets.
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Berlin Philharmonic fails to elect new conductor, to try again 'within a year'
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» BERLIN - The prestigious Berlin Philharmonic said Monday its members had failed to elect their next chief conductor after more than 11 hours of closed-door discussions and would try again "within a year".
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Picasso, Giacometti tipped to smash auction records
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» NEW YORK - A Picasso masterpiece and a Giacometti statue are tipped to smash world records in New York Monday for most expensive art sold at auction in what has been dubbed "sale of the century."
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UN chief meets North Korean parliament leader in Moscow
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held a brief meeting in Moscow over the weekend with North Korea's parliament president Kim Yong-Nam, a UN spokesman said Monday.
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Picasso sells for world auction record
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» NEW YORK - A Picasso masterpiece fetched US$179.3 million in New York on Monday, smashing the record for most expensive art sold at auction.
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Seventeen endangered monkeys stolen from French zoo
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» SAINT-AIGNAN (FRANCE) - Two families of endangered monkeys were stolen from a zoo in central France over the weekend, the sanctuary's director told AFP late on Monday.
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Strong institutional demand for NAB in huge capital raise
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» SYDNEY - National Australia Bank on Tuesday said there had been a strong institutional uptake for shares in the country's biggest ever rights issue to raise Aus$5.5 billion (US$4.4 billion), as the stock resumed trading.
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Indonesian navy tows migrant boat back out to sea
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» JAKARTA - A boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh has been towed out of Indonesian waters, a navy spokesman said on Tuesday, but it remains unclear where the vessel is destined next.
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Terror fears prompt Australia security funding boost
AFP, Published on 12/05/2015
» SYDNEY - Australia will allocate an extra Aus$450 million (US$355 million) to fight home-grown terrorism and bolster intelligence agencies in its national budget on Tuesday, to counter "evolving threats and technological change".
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