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True colours: China summit foments Taiwan's green-blue split
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» TAIPEI - In Taiwan's decades-long debate over independence or reunification with mainland China, the colours blue and green symbolise a rift that polarises friends and families and has been deepened by this weekend's historic summit.
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Seoul district to erect "Gangnam Style" statue
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» SEOUL - A statue dedicated to South Korean singer Psy's global music video hit "Gangnam Style" is to be erected in the eponymous, upscale Seoul district made famous by the song.
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S. Africa police investigate genital mutilator over wife's murder
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» JOHANNESBURG - A Danish national accused of mutilating several women and keeping their removed clitorises in his freezer is also suspected of involvement in the killing of his wife, South African police said Friday.
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UN fund approves its first climate aid for poor nations
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» PARIS - The UN's Green Climate Fund has approved its first financing of projects to help developing countries fight global warming, three weeks before a summit opens in Paris to ink a climate rescue pact.
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US creator of the iconic 1960s Batmobile dies
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» LOS ANGELES - George Barris, the man who designed and built the black, fire-spitting vehicle made famous in the 1960s "Batman" television series, has died in Los Angeles, his son Brett announced on Facebook.
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Painfully slow rebuild after Philippine super typhoon
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» TACLOBAN (PHILIPPINES) - Two years after a super typhoon devastated the Philippines and sounded a global alarm on climate change, a massive rebuilding programme has had big successes but at least one million survivors are still without safe homes.
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China artist comes out... as French
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» BEIJING - For someone who cites his “oriental identity” as a source of inspiration, China-based artist Tao Hongjing is remarkably white.
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Korea-Myanmar group proposes Yangon expressway
Published on 06/11/2015
» Two companies from South Korea and a Myanmar conglomerate have submitted a joint proposal to the Ministry of Construction to build an expressway from Yangon to Bago.
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Chinese visitors to get automated clearance in Singapore
Published on 06/11/2015
» SINGAPORE — Eligible Chinese citizens will be able to use the enhanced immigration automated clearance system service at Singapore’s checkpoints from Nov 16, the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) announced on Friday.
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Xi arrives in Singapore on eve of China-Taiwan summit
AFP, Published on 06/11/2015
» SINGAPORE - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Singapore on Friday for a state visit overshadowed by an historic summit with Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou at the weekend.
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