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China's Xi seeks both power and friendship abroad
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» Xi Jinping has spent much of his first year as China's president greeting a stream of foreign leaders, but his government's dual message of power and peace has garnered a mixed response.
Ukraine reports Russian 'invasion' on eve of Crimea vote
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of invading a region bordering Crimea and vowed to use "all necessary measures" to repel an attack that came on the eve of the Black Sea peninsula's breakaway vote.
Slovaks vote for president with PM frontrunner
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» Slovaks voted Saturday in the first round of a presidential election that Prime Minister Robert Fico is poised to win, amid concerns that his leftist Social Democrats could monopolise power in the eurozone country.
History will repeat itself in Pakistan drought region, experts warn
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» As the death toll from the latest outbreak of poverty-driven diseases in Pakistan's Thar desert nears 100 children, experts are warning that corruption and a dysfunctional political system make a repeat of the disaster almost inevitable.
'China's Twitter' files for US IPO
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» Weibo Corp, the Chinese microblogging service often compared with Twitter, has filed for a US stock offering seeking to raise $500 million.
US regulator sues major banks over Libor manipulation
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sued HSBC, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and 12 other global banking heavyweights for manipulating the Libor benchmark interest rate.
Hamilton snatches Aussie pole as Vettel flops
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» Lewis Hamilton snatched pole position from home favourite Daniel Ricciardo in the dying seconds of a thrilling Australian Grand Prix qualifying session Saturday, as world champion Sebastian Vettel failed to make the top 10.
Plea to protect Uighurs
Published on 15/03/2014
» Immigration police say they suspect a group of 200 people rescued from a human trafficking camp in Songkhla were ethnic Uighur Muslims, as calls mounted on Saturday for Thailand to protect the group and ensure they are not forced back to China.
Malaysia says jet's disappearance 'deliberate'
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» A missing Malaysian airliner was apparently deliberately diverted and flown for hours after vanishing from radar, Prime Minister Najib Razak said Saturday, stopping short of confirming a hijack but taking the excruciating search for the jet into uncharted new territory.
North Korea threatens to flex nuclear muscle
AFP, Published on 15/03/2014
» North Korea has threatened to demonstrate its nuclear deterrence in a move analysts say could indicate the regime is preparing to carry out a fourth atomic test amid long-stalled disarmament talks.