International
Subsidised medicines to be available to Chinese
August 22, 2009Original source: The Chinese government has issued a list of more than 300 commonly used drugs that will be sold at controlled prices from next month as part of reforms aimed at making health care more...
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Kim Dae-jung mourned as Korea peacemaker
August 21, 2009Kim Dae-jung, the first South Korean president to meet with North Korea's leaders, is being mourned as a peacemaker. Kim died Aug. 18 at the age of 85. “I was saddened at the passing of former...
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Facebook to compete with Google?
August 18, 2009The most used social network by worldwide monthly active users Facebook.com may become the next super computer operating system for communications, according to news reports on Monday.
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Bollywood superstars airport detention prompts protest
August 18, 2009One of India’s beloved Bollywood superstars, Shah Rukh Khan, who is Muslim, made international headlines recently after he was held for questioning at Newark Liberty International Airport. Many here describe Khan as the 'Brad Pitt' of...
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Yemen: Fighting forces 120,000 people to flee
August 18, 2009SANAA, 16 August 2009 (IRIN) - Nearly 120,000 people from various districts in Yemen’s northern province of Saada fled their homes to safer areas on the border with Saudi Arabia as renewed clashes between the army...
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