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Analysis
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Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
TORNADOS, among the most violent of atmospheric storms, rarely reach the size and brutality of the twister that swept through an Oklahoma City suburb, experts say. And seldom do they hit built-up areas.
"Typically, they could be about 100 metres across, and they last maybe five to ten minutes on th
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Wednesday, 22 May, 2013
INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh completes nine years in office today, the longest tenure of any prime minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi family. But his last year in office as head of the UPA-II government is likely to see him come under pressure over a spate of governance scandals as he fights
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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
INDIA and China will study new ways to ease tensions along their ill-defined border, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday in his first foreign trip since taking office, which comes just weeks after a military stand-off between the Asian giants in the Himalayas.
The number two in the Chinese le
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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
THOUSANDS of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned.
Lengthy detours and hours of traffic backups were likely as many daily train commuters take to the r
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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
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WHEN amateur actress Etsuko Shigemoto walks out in front of a Paris audience in an all-Japanese production this month she will forget about being 87 years old. "I have weak hearing and poor sight. I have problems all over my body," she said. "But I am still young in spirit."
Shige
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Tuesday, 21 May, 2013
MYANMAR'S victims of sectarian strife were spared the full force of Cyclone Mahasen, but many are now returning to flimsy tents in flood-prone camps with the monsoon just weeks away.
Myanmar's Rakhine state is pockmarked with makeshift settlements for up to 140,000 people — mainly Rohingyas — displ
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By Fabien Zamora — THE recovery of the Japanese economy, just as a recession in Europe digs in, is renewing pressure on European policymakers to shift course from austerity to stimulus. Data showed Japan's economy grew markedly in the first quarter, only weeks after a new government and a new team a
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By Kerry Sheridan — THE hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts. With the next attempts expected to be years away, top researchers now say there is a "void" or a "
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By David Lewis — AFTER winning adulation across Mali for a five month military offensive that crushed Al Qaeda fighters, France is now frustrating some of its allies by pushing for a political settlement with a separate group of Tuareg rebels. A standoff over how to restore Malian government authori
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Monday, 20 May, 2013
By Bill Smith and Siddhartha Kumar — CHINA and India are trying to downplay their latest border spat but years of mistrust hang over a visit by Premier Li Keqiang to New Delhi to boost political and economic ties, analysts and officials said. "China and India have historical border issues, but these
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