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China has only identified 19,000 quake victims
BEIJING : Only 19,000 victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Chinas southwest six months ago have been identified, fewer than a quarter of the total dead or missing, a top official said Friday.
Tags: china, beijing, earthquake
Japan stabbings seen linked to pension scandal
Japan placed Health Ministry officials under heavy security after two stabbings targeted former elite bureaucrats and their wives, attacks that many are linking to public outrage over a scandal that has left millions without pensions.
U.S. teen lives 118 days without heart
An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday.
Boy thrown under train for writing love letter
A teenage boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with his head shaved and then thrown under a train in Bihar for daring to write a love letter to a girl from a different caste, police said on Thursday.
India arrests 2 priests, nun in 1992 killing
Federal police arrested two Roman Catholic priests and a nun Wednesday in the 16-year-old killing of a nun whose body was found in a well in southern India.
At its annual prime-time ad auction yesterday, CCTV announced that the total bid value for its TV channels in 2009 topped 9.2 billion yuan, a jump of 15.4% from last year's 8.2 billion yuan.
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Japanese girl makes her pitch for pro team
The knuckleball the fluttering, hard-to-hit pitch that's rare in the major leagues is propelling a 16-year-old girl to the pros in Japan.
Experts warn of water shortages by 2080
Half the world's population could face a shortage of clean water by 2080 because of climate change, experts warned Tuesday.
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21 dead in China subway accident
BEIJING: The final death toll from the collapse of a subway tunnel that was under construction in eastern China has reached 21, with all hopes gone of rescuing 13 missing workers, state media reported.
More Japanese taking overseas vacations due to stronger yen
TOKYO : The volatile stock market and a strong yen may be hurting Japanese companies which are largely export-driven. But there are some businesses trying to take advantage of the strong Japanese currency.
KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. (Kyodo) A 46-year-old man was arrested Monday for stabbing his mother to death in her home in Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture, after the two reunited for the first time in 20 years.
'Virgin' marriage annulment overturned
A French appeals court on Monday reinstated the marriage of a Muslim man who had sought an annulment because his bride lied about being a virgin.
Pirates seize Japanese cargo ship off Somalia
A South Korean foreign Ministry official says gunmen have hijacked a cargo ship carrying 23 crew including five South Koreans off the coast of Somalia.
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Milk scandal leaves Chinese hungry for information
In China's supermarkets, an apparent shift is taking place that suggests one of the legacies of the nation's contaminated milk scandal is that consumers are caring more about what goes into the food they buy.
16-year-old girl taken in baseball draft
OSAKA (Kyodo) High school student Eri Yoshida was drafted by an independent league team Sunday, opening the way for her to become the first woman to play professional baseball alongside male players in Japan.
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Train crash nurse sues for PTSD pay
KOBE (Kyodo) A nurse who treated victims in the 2005 train crash in Hyogo Prefecture plans to sue the state for labor accident insurance benefits for post-traumatic stress disorder she claims to suffer from the tragedy...
Western expatriates living in Beijing say daily life has lately become more treacherous and less beguiling. The city's rapid modernization drive has cost it its cultural edge, while rising traffic deaths, air pollution and food....
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China's multi-billion dollar riddle
China's US$586 billion economic stimulus package, targeted at giving a lift to the domestic economy, has raised hopes of a much-needed boost to demand for commodities and value-added products sourced from overseas.
For certain people, Danwei will break its editorial guidlines: Nothing to do with China, but the great South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba died on November 9 at the age of 76, a few days after performing a show in...
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82-year-old woman turned away by five hospitals dies
FUKUSHIMA (Kyodo) A doctor in the house?: Page 3 (Kyodo) An 82-year-old woman died in a hospital in February after being refused admission by five other hospitals in Fukushima Prefecture, a local fire department said Friday.