Politics »

• Dalai Lama and West "distorting protests" to tarnish China

  The Tibetan government-in-exile has colluded with Western governments to distort a recent string of...

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• Finance veteran to be Taiwan's next premier

  Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has picked a former top financial regulator as his next premier, the...

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• China heir apparent to visit White House in February

  China's Vice President Xi Jinping will visit the White House on February 14, officials...

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Environment »

• Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes off Vancouver Island

  A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Vancouver Island on Saturday, some 209 miles west of...

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• Europe freeze kills 89, fears rise over Russian gas

  Record-low temperatures in parts of Eastern Europe pushed the death toll from Arctic conditions to...

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• Landslide kills 25 in southern Philippines

  A landslide buried dozens of people Thursday at a small-scale gold mining site in the southern...

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Health »

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  Doctors to remove Vietnamese man's 90kg tumour

  A man left unable to walk by a tumour on his right leg that weighs more than the rest of his body...

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Science And Technology »

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  Yahoo co-founder Yang resigns

  Yahoo Inc co-founder Jerry Yang has quit the company he started in 1995, appeasing shareholders who...

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• Soyuz with three astronauts lands in Kazakhstan

  A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying three astronauts returning from the International Space Station...

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Web World »

Entertainment »

• Scorsese's 'Hugo' leads Oscars with 11 nominations

  Martin Scorsese's Paris adventure "Hugo" leads the Academy Awards with 11 nominations, among them...

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