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  • Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property Dalian Wanda Group to buy UK yacht maker and hotel property

    LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% ...

  • Afghanistan to shun US peace talks with Taliban Afghanistan to shun US peace talks with Taliban

    KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...

  • Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea Kim Jong-un on 'luxury yacht' in North Korea

    SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...

  • US women in all combat units by 2016 Pentagon

    American women will be fully integrated into frontline and special combat roles, including elite forces such as Army Rangers and Navy SEALs, by January 2016, the Pentagon has said. More than 200,000 women are in the active-duty military, representing about 14.5 percent of the overall force, according to Pentagon figures. Most serve in the army. While air force, army, navy, Marine and special ...

  • Facebook looking to partner with Samsung to boost mobile advertising sales

    With the growing mobility of internet, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed potential partnership with Samsung company's president Shin Jong Kyun during Mark Zuckerberg's Asia tour. According to Bloomberg report, the partnership would reportedly focus on advancing mobile-advertising sales. Facebook has been strongly encouraging advertising on mobile. In April, Facebook Home had been ...

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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) [DVD]

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) [DVD]

At its core, Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai is little more than a great yarn extremely well spun. Its story is so simple, it can be summarized in a single sentence: Small Japanese farming village is threatened by bandits and hires seven ronin (masterless samurai) to protect them ... ...

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  • Asia Roundup Mostly down ahead of US Fed decision

    Asian markets were mostly lower yesterday, Wednesday June 19 2013 with focus on the US Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later in the trading day, but Tokyo enjoyed another rally as data showed a surge in exports thanks to a weaker yen. Wall Street again provided a healthy cue, with investors betting the Fed will stop short of reeling in its ';quantitative easing'; bond-buying ...

  • Lamphier Canada needs economic pipeline to Asia

    Protesters against Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline gather outside the joint review final argument hearings in Terrace on Monday. The joint review panel on the project sits through June ...

  • Rockets Lazada gets $100 million in bid to be Southeast Asias Amazon

    (Reuters) - Lazada, the Southeast Asian online retail company founded by Germany's Rocket Internet Gmbh, has secured another $100 million from investors in its bid to lift the region from its status as an e-commerce ...

  • Asia Markets Australia Korea lead Asian stock fall after Fed

    HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks fell Thursday after the Federal Reserve signaled it may gradually wind down its bond purchases if the U.S. economy continued to improve, weighing down shares on Wall ...

  • Pilgrims stranded by floods in India deaths could rise

    June 19, 2013: People gather to look at submerged buses and trucks in the rising Yamuna River as they stand on a flyover in New Delhi, India. Indias prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise ...

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