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  • US president lauds Thein Sein for Myanmar reforms but urges end to violence against Muslims US president lauds Thein Sein for Myanmar reforms but urges end to violence against Muslims

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama praised the reforms of Myanmar leader Thein Sein but urged him to end violence against Muslims. Sein is the country's first president to visit the White House in almost half a century. Speaking from the US capital Monday Obama said he recognized Sein's work to guide Myanmar down "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to ...

  • Six Afghan policemen killed in Herat bombing Six Afghan policemen killed in Herat bombing

    KABUL, Afghanistan - At least six Afghan policemen guarding a strategically important dam were killed in a roadside bombing Tuesday in the war-torn country's western province of Herat, officials said. They said that suspected Taliban insurgents triggered the explosion when a police patrol vehicle heading to Herat city was travelling in the Chashti Shareef district of the province. "There ...

  • Chinese boat with 16 fishermen freed by North Korea Chinese boat with 16 fishermen freed by North Korea

    PYONGYANG - A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen held by armed North Koreans for more than two weeks have been released, easing the latest tension in relations between the neighbouring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who was not on board the boat when it was seized on 5 May, wrote on his microblog that his captain called him at 3.50am to say the crew and boat were set free and that they were on their way ...

  • Saudi Arabia nabs 10 over spying for Iran

    Saudi Arabia has arrested 10 people on suspicion of espionage for Iran, the interior ministry announced Tuesday. "Following an initial investigation, the security forces arrested 10 more suspects over involvement in the espionage acts for an Iranian espionage cell, reported Xinhua citing a spokesperson for the ministry. The arrestees, comprising eight Saudis, a Lebanese and a Turk, are linked ...

  • Japan watchdog Nuclear plant sits on active fault

    TOKYO -; Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually ...

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Shakespeare in Love [DVD]

"Shakespeare in Love" is a romantic fictionalization of how the great poet and playwright William Shakespeare penned one of his most famous plays, "Romeo and Juliet." As Tom Stoppard, one of the film's screenwriters, said, "To create something of that magnitude, he was no doubt hopelessly and desperately in love with a very, very special woman." The woman in question for whom Shakespeare's torches ... ...

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  • Death toll rises to 23 in China factory blast

    The blast was so strong that 10 of those killed could only be identified by their DNA. Experts from the State Administration of Work Safety have been sent to the factory and are investigating the cause of the ...

  • Investors edgy ahead of Bernanke testimony

    LONDON -; Investors were edgy Wednesday ahead of the appearance of U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke before lawmakers in ...

  • Pakistan court rejects Musharraf bail in judges case

    Pervez Musharraf over the detention of judges during his 1999-2008 rule, the state prosecutor said. The ruling came two days after a court granted bail to Musharraf over the murder of former prime ...

  • Asia Fuel Oil-Cash market sluggish eye on July supply flows

    SINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Asia fuel oil cash premiums remained sluggish on Wednesday on oversupply, but there was growing consensus among traders that arbitrage flows in the backend of June would be thin, providing a floor for prices. Asia cash premiums for the 380-centistoke (cst) benchmark for the marine fuels market were pegged at 25 cents a tonne, steady to levels seen in ...

  • Hershey Opens Asia Innovation Center in Shanghai

    Innovation a key driver for Hershey's Asia growth As part of the company's strategy to drive global growth and innovation, The Hershey Company ( ) today announced the opening of its new Asia Innovation Center located in Shanghai, China. Hershey's new Asia Innovation Center, located at the Jinqiao Golden Bridge Research Park in the Pudong District of Shanghai, is a ...

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