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  • Deadly rains affect 200000 in China

    Continuous rainfall has claimed one life and affecting some 200,000 people in southwest China, authorities said Sunday. The rains started Thursday and had battered 14 counties in Guangxi region, Xinhua reported. The downpour damaged or destroyed 561 houses and ruined 12,120 hectares of crops, resulting in direct economic losses of about $24 ...

  • Chinese premier departs for India

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang departed here Sunday for official visits to four nations, with India being the first stop. From India, Li will go to Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany, reports Xinhua. Li is visiting these countries at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Pakistan government, Swiss President Ueli Maurer and German Chancellor Angela ...

  • Chinas Premier to Visit India

    NEW DELHI Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to India Sunday. His visit comes in the wake of a tense border standoff in the Himalayan mountains, but the Asian giants are trying to downplay the disagreement. Syed Akbaruddin, India's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said it was appreciated that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is making India the first stop of his first overseas ...

  • Yashwant Sinha wants India to talk to Chinese Premier from a position of strength

    Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha on Saturday said that the UPA-II government should hold talks with the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang "from a position of strength". Yashwant Sinha pointed out that there were many issues on which India and China can cooperate globally. He said that a major issue in India-China relation today is the huge trade imbalance. He said :" But all ...

  • India should ask China to stay away from Arunachal border Takam Sanjoy

    Arunachal Pradesh Member of Parliament Takam Sanjoy on Saturday urged the Indian Government to be assertive in asking China to stay away from his state. "We are optimistic that the Indian Government will be very assertive on various issues affecting the two nations. All that we would ask from the Indian Government is that talks are held on the border issue. India should be assertive in placing ...

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George Washington [DVD]

George Washington [DVD]

In his debut feature, George Washington, 24-year-old Texas-born writer/director David Gordon Green captures the nuanced rhythm and flow of life in a rural Southern town in a postindustrial age. Starring a cast of unknown actors who are mostly under the age of 15, Green creates a low-key drama about how these kids live their lives almost completely cut off from adult supervision. ...

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  • Malayasian Chinese leader asked to apologise to Indians

    A Malaysian Indian politician of the Democratic Action party (DAP) has asked the party's Chinese-origin secretary-general to apologise to the Indian members of the party. N. Gobalakrishnan has asked Lim Guan Eng to apologise to over 700 Indian members of the party after they were stopped from attending the party's Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting last year, the New Straits Times ...

  • `Lis trip shows China keen to enhance ties with India

    The choice of India as the first leg of Li Keqiang's maiden overseas trip as Chinese premier has sent out a clear signal that Beijing's new leadership prioritizes enhancing ties with New Delhi but that "the two nations cannot fully restore mutual trust without resolving the border dispute", Xinhua news agency said in a commentary on Saturday. "The rationale is simple: With China and India being ...

  • Premier Li Keqiangs maiden foreign visit set to bolster Sino-India ties

    Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's maiden visit to India symbolises the rising significance of New Delhi as the two Asian giants seek to overcome a chequered past and border tensions to broaden strategic ties and boost bilateral trade. Premier Li arrives in India on Sunday on his first foreign trip since assuming office. He would also visit Pakistan, Germany and Switzerland during the week-long ...

  • Hurdler Merritt gears up for new Diamond League season

    American hurdler Aries Merritt, who won his first Olympic gold in London and set a world record in the men's 110m hurdles last year, has geared up for the 2013 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League Shanghai leg. "I will try to start the season in my best form and hopefully I'll be in my best so I won't disappoint the fans that come to watch the competition," ...

  • China investigates N.Korea boat hijack claim

    BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities were on Sunday investigating claims that unidentified North Koreans hijacked a Chinese fishing boat, kidnapping 16 sailors and demanding a ransom, local media and an official said.Armed North Koreans on May 6 hijacked the boat and escorted it towards North Korea while it was sailing in waters around 70 kilometres (40 miles) from North Korea's western ...

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