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| China vows new crackdown on Google, other websites
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:46 Oman Time |
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...shanghai: china announced monday it was cracking down on major websites, including search engine giants google and baidu, over the spread of pornograp... |
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| Chinese net companies apologise for lewd content
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:46 Oman Time |
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...beijing: three chinese internet operators have apologised for failing to purge "vulgar" content following a government pledge this week to expose and ... |
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| Cancer-stricken Swayze 'going through hell'
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:45 Oman Time |
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...los angeles: actor patrick swayze says he is "going through hell" in his battle against cancer but has denied reports that he is close to death.
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| Bollywood bids Bush goodbye -- with a parting shot
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:45 Oman Time |
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...new delhi: barely two weeks before george w. bush leaves the white house, bollywood is ready with a farewell present -- a film that takes pot shots at... |
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| Hollywood producers unveil best film nominees
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:44 Oman Time |
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...los angeles: the producers guild of america on monday unveiled nominees for their film and television awards with "the dark knight" and "the curious c... |
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| Fugitive filmmaker Polanski seeks US case moved
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:44 Oman Time |
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...los angeles: oscar-winning fugitive filmmaker roman polanski wants to disqualify the entire los angeles county court system from handling the sexual m... |
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| Japan eyes bank injections to counter crisis
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:16 Oman Time |
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...tokyo: japan is reportedly considering cash injections for scores of regional banks in an effort to encourage lending as the financial crisis creates ... |
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| Alcoa cutting jobs, production; selling 4 units
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:15 Oman Time |
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...new york: alcoa inc said on tuesday it would slash more than 15,000 jobs, halve capital spending and sell four businesses as it reduces aluminum produ... |
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| China grants Senegal 41-million-euro loan
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:15 Oman Time |
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...dakar: china has agreed to lend senegal just over 41 million euros to fund a number of public works projects, the senegalese finance ministry announce... |
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| Britain set for record-low interest rates
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:14 Oman Time |
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...london: the bank of england will thursday slash interest rates for a third month running, bringing them to their lowest ever levels as britain readies... |
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| Oil prices steady in Asian trade
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:13 Oman Time |
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...singapore: oil prices were steady in asian trade wednesday after recent rallies, analysts said.
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| Japan races to build a zero-emission car
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:13 Oman Time |
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...tokyo: "please erase your image of electric cars being like golf carts," a spokesman for japan's fourth-biggest automaker said before taking a zero-em... |
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| Dollar buoyed by stimulus hopes
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:13 Oman Time |
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...tokyo: the dollar gained slightly in asian trade on wednesday, lifted by optimism about us president-elect barack obama's economic stimulus plans, dea... |
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| Czechs say gas supplies from Russia halted
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:12 Oman Time |
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...prague: gas supplies through the main import and transit pipeline from russia to the czech republic and western europe stopped completely overnight, t... |
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| China issues 3G telephone licences
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AFP
1/7/2009 03:12 Oman Time |
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...shanghai: china issued long-anticipated third-generation mobile phone licences wednesday, state media said, a move that is likely to set off a new rou... |
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| Saina Nehwal resolves to make top five
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Reuters
1/7/2009 03:01 Oman Time |
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...mumbai: saina nehwal brushed aside her disappointment about missing an olympic medal to become the first indian woman to crack the top 10 in the world... |
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| Buffon returns after long lay-off
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:55 Oman Time |
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...rome: italy world cup winning goalkeeper gianlugi buffon made his long awaited return from injury on tuesday as his side juventus drew 1-1 with french... |
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| Man City owner tops British football rich list
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Reuters
1/7/2009 02:54 Oman Time |
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...london: manchester city's new owner sheikh mansour bin zayed al nahyan is the richest man in british football with chelsea's roman abramovich down to ... |
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| Scott sets higher goals for game's biggest events
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Reuters
1/7/2009 02:54 Oman Time |
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...kapalua: almost five years have slipped away since adam scott won the biggest title of his career at the players championship and he is eager to regai... |
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| Hewitt embraces Hopman workload
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:53 Oman Time |
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...perth: lleyton hewitt's troublesome hip has been given a baptism of fire at the hopman cup, but the former world no.1 has embraced his gruelling sched... |
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| Liu doubtful for world champs
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:53 Oman Time |
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...beijing: chinese athletics star liu xiang may not compete in this year's world championships despite making a fast recovery from foot surgery, his coa... |
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| Dementieva through as other seeds tumble
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:53 Oman Time |
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...auckland: top seed elena dementieva beat local favourite marina erakovic to grab a quarter-final spot in the asb classic here wednesday as other seeds... |
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| New Zealand thrash West Indies by 7 wickets
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Reuters
1/7/2009 02:52 Oman Time |
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...sydney: new zealand crushed west indies by seven wickets in their third limited-overs one-day international at wellington on wednesday.
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| Anwar renews pledge to topple government
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:39 Oman Time |
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...kuala terengganu: malaysia's opposition leader anwar ibrahim has renewed his vow to seize power from the ruling coalition, as the two sides lock horns... |
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| China warns economic woes could trigger major unrest
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:39 Oman Time |
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...beijing: china's state media has issued an unusually candid warning of the risk of mass riots this year, in what observers said wednesday reflected in... |
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| Afghan, Pakistan leaders meet for second day
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:38 Oman Time |
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...kabul: the presidents of afghanistan and pakistan were set to hold fresh talks on wednesday after pledging to work together to fight terrorism and ext... |
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| Pakistani spy chief says no war with India
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Reuters
1/7/2009 02:38 Oman Time |
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...islamabad: the chief of pakistan's powerful inter-services intelligence (isi) agency has said there will not be a war with india over november's milit... |
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| Bush, Obama to lunch with former US presidents
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AFP
1/7/2009 02:38 Oman Time |
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...washington: president george w. bush will talk briefly in private with his successor barack obama on wednesday before a rare white house lunch with al... |
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| Cambodians mark 30 years since fall of Pol Pot
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Reuters
1/7/2009 02:37 Oman Time |
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...phnom penh: thousands of cambodian survivors of the khmer rouge "killing fields" marked 30 years on wednesday since the fall of pol pot's ultra-maoist... |
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| China issues bird flu alert after woman dies
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Reuters
1/7/2009 02:37 Oman Time |
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...yanjiao: china issued a bird flu alert on wednesday after a woman died of the virus, the first such death in the country in almost a year, and closed ... |
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