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5 Teas that make you slim!
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweetFive teas that make you slim! (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) The brew that energises can also help you lose weight. Here's how... | It's widely known that just one cup of tea can prevent strokes, arthritis, tooth decay and even keep cancer at bay. While it's regarded as n...
Samsung - Electronics - Technology
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Smartphones drive record Samsung profit
Canada Dot Com
  | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co posted a record $4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend $22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller rivals. | The South Korean firm, the world's ...
There’s more to China than pandas: From luscious-lipped monkeys to a giant salamander, a new ...
The Daily Mail
| Here’s a challenge. Name one of China’s animal national treasures… not counting the giant panda – that’s too easy. ‘I want to get across that there’s much more to China than giant pandas,’ explains wi...
Japan hit by 5.5 magnitude earthquake
NZ Herald
| A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Yamanashi prefecture in central Japan this morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, and no tsunami warning was issued. | The temblor was some 20 kil...
Strong quake jolts eastern Japan, no tsunami warning
The Star
| TOKYO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted eastern Japan on Saturday morning, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage and no tsunami warning was issued. | The focus of the tremor was 20 km (12 m...
Special University Admission Schemes Widely Abused
Chosunilbo
| Special university entrance schemes designed to widen access for disadvantaged minorities are being abused to a serious degree. The Board of Audit and Inspection on Wednesday said it found 865 cases of illegitimate university entrance through speci...
Bikini-clad bodyguards training stirs China storm
WN / Aruna Gilbert
Bikini-clad bodyguards’ training stirs China storm
The Times Of India
SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet BEIJING: Photographs of Chinese female bodyguards training in swimsuits on a beach has provoked outrage on Chinese internet forums including the governme...
 Cebu City skyline - view from Tops Mountainview Park, Busay Hills, Cebu City Philippines (rt1)
WN
‘PH still has room for growth’
Sun Star
| DESPITE global uncertainty, emerging economies like the Philippines still has room for growth this year. | Cebu, one of the country’s thriving local economies, should bank on i...
Hyundai i20
Creative Commons / Thomas doerfer
Hyundai Motor reports record $7.2B profit for 2011
my SA
| SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hyundai Motor's net profit jumped 35 percent to a record high last year after selling more than 4 million cars for the first time. | The company's 201...
Japan prices fall, mild deflation to persist
Gulf News
| Tokyo: Japan's core consumer prices fell for the third consecutive month in the year to December, and mild deflation is expected to persist this year as energy prices stabilise and worries about Europe's debt crisis suppress wage growth and ec...
‘Follow China model and give fillip to solar units'
The Hindu
The Union Government and the central bank should learn from China in supporting local manufacturing and infrastructure for the solar industry, said K. Subramanya, CEO, Tata-BP Solar. | Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Subramanya said “solar India̶...
US seeks greater military ties with China
Khaleej Times
WASHINGTON ' The US commander handling Asia on Friday called for greater military relations with China, saying that dialogue between the Pacific powers has not advanced beyond broad strategic issues. | Admiral Robert Willard, head of the US Pacific C...
Business
Kia Motors
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Kia Motors earnings up
Independent online
South Korea's second largest automaker, Kia Motors, said Friday it posted a record profit last year thanks to brisk overseas sales and increased returns in investment in affiliated firms. | Net profit surged 30.4 percent from the previous year to 3.5 | trillion won ($3.1 billion) in 2011, the company said in a statement. | Sales jumped 20.6 percent...
Political
Latest photos from Tibet showing the self-immolation by a Buddhist monk in Ngaba county, eastern Tibet, 23rd October 2011.
(photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Tibetan unrest spreads as two reported killed by Chinese troops
The Guardian
| Chinese paramilitaries reportedly kill two more Tibetans during protests as US expresses 'grave concern' at violence Yonden, one of three Tibetans reportedly shot by police in Luhuo. Photograph: guardian.co.uk | Chinese paramilitaries have killed at least two more Tibetans during protests, campaign groups have reported, as the US expressed "grave...



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