Provides the latest RSS feeds for Asia Pacific News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Hong Kong Herald.com http://www.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/4a8b544d0e80ba53/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:25:09 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:25:09 -0500 30 China will considerably increase spending on health services in the Tibet region, an official said Sunday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:20:04 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251227/cs/1/ Debutant wicketkeeper-batsman Mathew Wade helped Australia to beat India by 65 runs in the first one day match of the Commonwealth Bank Series on Sunday. The visitors lost the match on the basis of th http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251220/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:00:04 -0500 ANI http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251220/cs/1/ A man who shot dead three people in eastern China Sunday has been arrested, police said. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250229/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:05 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250229/cs/1/ China will launch its next generation Long March carrier rockets in the next five years, an expert said. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250227/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250227/cs/1/ India were outplayed by Australia in the tri-series opener here Sunday in a rain-affected match reduced to 32 overs a side. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250213/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:40:03 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250213/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria and calling for a democratic transition, but Russia and China vetoed it, saying it amounted to ad http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248501/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:10:07 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248501/cs/1/ Australian captain Michael Clarke has said he will not tand in the way if the Cricket Australia decides to hold more Twenty20 international matches at the expense of the one-day matches. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248494/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:13 -0500 ANI http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248494/cs/1/ People in China appear to have developed a special craving for Swiss watches, to go by their record sales. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248488/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:20:06 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203248488/cs/1/ A cold wave will sweep China nationwide from Sunday evening to Tuesday, bringing gale winds and plunging temperatures in most parts of the country, the meteorological authorities warned Sunday. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247400/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247400/cs/1/ Attacking fifties by Matthew Wade and David Hussey helped Australia set a daunting 217-run target against India in the ODI tri-series opener here Sunday, following heavy rain which reduced the match t http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247395/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:10:03 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247395/cs/1/ India has voted for an Arab and Western-backed UN resolution denouncing the violent crackdown in Syria, but Russia and China vetoed it saying it amounted to advocating a regime change. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247388/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:04 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247388/cs/1/ China is planning to carry out a special campaign to check safety issues of high-speed trains this year. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203245952/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:00:12 -0500 ANI http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203245952/cs/1/ Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down in the wake of his government's deadly crackdown on protestors. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203243199/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203243199/cs/1/ China Saturday voiced its regret that Russia's proposal on a Syria draft resolution was not taken into account by the other members of the UN Security Council. http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203239904/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203239904/cs/1/ MUNICH (AP) — Arab and Turkish officials heaped criticism on Russia and China today for their veto of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed.An official from Qatar says the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251870/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:41:53 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251870/ China has a stake in helping euro zone countries get through their debt crisis, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in comments published on Sunday, pointing to Europe's importance as a market and ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251712/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:39:58 -0500 Trade Arabia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251712/ The Softbank Hawks of Japan's Pacific League have signed former major league pitcher Brad Penny to a one-year contract. Softbank announced the signing of free agent Penny on its website ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251832/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:39:16 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251832/ The economic growth of central and western China is apparently faster than that of eastern China, according to the annual reports for 2011 issued by most provinces recently. Hubei Province and ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251871/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:27:19 -0500 Global Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251871/ Its annual report showed China topping the global list with 23 skyscrapers above 200 metres tall, followed by the UAE (16), South Korea (11), Panama (10) and Qatar ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251551/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:17:43 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251551/ Residents of Homs's battered Baba Amro district, speaking by telephone, denounced the Russian-Chinese veto, some chanting, ';Death, rather than ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251841/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:06:57 -0500 IOL http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251841/ THE latest Fairfax/Nielsen poll shows Julia Gillard is in front of Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister for the first time in nine ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251863/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:01:58 -0500 News.com.au http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251863/ KANDAHAR (Afghanistan): Seven people were killed on Sunday in a suicide car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a bastion ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251834/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:37 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251834/ KIEV: The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by Sunday, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa. ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251835/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:23 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251835/ US secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for "friends of democratic Syria" to unite and rally against President Bashar Assad's ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251839/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:29:04 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251839/ Muammar Gaddafi on trial today, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict. The accused, mostly civilians, appeared in a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251836/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:28:59 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251836/ Members of lashkar , or local peace force, stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Jan 30, 2012. A suicide bomber killed a leader of a militant group that has ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251864/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:23:12 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251864/ 1. An Indian newspaper seller arranges newspapers at a stall carrying the stories of the death sentence verdict of Mohammed Kasab in Allahabad in 2010. Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251865/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:23:10 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251865/ SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday cautioned against recent moves by politicians to put pressure on conglomerates by calling for greater corporate social ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251866/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:23:09 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251866/ COTABATO, Philippines, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Philippine security forces said on Saturday that they had captured an Al-Qaida-linked Muslim militant in the restive south. Sonny Bakim Barahim, also ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251868/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:23:06 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251868/ JAKARTA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit eastern Indonesia of East Nusa Tenggara province at 05:32 local time on Saturday (2032 GMT on Friday), the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251869/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:23:04 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251869/ US pork exports will jump 23 percent or more this year because of surging demand and prices in China, the world's top consumer, according to Brett Stuart, the co-founder of farm-industry ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251844/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:57 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251844/ China's central government has ordered increased transparency in the handling of major accidents and other items of public concern following a fatal high-speed train crash last month. The ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251826/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:54 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251826/ The recently concluded second round of China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) was widely considered a success. It enhanced strategic mutual trust and smoothed communications between ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251845/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:51 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251845/ International Finance Corp (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group which focuses on the development of the private sector in emerging markets, plans to invest more than $500 million in China during ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251846/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:47 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251846/ Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China looks like it's heading toward a new record and could exceed $106 billion this year, a senior Ministry of Commerce official said, underscoring global ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251847/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:45 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251847/ A slim lead over host China 10-9 ensured Italy a quarterfinal berth at Swimming Worlds women's water polo here on Thursday. China trailed 7-3 after first half and almost completed a fully ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251861/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:43 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251861/ The Chinese currency Renminbi, or the yuan, gained 33 basis points to 6.4470 per U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the highest since China started the exchange rate reform six years ago, according to the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251848/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:40 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251848/ China's expenditures on logistical services totaled 3.7 trillion yuan (around 570 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2011, an increase of 18.5 percent year-on-year, statistics showed. ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251849/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:38 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251849/ XI'AN, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- More than 380,000 people, or 100,000 households, will be relocated in 2012 as a part of a massive relocation project in Shaanxi province, confirmed an official of the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251827/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:37 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251827/ Researchers at a giant panda breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province released two pregnant giant pandas into a semi-wild environment near the base on Thursday, as part of the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251857/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:36 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251857/ BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit China in early February, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin confirmed on Friday.During Merkel's China visit, ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251542/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:25 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251542/ In order to address new challenges, coordination between UN peacekeeping operation, peacemaking and peacebuilding efforts needs to be strengthened, Wang Min, deputy permanent representative of the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251852/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:23 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251852/ The State Council, or China's cabinet, on Wednesday announced new regulations designed to facilitate the enforcement of the country's new individual income tax law, which features an ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251853/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:21 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251853/ Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Dejiang (C) presides over an meeting on relief work and investigation of the high-speed train crash in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 24, 2011. Zhang ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251854/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:17 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251854/ British Embassy in China established a countdown clock at the ambassador's residence here on Wednesday to mark the one-year countdown to the 2012 London Olympic Games. "The final countdown ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251862/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:16 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251862/ Chinese stocks tumbled Monday as investors sold off holdings increasingly worried about a possible default of government debt by the United States which is to bring the global economy back to a ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251850/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:16 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251850/ Wind gusts have torn roofing from houses, uprooted trees, and brought down power-lines as storms hit the southwest region of Western Australia (WA) overnight, local media reported on Thursday.The ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251855/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:03 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251855/ Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently visited China. This visit is a response to top Chinese General Chen Bingde's visit to the United States in May 2011. ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251860/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:00 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251860/ BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- China has set up a work group to supervise the safety overhaul of a railway signaling system producer, which was found to be partly responsible for a disastrous ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251828/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:00 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251828/ Four tourists were seriously injured early on Thursday in a crash involving a minibus and a truck in Bundaberg, 220 miles north of Brisbane in Australia's Queensland, the Department of ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251856/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:59 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251856/ BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's Taiwan affairs chief extended his festive greetings for the upcoming Spring Festival to Taiwan compatriots on Friday.Wang Yi, director of the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251829/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:58 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251829/ Edited and translated by People's Daily OnlineThe proportion of working-age population - those aged between 15 and 64 - has declined by 0.1 percent to 74.4 percent in 2011, due to persistently ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251831/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:21:44 -0500 People's Daily http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203251831/ February 5, 2012 National Geographic says award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250527/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:57:05 -0500 NPR http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250527/ Three more Tibetans set themselves on fire at a remote village in Sichuan province on Friday to protest against Chinese policies in the troubled region, according to news reports. The U.S.-funded ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250309/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:51:01 -0500 Forbes http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250309/ The United Nations Security Council failed again to take decisive action to stop the escalating violence in Syria as Russia and China blocked a resolution backing an Arab League plan for President ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250528/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:43:55 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250528/ Moscow/Beijing: As their UN Security Council veto on Syria invited bitter criticism, both Russia and China shot back today contending that the half-baked resolution would have only sent an ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250529/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 08:31:52 -0500 NDTV http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250529/ resolution condemning the Damascus regime, as Tunisia urged the world to cut diplomatic ties with Syria. Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said Moscow and Beijing's actions showed the veto ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250522/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:56:12 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203250522/ Authorities: Military helicopters and cargo plane used to evacuate patients at hospital Report: Body of woman who handed her son off to rescuers recovered Thousands ordered to evacuate in towns ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249406/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:46:31 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249406/ Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has the backing of her Labor Party caucus, said Treasurer Wayne Swan, responding to speculation that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd will ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249618/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:43:57 -0500 Business Week http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249618/ Melbourne, Australia – David Hussey smashed an unbeaten 61 from 30 deliveries to lift Australia to 216/5 in a rain-shortened 32-over innings in the limited-overs Tri-Series opener against ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249622/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:40:40 -0500 IOL http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249622/ South Korea intelligence sources said Sunday. "North Korea recently bought several US MQM-107D Streakers from a Middle Eastern nation that appears to ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249631/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:34:50 -0500 Fox News http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249631/ HUINING, Gansu, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Three people have been killed and eight others injured in shootings in a village in northwest China's Gansu Province on Sunday, according to police. The ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249627/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:59:33 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249627/ SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Provincial fishery authorities have told Xinhua how aquaculture in northern Hebei province has been hit by sea ice since January. Many seashells and sea cucumbers ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249628/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:59:31 -0500 SINA http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203249628/ It has been no picnic for the world since the beginning of 2012, with the major economies moving to sanction Iran and Iran planning retaliation. The Middle East country will be one of the major ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247771/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:31:53 -0500 Taiwan Headlines http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247771/ Japanese No.1 Ayumi Morita posted three wins to lead Japan to a 5-0 victory over Slovenia in the Fed Cup tennis World Group II first round tie on ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247774/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:29:05 -0500 SBS http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247774/ An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Vanuatu at 00:15:40 GMT on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 163.40 km, was initially determined to be at ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247786/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:20:09 -0500 Global Times http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247786/ TAIPEI: Taiwan authorities have arrested three people and seized nearly half a tonne of narcotics in their biggest drugs bust in 10 years, local media reported Sunday.Investigation Bureau agents and ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247763/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:13:32 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247763/ BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Tibetans in southwestern China have set themselves ablaze in protest against Chinese rule, Radio Free Asia reported, the latest in a series of self-immolations over the ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247757/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:09:45 -0500 The Star http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247757/ Morris Robert Stretch, 62, died after disturbing a wasps' nest near Kenepuru Sound in the Marlborough Sounds yesterday morning.He had probably been stung hundreds of times, Havelock police ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247772/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:57:36 -0500 News.com.au http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247772/ Karman protesting in Yemen. Munich (dpa) – Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace laureate Tawakkul Karman on Sunday condemned China and Russia for their decision to veto a United Nations ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247788/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:46:28 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247788/ TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ExxonMobil and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K have entered into an agreement which will result in the restructuring of ExxonMobil's holdings in Japan. Under the terms of ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247560/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:37:29 -0500 Oil and Gas Online http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247560/ Chinese language at school level across the country and this programme would soon be initiated. She added that steps were being taken to promote Chinese language among the people, reported ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247758/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:42 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247758/ Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, while supporters of the prime minister staged a rival rally drawing ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247760/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:32 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247760/ memoir at a public ceremony in Havana, where he referred to the mistake of believing that with socialism all economic problems are solved, official media said Saturday. The leader of the Cuban ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247759/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:25 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247759/ Phnom Penh by using the micro-blogging site to draw attention to the court's much-criticised handling of two possible new Khmer Rouge crimes against humanity cases. Cambodia, which opposes ... http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247761/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:24:22 -0500 Times of India http://story.hongkongherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a8b544d0e80ba53/id/203247761/