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<pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Japan to harvest solar energy in space]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[TOKYO:  The idea may sound like science fiction, but Japan's space agency is dead serious: By 2030, it wants to collect solar power in space and zap that down to Earth, using laser beams or microwaves.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Dalai Lama visits area at centre of row]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[TAWANG (INDIA): The Dalai Lama spoke out against China yesterday on a visit to a monastery in a remote Indian region claimed by Beijing. ]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[What's Online Most Read, Most Commented On and More]]></title>
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   <title><![CDATA[Okinawans rally against US base]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[GINOWAN (JAPAN):  Tens of thousands of residents rallied yesterday against an American military base in this southern Okinawan city, just days before US President Barack Obama's visit.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Pakistan's nuke arms safe for now: Analysts]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[LONDON:  Pakistan's nuclear installations are so well guarded that Islamist militants behind a wave of violence in the country's heartland would find it very hard to storm them and steal material for a nuclear bomb, analysts say. ]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Blast hits busy market, kills 12]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[A Pakistani holding his baby girl who was killed in a suicide bombing, as her grandmother mourned inside a van at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday. A suicide bomber, apparently targeting a former Taleban supporter turned anti-militant mayor, drove his car to the mayor's guesthouse near a crowded market before detonating his vehicle. The blast killed 12 people, including the mayor, and wounded 32 others.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[China to boost assistance to Africa]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[SHARM EL-SHEIKH (EGYPT): China yesterday offered US$10 billion (S$14 billion) in concessional loans to Africa over the next three years. It also pledged to cancel government debts owed by some of the poorest African countries, saying Beijing was a true and trusted friend of the continent and its people.]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Country music, Taiwan-style]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Taiwanese pianist Chen Kuan-yu giving a concert performance in the middle of a padi field in Chishang township, in Taitung county in the island's south-east, on Saturday. The concert attracted almost 500 people, the Taipei Times reported. ]]></description>
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   <title><![CDATA[Beijing's promises]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[To give US$10 billion (S$14 billion) in concessional loans to Africa to build up financing capacity, and support Chinese financial institutions in setting up a US$1 billion fund for loans to small and medium-sized African companies. It will cancel more African debt.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Taiwan varsities urged to boost English]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Asia/China/Story/STIStory_451929.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[TAIWAN'S President Ma Ying-jeou called yesterday for more university classes to be taught in English to help the island attract talented foreign students.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Independent polls gaining influence]]></title>
   <link><![CDATA[http://www.straitstimes.com/Asia/Malaysia/Story/STIStory_451925.html]]></link>
   <description><![CDATA[WHEN the Pakatan Rakyat government in Perak was unseated through defections in February, the local people were clearly unhappy.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[English standards slipping in Philippines]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[MANILA: Filipinos pride themselves on their ability to speak English well.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Phnom Penh hosts Thaksin this week]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[PHNOM PENH: Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Phnom Penh this week in his new role as economic adviser, the Cambodian Prime Minister said yesterday, further stoking a row with Thailand.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Cycles in rhythm with nature]]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Passengers with their foldable bicycles in a light rail train in Manila yesterday. The authorities are offering such bicycles in a public campaign to cut vehicle emissions and raise awareness of the environment. Drivers are being encouraged to park their vehicles at a train station and board a train with a bicycle, before disembarking and cycling the rest of the way to their destinations.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>8 Nov 2009 22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Changes in Indonesia's military 'routine']]></title>
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   <description><![CDATA[JAKARTA: The reshuffle of the military's top brass over the weekend was part of the regeneration of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI), according to officials and observers yesterday.]]></description>
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