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- Asian-Americans outraged over racist Google app
- China says its plane harassed by Japanese military aircraft
- Sweater knit by Myanmar's Suu Kyi sells for $49,000
- Delhi gang-rape: 'Amanat' still extremely critical, says Singapore hospital
- Woman set on fire in Los Angeles as she sleeps on bench
- Another man pushed to death in front of New York subway train
- China seizes TVs, satellite equipment in Tibetan monasteries
- General H Norman Schwarzkopf, Gulf War commander, dies at 78
- Reactions to the death of Norman Schwarzkopf
- Iran's President dismisses health minister
- US teachers take up arms to prevent mass shootings
- US evacuates embassy in Central African Republic
- Famed Gulf War US General Norman Schwarzkopf dies
- Fiscal Cliff stalemate continues, Barack Obama invites congressional leaders to talk
- Pakistan president quashes polls delay rumours
- Royal hoax Australian DJs 'unlikely to face charges'
- Secret UK files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts
- Travel chaos as deadly storm hits northeast US, 746 flights cancelled on Thursday
- Massive beached whale dies in New York City
- Barack Obama returns as fiscal cliff battle heats up
- Vladimir Putin vows to sign anti-US adoption bill
- Taliban capture at least 22 Pakistani government forces
- Apple CEO's pay package drops 99% from 2011
- Syria envoy calls for political change to end conflict
- China 'highly vigilant' over Japanese fighters flying over disputed islands
| Asian-Americans outraged over racist Google app Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:55 PM PST Asian-American groups in the US are demanding from Google to remove an application (app) from its Google Play store called 'Make Me Asian' which allows users to alter their photos to resemble Asian st... 
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| China says its plane harassed by Japanese military aircraft Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:07 PM PST A Chinese government spokesman on Thursday said a maritime surveillance plane was harassed by Japanese military aircraft while patrolling the airspace near the disputed Diaoyu islands. 
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| Sweater knit by Myanmar's Suu Kyi sells for $49,000 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:52 PM PST A hand-knit woolen sweater made by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has sold at an auction in Myanmar for $49,000. 
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| Delhi gang-rape: 'Amanat' still extremely critical, says Singapore hospital Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:05 PM PST The condition of 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape survivor Amanat (NOT her real name) remains "extremely critical", a day after she was admitted at the super speciality Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapor... 
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| Woman set on fire in Los Angeles as she sleeps on bench Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:55 PM PST For more than 10 years, the homeless woman slept on the same plastic bus stop bench at a busy intersection in the San Fernando Valley, no matter how cold it was or if it was raining. 
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| Another man pushed to death in front of New York subway train Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:43 PM PST New York City police say a man has been shoved in front of a subway train and has been killed. 
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| China seizes TVs, satellite equipment in Tibetan monasteries Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:53 PM PST Chinese authorities have confiscated 3,000 televisions from monasteries in a heavily Tibetan part of the west of the country and dismantled satellite equipment that broadcast "anti-China" programmes, ... 
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| General H Norman Schwarzkopf, Gulf War commander, dies at 78 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:34 PM PST Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the U.S.-led forces that crushed Iraq in the 1991 Persian Gulf War and became the nation's most acclaimed military hero since the midcentury exploits of Gens.... 
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| Reactions to the death of Norman Schwarzkopf Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:32 PM PST "Barbara and I mourn the loss of a true American patriot and one of the great military leaders of his generation," says former President George H.W. Bush. 
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| Iran's President dismisses health minister Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:18 PM PST Iranian state TV is reporting the country's president has dismissed the health minister after her ministry put out a statement criticising authorities for not providing money to import medicine. 
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| US teachers take up arms to prevent mass shootings Posted: 27 Dec 2012 07:08 PM PST Several US states are considering allowing school teachers to carry weapons and educators, determined not to allow a repeat of the Newtown massacre, are flocking to training sessions. 
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| US evacuates embassy in Central African Republic Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:55 PM PST The State Department is closing its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordering its diplomatic team to leave as rebels there continue to advance and violence escalates. 
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| Famed Gulf War US General Norman Schwarzkopf dies Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:54 PM PST Norman Schwarzkopf, the US general who led Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991, died on Thursday at the age of 78. 
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| Fiscal Cliff stalemate continues, Barack Obama invites congressional leaders to talk Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:47 PM PST A deadline looming, President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leaders at the White House on Friday in search of a compromise to avoid a year-end "fiscal cliff" of across-the-board tax increa... 
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| Pakistan president quashes polls delay rumours Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:39 PM PST Dismissing rumours about delay in the parliamentary elections, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has vowed to hold transparent and timely polls, Xinhua reported. 
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| Royal hoax Australian DJs 'unlikely to face charges' Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:28 PM PST Two Australian DJs who made a hoax call to a hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine are unlikely to face prosecution, police said Friday. 
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| Secret UK files lift lid on Thatcher-Reagan Falklands contacts Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:21 PM PST Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher wrote an emotional letter to US President Ronald Reagan during the 1982 Falklands War calling him the "only person" who could understand her position,... 
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| Travel chaos as deadly storm hits northeast US, 746 flights cancelled on Thursday Posted: 27 Dec 2012 06:20 PM PST The US northeast was battered by heavy snow and strong winds Thursday as a mighty storm carved a violent arc across several states, killing more than a dozen people and snarling holiday travel. 
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| Massive beached whale dies in New York City Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:59 AM PST An endangered whale that beached in New York City died on Thursday despite a day-long effort to keep the emaciated 18-meter (60-foot) finback alive by spraying it with water. 
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| Barack Obama returns as fiscal cliff battle heats up Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:32 AM PST US President Barack Obama rushed back to Washington on Thursday in a last-ditch effort to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff," even as key figures in any deal -- House Republicans -- stayed home. 
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| Vladimir Putin vows to sign anti-US adoption bill Posted: 27 Dec 2012 10:25 AM PST Russia's President Vladimir Putin vowed on Thursday to sign a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children that has added new strains to the uneasy relations between the former Cold War foes. 
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| Taliban capture at least 22 Pakistani government forces Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:03 AM PST The Pakistani Taliban have seized at least 22 men from a paramilitary force in attacks on three checkpoints in northern Pakistan, a regional official said on Thursday, but Taliban and other Pakistani ... 
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| Apple CEO's pay package drops 99% from 2011 Posted: 27 Dec 2012 09:00 AM PST Tim Cook has finally made it to the top at Apple Inc, but in his first full year as CEO his pay package shrank about 99 percent. 
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| Syria envoy calls for political change to end conflict Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:23 AM PST The international envoy seeking a solution to Syria's 21-month-old conflict said on Thursday political change was needed to end the violence which has killed 44,000 people, and called for a transition... 
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| China 'highly vigilant' over Japanese fighters flying over disputed islands Posted: 27 Dec 2012 08:14 AM PST China is "highly vigilant" about Japanese jet fighter flights over islands claimed by both countries and Japan must bear responsibility for any consequences, Chinese military and maritime officials sa... 
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