Defending champions China suffered their second defeat at the 27th Asian Men's Basketball Championship here on Saturday as they lost to Iran 70-51.It is their first meeting at the Asian championship in four years after China went down to Iran 70-52 in the 2009 final.Yi Jianlian's absence due to injury gave Iran more chances to play inside the paint, in which they outscored China ...
Chinese Taipei beats Philippines 84-79 in Asia Basketball Championship
Chinese Taipei overcame a 13-point deficit in the fourth quarter with a furious rally to beat the Philippines 84-79 on Saturday night to remain unbeaten in the Asia Basketball Championship at the Mall of Asia Arena in the Philippines.Lu Cheng-Ju led Chinese Taipei with 22 points and hit six three-pointers to lead their comeback in the final quarter by outscoring the Filipinos, 29-11, in the ...
Rouhani becomes Irans presidentHassan Rouhani took office as Irans president on Saturday succeeding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed him state TV said.
supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed him, Iranian media said. Rouhani's resounding election win in June raised hopes of a negotiated end to the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. That would avert a possible new war in the Middle East. Khamenei kissed Rouhani on the cheek and the new president kissed the leader on his lapel. The start of Rouhani's presidency puts an ...
At least 11 killed in Mexico clashes
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico / Tamaulipas: At least 11 people died and 17 others were wounded in clashes in northern Mexico between security forces and criminal gangs, authorities said Saturday. The bloody confrontations ocurred in the states of Tamaulipas, Durango and Sinaloa, where violent drug cartels are vying for power. Clashes in the city of Reynosa, near the American border, early Saturday ...
Now Chinese court officials under lens in sex scandal
sex scandal at a night club. City authorities ordered the probe after there were reports on the internet that the officials had called for prostitutes at the Hengshan Resort in Shanghai on the night of June 9. Two of the officials being investigated are Chen Xueming and Zhao Minghua, chief and deputy chief of the court's No. 1 civil court, who function as judges. The Shanghai Municipal ...
White House holds high-level meeting over security threat
Reuters ? A police trooper mans a machine gun mounted on an armoured personnel carrier, which is positioned near the British embassy in Sanaa August 3, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled ...
Egypt Morsi supporters unswayed after US envoy talks
Guido Westerwelle , comes as the international community pushes Morsi loyalists and the army-installed interim government to reach a compromise. But in a statement issued early on Sunday, the political arm of ...
Hanif Kureishis next book on Naipaul and his biographer Patrick French
Hanif Kureishi will come out with his novel, Last Words, in February 2014. The story revolves around the real life incident involving award winning British author French's visit to Sir Vidya's home. In 2001, French was invited to write Naipaul's authorised biography, The World Is What It Is. Indian-Trinidadian author Naipaul opened up to French about subjects he has rarely spoken ...
REFILE-Alabama Nuclear plant releases carbon dioxide no damage injuries
Sat Aug 3, 2013 8:42pm EDT BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Aug 3 (Reuters) - A carbon dioxide spray used as a flame retardant was inadvertently released and an alert declared at a nuclear power plant in southern Alabama early on Saturday, plant owner Alabama Power Company said, adding there were no signs of fire or damage and no injuries or health threats. The Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant operates a two-unit ...
Kuwait forms new Cabinet names al-Shamali oil minister -state news agency
ABU DHABI | Sat Aug 3, 2013 8:41pm EDT ABU DHABI Aug 4 (Reuters) - Mustapha al-Shamali was appointed oil minister in Kuwait's new Cabinet, state news agency KUNA said on Sunday after a parliamentary election in the major crude producer last month. The position was previously held on an acting basis by al-Shamali, after his predecessor, Hani Hussein, resigned in May under pressure ...
They think its all ova Bill Grangers Asia-influenced egg recipes
This isn't the prettiest of dishes, but I can guarantee it's one of the most comforting meals you could have. Oddly, the name means mother (the chicken) and child (the egg), which is quite creepy, but not so much that I'd let it get between me and a good meal...4 tbsp mirin 3 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp caster sugar 250ml/8fl oz dashi stock or light chicken stock 1 onion, sliced ...
Japanese rocket launch sends supplies robot to space station
Japan launched a cargo-carrying rocket on Sunday loaded with supplies for the crew of the International SpaceStation, along with a small robot meant as a companion for one of the country's ...
Outbound capital from Asia Pacific into real estate grows steadily.
Continued net flow of capital out of the Americas and Asia Pacific into Europe. The net flow of overseas capital into European commercial real estate in H1 2013 rose by 18 percent y-o-y, to top USD 12 billion with Asia Pacific investors deploying USD5.6 ...
World looking to Asia for economic salvation
Tokyo, Japan. TORONTO - Welcome to the Pacific Century. The world is looking to Asia for its economic salvation -- now, tomorrow and for the next 100 years at least. Canada is looking, too. A little shyly perhaps, with reservations and some constraints attached, but we are interested in the suitor(s) all the same. A new survey by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF) reveals that, ...
Libyas deputy prime minister resigns
BENGHAZI (Reuters) - Libya's deputy prime minister, Awad al-Barasi, resigned on Saturday, saying he was not given enough powers to carry out his ...
Tens of thousands turn out in support of Tunisia government
Supporters of the Islamist Ennahda movement wave flags as they chant slogans during a demonstration in support of the Ennahda government and against calls for its dissolution, outside the Constituent Assembly headquarters in Tunis, August 2, ...
China US Should Insist on Rights Benchmarks in Talks
American officials should approach this interaction acutely aware that people in China who are trying to have exactly the same discussions with the government are being arbitrarily detained and prosecuted. US officials should use this opportunity to do what people in China want: to try their best to hold the Chinese government accountable for its human rights ...
In New York mayor race lesbian candidate struggles to win womens vote
New York mayoral candidate Christine Quinn waves to the crowd while attending the annual Dominican Day Parade in the Bronx, New York July 28, ...
Crisis-hit Tunisia presses hunt for jihadistsTunisias army pressed ahead Saturday with operations against Islamists in a remote mountain range after a deadly ambush on its troops heightened a crisis sparked by a political assassination.
mountain range after a deadly ambush on its troops heightened a crisis sparked by a political assassination. The authorities kept a tight lid on the overland and helicopter raids launched on Friday in ...
Brazil cops jailed for life in 1992 prison massacre caseTwenty-five police officers were sentenced to life in prison on Saturday for their role in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre that left 111 prisoners dead.
prisoners dead. Each officer was sentenced to 624 years in prison for using deadly force to quell a fight among inmates. The court found the officers guilty of killing 52 prisoners. A seven-person jury reached the sentence, which was read out by the presiding judge early on Saturday. The sentence was reached after a week-long trial, the second part of a process broken into four in which 79 ...
Canada to shut Dhaka mission on Sunday
OTTAWA, Province of Ontario: Canada will shutter its mission in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Sunday, a spokesman said, citing security reasons amid global concern over terror threats. The United States has ordered its embassies across the Islamic world to close temporarily, while Germany, Britain and France said they would shut their missions in Yemen for at least two days. Canada said that ...
Happy Holi from Berlin to Britain
Holi in India is one big party. And now the festival has inspired a new generation of clubbers and festival goers across the world to use clouds of coloured powder to turn each other into human rainbows. The idea of Holi-themed parties was the brainchild of German entrepreneur Jasper Hellman who attended a celebration in India in 2011 and took the idea back with him to Berlin, where he organized ...
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