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CNN.com - Asia
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Suicide blast targets police at Pakistan rally
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 12:01pm EDT
An explosion killed at least 10 Pakistani police officers Sunday in Islamabad, near a rally marking the first anniversary of the government's raid of the Red Mosque, a police official said. -
Karzai orders probe into deadly U.S. strike
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 10:37am EDT
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an inquiry into allegations that 15 civilians were killed in a U.S. military strike targeting militants. -
Bush: Olympic boycott would insult Chinese
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 8:17am EDT
U.S. President George W. Bush defends his decision to attend next month's Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, saying that to do otherwise "would be an affront to the Chinese people." -
Serial killer 'the Serpent' engaged to marry
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 3:35am EDT
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Thousands in Malaysia protest fuel prices
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 3:02am EDT
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Thai Museum at Angkor Raises Ire in Cambodia
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:28am EDT by By ROBERT TURNBULL
With few artifacts remaining at the site of the Angkor temples, a Thai company’s new museum there is being criticized for everything from politics to its displays.
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A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. Mainland
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:21am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
As Taiwan’s athletes prepare for the Olympics, its officials fear that China will use the Games for political purposes.
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On Film, a Monk’s Passion and Protest
Posted: July 6th, 2008, 1:01am EDT by By DANIEL E. SLOTNIK
With the help of a New York-based producer, a documentary profiling the life of Palden Gyatso, a 77-year- old former political prisoner in China, will open in August.
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50,000 S. Koreans protest 'unsafe' U.S. beef
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 9:21pm EDT
Tens of thousands of South Koreans demonstrate on the streets of the capital to protest the government's decision to import what they say is unsafe U.S. beef.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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India Leader Swaps Allies in Push for Nuclear Pact
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 5:26pm EDT by By HEATHER TIMMONS and SOMINI SENGUPTA
India’s governing Congress Party has swapped coalition allies in a last-ditch effort to push through a nuclear deal with the United States.
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Teaching Baseball as Second Language in China
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 6:49am EDT by By JULIET MACUR
Major League Baseball, hoping to build Chinese interest in the sport, is providing coaches for the national team.
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The Saturday Profile: Frontier Years Give Might to Ex-Guerrilla’s Words
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 4:05am EDT by By JANE PERLEZ
Ahmed Rashid at home in Lahore, Pakistan. An expert on the Taliban, Mr. Rashid has turned out to be something of a prophet in the region, but mostly of the Cassandra type.
CNN.com - Asia
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Pakistan: Proliferation case 'closed'
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 3:34am EDT
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U.S. at Odds With Afghans on Airstrike
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:11am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The American military said that its airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit two vehicles carrying insurgents, while a provincial governor said that civilians had been killed.
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Hong Kong lawmaker barred from quake zone
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:08am EDT
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World Briefing | Asia: India: Dispute Over Kashmir Shrine Provokes More Killings and Curfew
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:05am EDT by By REUTERS
The authorities imposed a curfew after more violence erupted among Hindus, Muslims and the police over a land dispute involving a Hindu shrine in India-controlled Kashmir.
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World Briefing | Asia: North Korea: Foreign Quid Wanted Before Providing the Nuclear Quo
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 1:05am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
North Korea said it would move to the next phase of the denuclearization process only when it has been awarded all the energy and political benefits it had been promised.
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Pakistani Says Army Knew Atomic Parts Were Shipped
Posted: July 5th, 2008, 12:56am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Abdul Qadeer Khan, the architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program, said that his country gave centrifuges to North Korea in a 2000 shipment supervised by the army.
CNN.com - Asia
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Afghanistan: Airstrikes kill civilians
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 11:38pm EDT
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NYT > Movie Reviews
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Arts, Briefly: Lost and Found
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 10:56pm EDT by Compiled by PATRICIA COHEN
Lost scenes from the classic 1927 silent film “Metropolis” were shown for the first time in decades, The Associated Press reported.
CNN.com - Asia
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Historic China-Taiwan flights begin
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 8:38pm EDT
The first regular charter flights between China's mainland and Taiwan began Friday in a sign of warming relations between Beijing and Taipei. -
Tibetans attempt to storm Chinese Embassy
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:36pm EDT
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Faked tiger photo sparks Web furor
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:23pm EDT
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Musharraf accused of N. Korea nuke deal
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:59pm EDT
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Tunguska blast still a mystery 100 years on
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 10:17am EDT
It produced a blast hundreds of times stronger than the Hiroshima bomb, was seen hundreds of miles away and narrowly missed obliterating an entire city -- but 100 years to the week after the mysterious explosion in Siberia, no one is any closer to understanding what caused it. -
Stealing ideas from nature
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 10:01am EDT
When self-confessed "nature nerd" Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in a book she published a decade ago, little did she know it would make her a household name, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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9 Terrorism Suspects Detained in Indonesia After a Raid Uncovers Bombs
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 4:01am EDT by By PETER GELLING
Indonesian police transferred nine suspected terrorists, bound and wearing black hoods, to Jakarta after their arrest in southern Sumatra.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Chief May Be Fired Over Unrest
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:22am EDT by By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
The police chief whose inquiry into a schoolgirl’s death set off riots in southwest China may be fired, the state-run news agency Xinhua said.
CNN.com - Asia
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Ferry sinking kills 38 in Myanmar
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:17am EDT
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Japan Sees a Chance to Promote Its Energy-Frugal Ways
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:09am EDT by By MARTIN FACKLER
Japan’s single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates to the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.
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Books of The Times: A Broken Body in Shiny, New China
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:08am EDT by By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
In Ma Jian’s novel, a man with a broken body confronts a shiny, new China.
CNN.com - Asia
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Gunmen kill 8 police in southern Afghanistan
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 1:04am EDT
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Two officials sacked in China after riot
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:37am EDT
Two officials in southwestern China have been replaced for "severe malfeasance" after a protest involving about 30,000 people descended into a riot, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Flights Begin From China to Taiwan
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By JONATHAN ADAMS
The flights, the latest breakthrough in warming cross-strait relations, mark the first time that “ordinary” Chinese citizens will be allowed to visit Taiwan as tourists.
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Bush to Attend Opening Ceremony in Beijing
Posted: July 4th, 2008, 12:17am EDT by By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
The president’s decision was fraught with international symbolism that quickly drew criticism from advocates for human rights.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Film: The ‘Mamma Mia!’ Factor, Times Three
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:20pm EDT by By SYLVIANE GOLD
“Mamma Mia!” comes to loud and flashy life on the big screen.
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Movie Review | 'Gonzo': Beyond Fear and Loathing
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:11pm EDT by By A. O. SCOTT
“Gonzo” is a fascinating history lesson and a bit of a cautionary tale about how fame can turn into the scourge of talent.
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Movie Review | 'Kabluey': Land of the Meek, and Home of the Deeply Blue
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:09pm EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Kabluey” is a bittersweet indie comedy whose hapless protagonist spends a good part of the movie waddling along the side of a highway in a blue foam-rubber suit.
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Film: Elves and Killer Beanstalks From Director’s Personal ‘Hell’
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:52pm EDT by By DAVE ITZKOFF
The beasts of “Hellboy II” began as drawings in Guillermo del Toro’s visual diary. The director offers a peek into that world.
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Movie Review | 'Diminished Capacity': A Tale of Two Minds, Spinning Out of Control
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:42pm EDT by By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Diminished Capacity” touches earnestly on heart-heavy issues of loss: loss of memory, of love and, perhaps because of the local angle, of (or rather by) the Chicago Cubs.
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Movie Review | 'Holding Trevor': Desperately Seeking Sex and Identity, With Snark
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:41pm EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Holding Trevor,” a portrait of 20-something gay men and their straight friends, is a joyless exploration of middle-class deadbeats.
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Movie Review | 'Very Young Girls': Children Without Childhoods
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:40pm EDT by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Notwithstanding the coyly suggestive title, “Very Young Girls” is very far from exploitative.
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Movie Review | 'We Are Together': The Gifts That Song Can Bring
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 10:39pm EDT by By NATHAN LEE
“We Are Together” is another feel-good documentary about a feel-bad topic: the bright-eyed, golden-voiced children of Agape, an orphanage in South Africa.
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Displaced and Adrift in Los Angeles
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:19pm EDT by By DENNIS LIM
“The Exiles,” a film about American Indians living on the edge of downtown Los Angeles in the 1950s, is both a chronicle and a casualty of neglect.
CNN.com - Asia
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China-Taiwan flight arrives in Taipei
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:21pm EDT
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CNN.com - Technology
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Judge orders YouTube to reveal its viewers
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 5:53pm EDT
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Baby 'for sale' on eBay returns home
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 5:07pm EDT
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Create new agency to study planet, group says
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 3:05pm EDT
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Police: Text us your crime tips
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 1:30pm EDT
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NYT > Asia Pacific
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9 Terrorism Suspects Held in Indonesia
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:53am EDT by By PETER GELLING
Indonesian police transferred nine suspected terrorists, bound and wearing black hoods, to Jakarta after their arrest in southern Sumatra.
CNN.com - Technology
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Microsoft may refresh Yahoo bid
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:42am EDT
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Singapore: On track for F1 night race
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:39am EDT
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China Agrees to More Talks on Tibet
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 11:35am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
Tibetan envoys left Beijing on Thursday after two days of private meetings with a pledge for more talks.
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Indonesia: 12 arrested over tourist plot
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 9:54am EDT
Indonesian police have arrested 12 suspected militants who were planning to attack an area frequented by tourists, authorities say. -
New Zealand man sells his soul to 'Hell'
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 8:27am EDT
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Pop princess Kylie receives royal award
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 7:19am EDT
Pop princess Kylie Minogue mingled with true royalty when she went to Buckingham Palace to receive an award from Prince Charles. -
Mongolia calm after election riots
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 5:52am EDT
Calm returned to the Mongolian capital Thursday after a post-election political rally descended into violence. -
China bans 2nd Olympic athlete
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 4:10am EDT
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Crew Survives Attack on Helicopter in Afghanistan
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By REUTERS
The United States military said there were no serious injuries when the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter was brought down south of Afghanistan’s capital.
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Mongolia Enforces Martial Law in Capital Amid Political Unrest
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
Armed soldiers enforced martial law on the streets of Mongolia’s capital on Wednesday, a day after five people were killed as hundreds angered by election results rioted.
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Nibutani Journal: Recognition for a People Who Faded as Japan Grew
Posted: July 3rd, 2008, 12:17am EDT by By NORIMITSU ONISHI
Only a few weeks ago the Japanese government finally, and unexpectedly, recognized the Ainu, who live on Japan’s northernmost island, as an “indigenous people.”
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China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 11:41pm EDT by By SCOTT SHANE
An interrogation class at Guantánamo Bay was based on a 1957 study of Chinese Communist techniques used to obtain confessions, often false, from U.S. prisoners.
CNN.com - Asia
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Indian truckers strike over fuel prices
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:54pm EDT
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Front Row: ‘India,’ the Guru Chants
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:43pm EDT by By GUY TREBAY
Western luxury brands were restricted to selling their goods in stores in the lobbies of high-end hotels, but that will change next month.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Movie Review | 'The Wackness': Summer of ’94, With Boy, Girl, Love and Dope Sales
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:55pm EDT by By A. O. SCOTT
“The Wackness” makes a good-faith effort to steer clear of coming-of-age story clichés, and succeeds and fails in roughly equal measure.
CNN.com - Technology
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Broadband Internet? No thanks
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 4:03pm EDT
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Military Death Toll Rises in Afghanistan
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:11am EDT by By MARK MAZZETTI
The latest data on combat deaths suggests that the Taliban have reclaimed some parts of Afghanistan.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Movie Review | 'Tell No One': Snared in a Dark Labyrinth When His Wife Disappears
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 10:08am EDT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Guillaume Canet’s delicious contemporary thriller “Tell No One” is “Vertigo” meets “The Fugitive” by way of “The Big Sleep.” That is meant as high praise.
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State of emergency declared in Mongolia
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 9:53am EDT
President of Mongolia Nambaryn Enkhbayar has declared a state of emergency in the capital after a post-election political rally descended into violence.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Memo From Beijing: Quake Revealed Deficiencies of China’s Military
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 7:12am EDT by By JAKE HOOKER
China’s deployment of its armed forces to the May earthquake got good marks for public relations, but the effort left some veteran P.L.A.-watchers underwhelmed.
CNN.com - Asia
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S. Korean auto workers strike over U.S. beef
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 5:22am EDT
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Irina Baronova, Ballet Star, Dies at 89
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 3:41am EDT by By ANNA KISSELGOFF
Ms. Baronova was an international ballet star and one of three celebrated prodigies known as the “baby ballerinas” after George Balanchine discovered them in the 1930s.
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World Briefing | Asia: Kashmir: Protests Halt a Land Deal, Leading to Another Round of Unrest
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 1:54am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials abandoned a controversial plan to transfer land to a Hindu shrine in Indian-held Kashmir, which has a Muslim majority.
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China Blocks U.S. Legislators’ Meeting
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 12:34am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
Two United States congressmen were barred by Chinese security officials from meeting with a group of Chinese human rights lawyers.
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China Resumes Negotiations With Envoys of Dalai Lama
Posted: July 2nd, 2008, 12:17am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
Chinese officials and senior envoys of the Dalai Lama opened their latest round of negotiations over Tibet.
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U.N. Warns of Food and Security Crises in Afghanistan
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:18pm EDT by By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
Afghanistan’s worsening conditions resulted partly from the global surge in food prices and the effects of a drought that has affected major food-producing areas.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: Keeping a Plague Out of Beijing
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:09pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More than 33,000 exterminators have been sent to battle a locust infestation in northern China, according to Xinhua news agency.
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World Briefing | Asia: Mongolia: State of Emergency Declared in Capital
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 11:08pm EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Nambaryn Enkhbayar declared a state of emergency in the capital after protesters ransacked the headquarters of the ruling political party.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Movie Review | 'Hancock': Able to Leap Tall Buildings, Even if Hung Over
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 9:50pm EDT by By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Hancock” makes for one unexpectedly satisfying and kinky addition to Hollywood’s superhero chronicles.
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This Film Will Be Back, Strike or No Strike
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 9:48pm EDT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
The movie “Terminator Salvation,” the latest in the franchise, boldly takes its chances in the face of labor unrest.
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Man slays 5 officers, sets fire at police station
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 7:09am EDT
A man wielding a knife broke into a Shanghai-area police station Tuesday, killing five police officers and injuring four others, authorities said. -
Row over Australia's pope protest law
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 6:51am EDT
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Anwar rallies support against sodomy claims
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 5:50am EDT
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has reacted strongly to sodomy accusations, filing a complaint against the police chief and the attorney general and planning a public rally. -
China: Riots force new teen death probe
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 5:30am EDT
Authorities in southwestern China are reopening their investigation into the death of a teenage girl, following violent demonstrations over how it was handled, state-run media reported Tuesday. -
Dalai Lama envoys, China to meet in Beijing
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 3:35am EDT
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Bits: ‘Wall-E’: An Homage to Mr. Jobs
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:53am EDT by By DAMON DARLIN
“Wall-E,” the Pixar movie, is chock-full of references to Apple products. Perhaps that’s because Steven P. Jobs, the chief executive of Apple, used to own Pixar.
NYT > Asia Pacific
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Evidence Faulted in Detainee Case
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:38am EDT by By WILLIAM GLABERSON
The text of a decision shows some derision for the Bush administration’s arguments in the case of a detainee held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for more than six years.
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To Save Olympic Sailing Races, China Fights Algae
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:33am EDT by By JIM YARDLEY
In the city of Qingdao, thousands of people are mobilized to clean up an algal bloom choking the coastline and threatening to impede the competition.
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South Korea Cracks Down on Protesters
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 1:28am EDT by By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The South Korean police raided the offices of two protest groups on Monday and arrested 18 activists trying to block the distribution of American beef.
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Blast Hits Pakistan Militants’ Post
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:37am EDT by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The explosion came during the third day of an offensive by Pakistani paramilitary forces in the Khyber agency, which is adjacent to Peshawar.
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India Leader Struggles to Complete Nuclear Deal
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:32am EDT by By SOMINI SENGUPTA
The agreement, which would give India access to fuel and technology for nuclear power plants, has floundered for several months because of political opposition.
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World Brief | Asia: Taiwan: News Media Access Eased
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:24am EDT by By EDWARD WONG
The Taiwanese government announced that it was relaxing rules limiting the access of journalists from mainland China to Taiwan.
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North Korea to Widen Access for Aid Workers; U.S. Ship Arrives
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:19am EDT by By CHOE SANG-HUN
North Korea agreed to give international aid workers unprecedented access to its hunger-stricken territory.
NYT > Movie Reviews
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Redford Is to Keep His Mark on Sundance Channel
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:18am EDT by By JACQUES STEINBERG
Mr. Redford is also working with the new owner on efforts to bring more documentaries to the cable channel, which specializes in independent films.
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Advertising: The Force Lives On, as Do the Toys
Posted: July 1st, 2008, 12:16am EDT by By DOUGLAS QUENQUA
The retailer Toys “R” Us is counting down to July 26, when it begins selling toys from the latest “Star Wars” film, “The Clone Wars,” an animated movie that opens in August.
