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January 19, 2012

I know it’s late but it all depends on how you look at it…

2011 is finished and in a couple of days, its year of the Dragon in the Lunar Calendar.

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Typhoon Songda churns towards Tokyo
TOKYO – Typhoon Songda churned northeast along Pacific coasts in southern Japan Sunday, bringing with it heavy rains and staying on course to hit Tokyo as it weakened, weather officials said. It was expected to be downgraded to a depression late Sunday but could still dump torrential rain on the northeast coast, which was devastated [...]
3 killed, 8 injured in China chemical plant blast
BEIJING – Authorities said a blast at a chemical plant in eastern China has killed three people and injured eight others. The government of Zibo city in Shandong province said in a statement Sunday that police were investigating the cause of the explosion at a chemical plant owned by Shandong Baoyuan Chemical Co. Ltd. The [...]
UN experts begin Malaysia rare earths visit
KUALA LUMPUR – A team of UN atomic energy experts began a week-long visit to Malaysia on Sunday to review the safety of a proposed Australian rare earths refinery that has drawn protests. Following public concerns that radioactive waste from the plant could leak out and harm the environment, Malaysia has put the project by [...]
New cooling trouble at Japan nuclear plant
TOKYO – Emergency workers on Sunday restored the cooling system of a reactor which had come to a halt after escaping major damage from the March 11 quake and damage at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. The water pump to cool the reactor and the pool for spent nuclear fuel at the facility’s No. [...]
China to step up fight against plastic addiction
BEIJING – China will expand a ban on free shopping bags, state media said, as it tries to further curb its addiction to plastic in a bid to rid the country of “white pollution” that clogs waterways, farms and fields. Bookstores and pharmacies nationwide will soon be forbidden to give out free plastic bags, joining [...]
Midwives on motorbikes spread sex sense in Cambodia
CHANLOUNG – Sitting in the shade of a large tree and surrounded by a group of women, Cambodian midwife Ly Siyan holds up a colourful poster displaying a range of contraception options. She patiently waits for the giggles to subside when she points to a condom, aware that the two dozen women in the village [...]
More countries accepting gay lifestyle – study
WASHINGTON – The vast majority of countries around the world have become more accepting of homosexuality, with the exception of Russia and other former socialist countries, a new study has found. The report, compiled by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, examined general trends in over 30 countries regarding their attitudes [. […]
Japan PM could face no-confidence motion
TOKYO – Japan’s center-left Prime Minister Naoto Kan, under fire for his handling of the response to the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, faces the threat of a no-confidence motion this week. Although Kan’s opponents have only a slim chance of rallying enough support for a successful motion in the Diet legislature, the [...]

DOLE to graduates: Avoid scams, know ‘right’ recruiters
With this year’s graduates about to seek jobs, the Department of Labor and Employment advised them against falling for illegal recruiters and placement agencies out to fleece them.
Powerful quake hits near Taiwan's second city
A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit near Taiwan's second city of Kaohsiung on Sunday, US seismologists said.
Kundirana ng La Salle, nakalikom ng $4K sa kanilang concert para sa 'Sendong' survivors
Nakalikom ng halos $4,000 ang La Salle Kundirana 2012 para sa mga biktima ng bagyong 'Sendong' (Washi) mula sa kanilang concert na 'Change the World' nitong Pebrero 17 sa Guam.
Report: American Journalist Colvin killed trying to retrieve shoes
American war correspondent Marie Colvin was killed while trying to retrieve her shoes so she could flee an army bombardment in the Syrian city of Homs, her employer The Sunday Times said.
PHL officials in Canada woo young tourists with puto, mango candies
With mango candies and puto as their main attraction, Philippine officials in Canada wooed prospective young students into visiting the Philippines.
ICRC fails to evacuate wounded journalists from Homs
The Red Cross Saturday failed to agree a deal to evacuate wounded Syrians and Western journalists from battered Homs city as regime forces killed dozens more civilians on the eve of a constitutional referendum.
G20 inches toward $2 trillion in rescue funds
Germany is easing its opposition to a bigger European bailout fund, officials said, smoothing the way for the world's leading economies to secure nearly $2 trillion in firepower to prevent further fallout from the euro-zone's sovereign debt crisis.
Get police clearance before leaving KSA, Pinoys reminded
Filipinos in Saudi Arabia were reminded over the weekend to get a Saudi Police Clearance before making their final exit or departure from the Kingdom.

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