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Women's affairs official in Afghanistan murdered by car bomb

July 13, 2012 11:08
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Afghan women's fight for equal rights was dealt another major blow Friday by the bloody car bomb death of a regional head of women's affairs, Reuters reported.

Cambodia mystery disease "solved," health experts say

July 11, 2012 14:29
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The cause of Cambodia's deadly "mystery" disease has been found by health experts, CNN reported today. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Cambodian Ministry of Health allegedly have determined that the culprit is a combination of pathogens: enterovirus 71, streptococcus suis and dengue fever.

Online videos in China will be subject to more censorship, government regulators say

July 11, 2012 10:48
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China's infamous Internet censorship is getting worse, and now popular online TV shows are feeling the heat. According to a BBC report, Chinese video websites must pre-screen and censor all original online content - or face the consequences.
March 9, 2012 05:44
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BMW says: Thank you, China

Massive rise in company's profits thanks to China sales
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You think China is the world's workshop (or sweatshop, if you're manufacturing Apple products)?

Well, when it comes to luxury goods, Europe is the world's workshop.

Nothing proves the symbiotic relationship between China's rapidly growing upper-echelon consumer demand and Europe's luxury goods industries than sales figures released yesterday by BMW.

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Google, Facebook take down 'offensive' India content

Luke BrowneFebruary 6, 2012 11:23
The California-based Internet giants are among 22 companies, including Yahoo! and Orkut, who have come under intense Indian government pressure to remove images, video or text considered “anti-religious” or “anti-social.”
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