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Japan plans to buy back disputed islands: report
Jul 7th, 2012
Japan plans to buy a chain of uninhabited islands at the centre of a fierce territorial dispute with China and Taiwan back from its private owners, a local newspaper reported Saturday. (Source: AFP) -
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) - An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused attention on the textile industry's dismal pay and hazardous working conditions. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK - The dinosaur skeleton that sparked an international custody battle began its journey home today (May 6), as Mongolian officials formally took possession of the fossilized bones of the -like predator during a ceremony held in Manhattan. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican took another step Wednesday to show greater financial transparency by publishing the first annual report from its financial watchdog agency and announcing new regulations to fight money laundering and terror financing. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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