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HK smog triggers
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HONG KONG: Air pollution here hit dangerous levels on
Wednesday as a row broke out over a carbon emissions trading plan
with China that is aimed at improving the region’s chronically
poor air quality.
Smog from vehicles and power
plants in the area nudged pollution monitors into the “very
high” level, triggering an automatic health warning.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Seoul wants
written accord with N. Korea
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SEOUL: South Korea wants a
binding written agreement to emerge from next week’s six-nation
talks on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
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Australian firm
successfully tests bird-flu vaccine
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SYDNEY: Australian pharmaceutical
company CSL Ltd. said on Wednesday it had successfully tested its
bird-flu vaccine on adults and was ready to supply the drug if a
pandemic were to hit the country.
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Myanmar government
opens new auction of jade, gems
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YANGON, Myanmar: The military
government here has opened its latest auction of jade and gems,
attracting hundreds of buyers seeking to tap into the country’s
natural wealth.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian
rescuers are searching for an oil-rig worker missing after a
helicopter crash off the coast of Borneo, while nine others plucked
from the sea were being treated in hospital.
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