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Read More →Study pinpoints likely site of next big China quake
It is impossible to predict when the next big earthquake will hit, but researchers said Thursday they have a good idea of where in China such a temblor is likely. The hot zone is a 60-kilometer (37-mile) segment of the Longmenshan fault which divides the Tibetan Plateau from the Sichuan Basin in southwestern China, said the study in the journal Seismological Research Letters. Such a quake could be as large as a magnitude 7, based on the amount of accumulated stress in the fault, it said. However, a risk assessment map produced by the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program “shows the entire Longmenshan fault zone as being relatively safe,” the study noted.
China loans Pakistan $6.5 bn for nuclear plants
China has agreed to lend Pakistan $6.5 billion to help build nuclear power stations including a 2,200-megawatt plant in Karachi, as Beijing increases its involvement in the cash-strapped country. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the package at a b…
Read More →Passengers rescued from icebound Antarctic ship
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the operation Thursday. A helicopter carried the…
Read More →‘Saturday Night Live’ comes to China’s Internet
BEIJING (AP) — A popular online video site is bringing the irreverent, topical humor of “Saturday Night Live” to China.
China envoy compares Japanese militarism to Voldemort
China’s ambassador to Britain has invoked Lord Voldemort, the villain of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series, in a diplomatic standoff between Beijing and Tokyo over the Japanese prime minister’s visit to a controversial war shrine. “In the Harry Potter story, the dark wizard Voldemort dies because the seven horcruxes, which contain parts of his soul, have been destroyed,” ambassador Liu Xiaoming wrote Wednesday in an op-ed in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
Fox meat makes an ass of Wal-Mart’s China donkey product
Global retail giant Wal-Mart Stores has recalled a donkey meat product from some Chinese stores after tests found traces of other animals’ DNA, the company said Thursday, after authorities said it contained fox meat. The company would also independently DNA test all of its “high risk” meats in China, a procedure which is not required by retailers under Chinese food laws, the spokeswoman said. Wal-Mart would also cooperate with food officials in the eastern province of Shandong with their probe into the “adulteration incident”, said a statement posted on Sina Weibo, a Chinese Twitter equivalent. The Shandong Food and Drug Administration had previously said the “Five Spice Donkey Meat” product contained fox.
South Sudan fighting continues ahead of Ethiopia talks
Fighting is continuing unabated in South Sudan as the two sides prepare to begin peace talks in Ethiopia. A South Sudanese army spokesman told the BBC that clashes are continuing in Bor and parts of Unity state. Both the government and rebels have sent negotiating teams to the Ethiopian capital. So far the rebels have refused to end hostilities ahead of the talks. Aid agencies say supplies are urgently needed for the many thousands of people forced to flee their homes. Conditions have deteriorated in Awerial refugee camp on the banks of the Nile – now home to some 75,000 people who have fled the fighting in nearby Bor, the capital of Jonglei state, now in rebel hands. “There is no clean…
Read More →Israel raids on West Bank homes condemned
Human rights groups have reported a rise in Israeli military training exercises being held in Palestinian towns and villages. Israel was condemned by the groups on Thursday, after reports of soldiers taking up positions in Palestinians homes durin…
Read More →S. Sudan govt, rebels set for ceasefire talks
JUBA: South Sudan’s warring parties were on Wednesday set to begin peace talks aimed at bringing an end to a nearly three-week-old civil war that has already left thousands dead. Government and rebel officials confirmed their negotiating teams were either on their way or in the Ethiopian capital, and diplomats said they expected formal talks on a…
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