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Asiana pilot 'couldn't see runway' before US crash
The flight crew of the Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 which crash landed at San Francisco Airport couldn't see the runway just seconds earlier, given how far the plane was out of position.
10 July 2013
Australia's Barrier Reef slips into 'poor' health
Australia hailed "solid" progress on water quality at the Great Barrier Reef Wednesday but admitted that overall conditions were now "poor" as it battles UNESCO threats to downgrade its heritage status.
10 July 2013
Japan mob publishes magazine for gangsters: reports
Japan's biggest yakuza organised crime group has published a magazine for its members that includes a poetry page and senior gangsters' fishing diaries.
10 July 2013
Australia switches on telescope to explore universe origins
Australia took a major step towards the ambitious Square Kilometre Array (SKA) astronomy project with the switching on Tuesday of a test telescope to explore the origins of the universe.
10 July 2013
Cambodia's Khmer healers get schooled in ancient art
A lizard dipped in wine may not seem like an obvious asthma remedy, but as Cambodian traditional healers strive to turn their ancient wisdom into a professional industry.
10 July 2013
Author Vikram Seth asked to return $1.7m advance: report
Acclaimed Indian writer Vikram Seth has been asked to return a $1.7-million advance he was paid by his publisher to write a sequel to his 1993 classic "A Suitable Boy".
10 July 2013
Pilots quizzed in San Francisco crash probe
Investigators probing the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco began interviewing cockpit crew of the Boeing 777 amid mounting indications that pilot error may have caused the fatal accident.
10 July 2013
China elephants kill woman and attack police: reports
Wild elephants attacked and killed a woman in southwestern China before chasing police and investigators from the scene.
10 July 2013
Church begins final Philippine birth control battle
A relentless Catholic Church campaign to derail a birth control law in the Philippines begins its final phase at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, with the verdict to have monumental impacts for millions of poor Filipinos.
10 July 2013
Kazakhstan and China exchange economic crime suspects
Kazakhstan and China have exchanged two economic crime suspects.
10 July 2013
Rakhat confectionery plant sells 76% to South Korean Lotte
Kazakhstan confectionery plant Rakhat intends to sell 76 percent of its common shares to South Korean Lotte Confectionery.
09 July 2013
Suspended death for China ex-minister's 'huge' bribery
China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence Monday for "especially huge" bribery.
09 July 2013
Dongfeng, Renault to set up $1.8 bn JV: media
Ambitious Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor and France's Renault may sign a deal this month for an 11 billion yuan ($1.8 billion) joint venture after a decade of talks.
09 July 2013
Asiana says crash pilot was undergoing training
Asiana Airlines said Monday that the pilot in charge when one of its jets crashed in San Francisco at the weekend was still undergoing training for the Boeing 777 he was flying.
09 July 2013
Fiji confirms another 380 UN peacekeepers for Golan
Fiji has announced it will send a further 380 troops to join a UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights, lifting the Pacific nation's contribution to 562.
09 July 2013
Japan broadcasters ban Panasonic 'smart' TV commercial
Japanese broadcasters are refusing to air commercials for Panasonic's new "smart" television, the manufacturer said Monday, amid speculation they feel threatened by its combined TV-Internet function.
08 July 2013
Japan nuclear operators ask for OK on reactor restarts
Japanese utilities on Monday asked regulators for permission to turn on 10 nuclear reactors, a move that could presage a widespread restart of atomic power more than two years after the Fukushima disaster.
08 July 2013
Elderly shoplifters outstrip teenagers in Tokyo
The number of elderly people caught shoplifting in Japan's capital city has outstripped that of teenagers for the first time since records began.
08 July 2013
Two killed as Asiana jet crashes in San Francisco
An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger jet crashed and burst into flames Saturday as it landed short of the runway at San Francisco International Airport, killing two people and injuring 182 others.
07 July 2013
Macau hosts glittering Indian film awards
Romantic comedy 'Barfi!' swept almost all the major gongs, including best picture, at India's answer to the Oscars on Saturday as Bollywood celebrates its centenary.
07 July 2013
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