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Zinc hungry China asks Canada to back giant mine With zinc sources drying up and demand forecast to surge, resource hungry China is looking to Canada to approve two giant mines and close the gap -- but environmentalists and roving caribou stand in the way.

07 January 2013

Thousands flee wildfires in southern Australia Thousands fled wildfires raging on the Australian island of Tasmania, destroying at least 80 properties and leaving unconfirmed reports of one man dying in the blaze.

07 January 2013

US politician hopes for 'positive' Pyongyang trip Former US governor Bill Richardson said Friday he hopes to assess what is happening in North Korea under its new leader Kim Jong-Un during what he hopes will be a "positive" visit.

06 January 2013

Giant rubber duck brings Sydney festival to life A gigantic, bright yellow rubber duck floated into Sydney's Darling Harbour on Saturday as part of the Australian city's annual arts festival, a celebration where high-art meets popular entertainment.

06 January 2013

China 'biggest' nuclear plant construction resumes China has resumed construction on a "fourth generation" nuclear power plant, suspended after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, which will be its biggest-ever nuclear facility.

06 January 2013

Myanmar mediators urge Suu Kyi help in Kachin war Mediators trying to broker a peace deal between the military and ethnic minority rebels in northern Myanmar on Saturday appealed to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to help end the bloody conflict.

06 January 2013

Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane Japan scrambled fighter jets Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing.

06 January 2013

Giant tuna sells for record $1.8 million in Japan A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high set last year.

05 January 2013

Australia warns citizens against fighting in Syria Australians who take part in the fighting in Syria face up to 20 years in jail, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Friday after a Melbourne man was reportedly killed in the conflict.

05 January 2013

US criticizes Google chairman's N. Korea visit The United States on Thursday criticized a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, calling it ill-timed in the wake of Pyongyang's widely condemned rocket launch last month.

05 January 2013

Tennis: Shvedova reached final of Auckland Doubles Shvedova/Goerges duo has confidently won over France-Canadian duo of Julia Coin/Marie-Eve Pelletier in two sets with the score of 6:4, 6:1.

04 January 2013

Powerlifting: Kazakhstan athletes won 13 medals in Asian Championship Kazakhstan's powerlifters from Uralsk Tatyana Zhukova, Aman Kapyshev and Vladimir Shkirman became winners of the tournament.

04 January 2013

Australian scientists discover deep sea corals Australian scientists mapping the Great Barrier Reef have discovered corals at depths never before thought possible, with a deep-sea robot finding specimens in waters nearly as dark as night.

04 January 2013

Drug trials in India 'causing havoc to human life' India's Supreme Court said Thursday that unregulated clinical trials of new drugs were causing "havoc" in the country as it ordered the health ministry to monitor any new applications for tests.

04 January 2013

Starbucks to enter coffee-loving Vietnam Starbucks said Thursday it would open its first store next month in Vietnam, seeking a foothold in the coffee-loving country as part of efforts to expand in Asia.

03 January 2013

An heir for North Korea's Kim Jong-Un? North Korea's next dynastic succession may have been secured, with new TV images of leader Kim Jong-Un's wife suggesting that Pyongyang's first lady recently gave birth.

03 January 2013

China will erect town on Kazakhstan border A district-level town has been established at Alashankou border crossing at Chinese-Kazakhstan border.

03 January 2013

Shvedova made it into semifinal of Auckland WTA ASB Classic-2013 Doubles Yaroslava Shvedova / JuliaGoerges duo won over Julia Beygelzimer / Julia Glushko in the quarter finals of the Auckland tournament.

03 January 2013

Delhi gang-rape suspects to appear in court A gang of men accused of repeatedly raping a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi in a deadly crime that repulsed the nation are to appear in court on Thursday for the first time.

03 January 2013

Singer Rain faces military discipline over love life South Korean pop icon Rain will appear before a disciplinary committee after it emerged he may have flouted military service rules while dating a top actress.

03 January 2013

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