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• Israel plans overland Asia-Europe train route

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  JERUSALEM: Israels government on Sunday began examining a plan for a rail link between its Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, offering a new route for Europe-Asia trade that could compete with the Suez Canal.
  2 hours ago

• Golf: Rock rolls as Woods comes up short

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  ABU DHABI: Unheralded Englishman Robert Rock won the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship here on Sunday to deny Tiger Woods the win he was seeking to end a two-year winless drought in full tournaments.
  2 hours ago

• Israel proposed "impossible" borders: Palestinians

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Israel laid out a vision for an "impossible" border during exploratory talks with the Palestinians in Amman this month, a Palestinian official told AFP on Sunday.
  3 hours ago

• Football: Man City refused Carroll-Tevez switch

  
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  LONDON: Manchester City refused an offer from Liverpool that would have seen unsettled Argentinian forward Carlos Tevez move to Anfield in a straight swap for misfiring Reds striker Andy Carroll, reports said Sunday.
  4 hours ago

• China calls for calm after Philippine offer to US

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  BEIJING: China on Sunday called for greater efforts towards "peace and stability" in the region, after the Philippines offered to allow more US troops on its territory.
  4 hours ago

• Boko Haram rejects talks, threatens fresh attacks

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  KANO, Nigeria: Nigerias Boko Haram Islamists have ruled out talks with the government and threatened new attacks in Africas most populous country, rocked by an insurgency that has killed more than 200 already this year.
  4 hours ago

• Iran hosts IAEA, lashes out over oil sanctions

  
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  TEHRAN: IAEA officials began a three-day visit to Iran on Sunday to discuss the Islamic republics suspect nuclear programme, amid a backlash by furious Iranian lawmakers at a looming EU oil embargo.
  4 hours ago

• Sudan rebels say they captured 29 Chinese workers

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  KHARTOUM: Rebels in Sudans South Kordofan state have captured 29 Chinese workers after a battle with government forces, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Sunday.
  5 hours ago

• Finance veteran to be Taiwans next premier: report

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has picked a former top financial regulator as his next premier, the state news agency and several other media reported over the weekend.
  7 hours ago

• Tie-up with NYSE Euronext not vital for Deutsche Boerse

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  FRANKFURT: The proposed merger of Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext -- which now looks almost certain to fail -- is not vital for the German companys survival, say analysts and industry experts.
  7 hours ago

• Indonesian storm death toll rises to 14

  
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  JAKARTA: The death toll from heavy rains and strong winds in Indonesia has risen to 14, an official said Sunday, with the victims of a tropical cyclone crushed by falling trees.
  7 hours ago

• Golf: Woods in pole position in Abu Dhabi

  
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  ABU DHABI: Tiger Woods was poised to win his first full tournament in over two years at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship on Sunday.
  7 hours ago

• Tennis: Azarenka thrashes Sharapova in Open final

  
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  MELBOURNE: Victoria Azarenka won her first grand slam title and became the new world number one when she thrashed a disappointing Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final on Saturday.
  1 day ago

• UN split on Syria action even as killings spike

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  DAMASCUS: A new Arab and European bid to secure UN action over Syrias crackdown on dissent hit immediate Russian opposition even as the death toll spiked, with activists reporting 120 people killed in two days.
  1 day ago

• Voting begins as Indias ruling party face poll tests

  
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  NEW DELHI: Voters cast ballots in the Indian state of Manipur on Saturday, kicking off a string of five local elections that are seen as a mini-referendum on the embattled national governments performance.
  1 day ago

• Indonesia revokes gold mining permit amid violence

  
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  JAKARTA: Indonesia on Saturday revoked a gold mining exploration permit granted to an Australian miner following a series of violent protests against the project left two dead last month, reports said.
  1 day ago

• Protest against greater US role in Philippines

  
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  MANILA: Philippine activists picketed the US embassy on Saturday and burned a cardboard American flag and mock stealth bomber, vowing to launch a campaign opposing a plan to allow more US troops in the country.
  1 day ago

• ‘Rogue’ marshal sounds alarm

  
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  A LONG-SERVING air marshal is taking legal action against the Australian Federal Police alleging he was victimised after raising security concerns about Qantas flights. Tyrone Crosse was employed in the wake of the September 2001 US terrorist attacks as part of a federal government program placing officers armed with ...
  1 day ago

• Japan telecom bosses take pay cuts for system woes

  
  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News — Authority: 676
  TOKYO: The president and five other top executives of Japans biggest mobile phone operator will take pay cuts to apologise for a series of network troubles, NTT DoCoMo said on Friday.
  2 days ago

• Football: Koreas 2002 World Cup hero Ahn to retire

  
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  SEOUL: South Korean footballer Ahn Jung-Hwan, famous for his dramatic goal in the 2002 World Cup, will retire next week, his agency said on Friday.
  2 days ago

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