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South Korea seeks talks with North on deadly floods

South Korea proposed on Monday holding talks with the North on preventing flooding from a river flowing across their border that killed six South Koreans last month when the communist state released a surge of water without warning.
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Japan PM asks China for climate commitment

Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, said on Saturday he had asked his Chinese counterpart to make an international commitment on climate change and had been told China would do its best to help forge a global deal. ...
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Murdoch calls on China to open market

Media baron Rupert Murdoch on Friday called on China to follow other Asian nations in opening its media market, and reiterated his recent mantra that people must pay for content from struggling global media companies. ...
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China recovery not yet on solid footing - Xi

China's economic recovery is not yet on a solid footing so the country will carry on with its fiscal stimulus for now, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said on Friday. ...
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Beach "bravado" killing Aussie men, report says

Myths surrounding the bronzed, surf-savvy Aussie may be killing Australian men, who are nine times more likely to drown than women during a seaside trip, a new report says. ...
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North Korea to send nuclear envoy to U.S.-report

A senior North Korean nuclear envoy plans to visit the United States later this month for a trip that could pave the way for restarting dialogue between the two countries, a South Korean broadcaster said on Friday. ...
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Japan's ties and tensions with China, South Korea

Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea meet for a summit in Beijing on Saturday, with new Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama looking to build trust with neighbours whose relations with Tokyo have often been fraught. ...
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New Japan govt faces tough short-term challenges

Japan's three-week-old government faces a rising yen, a central bank looking to unwind some of its financial crisis funding measures and a fiscal time bomb -- all with the economy teetering between recession and modest growth. ...
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Japan new PM seeks to build trust with Beijing, Seoul

Japan's new prime minister will seek to keep periodically fraught ties with China and South Korea on track at weekend summits, avoiding rows that could hurt economic links and pitching his idea of an East Asia regional grouping. ...
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Fetch! Taiwan city pays for dog poo

A city in central Taiwan is offering shopping vouchers to volunteer dog waste collectors in a bid to clean up a perennial problem caused by the large number of stray animals island-wide. ...
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