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Yaping Wang: The myths surrounding the EU and China

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

The EU China summit has been postponed, but when it does take place, the summit will take place against a backdrop of worries. While such events might seem unrelated, they feed into three myths about EU-China relations that should form the basis of discussions at the summit.

Flooding shuts airport in Bangkok

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Advancing floodwaters yesterday shut down commercial flights at Bangkok's second airport, which also housed the country's flood-relief headquarters.

Australia: Sri Lanka war crimes case fails

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

The Australian government has vetoed an attempt to bring a private war crimes prosecution against the Sri Lankan President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, while he visits the country this week.

Polio on the verge of being wiped out, says minister

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

India has not had a new case of polio in nine months, raising hopes the country is on the verge of defeating the disease, health officials said yesterday.

Mixed messages over flood threat to Bangkok

Monday, 24 October 2011

The threat of floods inundating Thailand's capital could ease by early next month as record-high water levels in the river carrying torrents downstream from the country's north begin to decline, officials said yesterday.

Bhutto matriarch, 82, dies in Dubai

Monday, 24 October 2011

Begum Nusrat Bhutto, whose husband and daughter both served as Prime Minister of Pakistan, has died in Dubai after a long illness, it emerged yesterday. She was 82.

India bridge collapse death toll rises to 31

Sunday, 23 October 2011

Officials say the death toll has risen to 31 in the collapse of a wooden bridge in the northeastern Indian district of Darjeeling.

Has China lost its humanity?

Saturday, 22 October 2011

The death of Yue Yue has provoked a bout of anguished soul-searching. Has Beijing's obsession with growth created a people devoid of empathy? Clifford Coonan reports

Thailand flooding could 'last weeks'

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Thailand's catastrophic floods may take up to six weeks to recede, the prime minister said today, as the human toll from the crisis rose to 356 dead and more than 110,000 displaced.

Bangkok residents told to evacuate

Saturday, 22 October 2011

The Prime Minister urged Bangkok residents to get ready to move their belongings to higher ground as the country's worst floods in 50 years began seeping into the capital's outer districts yesterday.

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