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June 16, 2014

Chinese premier hopes to 'change misperceptions' on UK trip
London (AFP) June 15, 2014
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to Britain on Monday, hoping to "change misperceptions" about his country and improve diplomatic relations with London. Relations between the two countries remained frozen for more than a year due to a row over Tibet, but Li said the visit, which will include a meeting with Queen Elizabeth II, would help to "deepen co-operation in various fields". Writing in the London Times, the number two leader of China's ruling Communist Party said his trip ... read more

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				Australia, Malaysia outline next stage of MH370 search Australia on Tuesday said it had chosen a Dutch firm to help it map the Indian Ocean floor as the search for missing flight MH370 heads deeper under water. ... more		Delhi heatwave prompts crisis measures to save power The New Delhi government was cutting power at shopping malls and turning off street lights as the mercury soared to avoid a repeat of a power crisis two years ago, an official said Monday. ... more

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India searches for students washed away in river surge Rescuers found five bodies Monday and were searching for 20 more people feared dead in northern India after they were swept away by a sudden surge of water released from a dam, officials said. ... more		India monsoon advances as heatwave bakes north India's monsoon, dubbed an "economic lifeline", advanced along the southern coast Saturday after arriving nearly a week late as a heatwave baked the north, causing blackouts in the power-starved country. ... more		Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution EU says ready to sign defence and security pact with India		New Indian PM to visit Japan in boost for Abe India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely visit Japan next month, the foreign ministry said Friday, in a boost for Tokyo as it looks to shore up regional alliances and counter an increasingly assertive China. ... more
				China, India are 'natural partners', envoy tells Modi China's top diplomat told India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday that the nuclear-armed neighbours should regard themselves as "natural partners" rather than rivals as they held talks in New Delhi. ... more		India nuclear reactor attains 'full capacity' The first reactor of India's largest nuclear plant - dogged by protests and multiple delays - reached full capacity for the first time Saturday, an official said. ... more

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Rivals India and China hold first major talks since Modi win Rival giants India and China appeared Sunday to have got off to a "productive beginning" in resetting their frosty ties after the first-high level meeting since hardline nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi took charge. ... more		Pakistan: Decline and fall? Pakistan's Taliban - known as TTP - are facing a major army offensive against the wishes of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz, as he is known (Sharif is as common as Smith in the U.S.) then took off for an unprecedented summit meeting in Delhi with the freshly elected new Indian Prime Minister Narendra D. Modi. ... more		Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row China's birth rate falls to lowest on record Chile police arrest suspect over deadly wildfires		Tibet leaders slam China 'repression' in new autonomy push The leader of Tibet's exiled government accused China Thursday of blanket repression in his homeland and warned that resentment over its rule was growing as he launched a new campaign for autonomy. ... more
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	Last original Navajo Code Talker dies Chester Nez, the last of 29 Navajo Indians who helped create a code used during World War II and never broken by the Axis Powers, died Wednesday. He was 93. ... more		The 'Sherlock Holmes' of Himalayan mountaineering When a deadly avalanche hit Mount Everest last April, reporters made a beeline for 90-year-old Elizabeth Hawley, the woman Edmund Hillary once called "the Sherlock Holmes of the mountaineering world". ... more

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