U.S. Senator John McCain concluded his visit Myanmar

 U.S. senator John McCain ended his three-day check out to Myanmar Friday calling for efforts to boost the relationship between the United States along with the Myanmar new government. "There could now be an chance to increase relations between our two countries and I stand ready to play a role in such a process where I may be beneficial," McCain told the press at the American Center in Yangon before his departure. Throughout his check out in Nay Pyi Taw, McCain met with Myanmar Vice President U Tin Aung Myint Oo as well as the two sides discussed on enhancing bilateral relations and cooperation. Friday's official media published remarks of the two sides inside the meeting, in which U Tin Aung Myint Oo said Myanmar maintains not just friendly relations with regional countries, ASEAN...

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Brazil Not determined on IMF candidate

Mexico's candidate for IMF chief, Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens, says he'll push for a lot more power to emerging economies. He made the comments at the start off of a brief tour of Brazil, hoping to win crucial backing for his bid to lead the global lender. Carstens is in Brazil on the third leg of a global tour to drum up support for his candidacy to lead the Washington-based IMF. So far, he's up against French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, who kicked off her own worldwide campaign in Brazil earlier this week. Even though Brazil has been among the loudest voices calling for much more say for emerging markets in global economic affairs, government sources say the country is leaning toward Lagarde because she is seen as having far more clout within the IMF to push by way of reforms. Carstens...

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Japanese Prime Minister Cabinet decided to continue the party rebels

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has decided to keep four cabinet members who submitted their letters of resignation earlier this week saying that they would vote against Kan in a no-confidence vote at parliament, Japanese media reported Friday. Kan told the four of his choice throughout a meeting at the premier's office. The four had been Katsumasa Suzuki, senior vice internal affairs minister, Wakio Mitsui, senior vice transport minister, Shozo Azuma, senior vice minister in the Cabinet Office, and Takeshi Hidaka, parliamentary environment secretary, Kyodo News Agency stated. The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) lawmakers who are close to Kan's rival Ichiro Ozawa challenged Kan on Wednesday, saying they would back a no-confidence motion against the Kan cabinet that was submitted...

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China checks up on DEHP products

China's top quality watchdog has ordered more intensive supervision over food imported from Taiwan, as some toxic drinks have been already found in the mainland market.This small free trade market in Xiamen city, is a major place for cross strait sales exchanges. But many shelves have quickly emptied since the DEHP scandal, and businesses have been affected.Distributor of Xiemen, Fujian province said "The tainted drinks are supposed to be sent back to Taiwan but it might not be feasible. They will have to be destroyed. I think my loss will be compensated by the factory in Taiwan. "A total of ten Taiwan enterprises have so far been banned from exporting to the mainland, including popular names such as Uni-President. The company was found to have exported 200 cases of tainted asparagus juice...

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Commission to start an argument in Pakistan Osama

A Pakistani government's commission, mandated with ascertaining the facts about the presence of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and probing the U.S. unilateral raid that killed the al-Qaida chief, faced controversy before it kicked off the highly important investigation.The five-member commission was to be headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, a Supreme Court judge, and its other members include a retired lieutenant general, a former Supreme Court judge, a former police chief and a former ambassador, the prime minister office said.The commission was constituted on Tuesday some two weeks after the Pakistani parliament approved a unanimous resolution demanding that an independent commission investigate the May 2 U.S. incursion.The U.S. unilateral action to kill Osama bin Laden had sparked a widespread...

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The number of permits for new houses in New Zealand fell by a third in April from the year before

The number of permits for new houses in New Zealand fell by a third in April from the year before, the government statistics agency announced Friday.Just 893 new homes, excluding apartments, were authorized, down 32 percent from April last year, said a statement from Statistics New Zealand.These figures were consistent with the longer-term trend, which showed approvals for new houses had fallen by almost a third since March 2010, but data for recent months showed the rate of decline easing, said the statement."While the overall level of consents is low, with many series still decreasing, there are signs that the decline in residential building consents is easing," business statistics manager Kathy Connolly said."When the volatile apartment numbers are excluded, and after adjusting for seasonal...

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China's credit rating provider, Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd.，downgrades Greece's credit rating

China's credit rating provider, Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. Ltd., announced Friday that it has adjusted its rating for Greece's local and foreign currency sovereign credit from BB to CCC level.The rating agency described the country's credit outlook as "negative" for the next two years while also warning of short-term debt default risks.Dagong said the downgrade reflected the deterioration of the Greek government's debt repayment capability and the difficulty it will have in achieving economic growth in the near future.Greece faces the long and arduous task of reforming the structure of its economy, Dagong said, adding the nation is unlikely to register economic growth in the short-term.A decrease in domestic demand in Greece will drag its economy down by 3.6 percent this year, marking...

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China Mobile to improve the safety of nuclear power plants in Japan after the crisis

The Chinese government, drawing lessons from Japan's recent Fukushima nuclear crisis, is working on nuclear safety planning and conducting more regular safety inspections for nuclear facilities, a senior official said in Beijing on Friday.Vice Minister of Environmental Protection Li Ganjie made the remarks at a press conference, saying the Japanese crisis will certainly have a major impact on countries around the world, including China, in developing nuclear power.Li said nuclear safety awareness and safety standards must be improved. He also called for tightened supervision, more effective emergency response mechanisms, enhanced information disclosure and international cooperation."The Chinese government attaches great importance to the Fukushima nuclear crisis and will learn a lesson from...

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14-year-old girl of Indian origin obtained Spelling Champion

In the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington Township, Pennsylvania Nana Bin 14-year-old girl Sukanya Roy won the championship. Roy won the championship by virtue of the word spell cymotrichous, the word means curls. She received more than $ 40,000 in cash and prizes. 12-year-old girl from Toronto, runner-up Laura Newcombe. She always wanted to be the first Canadian to win the game. Sukanya Roy is the fourth in a row and ninth in 13 years to win the competition of Indian-Americans. The game more than 3 hours long, were broadcast live nationwi...

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Steve Nash with a new girlfriend watch the NBA Finals

NBA Finals continue. Miami Heat American Airlines Center homecontinue to be based, to meet the visiting Mavericks. Finals attracted a great star to join in separate ways, of course,including those who quit early stage of the NBA playoffs, playershave. Core Suns Steve Nash - also came to the American Airlines Center in support of his old teammate Dirk Nowitzki. This time,stay with Steve Nash - around, it was his 22-year-old's rumored girlfriend Brittany - Richardson. Steve Nash - an academic plaid shirt, down playing with a cell phone. The girlfriend then came...

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Windows 8 for the first time in the desktop interface to add the app store link

Has always been of concern to Microsoft's new operating system,Windows 8 preview debut yesterday. In addition to comfort in the user interface and system functions are significantly enhance theoutside, Windows 8 for the first time in the desktop interface to addthe app store link, which means that Microsoft will mimic Apple to launch its own "App Store". Microsoft says Windows 8 final version is expected to be releasedin 2012, but a preview version of its display can also be discerned.Preview, the user interface changed the style of Microsoft in the past 25 years, beginning with a...

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$ 25 annual fee is said to iCloud, pre-trial for free

Apple will launch this year's WWDC conference iCloud services,the possibility of using a free way to promote the early and later for the $ 25 annual fee. WWDC 2011 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference willoccasion of the opening, LATimes on Apple's site revealed more details iCloud services. iCloud service is Apple's cloud computingstrategy for the future core services, Apple's end in North Carolinahas invested heavily to build a world-class data centers. iCloudservice functions and generally is not far off everyone's expectations. iCloud the initial service period, will...

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