Up to two-and-a-half million people have been affected by devastating floods in north-west Pakistan, the International Red Cross has said.
Rescuers are struggling to reach 27,000 people still cut off by the floods, which are the worst in 80 years.
At least 1,100 people have died and thousands have lost everything.
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A Chinese defense official is criticizing the United States for taking an interest in a South China Sea dispute for the second time this week.
Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said Friday that remarks last week by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were an unwelcome attempt at the “internationalization” of a territorial issue involving the Spratly and Paracel chains. China’s foreign ministry made similar remarks earlier this week.
Continue reading China Renews Criticism of US Over China Sea Dispute
Vietnam has turned down a request to scatter the ashes of a French war veteran at the site of a battle which helped end colonial rule by France.
General Marcel Bigeard, one of France’s most decorated soldiers, who died last month, reportedly asked to rejoin his fallen comrades.
But a Vietnamese official is quoted as saying this would “create a precedent”.
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By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) — Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communications has cut off overnight public Internet access in businesses and banned advertisements of online games pending new regulations amid a public outcry over the games’ influence on youth, the state-run news agency reported.
The move also temporarily stopped the licensing of online games. Vietnamese officials announced the decision Tuesday and said it would remain in effect until the end of the year.
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VietNamNet Bridge – Ho Vinh Hoang, 29, and his robots, manufactured by his Robot Tosy company, have astonished experts from developed countries at the largest automation exhibition, Automatica, in Germany.
Local robots make good at Tokyo expo
Ping-pong robot catches global eye
Vietnamese robot to come to int’l toy fair
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| Robot TOPIO Dio at Automatica 2010 in Germany. |
North Korea says it will use its “nuclear deterrent” in response to joint US-South Korean military exercises this weekend.
Pyongyang was ready to launch a “retaliatory sacred war” at any time, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Washington and Seoul say the war games are to deter North Korean aggression.
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