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Australia eyes Buddha and baccarat to lure Chinese tourists
ReutersBy Jane Wardell SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australia's coastal Wyong region outside Sydney, a pretty stretch of pristine beaches and wildlife-filled wetlands, isn't high on the travel agenda of most Chinese tourists. But the local mayor and a Chinese...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Beijing (China), Lifestyle and Leisure, Landforms, China
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United flight disrupted after passenger screams, 'You've all been poisoned'
Tribune staff and wire reportsNEWARK, N.J. -- The FBI and law enforcement officials met a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport Monday after a passenger became disruptive during a nearly 15-hour flight, yelling that everyone on board had been poisoned. "We're all being...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Justice System, Tina Susman
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Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent — even though they are authorized in secret. "It is transparent," Obama...
Tags: Civil Rights, Dick Cheney, The Washington Post, National Government, Dianne Feinstein
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FBI rushes to Newark airport after passenger says poison on plane
ReutersNEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A passenger who screamed that he had poison aboard a plane that was headed for New Jersey's Newark airport on Monday was taken into custody by FBI agents when the plane landed, law enforcement officials said. United...Tags: United Air Lines, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, FBI, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Police Investigations
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Hong Kong investigates HSBC, other banks for inappropriate market conduct
Reuters(Reuters) - Hong Kong's de facto central bank said on Tuesday that its investigation into possible benchmark rate manipulation has been extended to include HSBC and a number of other banks. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced in December...Tags: European Union, HSBC Holdings plc, UBS AG, Singapore
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Quarry miner turned Galaxy casino boss doubles down on Macau
ReutersBy Farah Master MACAU, June 18 (Reuters) - Francis Lui's rise to the top job at one of Macau's biggest casino operators was far from glamorous. At 23, the son of Hong Kong construction tycoon Lui Che Woo was forced to don a hard hat and boots and sent to...Tags: Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Macau, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, Technology
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Hong Kong shares close flat, property weak as Fed cues awaited
ReutersHONG KONG, June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares ended little changed on Tuesday, with investors selling recent outperformers and turnover low as global markets braced for this week's U.S. Federal Reserve policymaking meeting. The Hang Seng Index closed...Tags: China Enterprises, China, Federal Reserve
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POLL-China, other East Asian stock markets to shrug off losses, end 2013 higher
Reuters* For poll data see,,, * Emerging Asian stocks to erase 2013 year-to-date losses * Hopes of economic recovery and policy easing to stem losses * Attractive stock valuations to drive markets higher By Sumanta Dey BANGALORE, June 18 (Reuters) - China...Tags: Elections, Politics, Apple Inc., Taiwan, Shanghai Stock Exchange
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Hong Kong shares to open down 0.6 pct, GCL-Poly Energy plunges
ReutersHONG KONG, June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares were poised to start lower on Tuesday, with GCL-Poly Energy Holdings diving 11.4 percent, more than the 9.1 percent discount from its Monday close on news that a substantial shareholder priced a stake sale....Tags: China Enterprises
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Hong Kong shares may start higher, China banks in focus
ReutersHONG KONG, June 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares could start higher on Tuesday, with the Chinese banking sector in focus after China's state investment agency again increased its A-share stakes in all of the country's "Big Four" banks. On Monday, the Hang...Tags: China Enterprises, South Korea, Japan, China
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Edward Snowden vows more disclosures about U.S. surveillance
WASHINGTON — Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed Monday to release more secrets about U.S. intelligence surveillance systems that he described as "nakedly,...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Computer Networking and Internet, PBS (tv network), National Security Agency
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The chefs from Hong Kong want dim sum. Where do you take them?
When Quinn Doan from the Hong Kong tourism board asked me if I could show a few chefs around the San Gabriel Valley last week, it may have taken me all of a second and a half to agree. I am forever going on about the diversity and high quality of local...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Chinese Restaurants, Lifestyle and Leisure, Michelin Group
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