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Aquino urged to tackle China in annual speech
Jul 23rd, 2012
Philippine President Benigno Aquino will deliver his annual "state of the nation" speech to Congress on Monday, with legislators hoping he will tackle an escalating South China Sea dispute. (Source: AFP) -
By Julie Gordon TORONTO (Reuters) - The mayor of Canada's largest city, facing allegations that he smoked crack cocaine, and made racial and homophobic slurs on video, must either refute the accusations or step down, fellow city politicians say. "If the allegations are false, then the mayor is owed some apologies," said Councilor Jos... [Full Article]
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to travel to China on Wednesday as a special envoy while Beijing is under pressure to rein in its belligerent neighbor. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp, which supplies Apple Inc with screens for its iPhone and iPad, will post a bigger-than-forecast net loss for the year that ended on March 31 in part because low output at its factories forced it to write off excess capacity, two sources with knowledge of the result said. Japan's leading maker of liquid crystal dis... [Full Article]
AMSTERDAM (AP) - The Netherlands' Queen Beatrix thanked her people Monday and urged them to support her son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, in a final address before she abdicates and he takes over as king. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
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