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1. News - Asia - NEPAL

   21 injured in Nepal plane crash

   Posted May 16th 2013, 03:36pm by AFP

   ... News Asia Jomsom Mustang Kali Gandaki river Agence France-Presse in Kathmandu Twenty-one people were hurt, including eight Japanese tourists, when a small plane skidded off a Nepal airport runway on Thursday and plunged into a river, police said. All 21 people aboard the Nepal Airlines Twin Otter aircraft were injured, five seriously, police spokesman Keshav Adhikari said. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1238954/21-injured-nepal-plane-crash
2. Sport - Hong Kong - BLACK BOOK

   B Choice can end the season in style

   Posted May 24th 2013, 12:00am by Phillip Woo

   ... Sport Hong Kong Racing B Choice Class Three Ng Tung River Handicap David Hall Phillip Woo phillip.woo@scmp.com Talented but injury-prone B Choice looks set to be on the verge of returning to the winner's circle following an eye-catching Class Three Ng Tung River Handicap (1,000m) performance on a yielding track on Wednesday night. The David Hall-trained B Choice has a history of leg issues ...

   http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1244351/b-choice-can-end-season-style
3. News - China

   Environment ministry approves China’s biggest hydro dam

   Posted May 15th 2013, 06:15pm by Reuters

   ... News China Hydroelectricity Dadu River Sichuan province Guodian Group Reuters in Beijing China’s environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country’s tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314 metres, will serve the hydropower project on the Dadu River ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1238348/china-gives-environmental-approval-countrys-biggest-hydro-dam
4. News - Hong Kong - SMUGGLING

   HK$60m of contraband electronics seized from ship on Pearl River Delta

   Posted May 18th 2013, 07:26pm by JOLIE HO

   ... News Hong Kong Smuggling Contraband Electronics Pearl River Delta Customs and Excise Department Jolie Ho jolie.ho@scmp.com Customs officers impound electronic goods and endangered-animal parts in biggest haul for five years from vessel on Pearl River Delta Customs officers made their biggest seizure in five years from a commercial vessel in the Pearl River Delta after finding ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1240687/customs-seize-hk60m-worth-smuggled-goods
5. News - China - PEARL BRIEFING

   Dongguan's manufacturing reputation fades but sex industry thrives

   Posted Apr 27th 2013, 12:00am by Mimi Lau

   ... model based on manufacturing for export fared Dongguan and the Pearl River Delta well for a long time, with economic output growing at double-digit rates for years. Then, as the global financial ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1224136/dongguans-manufacturing-reputation-fades-sex-industry-thrives
6. Business - Banking & Finance - BANKING

   Bad loans fallout tipped to spread as risks grow

   Posted May 08th 2013, 12:00am by Daniel Ren

   ... Business Banking & Finance Non-performing Loans Yangtze River Delta Daniel Ren in Shanghai ren.wei@scmp.com The mainland's non-performing loan woes, now affecting banking branches in the Yangtze River Delta, is expected to spread to other eastern coastal areas such as Shandong, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu warns. Playing down the chances of a bad-loan ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1232634/bad-loans-fallout-tipped-spread-risks-grow
7. Lifestyle - Technology - ECOLOGY

   Mekong area as lost third of its forest cover since 1970s, WWF finds

   Posted May 05th 2013, 12:00am by GUARDIAN

   ... The report on ecosystems in the greater Mekong River area warns that these countries risk losing more than one-third of their remaining forest cover within the next two decades if they fail ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1230186/mekong-area-lost-third-its-forest-cover-1970s-wwf-finds
8. News - World

   Briefs, March 6, 2013

   Posted Mar 06th 2013, 12:00am by AGENCIES

   ... activists said. Rebels pushed government troops from most of Raqqa, a city of some 500,000 people on the Euphrates River. If the opposition manages to wrest all of Raqqa from the government, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1180462/briefs-march-6-2013
9. News - World - UNITED STATES

   Bridge collapses in Washington state, sending cars into river

   Posted May 24th 2013, 12:53pm by Reuters in Olympia

   ... News World Reuters in Olympia Part of a four-lane freeway bridge over a river in a rural area north of Seattle collapsed on Thursday, sending vehicles and people into the frigid water below, authorities said. The collapse on Interstate 5 over the Skagit River happened at about 7pm local time between the towns of Mount Vernon and Burlington, 90km north of Seattle, Washington ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1244935/bridge-collapses-washington-state-sending-cars-river
10. News - World - UNITED STATES

    Bridge collapse in northwest US plunges drivers into icy river

    Posted May 25th 2013, 12:00am by Reuters

    ... Inventory database. Television images showed onlookers gathered at the bank of the Skagit River, calmly watching the rescue attempts. "The currents of the river are really rough. It's ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1245368/bridge-collapse-northwest-us-plunges-drivers-icy-river

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