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Medical authorities in central China have discovered more than 1,300 cases of suspected lead poisoning in children, state media said Thursday, in the second such incident this month. Authorities in the city of Wugang in Hunan province have shut down a smelting plant and detained two of the company's executives on suspicion of... 

Japan's opposition Democratic Party may be headed for a landslide election victory, trouncing the conservative party that has ruled for most of the past half-century, a leading newspaper said on Thursday. The Democrats could win 300 of the 480 seats in parliament's lower house while the long-ruling Liberal Democrats may see... 

From our Correspondent Our Finance Minister Mr Tharman has been a very busy man this year, not on Budget matters, but to do fire-fighting for a government besieged with increasing demands for transparency from a sceptical public. First, he was confronted by MP Low Thia Kiang on the use of the "second key" by the President. He...