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Online advertising will continue to surge globally despite the financial crisis, according to WPP, the world's No. 2 advertising and communications group.

The people of Yunnan province must be very proud of their property, which is now inscribed on the World Heritage List, he told Xinhua after the listing. "You cannot find any beautiful rice landscape like Hani Terraces in other parts of the world."

Despite some recent positive economic reports, some analysts remained guarded about the strength of the global economic recovery.

Twelve people are in hospital receiving treatment and 50 houses were evacuated in the region, which suffered major disruptions to communication, added Sergio Vasquez, another spokesman for fire services.

The Institute of Geophysics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki announced a magnitude of 6.3; the US Geological Survey initially reported a magnitude of 6.4, later revised to 6.9.

Syrian government sources denied having information of a strike. Bashar Ja'afari, the Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, said: "I'm not aware of any attack right now."

Intervention or involvement of parties not directly concerned could be counter-productive and further complicate the aforementioned differences, it said.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decided last week against shutting down production more than the previously announced cut of 4.2 million barrels per day. Instead, leaders said they'll rein in wayward members of the 12-nation group and make sure everyone is cutting as much as promised.

If the signal's location is confirmed, the underwater vehicle called "Bluefin 21" would be deployed into the 4,500-meter deep water for image and possible wreckage, said the chief coordinator.

Among the iPad apps are an offering from Netflix to stream movies and one from Walt Disney's ABC network that features TV shows. There are a slew of games from developers such as Electronic Arts and startup ngmoco. Many analysts expect the iPad to provide stiff competition for Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP devices.

Hangzhou Guangqi sold on out-of-date imported ingredients, including flour, unsalted butter, pectin and margarine to bakeries and food companies after altering their expiry dates, the program claimed.

Janet, Randy and Rebbie Jackson accuse the executors of a "relentless" negative media campaign. They say they plan to maintain their challenge and insist they're not motivated by money.

The province was lashed by heavy downpours over several days with the arrival of Typhoon Haikui, which landed there early Wednesday morning before moving to neighboring Anhui Province.

June's total sales were also 2.2 percent lower from May's, extending a decline for the fourth consecutive month on a monthly basis.

Will we go back to where we were before? If you want to do that, I will need to use force and impose the law strictly, Prayuth said in a statement he read on television. "You will have to forgive any tough measures as they are necessary." He did not say how long the army would stay in power, although he said he hoped to hold elections soon.

An enhanced low-carbon trajectory (for China) will be totally unreachable without major international help after 2020, she said in an interview with Reuters.

Police say the suspects dealt mostly with frequent customers who would first look through brochures before returning the next day to collect their purchases.

But that's still several years away, said Andrew Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates. By cutting so much production, OPEC and other oil producers have the ability to meet even a huge jump in demand, he said.

The gauge tumbled 28 percent last month when a drop in July credit figures led to speculation that tightening was under way.

Zhu said the light industry, textile, electronics and machinery sectors, which account for 70 percent of China's total exports and employ 70 million workers, were particularly vulnerable to a rise in the yuan.

According to a draft document obtained by Reuters, the talks would include "How can the Cairns Group best exert influence to reinvigorate the negotiations and finish the (Doha) Round."

Police Inspector M.V. Verghese said the boy's father, who has a thriving tobacco and real estate business, owns 18 cars worth an estimated US$4 million.

That means Christmas is out of the question for Wayne Pittman, 46, of Lawrenceville in Georgia, and his wife and 9-year-old son. The carpenter was working up to 80 hours a week at the beginning of the decade, but saw that gradually drop to 15 hours before it dried up completely. His last US$297 check will go on necessities, not presents.

The incident happened near the Jalpaiguri railway station in the northern part of the state of West Bengal, close to Assam, the official said.

The plan for all new computers to be equipped by July 1 with Green Dam was announced in June by the ministry. But later that month, the government delayed the plan indefinitely.

THE nation wanted clarification about the United States timetable to gradually erase impediments to American high-tech exports to China, Vice Premier Wang Qishan said in Beijing yesterday.

In a statement, Oz Minerals said Minmetals told it that it had gotten binding commitments from its financiers to allow the deal to go through.

China's Chery Automobile Co yesterday reported its exports had jumped 41 percent in December, totaling 7,593 units. Chery achieved sales of more than 500,000 vehicles last year.

But Markin argued that the ship was "in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation" when boarded by agents.

DEUTSCHE Lufthansa is planning to cut 5 percent off staff costs per year until 2011 at its central operations, a spokesman has said, adding that he was not able to say how many people worked there.

The yuan hit a high of 6.5931 against the greenback in trading on December 31, the strongest level since 1993.

The airline said air travel demand was set to remain soft. It warned that the "outlook remains challenging as yield pressures continue to mount as airlines proceed to reduce fares and fuel surcharges to encourage consumers to travel."

The Munich-based company said it delivered 7.2 percent fewer cars during the July-September period and that its revenue fell 6.6 percent to 11.8 billion euros from 12.6 billion euros in the July-September period of 2008.

I dont know what happened. Its as if we were struck by an earthquake, one young man said, bleeding from a wound to his stomach.

The DPRK launched 30 short-range rockets, possibly the FROG surface-to-surface missiles, from 4 am to 6:10 am local time, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff cited by local media.

For most of the session, stocks had traded higher as the US dollar's weakness underpinned shares of natural resources companies, while results from Morgan Stanley and Yahoo Inc added to optimism about corporate profits.

It is expected that more storms will hit the west part of Guangdong as well as the Pearl River Delta region in the coming two days, the provincial meteorological department said.

Tiny feathers keep flying into my apartment. I have to keep removing them from the floor, she said. "I feel it is unhygienic when I am cooking and the feathers fly in." "We had jointly signed a petition letter to press him to dismantle the pigeonries but it didnt help." Another elderly woman said she could never dry her clothes outside as the feathers and droppings soiled them every time. "We are forced to install screen windows everywhere," she said.

An uptick in global demand, particularly from China, has breathed some life back into Japanese manufacturers recently. Factory output rose 2.4 percent in June for the fourth monthly climb.

By industry, most of the super rich are in manufacturing and trade businesses, reflecting China's role as the world's factory. Some 12.3 percent are in the financial business and 11.6 percent in real estate, the report said.

Winds again today will pose a challenge with gusts... out of the south, pushing the fire further to the northeast, it said in an update.

A bill, signed on Tuesday by President Barack Obama, stops the US government from buying information technology equipment "produced, manufactured or assembled" by firms "owned, directed or subsidized by the People's Republic of China."

The importance of the industry was underscored by the success of China Coat, the largest exhibition of its kind in China. About 660 domestic and overseas companies and more than 24,000 visitors participated in the event.

More than seven in 10 said any such strike would not achieve significant US goals or serve US national interests.

However, the navy will continue to search every inch of the submarine until no bodies remain to be found. The 16-year-old diesel-powered, Russian-made submarine, INS Sindhurakshak, was rocked by two explosions in the torpedo compartment on Wednesday that sent fireballs into the air. The vessel was partially submerged at Mumbais naval dock.

A LEGAL war is brewing between a Shanghai firm and Pierre Cardin, the international fashion giant.

Despite the popularity of the 1975 blockbuster movie "Jaws," set on a fictional island patterned after Massachusetts' Martha's Vineyard, the last documented attack by a great white shark in the state was in 1936.

DDMA surveyed 4,500 medium and high-income consumers in the major cities of Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Shenyang, asking them about their willingness to spend this year. The state of the economy topped the list of concerns and apprehension about job security wasn't far behind.?

Some other supermarkets in Shanghai, such as Carrefour, were reportedly selling Brand's products as usual.

Acer, which is second to Hewlett-Packard Inc in the notebook market, is set to post a growth rate of 35-40 percent in laptop sales in the second quarter but its desktop sales will fall by 5 percent to 10 percent, Wang added.