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Homeward bound
The fishing boat Kai Fung 2 carrying seven Diaoyu activists home is expected to arrive to a heroes' welcome tomorrow morning at the earliest. Johnny Lo 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=125558&sid=37413650&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Right-wingers raise tensions
The angry scenes in China were sparked after flag-waving Japanese nationalists swarmed onto one of the Daioyu islands early yesterday. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=31&art_id=125557&sid=37413649&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Anger boils over
Residents of at least 20 Chinese cities erupted in anger yesterday after Japanese nationalists landed and waved flags on one of the disputed Diaoyu islands. Phila Siu and Johnny Lo 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=125556&sid=37413648&con_type=3&archive_d_str=20120820



Sign of the times ignored
Cosmetic surgery to cut its visual links to Japan appears urgent for Ajisen (China) Holdings after the noodle chain was again targeted yesterday by anti- Japanese rioters fired up by the Diaoyu issue in the mainland. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=125555&sid=37413530&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Czech cops bust `Breivik copycat'
A man who sympathized with Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik has been arrested in the Czech Republic and was likely planning a bomb attack, authorities said. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125554&sid=37411504&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Killer Kai-Tak creates Viet havoc
At least nine people were killed, thousands of homes damaged and swaths of farmland flooded as Typhoon Kai-Tak swept across northern Vietnam. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125553&sid=37413154&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Pickled cabbage alarm sounds after deaths in northern Japan
Six people have died after eating pickled cabbage contaminated with E coli bacteria in northern Japan - the country's worst case of food poisoning in 10 years. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125552&sid=37411530&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Pit strikers defiant after slaughter
Workers at South Africa's tragedy-hit mine vowed to prolong their wildcat strike as returning to work would be "an insult" to 34 colleagues killed by police. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125551&sid=37413189&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Assange tells US to end 'witch hunt'
Defiant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange urged Barack Obama yesterday to end the US "witch hunt" against his whistleblowing website. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125550&sid=37413888&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Deadly quake sends Indonesians fleeing
A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake that shook the eastern Indonesian island of Sulawesi has killed at least three people and seriously injured a dozen others, an official said yesterday. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125549&sid=37411497&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Ninja art disappears into the shadows
He doesn't fit the typical image of a dark- clad assassin with deadly weapons who can disappear into a cloud of smoke. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=125548&sid=37413529&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Kim visit looms after uncle meets Hu
A powerful North Korean official and uncle of leader Kim Jong Un has returned home from Beijing after high-level talks seen as a precursor to a visit by Pyongyang's young ruler. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125547&sid=37411546&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Birthday boy Lin set to score
Hong Kong basketball fans suffering from "Linsanity" will get the opportunity to see NBA star Jeremy Lin Shu-hao who arrives in Hong Kong on Wednesday. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=125546&sid=37413528&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



The original cup that cheers
Wondering how to brew that perfect cuppa? "Pour in your heart" - comes the advice from the SAR's new champion teamaker. 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=125545&sid=37413527&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



Nationalism rears its head
Anti-Japanese sentiment hit a crescendo in the mainland after activists from Hong Kong set foot on the disputed Diaoyu Islands last week. Mary Ma 8/20/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=49&art_id=125544&sid=37413526&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120820



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