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Tokyo seeks to repair strained ties
Tokyo's Foreign Minister said it is time to address relations with China that have soured over a territorial dispute as an incident targeting the Japanese ambassador added to tensions. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125914&sid=37487767&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Blind activist visit to Taipei on cards
Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, whose escape from house arrest sparked a diplomatic crisis between Beijing and Washington, said he will "most likely" accept an invitation to visit Taiwan, a move likely to infuriate the mainland. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125913&sid=37490879&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Teen pair burn as Tibet torch toll climbs
Two Tibetan teenagers have died after setting fire to themselves, a US broadcaster and two overseas pressure groups say, taking the number of such protests to more than 50 since 2009. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125912&sid=37487781&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Clinton heads to Beijing with seas on boil
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in the capital for a two-day visit next Tuesday, amid growing regional tension over territorial disputes. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=125911&sid=37490037&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Court throws out suit over bulldozer death
An Israeli court has cleared the military of any responsibility for the death of US activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an army bulldozer in 2003. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125910&sid=37490287&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Don't tempt fate over storm, warns Obama as city braces
New Orleans was bracing for another big storm - seven years to the day Hurricane Katrina flooded the city and killed 1,800 across the US Gulf Coast. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=125909&sid=37491769&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Laughing gas levels high at second hospital
Another public hospital has been found to have high levels of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, in its labor wards. Mary Ann Benitez 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125908&sid=37491101&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
A date with the cuppa that cheers
What is China's most important gift to the world? Maybe it is paper, and the closely related art of printing, which have given us books, newspapers and foldable money. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125907&sid=37478109&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Five vote-riggers jailed in `Meatball King' case
Five men were each jailed for two months at Kowloon City Magistrates' Court after registering as voters in last year's district council elections with false addresses. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125906&sid=37491261&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Fraud ruled out in poll letters trail
The Registration and Electoral Office said it has found no evidence of voter fraud in the case of a North Point family. Kelly Ip 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125905&sid=37490224&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Memory fails at urine-swap hearing
A former correctional services commissioner hoped the urine-swapping incident in the Hei Ling Chau Addiction Treatment Centre could be handled internally, a court heard. 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125904&sid=37491429&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
Couple deny high life reward of burglaries
A couple lived a life of comfort in a HK$23,000- a-month Mid-Levels flat through the proceeds of burglaries, a court heard. Eddie Luk 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=125903&sid=37490460&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
CY pledge on fears of Shenzhen crush
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has pledged to control the number of mainland individual visitors after Shenzhen allows its 4.1 million non-permanent residents to make multiple visits to Hong Kong from Saturday without returning to their home provinces. Kelly Ip 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=125902&sid=37489072&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
E&Y hauled to court in 'secrets' squabble
Ernst & Young Hong Kong has been called to the High Court on September 11 after refusing to produce accounting documents of a mainland private enterprise it audited, citing "state secrets" as a factor. Victor Cheung 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=125901&sid=37489928&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
'I'LL FIGHT TILL MY LAST BREATH'
Media celebrity Albert Cheng Jing-han says he will fight up to his last breath to ensure his brainchild, Digital Broadcasting Corporation, officially goes on the air next month as required by its license. Eddie Luk 8/29/2012
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=125900&sid=37489415&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20120829
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