ANNUAL ASSESSMENT: The Pentagon's yearly report on China's military situation detailed a burgeoning list of advanced equipment being stockpiled by the PLA
By Charles Snyder
The military balance in the Taiwan Strait continues to tilt in China's favor, with the pace of its missile deployment opposite Taiwan accelerating and an intensive effort by China that aims to prevent the US from coming to Taiwan's aid in the case of a Chinese attack, the Pentagon said in an annual report to the US Congress on Friday.

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CEASEFIRE OFF: A tentative truce offer by the Palestinian side was quickly sidelined as Israeli planes continued their Gaza bombing campaign
Israel fired missiles at five Hamas targets minutes apart yesterday, killing four people and wounding six, just hours after Gaza militants floated the idea of halting rocket fire on Israeli border towns if Israel ends its 10-day-old air campaign.

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By Angelica Oung
A group of rabbit lovers, distressed by a Council of Agriculture (COA) initiative to promote rabbit meat as a healthy and delicious addition to the nation's diet, yesterday appealed to the agency not to put Thumper on the menu.

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The US and the EU have led international condemnation of Myanmar's decision to extend the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, calling for her immediate release.

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A day after radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr resurfaced to end nearly four months in hiding and demand US troops leave Iraq, US forces raided his Sadr City stronghold in Baghdad and killed five suspected militia fighters in air strikes, the US military said in a statement issued yesterday.

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