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New guidelines introduced to protect Australia from improvised explosive devices

​The Australian government on Wednesday released a set of guidelines so that businesses and the public can best protect themselves from wide scale terror attacks.

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S. Korea to make underperforming workers fired more easily

South Korea plans to make workers, who underperform markedly compared with fellow workers, fired more easily, while allowing companies to change their regulations on employment with less support from workers.

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Govt can't force nuns to continue adoption work in India: Legal experts

A recent decision by the Missionaries of Charity (MoC) to discontinue adoption work has been criticized by Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi, but legal experts have struck a more balanced note in favour of the charitable organization.

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China issues guidelines on preventing combustible dust explosion

China on Thursday released the first national guidelines on preventing explosion of combustible dust in work places.

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Guidelines expand inspectors' power to make polluters stop

Environmental protection authorities now have greater powers to stop polluters through measures such as sealing production equipment or transferring the offenders to judicial organs, the top environmental watchdog said on Thursday.

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Japan, U.S. delay defense guideline revision due to collective defense

​Japan and the United States announced Friday that they will delay the revision of their defense guidelines planned in the end of this year until the first half of 2015 so as to keep in step with Japan's legislation over the right to collective self-defense, according to local media.

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U.S. veterinary group issues guidelines for handling Ebola exposure in pets

​The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) on Wednesday issued guidelines on how to handle pets of people exposed to the deadly Ebola virus, saying if an animal tests positive, it should be euthanized.

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China unveils reform guidelines on income distribution

China on Tuesday unveiled reform guidelines on income distribution amid growing public concerns over a widening wealth gap.