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Pakistan: After 11 months, pirates’ hostages freed (AP)
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
AP – A group of 22 South Asian and Egyptian men held captive by Somali pirates for nearly a year received an emotional welcome in this southern port city Thursday...
Vietnam’s Labor Unrest
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
In May, Japanese motor maker Minebea broke ground in Phnom Penh for a 5,000-worker plant. The company had at first considered Vietnam but rejected it because strikes had...
Taiwan’s Lu beats angry Troicki at Wimbledon
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
LONDON (AFP) – Lu Yen-Hsun, who became the first Taiwanese man to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final here last year, made the second round on…
Clinton: U.S. won’t keep up aid to Pakistan without change
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is not prepared to continue the same levels of military aid to Pakistan unless it sees some changes in the...
Top US military officer says Afghan drawdown risky
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The top US military officer said Thursday that he endorsed President Barack Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan despite initial worries about...
11 missing in Philippine storm chaos
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
MANILA (AFP) – Tropical Storm Meari caused chaos across the Philippines on Thursday, dumping heavy rains in the capital, leaving 11 people missing in other parts...
UN warns of new Asia drug surge
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – A plant disease devastated Afghan opium production last year but Myanmar is seeing a worrying drug boom, the UN anti-narcotics agency warned...
Hong Kong in the grip of scarlet fever
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
After the E. coli scare in Europe, which killed more than dozen people, Hong Kong seems to be in the grip of scarlet fever, a disease which…
TIMOR-LESTE: On the way up but still a long way to go
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
Photo: Nomad Tales/FlickrThe country is one of the world’s youngestBANGKOK, 16 June 2011 (IRIN) – As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, with...
PHILIPPINES: Recently displaced farmers hit by flooding
juni 23, 2011by latadmin
Photo: David Swanson/IRINSandatu Kalug worries for the futureMADIA, MINDANAO, 17 June 2011 (IRIN) – Rain and flooding over the past month have severely affected...
