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Pakistani militants split on talks offer
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A spokesman for Pakistan's main Taliban group says the head of a side-group has been stripped of his leadership for welcoming the...
Bo admits lapses led to top cop’s US defection bid
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
JINAN, China — Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai told a court Saturday that he made mistakes that prompted his top aide’s embarrassing U.S. defection bid, but...
Japan Turns Up Pressure on Pro-Pyongyang Schools
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
TOYOAKE, Japan — The high concrete walls of Hwang In Suk’s school enclose a world different from the rest of Japan. Another language echoes through the halls....
OCA: AYG spirit will live for ever (OCA – Olympic Council of Asia)
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
(Source: OCA – Olympic Council of Asia) OCA: AYG spirit will live for ever 24 Aug 2013 Nanjing, China: The OCA’s 2nd Asian Youth Games will close here in...
North Korea angry at Swiss ban on ski lift sale
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
North Korea has reacted angrily to a decision by Switzerland to block a deal to sell ski lifts to the secretive communist country. The equipment – which included...
Maldives rape victim spared the lash after global anger
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
A 15-year-old girl who faced 100 lashes in the Maldives after she was raped by her step-father has had the sentence overturned following an international campaign. The...
Hundreds of Muslims in western Myanmar relocated
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
YANGON, Myanmar — Hundreds of Muslims trapped in ghetto-like conditions in western Myanmar after their homes were torched by Buddhist-mobs last year have been...
Obama, national security team hash out options on Syria
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. military and national security advisers huddled with President Barack Obama at the White House on Saturday to...
Bo Xilai trial as blogged by the court – Day Three
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
The court at which disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai is being tried has taken the unprecedented step of posting live updates of his trial on Sina weibo, one of...
Seam possible cause of Japan nuke plant tank leak
augustus 24, 2013by latadmin
TOKYO — The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear plant says deteriorated seams and a possible contortion of a tank might have caused a recent massive...
