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PHILIPPINES: Cholera strikes remote ethnic group
april 26, 2011by latadmin
Photo: ReliefWebMANILA, 21 April 2011 (IRIN) – Health officials in the Philippines are struggling to contain a cholera outbreak in a remote area on the western...
Afghan forces recapture 71 Taliban prisoners
april 26, 2011by latadmin
The massive security breach that allowed the Taliban to spirit more than 480 Afghan inmates out southern Afghanistan’s largest prison must have involved inside...
Taliban prison break a "disaster"
april 25, 2011by latadmin
A spokesman for the Afghan President, Hamid…
Thailand and Cambodia resume fighting along border
april 25, 2011by latadmin
Thai and Cambodian forces have clashed for a fourth day along their disputed border, despite calls by the UN for a ceasefire. Field commanders on both sides said...
Pakistan transgenders pin hopes on new rights
april 25, 2011by latadmin
There has been little opposition to the decision by Pakistan’s Supreme Court to allow a third gender category, apart from male or female, on the national identity...
Jury deliberations start in Galleon hedge fund case (AFP)
april 25, 2011by latadmin
AFP – A jury began deliberating Monday in Wall Street’s biggest insider trading court case in years, targeting Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam,...
India’s Reliance admits gas output boost problems
april 25, 2011by latadmin
MUMBAI (AFP) – India's Reliance Industries said Monday that boosting gas output was proving "more complex than envisaged" as it comes under pressure...
Malaysia’s Anwar sodomy accuser branded liar
april 25, 2011by latadmin
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday sought to have sodomy charges thrown out on the grounds that his accuser was a...
Pakistan arrests gambling den blast suspect: police
april 25, 2011by latadmin
KARACHI (AFP) – Pakistan police said on Monday they had arrested a suspect over the bombing of an illegal gambling den in the southern port city of Karachi which...
Huge search begins for tsunami victims
april 25, 2011by latadmin
Japanese troops have launched the biggest search yet for bodies still missing from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which has left huge swathes of the...
