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Turkmenistan goes crazy for horse holiday
april 24, 2011by latadmin
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan — Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan’s president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding...
Japan to launch massive search for quake bodies
april 24, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO — Japan plans to send more than 20,000 soldiers into its northern disaster zone Monday in an intensive mission to recover the bodies of those killed in...
Thai-Cambodian border fighting leaves 10 dead (AFP)
april 23, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Fierce clashes on the Thai-Cambodia border have left 10 dead and forced thousands to flee the worst bloodshed since a UN ceasefire appeal in February,...
Afghan insurgents shoot down NATO chopper; 1 dead (AP)
april 23, 2011by latadmin
AP – Insurgents shot down a NATO helicopter Saturday in a mountainous area of eastern Afghanistan where fighting has intensified, and one foreign service member...
Hong Kong upset Kazakhstan in Five Nations (AFP)
april 23, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Hong Kong recorded a surprise win away to Kazakhstan in the Asian Five Nations rugby tournament on Saturday, while newly-promoted Sri Lanka fought to a draw...
Towns altered in shadow of Japan nuclear disaster
april 23, 2011by latadmin
FUTABA, Japan – Under a brilliant, cloudless sky, a half-dozen cows and a pony wander freely, batting the flies off their ears and chewing on fresh green sprouts....
Golfer Westwood takes five-shot lead in Indonesia
april 23, 2011by latadmin
JAKARTA (AFP) – World number two Lee Westwood opened up a five-shot lead at the Indonesian Masters on Saturday, shooting a superb six-under-par 66 in his third...
Suicide attack kills 5 in northwest Pakistan
april 23, 2011by latadmin
KHAR, Pakistan — A police official says a suicide bombing has killed five people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border. Fazal Rabbi…
Pakistan has ‘broken back’ of militants: army chief
april 23, 2011by latadmin
ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistan's army chief said Saturday his forces had "broken the back" of Islamist militants after the United States criticised the...
NATO supplies halted ahead of Pakistan protest
april 23, 2011by latadmin
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) – Pakistan suspended delivery of supplies Saturday to NATO troops in Afghanistan via its land border for three days as campaigners began a...
