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Al-Qaeda coming back to Afghanistan: report (AFP)
april 06, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Al-Qaeda militants are gradually returning to eastern Afghanistan and setting up bases for the first time in years, exploiting a withdrawal of US troops in...
U.S. Diplomat Sharply Criticizes China
april 06, 2011by latadmin
SHANGHAI — The outgoing American ambassador to China, Jon M. Huntsman Jr., criticized this country’s human rights record on Wednesday in some of the sharpest...
Scandal-hit sumo stablemaster defies order to quit
april 05, 2011by latadmin
TOKYO (AFP) – A sumo stablemaster on Tuesday denied being involved in match rigging and refused to accept an order from the sport's governing body to quit...
Nepal begins restoration of Buddha’s birthplace
april 05, 2011by latadmin
KATHMANDU (AFP) – An international conservation team has begun work on restoring three endangered monuments at Buddha's supposed birthplace in southern Nepal,...
Jailed Vietnam dissident’s lawyers lodge complaint
april 05, 2011by latadmin
HANOI (AFP) – Lawyers for the dissident son of a Vietnamese revolutionary leader on Tuesday challenged his seven-year jail sentence, saying the judges violated the...
Japan sets new radiation safety level for seafood
april 05, 2011by latadmin
Japan’s government set its first radiation safety standards for fish today after its tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant reported radioactive contamination in nearby...
Dozens of illegals escape Malaysian detention camp
april 05, 2011by latadmin
LENGGENG, Negeri Sembilan (AFP) – Malaysian authorities launched a large scale manhunt on Tuesday for dozens of illegal immigrants who fled a detention camp after...
Sangakkara quits as Sri Lanka captain
april 05, 2011by latadmin
COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara on Tuesday quit his job three days after his team lost to India in the World Cup final to allow...
Detainees OK’d for release still held at Bagram
april 05, 2011by latadmin
KABUL, Afghanistan – Amin al-Bakri holds a get-out-of-jail card from a detainee review board but so far it’s been useless to the former Yemeni gem salesman,...
Tibetan monk dies after severe torture: activists
april 05, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AFP) – A Tibetan monk who in 2008 joined a protest in front of foreign journalists in China has died after allegedly suffering "severe torture"...
