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Conductor Zubin Mehta urges India to enjoy orchestras
maart 30, 2011by latadmin
Acclaimed international conductor Zubin Mehta has returned to India to urge his countrymen to take an interest in orchestral music. Western classical music is an unusual...
Pakistan prayers, prizes for win over India (AFP)
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
AFP – Thousands of Pakistanis are expected to take part in mass prayer sessions, asking God to guide them to victory against India in the hotly anticipated World...
Child kidnapping rampant in Nepal: rights group
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
KATHMANDU (AFP) – Criminal gangs and armed groups operating in Nepal's restive southern plains are abducting children for ransom and sometimes murdering them,...
Officials: Indonesian suspect captured in Pakistan
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Top Indonesian terror suspect Umar Patek, wanted in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, has been arrested in Pakistan,…
Thai floods death toll reaches 7
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
BANGKOK (AFP) – Serious flooding in Thailand's south has left at least seven people dead, authorities said on Tuesday, as the country was struck by...
China dismisses UN calls to release rights lawyer
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AFP) – Beijing on Tuesday dismissed calls by a United Nations human rights agency to free prominent rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, saying the body should...
Cricket Offers Chance for India-Pakistan Diplomacy
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
NEW DELHI — With careful diplomatic scripting, India and Pakistan began talking again this week. Officials from the two countries convened in New Delhi to discuss...
Karzai adviser investigated over graft: Afghan govt
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
KABUL (AFP) – An adviser to the Afghan president was taken to a Kabul detention centre Tuesday as part of a graft investigation, a government spokesman said, after...
China urges talks on N.Korea uranium programme
maart 29, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AFP) – North Korea's uranium enrichment programme should be discussed as part of long-stalled nuclear disarmament talks, China said Tuesday during a...
