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China’s Li Na is writing a book
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
Chinese French Open tennis champion Li Na is writing a memoir to tell her fans — as the book’s working title proclaims — “How to Go West and...
West ‘risks Myanmar folly’
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
Oct 15, 2011 | More West ‘risks Myanmar folly’ By Marwaan Macan-Markar BANGKOK – On the face of it, the release this week of...
House Democrats push for vote on China forex bill (Reuters)
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – Democratic lawmakers on Friday vowed to keep pressing for a vote in the House of Representatives on China currency legislation now blocked by Republican...
Low-lying Thai capital braces for weekend flooding (AP)
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
AP – Residents of Bangkok braced for possible weekend flooding as the runoff from high water that devastated parts of central Thailand flowed toward the low-lying...
India inflation stays high, 13th rate hike looms
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
India’s inflation remained stubbornly close to double-digits in September, and economists on Friday said a 13th rate hike loomed despite a slowing of Asia’s...
Pakistan and India to play blind cricket series
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
While India and Pakistan await a breakthrough in reviving main cricketing ties, they will field blind teams in a limited over series next month, a Pakistani official...
Bhutan’s newly wed royal couple returns home
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
THIMPHU, Bhutan (AP) — Tens of thousands of well wishers have lined the streets to greet Bhutan’s king and his new bride as they returned home a day after their...
US drone strike kills four in Pakistan: officials
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
A US drone strike killed four militants in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, the third such attack in 48 hours against Taliban hotbeds in Waziristan near the Afghan...
Nepal PM shocked by deadly bus crash
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai voiced shock Friday over a bus crash on a remote stretch of mountain road in the east of the country that killed 41 people. The...
Afghan police break up politician’s hunger strike
oktober 14, 2011by latadmin
Afghan police have taken a woman politician to hospital and dismantled the tent where she observed a 12-day hunger strike to protest against being disqualified from...
