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Chinese Image-Makers Race to Contain Scandal
april 12, 2012by latadmin
BEIJING — Chinese officials have rapidly intensified a propaganda campaign to paper over a leadership split in the Communist Party on Thursday as the first hints...
Afghanistan’s Karzai contemplates early elections
april 12, 2012by latadmin
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is considering either bringing forward the 2014 date for presidential elections or speeding up the handover of security to his...
Pak to dig 130-foot tunnel to rescue buried soldiers
april 12, 2012by latadmin
Islamabad: Pakistani troops are set to dig a 130-foot tunnel in their search for 138 people buried in an avalanche in the Siachen sector, close to Indian borders, as the...
Asian tsunami warnings test post-2004 systems
april 12, 2012by latadmin
Giant quakes off Indonesia in which five people died caused panic but little damage, with warning systems introduced after the catastrophic 2004 Asian tsunami proving...
Suu Kyi party finds lawmakers’ oath unacceptable
april 12, 2012by latadmin
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Aung San Suu Kyi’s party raised the prospect of a major hitch in Myanmar’s political reforms Thursday, saying it may not take the...
Indonesia ratifies convention on migrant workers
april 12, 2012by latadmin
Indonesia’s parliament ratified Thursday a UN convention on the protection of migrant workers in a move that will offer greater rights to millions of Indonesians...
Afghanistan to sell scandal-hit bank in June: official
april 12, 2012by latadmin
Afghanistan plans to sell the Kabul Bank in June, two years after seizing it from its former owners who pushed it to the brink of collapse by taking illegal loans, an...
Myanmar opposition mulls boycott over oath row
april 12, 2012by latadmin
Members of Aung San Suu Kyi’s Myanmar opposition party elected in recent landmark polls could boycott parliament over a row about the constitutional oath, one of...
David Cameron ready to signal easing of sanctions against Burma
april 12, 2012by latadmin
In what is believed to be the first ever visit to the former colony by a British Prime Minister, Mr Cameron will deliver a message of support to democracy activist Aung...
Summary Box: Big earthquakes, but no major tsunami
april 11, 2012by latadmin
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES: An 8.6-magnitude earthquake and an 8.2-aftershock hit off Indonesia’s western coast Wednesday but did not…
