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India’s Reliance admits gas output boost problems
april 25, 2011by latadmin
MUMBAI (AFP) – India's Reliance Industries said Monday that boosting gas output was proving "more complex than envisaged" as it comes under pressure...
Malaysia’s Anwar sodomy accuser branded liar
april 25, 2011by latadmin
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) – Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Monday sought to have sodomy charges thrown out on the grounds that his accuser was a...
Pakistan arrests gambling den blast suspect: police
april 25, 2011by latadmin
KARACHI (AFP) – Pakistan police said on Monday they had arrested a suspect over the bombing of an illegal gambling den in the southern port city of Karachi which...
Huge search begins for tsunami victims
april 25, 2011by latadmin
Japanese troops have launched the biggest search yet for bodies still missing from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which has left huge swathes of the...
At least 480 Taliban tunnel out of Afghan prison
april 25, 2011by latadmin
Taliban militants tunneled at least 480 inmates out of the main prison in southern Afghanistan overnight, whisking them through a 1,000-foot-long underground passage...
China: Shanghai port lorry driver strike ended
april 25, 2011by latadmin
Lorry drivers in Shanghai have ended a strike over high operating costs at the world’s busiest container port. Hundreds of drivers took part in three days
Turkmenistan goes crazy for horse holiday (AP)
april 24, 2011by latadmin
AP – Wearing a blue caftan and shaggy sheepskin hat, Turkmenistan’s president looked every part the accomplished horse-riding tribesman as he effortlessly...
Revered Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba dies at age 86 (AP)
april 24, 2011by latadmin
AP – Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, revered by millions worldwide, died Sunday after nearly a month of hospital treatment near his southern Indian ashram. He was 86.
Pakistani drones protest keeps NATO trucks at bay
april 24, 2011by latadmin
PESHAWAR, Pakistan-Pakistanis sang, danced and shouted for an end to U.S. missile strikes Sunday, the second day of protest along a major road that has halted supply...
Pakistan re-opens NATO supply route (AFP)
april 24, 2011by latadmin
AFP – NATO can resume supplying its troops in Afghanistan through a key Pakistani route on Monday after protesters against US drone strikes lifted a blockade, an...
