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Correction: Afghanistan-Violent Valley story (AP)
november 12, 2010by latadmin
AP – In a Nov. 9 story about U.S. Marines trying an aggressive new strategy to tame a violent Afghan valley, The Associated Press, relying on information provided...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi ‘on cusp of freedom’ (AFP)
november 12, 2010by latadmin
AFP – Myanmar’s democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is on the verge of being freed from house arrest, officials in the military-ruled country said on Friday as...
Laos summit sets targets on cluster bombs (AFP)
november 12, 2010by latadmin
AFP – A landmark meeting on cluster munitions has set targets to destroy stockpiles of the weapons, clean up areas contaminated with unexploded ordnance and help...
N.Korea ‘giving nuclear material to Iran, Syria’ (AFP)
november 12, 2010by latadmin
AFP – North Korea is supplying banned nuclear and ballistic equipment to Iran, Syria and Myanmar using “surreptitious” means to avoid international...
Philippine lawmakers to push family planning bill (AP)
november 11, 2010by latadmin
AP – A group of Philippine lawmakers said Thursday it will try to pass a family planning bill with backing from the country’s new president despite strong...
Massive explosion hits Pakistan security compound (Reuters)
november 11, 2010by latadmin
Reuters – A massive explosion ripped through a security compound on a busy commercial street in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, on Thursday, killing at...
China’s monitoring of activists surges post-Nobel (AP)
november 11, 2010by latadmin
AP – Dissident writer Yu Jie and his wife are prisoners in their apartment. Blocked by security agents outside their building, the couple have been living on...
Bomb rocks Pakistan’s largest city killing 5
november 11, 2010by latadmin
KARACHI, Pakistan-A powerful bomb in the center of Pakistan’s largest city leveled a police building Thursday, killing at least five people and wounding 40, police...
Massive explosion in Karachi, injuring up to 35
november 11, 2010by latadmin
KARACHI (Reuters) – A massive explosion ripped through a security compound on a busy commercial street in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, on Thursday,...
Obama tells N.Korea to be ‘serious’ on nuclear talks (AFP)
november 11, 2010by latadmin
AFP – US President Barack Obama on Thursday warned that North Korea must show “seriousness of purpose” before six-party nuclear talks can resume,...
